Background
- Career journalist; covered Denver city government for nearly three decades at the Rocky Mountain News before election in 2015; re-elected 2019 and 2023. [source]
- Focus areas listed on his bio include public safety and policing and government ethics; sponsored three amendments to the Denver Ethics Code. [source]
- Author of The Silent Brotherhood, about the group that murdered Alan Berg; the book was adapted as the 2024 film The Order. [source]
Political affiliation
Officially nonpartisan; not publicly stated.
Denver City Council elections are officially nonpartisan; the 2023 official results list no party for any council candidate. 2023 official results
Voting record since July 17, 2023
5,248 recorded votes: Aye 4,980 Nay 79 Other 189
Most consequential votes
Selection rule (automated): Selection rule (deterministic, from Legistar recorded votes 2023-07-17 onward, one row per file number using its latest recorded vote): (1) up to 6 of the closest split votes the member cast Aye or Nay on, ranked by the smaller of ayes/nays (ties: newest first); (2) then the closest-split (else newest) vote in each high-profile category not yet represented: final budget adoption, ballot referral, police/safety, housing/homelessness, zoning/land use; (3) fill to 10 with the next closest splits. Categories are keyword matches on official titles. The Prop 132 proclamation (26-1464) has no recorded vote in the data as of 2026-10-13. Tallies count Aye and Nay only. Ties and one-vote margins were re-checked against live Legistar vote records and the official action text.
| Date | File # | Title (official) | Category (auto) | Vote | Outcome | Aye–Nay | Why selected | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 26-1116 | A resolution approving a proposed Amendatory Agreement between the City and County of Denver and Sunny Side Up Solutions LLC to enable continued collaboration on the successful launch of #EmployeeTV, ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (6 Aye, 6 Nay) and the official action text: “A motion offered by Council member Hinds, duly seconded by Council member Watson, that Council Resolution 26-1116 be adopted, failed to carry by the following v…” (history). | — | Nay | Fail | 6-6 | close split | votes |
| 2026-03-31 | 26-0246 | A resolution approving a proposed Agreement between the City and County of Denver and Axon Enterprise, Inc. to provide an Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system that includes 50 cameras and ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (7 Aye, 6 Nay) and the official action text: “A motion offered by Council member Kashmann, duly seconded by Council member Hinds, that Council Resolution 26-0246 be adopted, carried by the following vote:…” (history). | police/safety | Aye | Pass | 7-6 | close split | votes |
| 2025-11-10 | 25-1573 | Mayor’s Proposed 2026 Budget ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (6 Aye, 6 Nay, Absent 1) and the official action text: “A motion offered by Council member Gilmore, duly seconded by Council member Hinds, that the Mayor's Proposed 2026 Budget be adopted, failed to carry by the foll…” (history). This was the motion to adopt the Mayor’s Proposed 2026 Budget; a 6–6 tie fails. Legistar lists the file status as Failed and records no later council vote on this file. | budget | Aye | Fail | 6-6 | close split | votes |
| 2025-11-03 | 25-1746 | Parady Amendment No. 5 to the Mayor’s Proposed 2026 Budget ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (6 Aye, 7 Nay) and the official action text: “A motion offered by Council member Parady, duly seconded by Council member Gonzales-Gutierrez, that Council Amendment 25-1746 be offered, failed to carry by the…” (history). | budget | Nay | Fail | 6-7 | close split | votes |
| 2025-11-03 | 25-1758 | Lewis Amendment No. 4 to the Mayor’s Proposed 2026 Budget ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (6 Aye, 7 Nay) and the official action text: “A motion offered by Council member Lewis, duly seconded by Council member Parady, that Council Amendment 25-1758 be offered, failed to carry by the following vo…” (history). | budget | Nay | Fail | 6-7 | close split | votes |
| 2025-11-03 | 25-1759 | Lewis Amendment No. 5 to the Mayor’s Proposed 2026 Budget ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (7 Aye, 6 Nay) and the official action text: “A motion offered by Council member Lewis, duly seconded by Council member Parady, that Council Amendment 25-1759 be offered, carried by the following vote:…” (history). | budget | Nay | Pass | 7-6 | close split | votes |
| 2025-11-03 | 25-1765 | Parady Amendment No. 8 to the Mayor’s Proposed 2026 Budget ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (6 Aye, 6 Nay, Absent 1) and the official action text: “A motion offered by Council member Parady, duly seconded by Council member Gonzales-Gutierrez, that Council Amendment 25-1765 be offered, failed to carry by the…” (history). | budget | Nay | Fail | 6-6 | close split | votes |
| 2025-08-18 | 25-0920 | A bill for an ordinance submitting to a vote of the qualified and registered electors of the City and County of Denver at the general municipal election on November 4, 2025, a proposed amendment to th ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (7 Aye, 6 Nay) and the official action text: “A motion offered by Council member Parady, duly seconded by Council member Flynn, that Council Bill 25-0920 be placed upon final consideration and do pass, carr…” (history). | ballot referral | Aye | Pass | 7-6 | close split | votes |
| 2024-02-12 | 23-1960 | A bill for an ordinance amending Chapters 24, 38, and 49 of the Revised Municipal Code concerning the removal of shelter when the outside temperature is predicted to be thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit o ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (7 Aye, 6 Nay) and the official action text: “A motion offered by Council member Parady, duly seconded by Council member Hinds, that Council Bill 23-1960 be passed notwithstanding the disapproval or objecti…” (history). | housing/homelessness | Nay | Pass | 7-6 | close split | votes |
| 2024-01-29 | 23-1850 | A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3051 Lawrence Street in Five Points.
Approves a map amendment to rezone property from G-RH-3, UO-3 to G-RX-3, located at 3051 Lawrence St ✔ Verified against the live Legistar vote record (6 Aye, 7 Nay) and the official action text: “Council sat as a Committee of the Whole, commencing at 5:47 p.m., Council President Torres presiding, to hear speakers on Council Bill 23-1850. Joel Noble, Step…” (history). | zoning/land use | Nay | Fail | 6-7 | close split | votes |