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Michael Johnston: “The immediate dollars that we're contesting are $24 million…”

Featuring: Michael Johnston, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Denver | Colorado

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Denver Mayor Michael Johnston Addresses City's Financial Challenges and Strategic Plans

Published | Video Starts at 40:48

And then also, does the city have any money set aside for any potential litigation, or is that something that the city is kind of relying on the state? So on both questions, The immediate dollars that we're contesting are $24 million of federal grants that we already spent dollars for. We promised to be reimbursed. They have stopped reimbursement. We'll litigate over those. That would just be $24 million one time. So we got. And that would really just help. (40:48–40:56)

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Asserts that Denver is contesting $24 million in federal grants that were promised but not reimbursed.

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