Tag: Pit Bull Ban
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Aurora lawmakers finalize pit bull ban repeal: what you need to know
Aurora lawmakers took one of the final steps Monday night in getting rid of a ban on pit bull dog breeds in the city after voters approved the move in November. Back in 2005, the City Council passed an ordinance that banned the dog breeds, except in instances where the city issued a license. Then…
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Aurora councilmembers to interview candidates for open seat Monday
Aurora city councilmembers will interview three top candidates for an open council seat on Monday, a process that will take about two-and-a-half hours and will be open to the public via livestream. Dustin Zvonek, the city’s previous mayor pro tem, announced his early departure from his position on the council in October, opening up a…
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Resident who sued Aurora over pit bull decision calls repeal a win for democracy
Pit bull advocates are celebrating Aurora voters’ decision to repeal a ban on owning certain breeds. Meanwhile, the a citizen who sued the city following the council’s decision to repeal the breed ban before taking it to the voters celebrated his own win — that of protecting democracy, he said. Some 53.6% of Aurora voters supported…
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Aurora councilmember presses for apology to family of man killed by cop
Aurora’s policymakers are scheduled discuss opting out of a state law restricting firearms in government buildings on Monday, vote on a proposed ballot measure to retract the city’s pit bull ban and consider a proposal to issue an official apology to the family of a man who was shot and killed by police. Councilmember Alison…
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Aurora weighs fighting court decision or enforcing pit bull ban
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Aurora’s council is weighing whether to start enforcing a ban on pit bull-type dog breeds or keep fighting in court after a district judge ruled in favor of a resident who alleged in a lawsuit that the city overrode the will of voters. At issue is the city’s 2021 decision to repeal its pit bull…
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Aurora City Council will decide the fate of the city’s pit bull ban without public vote
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a 7-3 vote, the Aurora City Council decided Monday to move forward with an ordinance that would allow the council to lift the city’s Restricted Breed Ordinance. The ordinance, led by Councilmember Allison Hiltz, will have to pass a final vote during the next…
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Boulder pet food company celebrates Denver lifting pit bull ban
Denver voters passed Measure 2J this week, lifting an over-30-year-old ban on dog breeds including pit bulls, American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers. To celebrate, the Boulder-based pet food company “I and love and you” is donating 2,500 meals to My Fairy Dawg Mother, a Denver rescue that specializes in…