The field in Denver’s mayoral race grew to 16 with an announcement Friday from Jeff Peckman that he would enter the race.
Peckman was the man behind the ballot initiative last year that would have required the city to create the world’s first government-sanctioned extraterrestrial-affairs commission. In 2003, he championed the “Safety Through Peace” initiative, which proposed Denver adopt peacefulness programs to lower “society-wide stress.”