Timing is everything.
Denver City Council was slated to discuss a new entertainment licensing ordinance proposed by the Denver Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP) — the first update in 40 years, designed to both streamline the system and improve safety — when a shooting at Ultra Lounge East left one person dead and eight injured.
This was the third dangerous incident and second fatality tied to the club at 9755 E. Hampden Ave. this year. In April, a confrontation with the business’s unlicensed security guards landed a patron in the hospital. Another customer was beaten to death on March 1 in the parking lot. Three suspects have been charged with second-degree murder in that case; there have been no arrests in connection with the July 20 shooting…