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May 01, 2020 11:02 AM UTC

Denver Mayor: Cory Cardner Needs to "Stand Up for Colorado"

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  • by: Jason Salzman

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock.

In response to a statement by U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that Colorado and other states “use the bankruptcy route” to deal with state budget shortfalls resulting from COVID-19, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock today called on Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) to use his influence on McConnell “to stand up for Colorado and to fight for Denverites and other cities around the nation.”

“We are calling on Senator Gardner in particular, who is a close ally of McConnell, to stand up for Colorado and to fight for Denverites and other cities around the nation,” said Hancock during a press call today organized by Rocky Mountain Values, a progressive advocacy group.

A bankruptcy declaration would be “absolutely disastrous” for Denver, said Hancock.

“We would see layoffs, quite frankly, of our most important soldiers, men and women who serve as our police officers, our firefighters, our teachers, and other essential personnel, who are battling this pandemic,” said Hancock.

“It’s really those first responders and front-line workers who are making sure we are recovering and we’re able to protect and secure our residents,” he added.

Hancock called it a “partisan mentality” that led to McConnell’s resistance to giving federal aid to states and cities.

McConnell appears to be worried that such funding would only support Democratic governors and Democratic mayors, who represent most of our cities around the country, said Hancock.

“This is not the time for partisan politics,” said Hancock. “It is the time for leadership.”

“I can’t understate how stunned local elected leaders were when we heard of Mitch McConnel’s suggestion that maybe the states ought to file for bankruptcy.”

Hancock heard about McConnell’s statement while he was talking to Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Democratic mayor of New York, and there was a “pregnant pause,” he said, because they could “not believe that such a recommendation would come from such a high-ranking elected official in the United States Congress.”

McConnell has stated that he would consider state aid under certain conditions that have been denounced by Democrats.

At the news conference, Hancock and others stated that Gardner should demonstrate that he is keeping the pressure on McConnell until the state funding actually materializes.

Denver alone is facing close to $200 million in economic impacts so far, said Hancock.

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8 thoughts on “Denver Mayor: Cory Cardner Needs to “Stand Up for Colorado”

  1. It would be nice for other Colorado mayors to chime in … I'm assuming Aurora and Colorado Springs aer in a similar situation. 

    1. Remember, Mike Coffman won Aurora’s Mayor race by ~ 200 votes. He would probably like to get back into Donald Trump’s good graces. But he can’t do that and be a good Mayor advocating for the needs of Aurorans. Which will he choose? 
       

      He’ll probably imitate Gardner, talk a moderate game, and avoid pissing off the Mango Monarch by saying anything remotely critical. Sorry, Aurora. You elected a sycophant, not a Mayor.

  2. Cory might deliver a mellifluous, smarmy, statement full of patriotic bullshit, swearing to defend Coloradans…then do whatever Moscow Mitch tells him to do. 

    1. I may have missed something … but I don't recall Gov. Polis "demanding" anything.   I've seen him requesting.  I've seen him trying to say something was "the thing to do" or "the cool thing." Even when he got a direct challenge from Weld County, his response was described that he "warned that Weld County could lose emergency funds. Buy-in on "Safer at Home" by local jurisdictions is important, he said." 

      Westword looked at the escalation by Weld County, and had Polis' response as:

      If you're unilaterally saying, 'We're simply not going to follow any public-health guidance,' that is endangering lives, and as governor, I'm going to act to prevent that" using methods that include financial pressure and actions by law enforcement.

      So, expecting Polis to "demand" something from Gardner, knowing the "demand" would not be likely to get the desired response, seems to be well beyond his style of leadership.

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