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Residents and candidates press Denver leaders on gentrification, jobs and public safety during public comment
Summary
Multiple speakers at the May 4 public comment session criticized gentrification, alleged performative politics, called for tangible protections for Black residents, urged youth employment programs and raised local enforcement concerns; some speakers identified as candidates for local office.
Several residents and candidates used Denver’s May 4 general public comment period to press city leaders on gentrification, economic displacement, public safety and local jobs.
Jesse LeCham Paris, who identified himself and several organizations and said he is a candidate for House District 8, criticized what he described as systemic neglect and gentrification in historically Black neighborhoods and urged tangible policy responses rather than symbolism: “No more symbolism... Reparations or anti black hate crime bill, something…
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