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"Denver" is also the name of the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Denver. The metropolitan area of 4,531 square miles is the 17th largest in the nation; besides the City and County of Denver, it includes Adams County, Arapahoe County, Boulder County, the consolidated City and County of Broomfield, Douglas County, and Jefferson County.
Denver's last [[Republican]] mayor was elected in 1959.
==Geography==
The first Chinese settlers arrived in 1869; two Chinatowns emerged, one a commercial area, the other a residential ghetto. The Chinese population peaked at 1000 in, then declined to 100 in 1940. In the 1950s urban renewal projects demolished the Chinatowns. A new wave of 15,000 highly educated Chinese arrived after 1965, but they were widely dispersed in the metro area.<ref>William Wei, "History and Memory: the Story of Denver's Chinatown." ''Colorado Heritage'' 2002 (Aut): 2-13. Issn: 0272-9377</ref>
==Economy==
Employment growth in Metro Denver has outpaced the nation since January 2005. Metro Denver added 26,000 jobs in 2006 for an estimated gain of 1.9%; growth in 2007 will be about 1.6%. All sectors added jobs in 2006 except for the Information sector, which has struggled with losses for six consecutive years. The largest increases were in Natural Resources, Mining & Construction (+4.6%), Transportation, Warehousing & Utilities (+3.2%), and Professional & Business Services (+3.1%) sectors.
==Transportation==
===2008===
Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention in August 2008. Due to strong planning and a large police presence, the city avoided the violence that occurred later at the Republican convention in St. Paul.
===Drug legalization and homelessness===
Colorado was the first state in the union to legalize recreational use of marijuana in 2012.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/03/us/colorado-survey-suggests-legal-marijuana-attracting-homeless/index.html</ref> A survey conducted by the state of Colorado found that fully one third of the homeless increase after 2012 came from out of state, likely for the recreational use of marijuana.<ref>https://cdpsdocs.state.co.us/ors/docs/reports/2018_Jail_Homelessness_Study.pdf</ref>
In 2019 CBS Denver reported that a business owner whose property is adjacent to an ally where homeless people, prostitutes and drug addicts hang out, was fined for not cleaning up urine, feces, and discarded hypodermic needles, despite his calls to police and the city to enforce trespassing laws, which the city refused. The business owner employs internet communications workers, and argues his employees are neither trained nor equipped to clean up human waste and hazardous materials.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2019/11/12/denver-business-fined-not-picking-peoples-poop/</ref> If the business were to hire outside contractors to clean up the mess left by the unfortunate and destitute, it would of course impact the wage scales and benefits an employer can afford to pay workers.
===2020 Marxist uprising===
[[File:NBC employee kills PatriotKeltner-elliot-dolloff-newman.jpegpng|right|300px|thumb|An Patriot Lee Keltner, Black Guns Matter (BGM) provocateur Jeremiah Elliot, Antifa hired goon Matt Dolloff, and NBC employee murdered an unarmed peaceful protester during affiliate producer Zak Newman. Elliot, Dolloff, and Newman were seen colluding together shortly before the murder.<ref>[https://youtu.be/l_Y7toeb_Dk Tucker Carlson interview with Patriot RallyMuster organizer John ‘Tig’ Tiegen] - Matthew Dolloff, October 10Black Guns Matter (BGM) provocateur Jeremiah Elliott, and NBC affiliate producer Zak Newman [[collude]]d shortly before shooting.</ref> The Colorado Democrat and Denver Communist parties<ref>https://www.facebook.com/denvercommunists/posts/3423190361104886</ref> advertised a counterprotest which hurled projectiles at the Patriots. Newman is a known Antifa terrorist sympathizer, and Elliot disrupted a Bernie Sanders event with a brawl in February 2020which went viral. Hours earlier, former NBC News anchor [[Keith Olbermann]] called for Trump supporting "maggots" to be removed from society.<ref>https://thepostmillennialwww.breitbart.com/breakingthe-allegedmedia/2020/10/10/keith-antifaolbermann-militanttrump-shootssupporters-andare-killsmaggots-conservativemust-be-prosecuted/</ref> ''Denver Post'' 'Crisis Photographer' Helen Richardson was atElliot's side as he attempted to provoke multiple Patriots, including African American, with racial epithets and insults.<ref>[https://apelbaum.wordpress.com/2020/10/11/murder-patriotfor-rally-in-denverratings/ Murder for Ratings]</ref>]]
:{{See also|2020 Marxist insurrection}}
[[Conservative]] pundit [[Michelle Malkin]] was attacked by violent Antifa and BLM thugs as those groups charged the stage at a Back the Blue rally in Denver while, ironically, local police, acting under orders of their pro-BLM chief Paul Pazen, acted in dereliction of their duty by refusing to protect Malkin or the rally attendees.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://bigleaguepolitics.com/denver-cops-refuse-to-protect-michelle-malkin-and-conservative-protesters-from-antifa-blm-terror-rampage/ Denver Cops Refuse to Protect Michelle Malkin and Conservative Protesters From ANTIFA/BLM Terror Rampage]
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/michelle-malkin-attacked-antifa-black-lives-matter-thugs-denver-back-blue-rally-sends-law-order-sos-president-trump/ Michelle Malkin Attacked by Antifa and Black Lives Matter Thugs at Denver Back the Blue Rally; Sends Law and Order SOS to President Trump] at the Gateway Pundit
*[https://kdvr.com/news/rally-goers-at-back-the-blue-rally-say-denver-officers-didnt-have-their-back/ Rally goers at ‘Back the Blue Rally’ say Denver officers didn’t have their back] at KDVR website
*[https://www.westernjournal.com/michelle-malkin-attacked-blm-antifa-mob-pro-cop-rally-cops-cant-stop/ Michelle Malkin Attacked by 'BLM/Antifa' Mob at Pro-Cop Rally -- And Cops Can't Stop It] at the Western Journal
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/20/michelle-malkin-others-assaulted-by-antifa-at-pro-police-rally-in-denver/ Michelle Malkin, Others Assaulted by Antifa at Pro-Police Rally in Denver] at Breitbart News Network</ref> The anti-police punks, who outnumbered the pro-police side, attempted to overwhelm the rally and acted in their typically childish fashion to drown out and silence the pro-police message while also assaulting rallygoers and police officers, leading Malkin to call out Pazen and Colorado Democrat governor [[Jared Polis]] for their allowance of anarchy and lawlessness by the punks, then to tweet an SOS to President Trump to intervene with federal agents to restore law and order in Denver.
[[Lee Keltner]] was an [[American]] [[Patriot]] [[murder]]ed by a [[leftwing]] [[terrorist]] hired by Denver's [[NBC News]] affiliate.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/10/11/security-guard-in-custody-for-shooting-protester-at-patriot-rally-in-colorado/#6c2c55116233</ref> Keltner was executed by Matt Dolloff, a longtime [[far left]] [[activist]]. Dolloff posted pictures of himself with [[Occupy Wall Street]] on his [[Facebook]] page. Dolloff had a very extensive past speaking out against [[corporation]]s and the [[police]]. Dolloff is a registered [[Democrat]]. His love for [[Bernie Sanders]] runs deep, deep enough to have a [[YouTube]] playlist dedicated to Sanders. Posts from Dolloff's [[Facebook]] page show signs of early [[radical]]ization, [[NeverTrump|anti-Trump]] and [[War on Cops|anti-cop]] rhetoric. Dolloff also openly supports [[Black Lives Matter]] communist organization. Dolloff also has a Space Invaders [[tattoo]], a common logo used among [[ANTIFA]].<ref>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1315221334478131205.html</ref>
A professional agitator, named Jeremiah Elliott, baited and assaulted multiple peaceful demonstrators while his ''[[Denver Post]]'' camera wing lady, Helen Richards, was busy capturing the fictitious ‘right wing extremists’ in action. During Elliots multiple verbal assaults on peaceful demonstrators, Richards was always right next to him capturing the action.
This agitprop campaign was lead by Helen Richards and Zak Newman, a Denver NBC affiliate 9News producer, and it was clearly aimed at generating [[progressive]] [[propaganda]] footage. Unfortunately, just as in any [[violent]] [[revolution]]ary activity, the business of manufacturing violent news is riddled with casualties. This event was no exception. Richards’ and Newman’s little Pulitzer prize initiative ended abruptly when Matthew Dolloff, another Antifa-BLM-Green activist and Zak Newman’s paid muscle, murdered Lee Keltner in cold blood, all while Richards was capturing the murder on her cameras and satiating her lust for [[conservative]] blood.
NBC affiliate producer Zak Newman, BGM provocateur Jeremiah Elliot, and hired Anifa goon Matt Dolloff were seen by eyewitnesses [[colluding]] together shortly before the shooting.<ref>[https://youtu.be/l_Y7toeb_Dk Tucker Carlson interview with Patriot Muster organizer John ‘Tig’ Tiegen]</ref>
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