While the proposal had significant support from Denver residents and affordable-living advocates and scored an 11-2 vote from council, it also faced significant and vocal opposition.
Opponents, who coalesced into an advocacy group called Safe and Sound Denver last summer, argued that the proposed ordinance would decrease public safety, chip away at the neighborhood character of certain parts of Denver, and lead to overcrowding. Safe and Sound Denver also claimed that Community Planning and Development s work was a results-oriented process that had pre-determined outcomes.
Mayl is the former president of Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation Denver, an organization founded to represent the interests of the city s registered neighborhood organizations. But in signing on to the campaign against the new ordinance, he says, he s operating as an individual. (The four other people who signed on to be petitioner committee members Samuel Hargraves, Jennifer Qualteri, Richard Saiz and Thricos
After the Department of Community Planning and Development worked on the zoning code amendment for three years, Denver City Council approved the changes in February. But the fight isn't over yet.
Speedway: Trevor Greig triumphant in The Charlie at Whanganui s Oceanview
3 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Whanganui Chronicle
By: Tony Stuart
An afternoon of smashing New Year s Eve entertainment was promised, and that expectation was more than met.
The final speedway meeting of 2020 at Fast Lane Spares Oceanview Family Speedway was all action under the Whanganui sunshine.
Local driver Trevor Greig (81V) took out the feature event, the Charlie Berntsen Trophy Stockcars, but it was a team effort from his fellow Whanganui competitors.
Dion Mooney (6V), driving his 2019 car, took out the opening heat with a dominant drive, heading home Stratford visitors Kylie Symes (229S) and Corey Sutton (98S), with regular Charlie entrant Les Hepworth (22M) close behind in fourth place.