Other hot topics included rent control and affordable housing. CandiCdeBacaD9 AtlasKwon DarrellBWatson Debate
The candidates at the Denver City Council District 9 debate February 7, from left: Kwon Atlas, Candi CdeBaca and Darrell Watson.“You can’t have it both ways. You can’t have someone who you call ineffective and then also recognize that they are the sole target of an entire developer [smear] campaign citywide,” said Candi CdeBaca at a Denver City Council District 9 debate held in the CSU Spur’s Hydro building on the National Western Complex grounds the evening of February 7.
The mailers seem to imply that CdeBaca opposes affordable-housing solutions. One postcard read, “Affordability is on the ballot this April.” Another asked, “Who is taking action on affordable housing?” above a list of “YES” votes and CdeBaca’s bright-red “NO” vote for the Loretto Heights redevelopment agreement.
Watson laughed when debate moderator David Sabados asked if either he or Atlas were aware of who sent the mailers. He did, however, agree with the content of the mailers, saying that all bills that would create affordable housing need to be passed. He continued, saying CdeBaca has an “inability to actually pass real, affordable housing.” CdeBaca responded, “I think [this is] a reflection of my colleague here not paying attention to what’s happening. [As] I mentioned earlier, I’ve voted on 6,000 bills since I’ve been in office. Ninety-five percent of the time, it’s been in alignment with my colleagues.
CdeBaca sees Westside as responsible for more than just the postcards. “My opponents are bought and paid for by Westside and all the other developers,” she said. She pointed out that Watson shared a campaign table with the developer during the Colorado Democrat’s reorganization meeting over the weekend.
CdeBaca says that the Park Hill Golf Course development debate has cast a shadow over the entirety of the municipal elections. “The Park Hill Golf Course is coloring all of our elections because it’s a moral issue, and because it's a complicated issue … and it’s an issue that I think really surfaces our deepest inequities in this city.”
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