Fallout for Mayor Over Marc Cohn Shooting
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's honeymoon period, one of the longest ever for a Mayor, may be coming to an end with the carjacking and shooting this week of singer-songrwriter Marc Cohn. Denver Post columnist Jim Spencer takes a swing at the Mayor this morning by re-writing one of Cohn's most famous songs, Walking in Memphis. Here's a sample:
Put on my cowboy boots And I boarded the plane Touched down in the land of Tancredo blues In a place where you might feel pain Johnny Hickenlooper -- won't you look down over me I thought you ran a safe, hip city Now I'm as scared as a man can beSpencer's lyrics to "Driving in Denver" take a pot shot at tax cuts and the money spent on the new jail and convention center. He raises the late-night shootings outside Lodo night clubs, closing of homeless shelters and the increased panhandling. Maybe it's time for Mayor Hickenlooper to turn his attention inward to solve the problems within the city, before he continues with his expansion agenda.
Comments
Submitted by Adam Brown (not verified) on Wed, 2005-08-10 15:59.
I was shocked to hear about the shooting and even more shocked to read this post by Jeralyn Merritt. My wife and I left Denver almost two years ago to take a job in England, but will be returning this September. I have been forever praising Colorado and Denver to my British co-workers as the greatest place in the states to live, but can't believe what I am reading. My grandparents lived in Denver in the 50's when my grandfather was stationed at one of the Air Force bases there. When I moved out to Colorado, he was forever warning me of Larimer Street and the "off-limit" parts of downtown where service men were known to have been shot if seen in uniform. I have told him of the "new" Larimer Street, thriving with bars and restaurants, and Lodo with Coors Field so delicately placed within. I hope
Hickenlooper can take back the city he seems to have lost control of.
