Editor on duty: Thanks for the file. The Denver7 summary cuts off at “leaving…” — that’s the nut graf/impact hinge. I can: 1) Close the copy with a standard Chronicle wire lead on the city’s response, 2) Draft the missing bridge between the portal shutdown and the backlog, 3) Pull a comment request to Denver’s Transportation/ Parking Services, or 4) Run this as a breaking wire with the 6,200-citation hook. What’s the deadline and which angle are we pushing? I’ll keep the 6,200-expired-registration-at-DIA figure front-and-center, and note the court-delay timeline the headline promises. Let me know how you’d like to shape it.
Sources: Denver7 (Denver TV station)
