Denver, CO
Denver voters will decide in November whether to raise property taxes to fund Denver Public Library
DENVER — Voters in Denver will resolve in November whether or not to ascertain a brand new property tax that might elevate about $31 million every year to additional fund the Denver Public Library system after metropolis council authorized the measure for the poll on Monday night.
The council voted 11-1 to place the proposed initiative on November’s poll – a request that got here earlier this summer time from Denver Metropolis Librarian Michelle Jeske.
If authorized by voters, the ordinance would set up a brand new property tax of 1.5 mills, or about $1.50 on each $1,000 of assessed property worth, for Denver owners.
The cash would go towards funding the Denver Public Library, which Jeske informed the council’s Finances and Coverage Committee earlier this yr would come out to about $31.6 million every year based mostly on 2021 property assessments.
Jeske additionally stated that the common Denver home-owner would pay an estimated $4.19 every month if the tax is authorized.
The push for the brand new tax got here out of discussions final yr about how you can fund a strategic roadmap for the library system on the way it can broaden its areas and companies to extra neighborhoods and higher serve Denver.
“After conducting 63 group conferences with greater than 500 group members, DPL created a brand new strategic roadmap that focuses on what our rising and altering group wants – now we have to fund that community-developed plan,” Jeske stated final month.
The plan goals to pay librarians and employees extra, broaden expertise companies and different packages, broaden hours and choices, and work with individuals in search of jobs, in line with proponents.
District 8 Metropolis Councilman Chris Herndon was the lone no vote in opposition to the measure on Monday. He stated he felt the council may discover the cash elsewhere within the metropolis funds.
Polling of probably voters from a bunch supporting the library present in April discovered a majority of these polled supported a possible property tax improve to broaden library funding.
Nicole Sullivan, who owns two unbiased e book shops in Denver, stated she supported the potential funding within the library.
“I’m thrilled that this funding will permit DPL to extend wages for librarians and employees – the very individuals who safeguard freedom of expression and unfold a love of books,” Sullivan stated in a press release.
Denver voters may also resolve, by citizen-led initiatives, whether or not to publicly fund sidewalk building and maintenance by a brand new charge, whether or not to extend marijuana gross sales taxes to fund out-of-school alternatives for youths, whether or not to lift taxes to offer authorized illustration for individuals going through eviction, and whether or not to require recycling and composting in any respect Denver companies.
The 2025 NFL Draft is about 10 months away, but that will never stop us from whipping up a mock draft, with the Denver Broncos going all-in around Bo Nix. Yes, let’s whip up a 2025 NFL mock draft. Am I crazy? Maybe, but I do not care.
Mock draft season is always in-season, so we’ll keep with the trend for all of those people who crave mock drafts year-round. The 2025 NFL Draft is months and months away, and the 2024 NFL Draftees have not even taken a snap in a real NFL game yet.
But if all goes well for the Denver Broncos in 2024, they could truly go all-in around Bo Nix for 2025 and beyond, and this is what this mock draft is about.
In a trade down with the New Orleans Saints, Sean Payton’s old team, the Denver Broncos land James Pearce Jr, who just might be the best projected EDGE rusher in the 2025 NFL Draft class, which is exactly what this defense could be missing. Don’t look now, but both of Jonathon Cooper and Baron Browning could leave in free agency next year.
The Broncos did take Jonah Elliss in the 2024 NFL Draft, so if this happens, the Broncos top EDGE rushers would be Nik Bonitto, Jonah Elliss, and James Pearce Jr. Honestly, that might end up being quite the trio. Denver could also take a top defensive tackle prospect with their first-round pick as well, as a huge need still remains down there.
The Denver Broncos have not taken a tackle in the NFL Draft since Garett Bolles back in the first round of the 2017 draft. This is a huge problem and something that Sean Payton and George Paton need to fix. Jonah Savaiinaea is there for the taking at the top of the second round, and with Bolles set to be a free agent in 2025, they scoop him up.
Heck, even if the Broncos were to re-sign Garett Bolles, they should still look to take a tackle high in he 2025 NFL Draft, and it’s actually insane that Denver has not drafted one in seven years. SEVEN!
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — A Denver Health ambulance with a patient onboard was involved in a crash in Englewood Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. at Logan St and the Hampden Bypass. According to Denver Health, the ambulance was transporting a patient to Swedish Medical Center when the crash occurred.
According to Denver Health, three additional ambulances were dispatched to the scene. One took the initial patient to Swedish Medical Center. The other two ambulances were for new patients who were involved in the crash.
Denver Health could not share how many additional patients there were or if the initial patient was injured in the crash.
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DENVER — Police in Denver arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a man outside the Denver Rescue Mission Monday night.
Officers arrested Julian Huggins, 40, at the homeless shelter in the 4600 block of E. 48th Avenue shortly after arriving on scene around 8 p.m.
The male victim, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the police.
Witnesses told police that the Huggins and the victim were involved in a verbal altercation before shots rang out.
Huggins is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder.
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