{"id":3068,"date":"2026-06-30T21:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:03:48","slug":"quidnunc-trump-tariffs-leaving-little-room-for-july-4-boom-in-aurora-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3068","title":{"rendered":"QUIDNUNC: Trump tariffs leaving little room for July 4 boom in Aurora these days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Quidnunc, whose name comes from the Latin \u201cwhat now,\u201d is out and about as often as possible to bring you news overheard in elevators, restrooms and spied in various e-mail boxes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>QUID HAS HEARD<\/strong> that the deafening silence you\u2019ve been hearing over the past few weeks around town after dark is the sound of the success of <strong>Trump\u2019s tariffs<\/strong>. Seems that one of the loudest voices in the \u201cno fireworks ever\u201d melee has long come from those who just hate, hate, hate the snap, crackle, pop and \u201cBOOM\u201d 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 \u2014 credited to Trump\u2019s Tariff-ic tax move \u2014 has got folks either saving their personal proclamation for the night of the Fourth, or just skipping the beckoning tents on <strong>Havana Street<\/strong> altogether this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AND QUID HAS HEARD<\/strong> that the eyes have it on the <strong>Aurora City Council<\/strong> 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\u2019t take anymore stares. During the June 22 City Council meeting, Republican members began serving their usual whine from locally grown sour grapes over who\u2019s running the show. Team Red leader <strong>Councilmember Stephanie Hancock<\/strong> 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 <strong>Councilmember Alison Coombs and Aly Jackson<\/strong> lock eyes and exchange \u201cyup yup\u201d looks. When Coombs signaled the Mayor for permission to serve up his own dry vintage, <strong>Hizzoner<\/strong> 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\u2019t see past the glare into the audience as to who considered it all such a hoot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AND THAT\u2019S ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><em>Send quality gossip leads to\u00a0Quid@SentinelColorado.com.\u00a0<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3063\">This Stars and Stripes Pie is designed to wow on the Fourth of July<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3065\">Why most Black Americans say they never fly the American flag, according to a new AP-NORC poll<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=3067\">Pope begs breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quidnunc, whose name comes from the Latin \u201cwhat now,\u201d is out and about as often as possible to bring you news overheard in elevators, restrooms and spied in various e-mail boxes. 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