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John Wright Hickenlooper (born February 7, 1952) is Mayor of the City and County of Denver, Colorado. He was born in Narberth, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University. Before becoming mayor in June 2003 he was a geologist turned entrepreneur: in addition to being very successful with real estate, he is also the owner of several popular restaurants, including Denver's first brewpub, the Wynkoop Brewing Company. He is generally considered one of the main people responsible for the success of the LoDo urban renewal period during the early 1990s. As mayor, Hickenlooper has gained much press for his initiative on the US Conference of Mayors, and precedent-setting policies. Image File history File links Pfbmayor. ...
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Narberth is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 160 miles (255 km) - Length 280 miles (455 km) - % water 2. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
Wellington E. Webb (born 1941) is a former mayor of Denver. ...
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February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ...
Nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado Coordinates: City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area - City 401. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
Narberth is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. ...
Wesleyan University founded in 1831, is a private, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. ...
The Wynkoop Brewing Company is a bar and resturant in the LoDo area of Denver, Colorado. ...
LoDo is the lower downtown area of Denver, Colorado. ...
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2003 Mayoral campaign
In electing Hickenlooper, the city continued its 40-year tradition of electing Democratic mayors. Hickenlooper ran a media-heavy campaign featuring himself riding scooters and feeding parking meters. He was the darling of Denver's two daily papers, The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, both of whom endorsed him over the early favorite, City Auditor Don Mares, who was also a Democrat. The papers' tough coverage of Mares gave Hickenlooper an important edge. Hickenlooper was popular among voters, as he promised to reduce parking prices in the downtown area, with which he followed through soon after his election. In the first round of elections, Hickenlooper received 43% of the vote, 20 points ahead of Mares, but they still had to compete in a runoff, which Hickenlooper won in a landslide, receiving 65% of the vote. The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...
The Denver Post is a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado. ...
The Rocky Mountain News is a daily morning tabloid-format newspaper published in Denver, Colorado. ...
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First term as Mayor His first tasks included taking on the city's budget crisis and reforming its career personnel system. He has broken with past tradition of appointing political insiders to his cabinet with a youthful crew of appointees. [1]
In April 2005, Hickenlooper was named one of the top 5 big-city mayors in America by Time Magazine. He is well-liked by both Denver and suburban-Denver citizens and consistently has very good approval ratings. In addition, Mayor Hickenlooper also is aiding in attempts to bring the 2008 Democratic National Convention to the Mile High City. Denver mayors have tried to win the Convention in recent years, but have not been successful since the city first hosted in 1908. The city is currently considered to be the front-runner in the race to host the convention. (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...
The 2008 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party will be held from Monday, August 25, through Thursday, August 28, after the Summer Olympics in Beijing. ...
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Political action John Hickenlooper has led a very active mayoral term in Denver. The vast majority of the campaigning he has done for progress in the City and County has been considered popular with Denver-Aurora metro and statewide, a rare achievement for a Denver Mayor in recent years. The metropolitan area centered on the city of Denver, Colorado is known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Denver metropolitan area (population 2,179,240 in 2000). ...
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Campaign for the homeless Hickenlooper has gained much praise for his campaigning for homeless services since taking office in 2003. He's responsible for creating the nation's first "10 year plan to end homelessness", a plan that many other cities have adopted since (he introduced the plan at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C.). In addition, he also created the commission for ending homelessness in Denver, a program seen by many around North America as being a trend setter and example for cities everywhere. "If we are to consider ourselves a truly great city, we must address all the issues that underlie homelessness." Hickenlooper was quoted as saying during the creation of the commission. A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ...
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Marijuana legalization In 2005, Denver became the first major city in the U.S. to make the private use of less than an ounce of marijuana legal for adults 21 and older. Hickenlooper opposed the marijuana legalization initiative, which voters approved 53.49%-46.51%. It should be noted that the initiative doesn't usurp Colorado State Law, (CRS), which currently treats marijuana possession in much the same way as a speeding ticket, with fines of up to $100 and no jail time [1]. A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ...
Schedules of Controlled Substances Schedule I The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. ...
In political science, the initiative (also known as popular or citizens initiative) provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote on a proposed statute, constitutional amendment, charter amendment or ordinance. ...
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Greenprint Denver In his State of the City address on July 12, 2006, Hickenlooper announced a sweeping initiative called Greenprint Denver to promote the importance of sustainable development and ecologically-friendly practices throughout the Denver community and reduce citywide greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the 2006 U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. The initiative, guided by a leadership group comprised of city and community members, features a comprehensive action agenda to meet a series of goals over a five-year period. [edit]
2008 Democratic National Convention Hickenlooper, like his Democratic predecessor Wellington Webb (1991-2003) has led the campaign for Denver to host the landmark 2008 Democratic National Convention. The city is now one of two left competing to host the convention, which would coincidentally be the centennial of the city's first hosting of the landmark 1908 convention. Denver is currently the frontrunner according to polls by the Daily Kos website [2]. Hickenlooper has popularly pitched the centennial convention be held in the Centennial State. Wellington E. Webb (born 1941) is a former mayor of Denver. ...
The 2008 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party will be held from Monday, August 25, through Thursday, August 28, after the Summer Olympics in Beijing. ...
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Future political career Hickenlooper's popularity has made him a possible candidate for Governor of Colorado in the upcoming election to fill current Republican Governor Bill Owens' seat. Although he decided not to run despite a campaign called Draft Hick. He officially announced on Monday, February 6, 2006 that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for governor, and has since thrown support behind frontrunner Democrat Bill Ritter, Denver's former District Attorney. A governor is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the Head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered company which has...
The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...
This article is about the Governor of Colorado. ...
Bill Ritter (born 1958, Denver, Colorado) is an American politician from Colorado, the former District Attorney for Denver County, and is now the Democratic candidate running for Governor of Colorado in 2006. ...
A district attorney is, in some U.S. jurisdictions, the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminals. ...
Hickenlooper will be up for re-election for the office of Mayor in 2007.
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Family and private life Mayor Hickenlooper graduated from Wesleyan University where he received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1974 and a master’s degree in geology in 1980. His wife, Helen Thorpe, is a writer whose work has been published in The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, George, and Texas Monthly. They currently live in Lower Downtown Denver with their three-year-old son Teddy. However, as of early August 2006, the Hickenloopers made an offer on a home in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood.[2] A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ...
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics...
A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ...
The Blue Marble: The famous photo of the Earth taken en route to the Moon by Apollo 17s Harrison Schmitt on December 7, 1972. ...
The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry, and fiction. ...
The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
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LoDo is the lower downtown area of Denver, Colorado. ...
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External links - Biography from campaign site
- Denver Commission to End Homelessness
- Press Release on Hickenlooper's Homeless Campaign
- City and County of Denver
- Mayor's Office
- Greenprint Denver
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