aurora sentinel
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Progressive Aurora? Political group pushing Democrats for city council
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Progressives are eyeing the seats of power at Aurora City Hall. Colorado People’s Action – a progressive group, according to its website, centered on the climate, economic, immigrant and racial justice – have put their political weight behind four candidates for Aurora City Council, according to the Aurora Sentinel. The group, which has offices in…
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Court challenge could again crush Aurora’s dream of NASCAR-style racetrack
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A court battle that could again dash Aurora’s hopes of bringing NASCAR-style racing to the outskirts of the city got underway this week, with an Arapahoe County District Court judge hearing three hours of arguments, the Aurora Sentinel reports. A 1999 city charter amendment, which bars offering tax breaks for such projects, has blocked Aurora’s…
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Aurora dreams of NASCAR, but its city charter blocks the path
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Long-standing hopes of bringing NASCAR-style racing to the outskirts of Aurora have been frustrated for years by a 1999 charter amendment that bars the city from offering tax breaks to lure such a project. So, the Aurora City Council voted this week to go to the ballot and ask citizens – once again – to…
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You want a look at those records, Councilman? That’ll be $500
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When even an elected city council member — a former city attorney, no less — has trouble laying his hands on public documents he has requested from his own staff, it raises questions: About whether the staffers are in compliance with state public records laws; about whether the city needs to tweak its own rules on the…
