Just Another Blog
Wednesday, December 18, 2002
 
Politics II:

I went to the John Hickenlooper for Mayor "food raiser" political event this evening with Vince down at the Wynkoop. I missed the first part of John's speech, but he came off pretty well all-in-all. I've known who John Hickenlooper is since I moved to this town. I suspect that most folks who live near downtown know Mr. Hickenlooper's role in the development of Lower Downtown, LoDo, Denver.

I'm not sold that I am on his side politically, but that's because I don't know enough about his positions. I think that Vince called him a financial conservative and a social liberal. I'm not real big as a social liberal, so we'll see.

Mr. Hickenlooper owns five bars in Denver. I would be real interested to see what would happen if the INS did a sweep through the kitchens of those bars. At the social level, I think my views are more in line with Tom Tancredo. If Mr. Hickenlooper is too socially liberal, I don't think I'll be pulling that lever.

The employees of the Wynkoop were dubious at best about the night's events. More than one rolled their eyes when Vince or I mentioned what brought us in the door that night. If the 130 employees of your biggest bar don't support you, why should the rest of the city?