Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, whose three-term tenure was marked by ethical issues, exited office this week under a newly formed ethical cloud.
Denver 9’s Kyle Clark hasn’t reported on it yet, but it appears he’s done a thorough check on it before firing off a threat of tweets.
NEW: Outgoing Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration produced a taxpayer-paid, feature-length film extolling his greatness. A city spokesman confirmed that the film’s copyright is held by Hancock himself, not the city. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/QISz29RYlJ
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) July 13, 2023
Taxpayers footed the bill for this 94-minute political commercial disguised as a feature-length documentary that Clark describes as extolling the greatness of Hancock and his reign as told by his political buddies and now-former employees.
Not only did taxpayers pay for it, but city employees produced most of it, allegedly on their own time, and it aired on city-owned Denver 8 after Hancock’s farewell speech on Wednesday.
Yet the city won’t tell us how much it all cost taxpayers.
But wait, there’s more.
Hancock holds the copyright.
We haven’t seen the propaganda film, yet we’re willing to bet its purpose is to springboard Hancock to higher pollical ambitions, most likely in a race against Jared Polis.
Either for the governor’s seat, or in a presidential run.
Beltway Democrats are already abuzz that Joe Biden’s days are done in the White House, and pressure is on him to pull out of the 2024 campaign.
California’s Gavin Newsome is already waiting in the wings like a vampire bat for Biden’s sun to set.
And Polis has been dreaming of the White House since he was reelected governor.
Someone in the Denver establishment media should probably write a story on Hancock’s ambitions, and his unethical use of taxpayer dollars.