White House
President Biden’s proclamation on Overdose Awareness Week: “The overdose epidemic has taken a heartbreaking toll on our Nation, claiming the lives of far too many Americans and devastating families and communities across the country. During Overdose Awareness Week, we renew our commitment to taking bold action to prevent overdoses and related deaths. We con- tinue our efforts to enhance prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services for individuals with substance use disorder and addiction.”
Colorado Governor
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, and Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse urged President Joe Biden to use his Presidential authorities, including the Antiquities Act, to protect the landscapes included in the Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy (CORE) Act. This letter comes after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Bennet, Hickenlooper, Polis, and Neguse this month to meet with Colorado stakeholders, who called for urgent administrative actions to protect Camp Hale and other landscapes in the bill.
Denver Mayor
Mayor Michael B. Hancock issued a letter in response to the City Equity Program and Practices audit conducted by the Auditor’s Office. The letter was presented to the city’s Audit Committee at their Aug. 25 meeting by Mayor’s Office of Social Equity. Mayor Hancock questioned the timing of auditing OSEI only two years after the office was established during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and over work that was already underway, as well as expressing his disappointment in the review as being marred by an incomplete description of the history and evolution of the city’s equity work, glaring omissions of equity work-in-action, and other errors suggesting that this audit was undertaken in haste and without a serious appreciation for the challenges of establishing a new office in the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic.
