Talk:John Hickenlooper

Hickenlooper Runs Denver as a Sanctuary City for Illegal Immigrants

The article reads like a political advertisement in favor of Hickenlooper, not as a neutral biography. For example, Denver is run as a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants, but the article completely ignores the controversy relating to that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.149.170 (talk) 03:23, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

The inflammatory claim which serves as the title of this discussion section should have no place in the article. Instead, a reasonable presentation of facts and a summary of opinions on the matter could be added to the article. ---Dagme (talk) 03:40, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

It is simply beyond rational debate that Denver has been (and is being) run as a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Nothing inflammatory about the truth, and Hickenlooper has been quite open about not wanting illegal immigrants to be in any way hampered in Colorado by their status of violating the federal immigration law. It is also true that it is really impossible to function as an illegal immigrant without also engaging in document fraud, identity theft, and tax evasion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.149.170 (talk) 01:26, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Add some pictures

Perhaps some photo(s) would improve the article. The one at "draft hick" is good. And maybe one of his campaign, or of him on the job. What do you guys think? Editor19841 23:23, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Whatever we use would fall under the Wikipedia:Fair use guidelines, since I doubt there's a freely licensed photo out there. In particular, we'd be better with a publicity photo rather than a commercial AP photo or such, unfortunately I don't see any on his campaign site. — Laura Scudder ☎ 22:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

This picture issue is really bothering me. Really, he's the Mayor of city of about 600,000 in population, and we can't find a publicity pic! Has anyone located anything usable? Editor19841 00:37, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

You could always try to get a snapshot of Hickenlooper at some type of public event or when he leaves for work or something. Anything you yourself takes is fair use if you allow it to be. I would help, but I am not currently living in Denver. Vertigo700 21:12, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I'll take a photo if anyone can find an upcoming free event. Unfortunately the many campaign appearances don't start until May. — Laura Scudder ☎ 22:01, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I may have found a usable pic: [1]. Under public domain? Usable? Anyone good at uploading? Good enough? Editor19841 00:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

From http://www.denvergov.org/jump_site_info_content.asp#Copyright:

While the City and County of Denver provides the information on this server to anyone, we retain copyright on all text, graphic images, and other content. This means that you may not: distribute the text or graphics to others without the express written permission of the City and County of Denver

Unfortunately, even if the city employed the photographer, the works of city employees aren't generally public domain like with federal government employees. The options are to contact the mayor's office, asking permission to release a photo under the GFDL, or to argue it as fair use. — Laura Scudder ☎ 20:57, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Good work, thanks for the tip. The hunt will continue... Editor19841 00:04, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Arguing fair use is a reasonable option, just one that I personally tend to avoid. My offer still stands to go to any free event where he's appearing after June 6 (I'm out of state at the moment). — Laura Scudder ☎ 00:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Whoops, my schedule might have nixed that option. Election day June 3rd means there's probably not a lot of opportunities after then. — Laura Scudder ☎ 00:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey, if you can get a good pic of him on-site, be my guest. See, my original thinking was that images of the Mayor of Denver would be fair use. You make some good points though. I'm out of state as well right now, but if anyone in-state could get a pic of him, that would work. So, if your interested, Laura, go for it. Best of luck. Editor19841 23:43, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Great pic. Editor19841 01:22, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Homelessness campaign?

Some sources and information would be nice. Ken 20:30, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm providing a link to the homelessness commision today. Editor19841 00:09, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

The link is on the page. Editor19841 00:20, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Scandals?

What relevance to Hickenlooper's political career does this section hold? It appears to be politically motivated, as it's worded as though it's a political advertisement. Does anyone agree with me? If so, I vote to remove the non-related section from the article. Editor19841 00:18, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Seeing as no one seems to disagree with me, I'm reverting it. Editor19841 00:51, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

This section is reinstated, as it's a highly relevant political issue in the city of Denver, and factually correct. Hickenlooper has been widely criticized in Denver for knowingly hiring up to 100 illegal aliens, for directing police bureaus to not enforce immigration laws, and for extending benefits to illegal aliens that are not extended to legal citizens.

Why?

i've read th article and i have noticed, that it is slanted very much in favour of hickenlooper. it is written like it was taken from his personal website; the style of the article is neither objective, nor is it very informative. examples:

Hickenlooper won re-election for the office of Mayor in May 2007 by a staggering 87% of the vote.--wtf?

Hickenlooper announced a sweeping initiative called Greenprint Denver to promote(...) --why 'sweeping'? how is this objective?

(...)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 -- ugh. weasel words, unprecise style galore. many in northamerica also incliudes mexico and canada by the way.. also: unsourced statement.

and why, oh why is the bit about his personal life at the end of this article? any comments?--Nevrdull 10:37, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Another Question Would be About Hickenlooper's Bio

Hickenlooper graduated from high school in 1970, at the peak of the Vietnam War. Almost 3 million young men Hickenlooper's age served in Vietnam and about 1 million more served elsewhere in the world during that era. Yet the article is completely silent about how Hickenlooper avoided military service. Probably a high lottery number, but making zero mention of the historical context of his youth simply consigns the article to incompleteness.

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"Laws Against Dogs"

I deleted this section. It was highly dubious from a neutrality standpoint, and only relates to John Hickenlooper on the grounds that he's the mayor of the city that someone sued. It also seriously misrepresented the appeals court ruling as some sort of victory for the plaintiffs when in fact most of their claims were thrown out, and the remaining claim was remanded by "taking the factual allegations in the complaint as true" allowing as a matter for a trial judge a potentially plausible argument that the government didn't have a compelling interest in banning pit bulls. Janus303 (talk) 03:11, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Garcia-Gomez

I removed the paragraph about Garcia-Gomez. It's entirely irrelevant to the article. The mayor did not hire that individual, he had no control over that individual being hired (or not hired) since his part ownership in the restaurant was held in a blind trust. Janus303 (talk) 16:03, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Wealth, personal assets, and net worth.

The wealth, personal assets, and net worth of Hickenlooper need to be addressed in this article. I looked up the article specifically to find accurate information on this topic because I had heard vague mention that Hickenlooper is extremely wealthy. The article must quantify this. The matter is especially relevant on this day on which Hickenlopper has been poised to order the forcible and violent removal of Occupy Denver / Occupy Wall Street activists who are specifically protesting excessive economic inequality. ---Dagme (talk) 03:49, 16 October 2011 (UTC)