🌱 DIA Finances Lack Oversight + Rescue Mission Drops Anti-LGBTQ+ Rules

Good morning, everybody! It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening locally, including...

• Legendary Welton Street Cafe is cooking up 2,000 meals this Thanksgiving.
• Denver Rescue Mission drops its LGBTQ+ ban.
• Jefferson County has extinguished hundreds of outstanding warrants as part of a fresh start program.

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Here are the top stories today in Denver:

1. Denver Auditor's report indicates that Denver International Airport could be making even more money than it already does. After reviewing several concessionaire contracts, Denver Auditor Tim O'Brien says that the lack of oversight is one of DIA's biggest issues. One contract his team reviewed, had the vendor self-reporting income and calculating their own rent payments – an agreement that hadn't been reviewed in nearly a decade. (Denverite) (Denverite)
2. Welton Street Cafe returns with a Thanksgiving Food Drive and a series of pop-ups next year. Welton Street Cafe has been out of its space in Five Points since last year, but the legendary restaurant will still be cooking up 2,000 meals for a Thanksgiving food drive, as it awaits a construction permit for its new space on Welton Street. (Westword)
3. Denver Rescue Mission rescinds its LGBTQ+ ban on employees. After the employee handbook ban became public, which barred them from "acting on same sex attraction." The DRM has since announced that it would remove the language, as it's also in direct violation of the Mission's $8.7 million contract with the city. (9News)
4. Woman pepper sprays cashier in attempted theft. Police are searching for a woman who allegedly pepper sprayed a cashier near the Shops at Northfield after attempting to steal from the store. (FOX 31)
5. Jefferson County's warrant clearing workshops are life changing for some. These "fresh start" clinics have been an overwhelming success in the counties they've been hosted in. Prosecutors work together with those that have outstanding warrants. The programs have seen thousands of low-level warrants extinguished, and lives changed, and new doors opened. (CPR)

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Today in Denver:

• Kids Yoga: Hudson Public Library. (10:30 a.m.)
• Funny Stuff(ing): At CO Sake Co. (6:30 p.m.)
• Home for the Holidays: At Comedy Works. (8 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Check out all the Holiday themed pop-up bars across Denver metro. (FOX 31)
• Small Business Saturday idea: Town hall collaborative. (9News)
• Exhibit at DU shines new light on banned books. (DU News)
• Help the City of Denver decide how to spend $2 million of city funds for projects in your neighborhood. There's still time for Denverites to vote for their favorite projects. (Denver)

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You're officially in the loop for today! See you Thursday morning for the next edition of the Denver Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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