Tag: Juan Marcano
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Aurora City Council passes ordinance to ban sale of cats, dogs in pet stores
While animal rescues and animal rights activists celebrated the ordinance’s passing, pet store owners decried it
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Aurora’s proposed ban on cat, dog sales by stores draws praise, criticism
Karen Martiny, founder of Animal Rescue of the Rockies, and Jens Larsen, owner of Denver Perfect Pets, operate on two sides of the same coin. Martiny rescues animals and places them into foster care until they find a home, while Larsen works with USDA certified and licensed breeders to sell high-end dogs. Both Martiny and…
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Aurora faces lawsuit in ‘strong mayor’ ballot initiative debate
A former Aurora city council member filed a lawsuit Monday against the city and three residents who signed paperwork initiating a proposed ballot initiative to create a “strong mayor” form of government.
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Aurora City Council nomination petitions available Wednesday; due Aug. 29
Aurora residents who plan to run for Aurora City Council can start collecting nomination petition signatures Wednesday. Candidates for office are nominated by petition sections supplied by the City Clerk and become certified after their petition sections are approved. Nomination petitions require a certain number of signatures depending on the office being sought. Mayor and…
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Aurora’s ‘strong mayor’ proposal secures sufficient signatures to get on November ballot
The petition to amend the Aurora city charter and create a “strong mayor” form of government in the city has enough valid signatures, for now, to potentially hit the ballot in November.
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Race for mayor picks up in Aurora
The race for mayor in Aurora is picking up as more candidates enter the field, including a nonprofit leader whose career is focused on social change, and the formal entrance of sitting Mayor Mike Coffman. In the Nov. 7 election, Aurora will choose its next mayor, a councilmember each for wards IV, V and VI,…
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Some Aurora leaders denounce ‘strong mayor’ initiative
A group of nearly two dozen current and former elected officials, along with police and fire union representatives, gathered on the steps of Aurora City Hall Monday to denounce an effort to create a “strong mayor” form of government in the city. They claimed that residents are being misled about the proposal, which they argue…
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Aurora city council approves multi-family development, over neighbors’ objections
Despite hundreds of residents pushing back Monday against plans for a multi-family development in southeast Aurora after the project received planning commission approval last month, the Aurora City Council green-lighted the plans. Most of residents’ concerns centered on the buildings’ heights compared to the surrounding area and the project’s architectural style. Although some councilmembers agreed…
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Racism concerns mark Aurora City Council sister city discussion
Councilmember Juan Marcano praised Aurora Sister Cities International and its Mexico Committee for building relationships with Chihuahua, Mexico