Mayor Mike COffman
Omar Montgomery runs for Aurora mayor seeking city unity and economic growth
AURORA | Omar Montgomery, longtime diversity and equity leader deeply involved in the city’s police reform, is running for mayor, promising a campaign focused on cohesiveness and making Aurora a magnet for shopping, eating and entertainment. “I want people to look at the City of Aurora as the destination for everything they want to do,” […]
City council avoids staff layoffs in 2027 budget plan requiring $10.2 million in cuts
AURORA | City council is moving forward with a 2027 budget that would require $10.2 million in cuts to spending, but will avoid staff layoffs. Lawmakers went through the budget in-depth at an Oct. 3 workshop, where they added a fourth homelessness mobile response team and a code enforcement officer and cut funding for Flock […]
Aurora City Council demands GEO Group cooperation over tuberculosis case
AURORA | The Aurora City Council on Monday approved a statement calling on the immigration detention facility run by The GEO Group to cooperate or face consequences with county and state health investigators after a case of tuberculosis was confirmed at the site. During a Monday study session, the council agreed to publish a statement […]
Aurora lawmakers considers sanctions for council members who violate decorum rules
AURORA | Proposed sanctions for council members who violate decorum rules were a sticking point during a study session discussion Monday, though council was supportive of a one-meeting suspension for members of the public who go over the three-minute comment limit. The council is considering a number of changes to its decorum and meeting rules, […]
EDITORIAL: Colfax Collective making something right in Aurora that went horribly wrong
Aurora, like the metro area, has seen makeover miracles before. A community non-profit group is working to take on re-creating an Aurora problem so fearsome it drew gasps from across the nation and even the globe. The East Colfax Community Collective has purchased the notorious Edge of Lowry apartment complex to rehabilitate the 60 units […]
Mayor Coffman seeing red over green Aurora school district lawns amid sustained drought
AURORA | Green lawns at some Aurora schools have provoked threats of a water shut-off from Mayor Mike Coffman. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Coffman accused Aurora Public Schools of violating drought restrictions to irrigate school properties and having to pay fines for the alleged violations. Coffman said he is considering shutting off water […]
Nonprofit group aims to turn notorious Edge at Lowry apartments into affordable housing
AURORA | A community nonprofit hopes to bring new life to the notorious Edge at Lowry apartments, the complex at the center of a 2024 national controversy over unsubstantiated allegations of a Venezuelan gang takeover. The East Colfax Community Collective purchased the Edge of Lowry apartments in June for $4.45 million with the intent of […]
FIRST PERSON: Mayor Coffman sleeps at Aurora homeless shelter to gain insight
AURORA | An elderly woman struggling with her mental health, a day laborer with inconsistent work and a man who lost his job and then his apartment are just a few of the people that Mayor Mike Coffman has gotten to know over the last few months during his overnight weekly stays at the Aurora […]
MARCANO: Real history paints the real picture of Mayor Coffman’s fight for slumlords, not against them
Take a trip back in time with me to the spring of 2023. Let’s take this journey after Sentinel Editor Dave Perry in his June 18 column went down a dead end inferring that Mayor Mike Coffman somehow deserves credit or even a nod for backing a new city council measure to ensure Aurora landlords […]
PERRY: The need for better rental inspections and accountability is clear. So is the solution
So little comes easy these days, especially inside Aurora City Hall. A proposal to create a registry of landlords for not just apartments, but condos, townhomes and houses is a total exception to the city’s often exasperating political process. This is easy. Yes, by all means create a landlord registry to hold property owners accountable […]