Unsurprisingly, at least one study shows that higher minimum wages speed restaurant failures, especially at the cheaper end of the scale, where low-wage workers are more likely to eat, while deterring entrepreneurs from opening replacements.
The troubled souls on streets of Denver, like those in Seattle, need intervention and treatment; not free tents, free needles, and a free place to die in squalor.
Civic leaders have tended to underplay the effects on homeowners, but the middle class is worth more than a passing mention.
The Aurora Water Department, squirreled away on the 3rd floor of its city hall, can only envy the empire building of its larger neighbor.
Local attorney Paul Grant once noted that you wouldn’t want to re-pass the First Amendment, let alone the entire Bill of Rights, in Colorado these days because it contains at least five different subjects: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the right to petition.
It’s the government equivalent of the motto said to be favored by 19th Century Colorado con man Soapy Smith: “We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you.”
Virtually ever since a Denver Police officer was critically injured when hundreds of East High students went on a protest march, there’s been open speculation as to whether it was
“It’s my least favorite law in the whole world,” Councilwoman Jeanne Faatz said emphatically. “It essentially permitted government extortion of developers.”
“It’s my least favorite law in the whole world,” Councilwoman Jeanne Faatz said emphatically. “It essentially permitted government extortion of developers.”
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