There have been many dynamic duos throughout history, fictional and real, Batman and Robin, Roy and Dale, Woodward and Bernstein.
So keep those cards and letters coming in, and in spite of them, Anonymous and I are teaming up to do a scathing hard-hitting exposé on how the power elite in the front range can virtually get away with anything — or can they?
So return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when out of the clear blue of the western sky comes Denver Players and Sugar dubbed at the time the priciest, most exclusive adult service provider in town. Westword, at the time, wrote that Denver Sugar catered to wealthy and powerful men, and according to several former employees included politicians, sports stars, and CEOs, and the leading partners in the most prestigious law firms in Colorado.
The story about Mayor Hancock buying prostitutes from Scotty Ewing’s Players and Sugar had, at this point, disappeared from the radar screen for over a half decade, other than my two-bit radio show. If you all recall, over five years ago the mayoral race was between Chris “son-of-Roy,” Romer and the developers’ favorite son, Michael Hancock.
It was a mail-in ballot, no one was sure who was ahead in the voting, and I was bootlegged a copy of Denver Sugar’s client list. All the names had been blacked out except for Michael and the number for the city and a phone number. It was his cell phone and we called it on the air and his automated voicemail went on. Hancock always appeared on my radio show, we appeared to have a great relationship, and I had already voted for him. He actually went to high school with our then morning show producer Greg Hollenback.
I’m not a moralist, I believe prostitution should be legal, but these are the people who enforce Denver’s Johns ordinance. That’s where they seize your vehicle, and tell your wife and your boss that you were trying to buy sex on West Colfax, but not if you’re a city council member. Where’s the justice? It’s seemingly okay for wealthy and powerful men to pay $300 for a session with a young woman. These pleasure palaces seemed to be operating in the open. But the same power put bait cops on Federal Blvd. to catch a working man on a Friday night who had too much to drink. Why is it okay for the power elite to do exactly the same thing as some hapless blue collar working man who had a little too much to drink on the weekend? Needless to say Michael Hancock never talked to me again.
But it’s a greater story than just a mayor/ former city councilman procuring sex. I really don’t care. But what it is about is the power elite. It’s the same people who brought you DIA, and are building massive apartments and buildings on park and church land, and give each other countless awards — man of the year, humanitarian awards, husband of the year, at $500 a plate dinners and testimonial plaques you can hang on your office wall. Haven’t you had enough?
And slipping in comes Anonymous. I completely disagree with Anonymous on Denver’s homeless policy. Hancock and Hickenlooper created this mess and Anonymous wants this to expand and continue. But here’s where we agree, Anonymous says they’re going to tie the can to Hancock’s tail about his involvement in buying ladies of the night if he doesn’t rescind the homeless sweeps. This ain’t Hobson’s choice; he’s jammed.
But even better, with really smart people viewing the Anonymous video, is seeing Hancock being told they’re going to put him on the sex ring. What is the first document that appears in their video? None other than the five-year-old story that appeared here in the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle. “What, you expected they were going to use The Denver Post or Channel 9?” This was a very sophisticated video so we’re writing this in the middle of May, who knows what the skyline will look like when the paper drops.
But what is conspicuous by its absence, with the exception of Westword, Channel 7, 710 KNUS, and the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle, is the local Denver media. I was heavily influenced by a Marxist sociologist from the ’50s, whose name is C. Wright Mills, who wrote a book titled The Power Elite, and in a nutshell if you control 51% of anything you own it. So I ask you how much power does it take to kill a series of stories that threaten to shake the very fiber of the establishment. Let’s see what happens next.
So Anonymous — stay in touch —Peter@710KNUS.com, waiting to hear from you — together we can get the story out. I am Legion, I am everywhere, and I, also, do not forget. Mayor Michael Hancock, expect me.
— Peter