West entrances and roads in Denver’s City Park are closed this week for repaving, city officials said in a news release Monday.

The west entrances and roads off of East 23rd Avenue, York Street and East 17th Avenue will be closed for repaving until July 23.

East entrances off of East 23rd Avenue and Colorado Boulevard will remain open, according to a map of the construction work.

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Former LA Clippers star Paul George is now a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, but there was a chance he could have never hit the open market for Philadelphia to offer him the four-year, $212M deal he ended up signing.

As it was becoming clear that George and the Clippers were too far apart to reach an agreement, LA explored potential opt-in and trade scenarios, but none made enough sense for them to go through with. In a new report from Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports, it was revealed that the Denver Nuggets were one of the teams interested in George, and even considered a deal that would have sent Michael Porter Jr. to the Clippers.

“Michael Porter Jr.’s big payday in Denver might not have been as big under this new CBA,” Fischer wrote. “While Porter helped the Nuggets clinch the 2023 championship, Denver already was flirting with the concept of including Porter in a trade to land Paul George this summer, sources said, although his cap number likely would have been too daunting for the CBA-conscious Clippers to have truly considered if George had opted in to be traded.”

As Fischer noted, the Nuggets considered swapping Porter for George, but there is no indication the Clippers would have been open to this, as their future financial flexibility is of utmost importance for roster building.

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A Denver Democratic lawmaker has apologized for a social media post saying the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday would provide “sympathy for the devil,” as other Colorado politicians condemned the attack.

“We must always resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box — not through violence,” Rep. Steven Woodrow said in a statement Monday morning. “I know people are hurting, and (I) apologize that my words caused additional pain.”

Shortly after a gunman injured Trump and killed an attendee at the former president’s Pennsylvania rally Saturday night, Woodrow — a frequent X user who has regularly criticized Republicans on the platform — posted that the “last thing America needed was sympathy for the devil but here we are.”

He immediately drew criticism for the post, and later that night he deleted his X account. Colorado Democratic Party chair Shad Murib was among those who criticized Woodrow’s post.

In his statement Monday, Woodrow condemned the attempt on Trump’s life and said that his post, “inarticulate as it was,” sought to convey that “acts of violence like this are awful and only make it more likely that Trump now wins” the election.

Other Colorado politicians denounced the attack, which killed retired fire chief and father Corey Comperatore and left Trump bloodied after he said a bullet damaged his ear; two rally spectators also were injured.

Gov. Jared Polis said in a Saturday statement that he was glad Trump was doing well and that “violence is never acceptable.” He also called for increased security for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Democratic U.S. Reps. Brittany Pettersen, Joe Neguse, Diana DeGette, Yadira Caraveo and Jason Crow all issued similar statements.

So, too, did U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and an array of local and state elected officials.

Republican U.S. Reps. Doug Lamborn and Greg Lopez both posted on X that they were praying for Trump’s recovery.

Crow told CBS on Sunday that “violence could spiral out of control” and that “leadership requires that we all step back. Enough is enough. We cannot do this.”

Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert expressed support and prayers for Trump on X, while blaming President Joe Biden for the attack and reposting social media messages that explicitly — and baselessly — blamed Democrats for attempting to kill the former president.

The gunman has been identified as a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man; federal and state investigators are still seeking to determine his motive for opening fire on Trump.

State Rep. Matt Soper, a Delta Republican, posted on X that Biden should be investigated for “criminal incitement of violence.” He suggested Woodrow should resign Saturday night, though he told Colorado Public Radio on Sunday that he understood getting caught up in an emotional moment.

Patrick Neville, a former Republican lawmaker and one-time minority leader in the state House, posted on X that he didn’t agree with Woodrow’s comments. But he suggested that the Denver Democrat and his family had received threats since Saturday and that those threats “are more deplorable than what (Woodrow) said.”

Calls for softening inflammatory rhetoric are not new to Colorado’s state legislative leaders, who have long struggled with lawmakers’ social media postings.

Republican state Reps. Brandi Bradley and Ryan Armagost both criticized Woodrow on X over the weekend, too. Earlier this year, Democratic lawmakers criticized both Bradley and Armagost for repeatedly using social media to accuse their colleagues of supporting pedophiles. Democratic legislators said they received death threats as a result of those postings.

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Originally Published: July 15, 2024 at 12:23 p.m.