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EDITORIAL: The best way to address Aurora food truck concerns is to just roll with it
Aurora lawmakers should think twice before turning food trucks into a problem that requires an intensive city-government solution. The city already has rules governing these mobile businesses. They need city business licenses and state food-truck licenses. County health departments inspect them for food safety. The Aurora Fire Department checks fire safety. Trucks cannot park within […]
Living with mold, leaks and garbage shines a light on renters’ rights and wrongs in Aurora
AURORA | For more than a year, Julie Kepford has struggled with how to get problems fixed in her East Colfax Avenue mobile home park rental, plagued with mold, heating and air conditioning problems and a long list of woes making life hard and sometimes unbearable. In Aurora, she’s not alone. It’s unclear how many […]
Aurora city council committee votes to oppose fentanyl ballot measure Prop 132
AURORA | The Aurora City Council may officially oppose a November ballot measure to increase penalties for fentanyl possession and distribution after the council’s government relations committee took a position against the proposition. On Thursday, the committee voted 2-1 to pass a resolution opposing Proposition 132, a ballot measure that would set mandatory minimums for […]
QUIDNUNC: Pound for pound, nobody hammers away at decorum like Auon’tai Anderson
QUID HAS HEARD that there ain’t nothing on TV Monday nights as freaky, wild, funny, scary and outright bizarre as the “Public Invited to be Heard” segment of the Aurora City Council meetings. Seems this week’s returning star, former Denver Public Schools board member Auon’tai Anderson, now a regular on the Aurora City Council Sitcom […]
QUIDNUNC: Pound for pound, nobody hammers away at decorum like Auon’tai Anderson
QUID HAS HEARD that there ain’t nothing on TV Monday nights as freaky, wild, funny, scary and outright bizarre as the “Public Invited to be Heard” segment of the Aurora City Council meetings. Seems this week’s returning star, former Denver Public Schools board member Auon’tai Anderson, now a regular on the Aurora City Council Sitcom […]
Aurora City Council rejects data center moratorium, approves new rules, water regs
AURORA | City lawmakers on Monday opposed a data center moratorium but moved forward with new regulations prohibiting excessive water and requiring operators to mitigate potential residential impacts. The Aurora City Council voted 7-4 to approve a resolution to create data center specific regulations, and opposed another more broad resolution that would have included a […]
Stopping gun violence before it happens in Aurora. Is SAVE salvation or harassment?
AURORA | An Aurora community youth gun-violence prevention program is highlighting tension between a desire for safer communities and a lack of trust in police. Aurora’s Standing Against Violence Everyday program, which identifies youth involved in gun violence and directs them to supportive services, has recently drawn both positive and negative attention. Several times in […]
Aurora plans $1.9 million accessibility update for City Council chambers
AURORA | Plans are underway for a $1.9 million accessibility update for the city council chambers to bring the space in line with federal standards. Earlier this year, the city identified a number of accessibility issues with the council chambers not meeting the standards defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act and, in July, brought […]
Aurora plans $1.9 million accessibility update for City Council chambers
AURORA | Plans are underway for a $1.9 million accessibility update for the city council chambers to bring the space in line with federal standards. Earlier this year, the city identified a number of accessibility issues with the council chambers not meeting the standards defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act and, in July, brought […]
EDITORIAL: The time to get answers about the Aurora GEO ICE jail TB infection is now
The Aurora City Council this week rightly tabbed the tuberculosis case at the GEO ICE detention facility a public health crisis and not part of the local and national immigration debate. Details reported by The Sentinel are alarming enough to warrant immediate attention, even at a time of endless national distractions and chaos. Adams County […]