Sentinel Politics

Local, regional and national political news from the staff of the Sentinel in Aurora, Colorado

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AUGDEN: Prop HH offers tax relief for fixed-income seniors

"Far right special interests spreading misinformation about HH want you to believe that Initiative 50 is an equal alternative to Proposition HH, but that’s just not true.

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#COpolitics #Nopaywall

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Cherry Creek school board candidate memoir discloses 'sexual misconduct,' views on race

“I use the word ‘penis.’ I said I touched my penis to her hair. Is that graphic?” McKenna asked.

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#COpolitics #EDcolo #NoPaywall #BookBans

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EDITORIAL: Voters are now key as Aurora struggles with police reform, crime, and homelessness

Voters need to press candidates about whether they depend on reliable and trusted science sources, or political whimsy.

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PERRY: Rep. Lauren Boebert says divorce had a hand in her groping for answers at Denver theater

"It's hard to tell which of her “values” she believes were misaligned with lying and public obscenity."

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#COpolitics #LaurenBoebert

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EDITORIAL: Stop protecting Aurora police from themselves — the city must protect the public first

The city has bungled an opportunity to rebuild trust in a community that — justifiably — fears for their lives when they encounter APD.

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#COleg #COpolitics

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PERRY: Aurora Police Department problems are so bad, someone should call the cops — somewhere else

"At this point, 'dumpster fire' best describes the skulduggery and horror that erupts from APD like Old Faithful"

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#COpolitics #PoliceReform #AuroraPolice

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PERRY: Aurora Councilmember Sundberg’s sorry ‘apology’ doesn’t excuse his hateful racist videos

Sundberg needs to tell his constituents, “I got it. It’s not cool nor funny to mimic minorities.”

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#COpolitics #Stereotypes #Immigrants

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PERRY: A skeptical Aurora looks to another police chief for transparency and accountability

While Aurora trades police chiefs like baseball cards, people of color still dread having contact with an Aurora cop.

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#COpolitics #PoliceReform #NewsCOneeds

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ENDORSEMENT: Polis is the proven and pragmatic voter choice for Colorado governor

GOP challenger Heidi Ganahl has offered the public a litany of alarming judgments, creating her own endless crises.

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#COpolitics #COgov

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PERRY: Minority rule in Congress and Aurora is an argument for suffrage, not against it

"Minority rule never, ever works or lasts. Not once. And not now."

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#COpolitics #AuroraCO #VotingMatters

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Ganahl introduces businessman Danny Moore as running mate in Aurora, but shuns reporter questions

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#COpolitics #COgov #COvote

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PERRY: Protesting adversaries at home or dinner is just blackmail and never changes a damn thing

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#COpolitics #AbortionRights #MortonsSteakhouse

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Perry: Rep. Lauren Boebert is everything she says she is — ignoring that is dangerous

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#copolitics #LaurenBoebert #COvote2022

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ON EDGE: Colorado News Collaborative sponsors live mental health system discussion Tuesday evening — LIVE LINK HERE

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#COpolitics #COleg #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

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PERRY: Aurora Chief Wilson’s fetid firing throws the city back to ‘just the way things are’

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#COpolitics #COleg #AuroraPoliceDepartment #PoliceReform #BLM

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PERRY: People ditching vaccines or camping on the street have plenty in common, mostly, they’re people

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#COpolitics #Homelessness #antivaxxers

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QUIDNUNC: Quid’s back and tattling on the tweeted life of a city council spouse

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#COpolitics #AuroraCO

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PERRY: Envy Boebertown on the other side of the state? A-Town might be opening its own show

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#COpolitics #AuroraCO #MaskMandate

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EDITORIAL: The pandemic still rages. Colorado must stop coddling irrational antivaxxers

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#COVID19Colorado #COgov #VaccinePassports

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EDITORIAL: Cherry Creek school board candidate revelations show Gibbons to be not just a bad choice, but a dangerous one

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#COpolitics #EDcolo #AuroraVote2021