🌱 Dark $$ Floods Into Mayor's Race + Frozen Dead Guy + Denver Top Tips

Hi all! I'm here right on time with your Saturday edition of the Denver Patch newsletter, filled with all the things you need to know about what's happening locally. Today you'll learn about these stories and more:

• Why is so much dark money flooding into Denver's mayoral election?
• Plans are afoot to move the Frozen Dead Guy's body to Estes Park.
• Denver's a top city for tipping service employees.

Saturday's weather: Mostly sunny and cold. High: 43 Low: 19.

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Here are the top stories in Denver today:

1. Independent Expenditure groups are pouring big money into Denver's mayoral race. Why has Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, become the largest single donor of the 2023 Denver mayoral race? Hoffman has contributed $779,804 thus far to an independent expenditure committee supporting former state senator Mike Johnston, leaving many to wonder how the upcoming Denver election can be fair. (Denverite)
2. The states and federal government are urging the Supreme Court to bring an end to the Navajo Nation's legal battle for Colorado River water. Western states that rely on the overused Colorado River for water supply are seeking the intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent a lawsuit from the Navajo Nation. If victorious, it could disrupt the water-sharing system in the western region of the United States. (PBS)
3. Frozen Dead Guy Days event moved to Estes Park, and now it looks like the frozen dead guy is, too. Since the 1990s, the body of Norwegian citizen Bredo Moerstol has been kept in a shed located in Nederland, after his grandson Trygve attempted to establish a cryogenics laboratory. Moerstol's body is now going to be moved from Nederland to the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. (CBS4)
4. Governor Polis has directed Colorado regulators to adopt stricter measures against air pollution caused by the oil and gas industry. Polis wants regulators to implement regulations that would result in a 30 percent reduction in ozone precursors from oil and gas activities by 2025, followed by a 50 percent decrease by 2030. (CO Newsline)
5. Denver's a top city for tipping service employees. According to data from Toast, a digital payment platform commonly used in the food industry, Denver metro area was ranked second among a list of 12 major metropolitan areas for restaurant tips. (Axios)

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Today in Denver:

• Fiddler On The Roof: At Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre. (2 p.m.)
• Kiss Me, I'm Irish! St. Patrick's Day bar crawl at Rock Bottom Brewery. (8 p.m.)
• Kimbra: At the Gothic Theater. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• This week Denver City Council discussed opioids in the community. Council also requested funding for more green jobs in Denver, and more than $1 million was approved for housing and support for persons with AIDS. (Denver)

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