Denver Direct: DENVER MUNICIPAL ELECTION MAY 5, 2015 (Yikes, ballots will be out in April)


Friday, March 6, 2015

DENVER MUNICIPAL ELECTION MAY 5, 2015 (Yikes, ballots will be out in April)

Yes, its that time already for Denver citizens to vote for candidates to run our City government: Mayor, Auditor, and some City Council members. As an interested voter, your first challenge is to figure out in which City Council District you now live. This is made more difficult by the fact that the boundaries have been redrawn, due to redistricting. Here are maps to help you figure this out.
Old Districts: 
 New Districts:

If that doesn’t help, you can go here and enter your address.
I was in the old 8, now the new 9. My former Council member was Albus Brooks, and he is moving to the new 9, where he will be running for “re-election” having fulfilled one term (4yrs) of his 12-year term limit.
Also running in the new 9 is Ean Tafoya, an energetic bright young man who graciously allowed us an hour-long interview. I’ll be putting up snippets of the interview in this space. I’ve also contacted Albus Brooks for the long-overdue interview we agreed to years ago.