Pirate's Cove

Let’s not forget that SCD has already cut hours for Parks and Recreation and the DMV (weird that that’s not a state function), and are even cutting some employees hours to zero (though it is not a “layoff”). What’s next?

(Daily Caller) The Democratic-run city of Denver, Colorado, plans to defund its police department to pay for illegal immigrants.

Denver, which is commonly referred to as a “sanctuary city,” announced on Wednesday that it will spend $89.9 million on services for incoming illegal migrants, pulling some of the funding from roughly $45 million in public programs and services. Denver’s police department will be hit with an $8.4 million reduction — about 1.9% of its total operating budget, the city confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Denver became the top destination per capita for incoming migrants in 2023, having had more than 40,000 arrive that year alone — putting the total migrant population at roughly 710,000, according to NBC News. Denver already spent over $42 million in 2023 in housing and medical services for migrants and plans to spend over $100 million on similar costs in 2024.

The fire department will also suffer a $2.5 million reduction, or about 0.8% of its total operating costs, the city told the DCNF. Half of those reductions will also come from vacant positions.

It might not seem a lot, but, you probably think Denver is a safe city, right? The city leaders want to keep it safe because it’s a big vacation city, right? Except, it’s not. Neighborhood Scout considers it a 1, meaning it is safer than 1% of U.S. cities. Both violent crime and property crime are out of control. You have a 1 in 16 chance of being the victim of a property crime. It’s crime rate is worse than Baltimore, which is a 3. One would think increasing the police budget would be wiser.

One of the most severe cuts will come from Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston’s office, which will lose about $335,155 in funding for the plan, or about 9.6% of its total operating budget, according to 9 News. Among other cuts being made are a budget reduction of 2.2% to the Sheriff’s Department, 1.9% to the Department of Public Health and Environment, 2.4% to the Executive Director of Safety and 3.8% to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, according to Fox 31 Denver.

Why not just increase taxes, such as property and sales? The residents overwhelmingly vote Democrat and were happy to call the city a sanctuary for illegals, so, they’ll be happy to pay more, right? Must suck when your beliefs come back and smack you with the cold dead mackerel of reality.