by denvergreens | Oct 12, 2021 | Ballot initiatives
As we review this November’s ballot questions, we affirm some core values. First, we believe that people come before profits, and the public purse should be spent primarily to improve the quality of life for Denver residents. Secondly, we do not believe that the city...
by tech | Feb 15, 2021 | Ballot initiatives, Elections
DENVER GREEN PARTY CALLS UPON DENVER CHARTER COMMITTEE TO REFER RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO THE BALLOT The Denver Green Party (DGP) advocates for the City and County of Denver to adopt Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) as a referred measure for Denver’s November 2021 ballot. To...
by tech | Jan 13, 2021 | Education
by tech | Sep 4, 2020 | Ballot initiatives
In 2005, the Colorado General Assembly passed Senate Bill 05-152, preventing local governments from entering into the broadband internet market and using tax money on fiber optic infrastructure. On the November ballot, voters will be able to “opt out” of SB05-152 by...
by tech | Jun 11, 2020 | CO Legislature
Should the Denver Green Party support SB 20-217? We find ourselves able to, even with the very paltry array of reforms the bill provides. Is it a step in the right direction? Not really. Many have looked to the introduction of SB 20-217, which would not even become...
by tech | Jan 22, 2019 | Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Denver, Colorado, January 22, 2019) – The Denver Green Party expresses solidarity and unwavering support for the members of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA), who voted tonight to strike. The vote passed with 93 percent of...
by tech | Jan 12, 2019 | Denver issues, Education
As you may have heard, Denver teachers will be voting whether to strike in the next few days. They are paid under a pay-for-performance arrangement called ProComp, which was sold to them as a way to be paid fairly, but it hasn’t panned out that way. The ProComp...
by tech | Dec 3, 2018 | Ballot initiatives
On December 2, 2018, the Denver Green Party unanimously voted to endorse Decriminalize Denver’s ballot initiative effort to remove possession and personal cultivation of psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, from the list of arrestable offenses...
by tech | Oct 21, 2018 | Ballot initiatives
We begin our recommendations for the questions on the Denver ballot for 2018 with the observation of a disturbing trend among them: most of the funding for the purposes described in the questions are based on regressive sales taxes that fundamentally and inequitably...
by tech | Sep 11, 2018 | Positions and Resolutions
From Amani Sawari, spokeswoman for Jail House Lawyers Speak (JLS), nationwide prison strike organizer: Hello National Prison Strike Endorsers, We made it! I appreciate everyone’s efforts in making the National Prison Strike a national headline for three weeks....