Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post’s politics team captures what’s happening this week — from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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With a few more hours of sleep under our belts, The Denver Post’s crackerjack politics team has turned out some deep dives this week on everything from the Colorado Supreme Court to toll lanes and the people who have so much money to spare they can pour it into the state’s wild and crazy governor’s race.
Meanwhile, it seems like everyone in Colorado has a job (even though Chipotle is bailing on us) and if you smell a fire in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, we’ve got the 411 on why.
Oh, and BTW: Your dog’s pee is killing downtown trees. And Denver is pissed. (Yes, we just made that pun. Deal with it.)
Fresh news: Denver’s affordable-apartment program is finally ready to launch — smaller and later than Mayor Michael Hancock first intended.
ROLL CALL
COLORADO: THE STATEHOUSE & BEYOND
DENVER & THE SUBURBS
- The politics of toll roads are heating up big time in El Paso County, where the mostly conservative-leaning residents who live there are throwing up stiff resistance to a plan for Interstate 25 by CDOT.
- A city assistance program that helped people facing rent hikes and other housing cost crises was nearly overwhelmed by the demand. This week, Denver city leaders approved a $1 million extension.
- And there’s a new face overseeing Denver’s affordable housing policies, as Mayor Michael Hancock named his new chief housing officer.
- Chipotle is ✌ing out of Colorado.
We wish @ChipotleTweets all the best. We want their existing employees to know we have services that can help them find new jobs.
— John W. Hickenlooper (@GovofCO) May 23, 2018
D.C. POLITICS FROM A COLORADO PERSPECTIVE
THE WIRE
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How I’ve felt since the #coleg legislative session ended. pic.twitter.com/uv5zXnGhoE
— Jesse Aaron Paul (@JesseAPaul) May 23, 2018
How I’ve felt since realizing we have 10 million 2018 races to cover and catch up on pic.twitter.com/uTGuweFkBa
— Jesse Aaron Paul (@JesseAPaul) May 23, 2018
Staff writers John Frank, Jon Murray, Mark K. Matthews and John Aguilar contributed to this newsletter.
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