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Aurora to spend nearly 10% of federal COVID-19 recovery funds on police bonuses
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Aurora will spend nearly 10% of its COVID-19 recovery funds from the American Rescue Plan Act on bonuses for police officers. Every uniformed officer with the Aurora Police Department is set to receive $8,000 in bonuses in 2022 – totaling $6 million to be spent from the city’s $65 million in federal funds. The bonuses…
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City leaders demand regional housing solutions following Mayor Coffman’s homeless ‘stunt’
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Numerous city leaders and homeless advocates demanded action Thursday in a virtual press conference inspired by Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman’s week-long experiment posing as homeless in Aurora and Denver. “Our goal is to provide an alternate vision to solving housing and homelessness issues,” said Aurora City Council member Crystal Murillo. Murillo said she and the…
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CO Democrats to celebrate new progressive women on Aurora City Council
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The Aurora City Council is a non-partisan body, but that won’t stop the Colorado Democratic Party from celebrating the three newly-elected progressive women on the dais. Colorado Democrats will honor Crystal Murillo, Allison Hiltz and Nicole Johnston with Rising Star awards, for being” breakout stars” within the party, at the inaugural Obama Dinner, on Feb.…
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Hickenlooper, Duran, Guzman among honorees at Colorado Democrats’ inaugural Obama Dinner
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Three newcomers to Aurora’s nonpartisan city council will be honored with the Rising Star Award by the Colorado Democratic Party at its inaugural Obama Dinner on Feb. 3 in Denver, the party announced. State party chair Morgan Carroll also plans to give the Chair’s Service Award to three term-limited state officials – Gov. John Hickenlooper,…
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Aurora’s youngest city council member featured on ‘She’s the Ticket’
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The latest episode of “She’s the Ticket,” a new web series from Topic, features the 2017 city council run of 23-year old Crystal Murillo of Aurora. Murillo, a first-generation American, was elected to Ward 1 last month. The show focuses on women who decided to run for elected office, some inspired by what happened in…
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After recount, tight Aurora City Council at-large contest decided
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We’ve at last reached a final tally for Aurora’s second at-large seat on its city council, some three weeks after the fall election, and it was a close, one. Just 47 votes had separated retired Air Force Colonel David Gruber and former Regional Transportation Director Tom Tobiassen following election night, the Aurora Sentinel reports. While Tobiassen…
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Aurora City Council seat still in question, likely slated for recount
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Left-leaning candidates running for a traditionally conservative board, and winning. A registered sex offender determined eligible to be on the ballot. Aurora’s City Council race has been one of the more intriguing local elections to watch this fall, and nearly two weeks later, it’s still not over. While results are clear for much of the…
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A progressive wave over Aurora’s City Council
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Aurora’s traditionally red City Council will have a blue hue after last week’s election. Per preliminary election results, progressive candidates have won three seats on the Aurora City Council, altering the political makeup of a non-partisan board that is however typically a mainstay for conservatives. As the Aurora Sentinel reports: In Ward I, upstart candidate…
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Left-leaning hopefuls win a nod from their local paper in Aurora council race
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If the Aurora Sentinel editorial board gets what it wants, all five of the Aurora City Council seats up for grabs will be filled with new, and mostly progressive, candidates. The newspaper endorsed all three of the candidates groomed by Emerge Colorado, the organization that prepares women Democrats to run for office. Allison Hiltz, Nicole…
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State’s largest environmental group sets sights on Aurora City Council election
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The crowded race for Aurora City Council could turn into a real barn-burner with the attention it’s drawing – especially from progressive groups. We told you last week about progressive group Colorado People’s Action throwing its support behind four candidates for council, promising to canvass neighborhoods in an effort to increase turnout. Well, now the…
