Quidnunc, whose name comes from the Latin “what now,” is out and about as often as possible to bring you news overheard in elevators, restrooms and spied in various e-mail boxes.

QUID HAS HEARD that the deafening silence you’ve been hearing over the past few weeks around town after dark is the sound of the success of Trump’s tariffs. Seems that one of the loudest voices in the “no fireworks ever” melee has long come from those who just hate, hate, hate the snap, crackle, pop and “BOOM” of fireworks, usually starting not long after Memorial Day and lasting until well after July 4. But those who appeared at city council meetings for years to plead for their fretful dogs and their own raw nerves were dismissed several councils ago when city lawmakers said everyone in the city should let freedom ring, sparkle, shower and kaboom. It appears, however, that $15 packs of sparklers, $4 a gallon gas to get to Cheyenne for the big-bang illegals and skimpy family packs of cones and whizzers for upwards of $200 — credited to Trump’s Tariff-ic tax move — has got folks either saving their personal proclamation for the night of the Fourth, or just skipping the beckoning tents on Havana Street altogether this year.

AND QUID HAS HEARD that the eyes have it on the Aurora City Council dais these days. Seems that inter-council sniping and snarking has now gotten to the level of eye rolls, eye-hah looks and eye can’t take anymore stares. During the June 22 City Council meeting, Republican members began serving their usual whine from locally grown sour grapes over who’s running the show. Team Red leader Councilmember Stephanie Hancock was carping over whether an emergency ordinance to find ways to keep families from going broke was actually emergent enough. While Hancock was pouring the whine, the live-camera first caught Councilmember Alison Coombs and Aly Jackson lock eyes and exchange “yup yup” looks. When Coombs signaled the Mayor for permission to serve up his own dry vintage, Hizzoner nearly rolled his eyes so hard it made his enormous sigh escape nearly an octave higher. As Coombs poured a heavy serving of pillory into her mic, reminding Hancock and everyone in the room about a few months back when Team Red ran roughshod over the meetings, the chamber erupted in applause and cheer, widening the eyes of most of those on the dais. Council cameras kept a close eye on the dais so yours truly couldn’t see past the glare into the audience as to who considered it all such a hoot.

AND THAT’S ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS. 

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