Quotes
I only eat candy on Halloween. No lie. ~Michael Trevino
Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I always go all-out with my costumes. ~Ginnifer Goodwin
Now we don't have to wait all year for Halloween, we have Comic Con, Halloween without candy ~G. Eldon Smith
Denver's "City Beautiful" Mayor
To the victor goes the street naming rights. Downtown Denver has streets or avenues named Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, and Colfax. A major diagonal street following the river is Speer Boulevard. Robert W. Speer was Denver's first mayor after the city broke away from Arapahoe County and became the City and County of Denver.
Speer lived in Pennsylvania, but after contracting tuberculosis at an early age there, he did like so many people did when Denver was known as the TB Clinic of the Nation. He moved to Denver in 1878 for his health. Following a short stint as a clerk in the Daniels and Fisher store he entered city government, first as Denver City Clerk in 1884, then as postmaster, then in 1891 as President of the Denver Fire and Police Board where by assigning patronage jobs he built a strong political base, as well as collecting graft from the Red Light district on Market Street, and after- hours saloons. In 1901 he became head of the Board of Public Works, the city’s largest agency.
In 1894 he was elected Mayor of the newly formed City and County of Denver in what is considered the "crookedest election" the state has known. Speer was re-elected in 1898. His administration was marked by projects to turn a dusty cowtown into a "City Beautiful" with new parks and trees along newly paved streets.
By 1912 many people were tired of “Boss” Speer’s authoritarian rule, including the newspapers which charged that his administration was rife with ”cronyism, corruption and crime”. The reformers suggested a commission form of city government. Speer said that would never work.Speer’s prediction turned out to be true.
The mood of the city changed, and when Speer ran again for mayor in 1916 he won in a landslide. He immediately picked up where he had left off, including planning for Civic Center Park, and a large City and County Building.Unfortunately he never saw these plans come to fruition. In 1918 he came down with a cold which developed into pneumonia, and he died in the great flu epidemic.
Robert Speer's life and political career pointed out that no one is all the way good or all the way bad.
Senior Moments
A senior man was convinced his wife was losing her hearing. She refused to admit it, so he came up with a test.
From about 12 feet behind her, he whispered, “I bet you can’t hear me.”
She didn’t answer.
He moved closer - about 6 feet behind her - and whispered, “I bet you can’t hear me.”
Still she didn’t answer.
So he got right behind her and whispered, “I bet you can’t hear me.”
His wife turned and yelled, “For the third and last time, of course I can hear you!”
Concert of Interest
Lyle Lovett and his Large Band and co-star Emmylou Harris will appear at Fiddler's Green amphitheater in Greenwood Village, Colorado July 15. Expected to be an exceptionally entertaining show.
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I only eat candy on Halloween. No lie. ~Michael Trevino
Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I always go all-out with my costumes. ~Ginnifer Goodwin
Now we don't have to wait all year for Halloween, we have Comic Con, Halloween without candy ~G. Eldon Smith
Denver's "City Beautiful" Mayor
To the victor goes the street naming rights. Downtown Denver has streets or avenues named Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, and Colfax. A major diagonal street following the river is Speer Boulevard. Robert W. Speer was Denver's first mayor after the city broke away from Arapahoe County and became the City and County of Denver.
Speer lived in Pennsylvania, but after contracting tuberculosis at an early age there, he did like so many people did when Denver was known as the TB Clinic of the Nation. He moved to Denver in 1878 for his health. Following a short stint as a clerk in the Daniels and Fisher store he entered city government, first as Denver City Clerk in 1884, then as postmaster, then in 1891 as President of the Denver Fire and Police Board where by assigning patronage jobs he built a strong political base, as well as collecting graft from the Red Light district on Market Street, and after- hours saloons. In 1901 he became head of the Board of Public Works, the city’s largest agency.
In 1894 he was elected Mayor of the newly formed City and County of Denver in what is considered the "crookedest election" the state has known. Speer was re-elected in 1898. His administration was marked by projects to turn a dusty cowtown into a "City Beautiful" with new parks and trees along newly paved streets.
By 1912 many people were tired of “Boss” Speer’s authoritarian rule, including the newspapers which charged that his administration was rife with ”cronyism, corruption and crime”. The reformers suggested a commission form of city government. Speer said that would never work.Speer’s prediction turned out to be true.
The mood of the city changed, and when Speer ran again for mayor in 1916 he won in a landslide. He immediately picked up where he had left off, including planning for Civic Center Park, and a large City and County Building.Unfortunately he never saw these plans come to fruition. In 1918 he came down with a cold which developed into pneumonia, and he died in the great flu epidemic.
Robert Speer's life and political career pointed out that no one is all the way good or all the way bad.
Senior Moments
A senior man was convinced his wife was losing her hearing. She refused to admit it, so he came up with a test.
From about 12 feet behind her, he whispered, “I bet you can’t hear me.”
She didn’t answer.
He moved closer - about 6 feet behind her - and whispered, “I bet you can’t hear me.”
Still she didn’t answer.
So he got right behind her and whispered, “I bet you can’t hear me.”
His wife turned and yelled, “For the third and last time, of course I can hear you!”
Concert of Interest
Lyle Lovett and his Large Band and co-star Emmylou Harris will appear at Fiddler's Green amphitheater in Greenwood Village, Colorado July 15. Expected to be an exceptionally entertaining show.
Comments
Please leave your thoughts and opinions in the form under the tab "Contact Us"