From the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle December 2015

By the Editorial Board
The Denver Community Planning and Development Department under Brad Buchanan repeatedly has publicly declared that its overarching goal in planning and zoning for the City and County of Denver is “transparency, partnership and meaningful public involvement.”

Denver neighborhood leader and attorney Greg Kirwin, however, described what actually
happens “as anyone with experience trying to shape their neighborhood knows, the land
use process is primarily a collaboration between planning staff and consultants for the
developers who cherry-pick language from Denver’s Plans and Zoning Code to build
whatever kind of new development they want.”