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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Danny F. Lopez |
| Address | 3730 West Dartmouth Ave
Denver, Colorado , United States |
| Email | None |
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(2025 years) |
| Contributor | Patrick |
| Last Modifed | BrentinCO
Jan 17, 2023 11:03am |
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| Info | Danny Frederick Lopez
Public Works Employee
Danny Lopez realizes the odds he's facing taking on incumbent John Hickenlooper, but the Public Works employee is drawing inspiration from the smallest Denver Nugget as he seeks to make history.
"I'm out there to give voters an alternative choice to Mayor Hickenlooper," said Lopez. "If there are people out there not satisfied with the job he's done, they at least have an alternative choice. If Allen Iverson is the 'Answer,' Danny Lopez is the 'Alternative.'"
Lopez says he is disappointed others did not take the opportunity to challenge the mayor. From the conversations he's had around town, he says there are concerns from people who feel this administration has left them behind.
"I think there are some poor neighborhoods this administration has forgotten," Lopez said. "The city workers are clearly forgotten. Forty percent of the workforce hasn't seen a raise in four years."
Lopez is not one of that 40 percent, but believes it is his responsibility to stand up for those who don't feel capable of standing up for themselves. His parents were union stewards, his brother is current union steward, and Lopez, too, has been a union steward. Lifting up Denver's wages is a top priority for him and it's why he says he was endorsed by Teamsters Union 2004, which represents city workers.
"What I'm running here is a true historic campaign. I'm trying not to spend any money, so you know I'll be a true representative of the people. I'm not going to be influenced by big contributors, big business or small business."
As a city employee who was called in to help plow Denver streets during the storms of last winter, he says the administration was unprepared. Instead of staging when workers would arrive, everyone showed up at once, delaying getting the plows into the city's neighborhoods. Further, he says crews were dispatched to commercial areas instead of residential ones and that there should have been a list of senior citizens and disabled residents who would need special assistance.
"I know from being there, plowing the streets, where we dropped the ball," he said. "We should have paid more attention to details and getting better neighborhood coverage."
The self-described underdog wants to be known as the "Alternative" and if he proves successful, he says his victory will be remembered as Denver's "great miracle."
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