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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yeah, let's uh, let's get the mayor. Mayor Mike Johnson
of Denver is well aware that last week I gently
chastised him on the air for being late. And yet, Mike,
here we are again. Do we need to set an
alarm for you.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I've been sitting here waiting for you to call you,
maybe every week, and suddenly y'all didn't call me.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Maybe we have Maybe we need to just verify the
number because bet Dragon's been Dragon's been trying for a while. Anyway,
welcome back. It's good to have you. And Gena and
I were talking about how it's interesting that two of
the biggest conversations in Denver right now are about about stadiums.
So I'm gonna ask you about one and Gina's gonna
ask you about another. But what did you Well, I
(00:40):
know what you make what you made of it, because
you said something in public about this. I don't know
if it's a bluff regarding the women's professional soccer team
that maybe they would go look for a stadium somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, I mean, we take it very seriously. We are
deeply committed to making sure this stadium stays in Denver.
You know, it's gonna be an incredible economic victory for
the city and a great cultural one. You know, it
was one of the fastest ticket sellouts.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Of any new franchise in the country for women's sports,
and so we know there's a huge Denver fan base,
so we very much wanted to stay. We know there
were some delays and the city council process. City council
had questions they were answering. We're going to make sure
that council gets those questions and we get this stadium
built because we are not going to let it leave Denver.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Are they Are they bluffing or they just kind of
trying to leverage the city and city council to move
faster or give them something or whatever. Do you think
actually mean it?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, I think think you that they have a timeline
they have to meet. We got to get this stadium
built and open by twenty twenty eight. Yeah, it's very fast,
only two years away. So they've made piments to the
league that we understand. We've made the moment to the
league too that we'll be ready, and so we think
any you know, we know, any responsible business has got
to do that and have to have a plan B.
(01:50):
But We're very intent on making sure they don't get
to a plan B. And we we have been a
huge aality from the beginning. We help recruit the end
of yourself to come to Denver. We wanted to make
sure they stayed in Denver. So you are really committed
to making sure that works. And I'm in regular contact
with the city council president to make sure they get
all the questions answered they need so they can support
it and get it rolling.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Mister mayor, obviously the other stadium, then we will figure
it out. I apologize. The other stadium that we've been
covering obviously is the new Broncos Stadium. And there was
an open house that took place this week to talk
a little bit more with some residents. There were some concerns.
People talked about increased home values, traffic, parking on game days.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Crime.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Someone even said, what if they lose they and they
cause you know a devastation around my area, crime and
other things. If you had to pick one issue that
you think residents are most valid for most concerned about that, Yes,
that is something that I understand. What would you say
that is?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Oh, I think it is that this is going to
be a major economic windfall for the neighborhood. It's going
to be one hundred acres of new development. It'll be
new businesses, new restaurants, new retail, and so I do
think that can have an impact on making this a
more attractive part of the city where more folks want
to live, which means you could have home price is
that go up. And so if you're a resident's been
(03:02):
there for fifty years, like I talked to you, and
they want to stay in the neighborhood, we got to
figure out how we can help make sure that their
property taxes don't go up enough that they have to move.
But we also know that happens in a lot of
neighborhoods when they get very desirable. Some folks choose to
sell and leave because they have a huge upside because
their home value has gone up. Others want to stay.
We want to make sure folks that want to stay
can stay. So I think that's a fair question, and
(03:23):
it happens whenever you see real economic growth. But we
think economic growth is a good thing for a neighborhood
that wants it.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
Another story we had the newscast this week was really
a video that gained national attention of a Denver health
inspector pouring bleach into an unlicensed tackle vendor's food. The
department has defended the action. They say that the vendors
have multiple food and safety violations. They've really been trying
to shut them down for a while with several seasoned
desist orders. Just curious of your reaction to this and
(03:51):
how the state the situation was really handled, if any
other kind of protocols or health departments what they generally
do when it comes to a situation like this.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Yeah, that's never an easy process, but it is part
of our job.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Right.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
You can't open a brick and mortar restaurant and not
have a license and serve food that's unsafe, or have
cockroaches in your kitchen. Like the public who relies on
us to make sure these places are licensed and safe.
We've contacted us multiple times, actually multiple other counties have
had to contact that's render multiple times, and they've refused
and then defy and won't license, won't guarantee safety, and
(04:23):
they have really unsafe practices. Even in this contact directly,
we had multiple conversations where we asked, you know, for
them to make changes. We told them we had to
confiscate the food. They refuse to let us confiscate it,
they refuse to let us move it, and so in
every one of these situations, they've been really difficult and
in transigent, and so our public health inspectors have to
do their job and that was the only option they
(04:45):
left us. So it's not something we want to do,
but it is our fundamental job to make sure that
food is safe and licensed in the city. And when
you have someone that refused to follow the rules multiple
times from multiple county interventions, we have to hold them accountables.
Never fund to have to close up business when it
violates a liquor license or a food license. But that
is our job, and this is one of those tough
moments where you got to do your job.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
I do think that thing blew up as a national
story even before it became a big local story, in
part because it got out there without the necessary context.
And I think that when a lot of people learned
about the repeat offender nature of this this person and
how he would take food that might have been unsafe
to serve and go try to lock it away from
(05:27):
the health and safety people, I think I think it
makes a lot more sense now and I you know,
I guess that's what happens when stories get out without context.
We're just about out of time, Mike's I have one
last question for you. If on Thanksgiving, if you could
have a whole plate with nothing but sides and no turkey,
or a plate that included turkey and the other stuff,
(05:49):
which would you do?
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Oh, I'd always take turkey and the sides. Once you
do love sides. I'm a big sweet potato cass role guy.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Mm hm, yeah, I'm not a huge turkey. I take
a whole plate to sides. But there are apparently a
lot like you white meat or dark.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Meat, white meat?
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Wow, wow, Okay, that's uh yeah, yeah, that's a hot take.
You should have seen producer Dragon shaking his head right there. Mike,
have really have a Yeah, you should do that. You
should absolutely do that. Have a have a wonderful Thanksgiving,
and uh, I guess we won't talk to you next week,
(06:28):
but the week after we look forward to having you back,
and we'll make sure that the phone rings on time.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I look forward to it. Great to hear your voices.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Thanks, all right, take it easy. That's Mayor Mike Johnston
of Denver
Yeah, let's uh, let's get the mayor. Mayor Mike Johnson
of Denver is well aware that last week I gently
chastised him on the air for being late. And yet, Mike,
here we are again. Do we need to set an
alarm for you.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I've been sitting here waiting for you to call you,
maybe every week, and suddenly y'all didn't call me.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Maybe we have Maybe we need to just verify the
number because bet Dragon's been Dragon's been trying for a while. Anyway,
welcome back. It's good to have you. And Gena and
I were talking about how it's interesting that two of
the biggest conversations in Denver right now are about about stadiums.
So I'm gonna ask you about one and Gina's gonna
ask you about another. But what did you Well, I
(00:40):
know what you make what you made of it, because
you said something in public about this. I don't know
if it's a bluff regarding the women's professional soccer team
that maybe they would go look for a stadium somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, I mean, we take it very seriously. We are
deeply committed to making sure this stadium stays in Denver.
You know, it's gonna be an incredible economic victory for
the city and a great cultural one. You know, it
was one of the fastest ticket sellouts.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Of any new franchise in the country for women's sports,
and so we know there's a huge Denver fan base,
so we very much wanted to stay. We know there
were some delays and the city council process. City council
had questions they were answering. We're going to make sure
that council gets those questions and we get this stadium
built because we are not going to let it leave Denver.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Are they Are they bluffing or they just kind of
trying to leverage the city and city council to move
faster or give them something or whatever. Do you think
actually mean it?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, I think think you that they have a timeline
they have to meet. We got to get this stadium
built and open by twenty twenty eight. Yeah, it's very fast,
only two years away. So they've made piments to the
league that we understand. We've made the moment to the
league too that we'll be ready, and so we think
any you know, we know, any responsible business has got
to do that and have to have a plan B.
(01:50):
But We're very intent on making sure they don't get
to a plan B. And we we have been a
huge aality from the beginning. We help recruit the end
of yourself to come to Denver. We wanted to make
sure they stayed in Denver. So you are really committed
to making sure that works. And I'm in regular contact
with the city council president to make sure they get
all the questions answered they need so they can support
it and get it rolling.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Mister mayor, obviously the other stadium, then we will figure
it out. I apologize. The other stadium that we've been
covering obviously is the new Broncos Stadium. And there was
an open house that took place this week to talk
a little bit more with some residents. There were some concerns.
People talked about increased home values, traffic, parking on game days.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Crime.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Someone even said, what if they lose they and they
cause you know a devastation around my area, crime and
other things. If you had to pick one issue that
you think residents are most valid for most concerned about that, Yes,
that is something that I understand. What would you say
that is?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Oh, I think it is that this is going to
be a major economic windfall for the neighborhood. It's going
to be one hundred acres of new development. It'll be
new businesses, new restaurants, new retail, and so I do
think that can have an impact on making this a
more attractive part of the city where more folks want
to live, which means you could have home price is
that go up. And so if you're a resident's been
(03:02):
there for fifty years, like I talked to you, and
they want to stay in the neighborhood, we got to
figure out how we can help make sure that their
property taxes don't go up enough that they have to move.
But we also know that happens in a lot of
neighborhoods when they get very desirable. Some folks choose to
sell and leave because they have a huge upside because
their home value has gone up. Others want to stay.
We want to make sure folks that want to stay
can stay. So I think that's a fair question, and
(03:23):
it happens whenever you see real economic growth. But we
think economic growth is a good thing for a neighborhood
that wants it.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
Another story we had the newscast this week was really
a video that gained national attention of a Denver health
inspector pouring bleach into an unlicensed tackle vendor's food. The
department has defended the action. They say that the vendors
have multiple food and safety violations. They've really been trying
to shut them down for a while with several seasoned
desist orders. Just curious of your reaction to this and
(03:51):
how the state the situation was really handled, if any
other kind of protocols or health departments what they generally
do when it comes to a situation like this.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Yeah, that's never an easy process, but it is part
of our job.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Right.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
You can't open a brick and mortar restaurant and not
have a license and serve food that's unsafe, or have
cockroaches in your kitchen. Like the public who relies on
us to make sure these places are licensed and safe.
We've contacted us multiple times, actually multiple other counties have
had to contact that's render multiple times, and they've refused
and then defy and won't license, won't guarantee safety, and
(04:23):
they have really unsafe practices. Even in this contact directly,
we had multiple conversations where we asked, you know, for
them to make changes. We told them we had to
confiscate the food. They refuse to let us confiscate it,
they refuse to let us move it, and so in
every one of these situations, they've been really difficult and
in transigent, and so our public health inspectors have to
do their job and that was the only option they
(04:45):
left us. So it's not something we want to do,
but it is our fundamental job to make sure that
food is safe and licensed in the city. And when
you have someone that refused to follow the rules multiple
times from multiple county interventions, we have to hold them accountables.
Never fund to have to close up business when it
violates a liquor license or a food license. But that
is our job, and this is one of those tough
moments where you got to do your job.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
I do think that thing blew up as a national
story even before it became a big local story, in
part because it got out there without the necessary context.
And I think that when a lot of people learned
about the repeat offender nature of this this person and
how he would take food that might have been unsafe
to serve and go try to lock it away from
(05:27):
the health and safety people, I think I think it
makes a lot more sense now and I you know,
I guess that's what happens when stories get out without context.
We're just about out of time, Mike's I have one
last question for you. If on Thanksgiving, if you could
have a whole plate with nothing but sides and no turkey,
or a plate that included turkey and the other stuff,
(05:49):
which would you do?
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Oh, I'd always take turkey and the sides. Once you
do love sides. I'm a big sweet potato cass role guy.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Mm hm, yeah, I'm not a huge turkey. I take
a whole plate to sides. But there are apparently a
lot like you white meat or dark.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Meat, white meat?
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Wow, wow, Okay, that's uh yeah, yeah, that's a hot take.
You should have seen producer Dragon shaking his head right there. Mike,
have really have a Yeah, you should do that. You
should absolutely do that. Have a have a wonderful Thanksgiving,
and uh, I guess we won't talk to you next week,
(06:28):
but the week after we look forward to having you back,
and we'll make sure that the phone rings on time.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I look forward to it. Great to hear your voices.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Thanks, all right, take it easy. That's Mayor Mike Johnston
of Denver
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