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Commentary on 2023 Municipal Election
Robin Kniech’s Take on Denver Mayoral Candidate’s Plans on Housing & Homelessness
Nope, I’m not running for Mayor. Just like you, I’ve watched the debates, interviews and plans on homelessness and housing roll out as an observer. Now, I’m dusting off more than a decade of governing experience and expertise to break down what we’ve been hearing.
Guest Editorials
Opinion: We’re council members in Denver and Aurora. Our cities should be allowed to promote affordable housing through local land-use standards.
New state legislation would return land-use authority over affordability in new development back to local governments, where it belongs.
Looking back, and forward, as I depart City Council
Serving this city has been a gift and a challenge, and I look back with gratitude on all we’ve accomplished together.
Opinion: Praise for Xcel’s agreement to stop burning coal by 2031
But it shouldn’t swap one fossil fuel for another, and should commit to 100% renewable energy.
OPINION: Let’s restore local governments’ power to regulate rent
Imagine a Colorado where local communities have more policy tools to meet our unique rental housing challenges.
Op Ed: Prioritizing Local Safety Over Federal Immigration Mandates
Our local governments fully comply with federal law and would honor any warrant presented to arrest an individual in our jurisdiction. Yet somehow our cities and counties and others across the country have been swept into a national political debate focused on coercing us to prioritize enforcement of federal immigration law over the safety of our communities, and even to violate the U.S. Constitution by holding people or sharing information about them without warrants.
Before I Was A Mom…
Originally published in The Denver Post Typically when my name graces the pages of this paper, it’s for a serious policy comment from my seat on Denver’s City Council. Or I’m named in political coverage with the tag line: first out lesbian on the Council. My...
General Topics
Celebrating Pride As Denver Transitions: From Denver’s first Out LGBTQ Council Member
In case you missed it, Denver had eight out LGBTQ Candidates on the April 2023 Municipal Ballot. We’ve come a long way when a field of out candidates that big barely made news.
A Councilmom, Not a Superhero
Before I decided to run for re-election, I had to really pause and think about all this. For a minute, it seemed so simple. If I wasn’t a councilwoman, I could be; The. Perfect. Mom.