Alison Coombs

Aurora City Council Member, At-Large.

[Rep. Iman Jodeh @ImanforColorado]

I am honored to announce the launch of the Joint MENASA & Muslim Caucus. It’s humbling to help create a space that uplifts the heritage of the Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian, and Muslim communities in Colorado. This is just the beginning of working together for justice, equity, and defending our civil rights. Grateful to stand alongside @yaraforco and so many who make this work possible.
@menasacaucus
#RepresentationMatters

[Rep. Iman Jodeh @ImanforColorado]

Rep. Mike Weissman and myself, along with all Aurora elected officials, have published an oped in the Denver Post about the increasing challenges our Venezuelan community in Aurora are facing.

“When immigrants from Venezuela, or any other nation for that matter, arrive in Colorado, they are confronted with the same challenges other Coloradans have — foremost, the higher cost of living since COVID and the scarcity of affordable housing. Further, certain landlords may neglect their legal obligations to maintain rental premises in a safe and livable condition.”

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[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@robertk95110513 He was a slumlord for years before constituents reached out to council, constituents contacted us about it well before the date when we're told staff left.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

Council has been briefed repeatedly that no properties have been taken over. The tenants have said the conditions in these apartment buildings are due to criminally negligent management.

[Danielle Jurinsky @DaniJurinsky]

The City of Aurora didn't put this statement out. Mayor Coffman and I did with the endorsement of APD. I'd like to point out that we said that "a select few properties do not apply to the city as a whole." Neither Coffman nor myself have ever said that the entire city had been taken over. You either can't read or flat out, don't care that Tren de Aragua "had significantly affected those properties." By significantly affected, I mean, and let be very clear for you, Jason, the Tren de Aragua gang took over entire apartment complexes. This is confirmed. Hence, the statement. What's the threshold for you to give a damn? 5 complexes? 10 complexes? 500 people? Get off your ass and remember the oath you took to protect this country against all enemies, both foreign and domestic! Tren de Aragua is a Trans National Gang that is terrorizing constituents that you and I both serve. Shut up and show up, @RepJasonCrow!

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@DaniJurinsky We were also briefed that they refused to cooperate with APD on addressing public safety issues, and continue to refuse to cooperate because it comes with the requirement that they maintain their properties.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@DaniJurinsky The property manager that apparently had this happen was carrying a shotgun and a pistol on the property well before the date of that police report or this supposed 'takeover,' and was intimidating residents.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

You seem to be banking on repeating a lie often enough until it becomes the truth. Promoting tired, racist immigration panic is a dangerous game that is hurting our community and our constituents. People are struggling to find housing & employment due to your misrepresentations.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

Constituents have been reaching out to council about this slumlord since early last year, well before it was politically convenient to whip up anti-immigrant panic. I wonder what has changed about your interest in this issue.

[Hashim Coates @WeLoveHashim]

A song encouraging you all to vote.

@AFelixMedia @WandaLJames @WoodrowForCO @Shontel4Council @AuontaiAnderson @CoombsForAurora @AuroraActivist @samijow

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

Hey y'all, 14 days left to make sure we elect Bryan, who consistently shows up and represents the interests of working families--in the classroom, on an picket line, and as an advocate who speaks truth to power.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@WoodrowForCO @chrisFnicholson It's not the fact of standing against hostage-taking, it's the justification of extensive civilian casualties in response. But it's late, and this conversation isn't going to get more productive by having it on Twitter. Let's follow up later.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@chrisFnicholson @WoodrowForCO I don't bother to call out people who I don't think are worth trying to have a conversation with. I'm not disregarding Steven, I'm just genuinely surprised by this take.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@chrisFnicholson @WoodrowForCO I don't think we're going to have a productive conversation on this hellsite.

But I don't see how watching a nation retaliate and kill more than 30x the people they originally lost can continue to garner support without at least *some* callousness toward those being killed.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@chrisFnicholson @WoodrowForCO We're not going to get anywhere on this point, but you cannot say Hamas is "primarily responsible" for Israeli troops repeatedly bombing and invading the very places they designate as "safe" for civilians, nor for many other aspects of this slaughter that won't fit in one tweet.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@chrisFnicholson @WoodrowForCO If the US killed hundreds of civilians in the operation to recover 4 hostages, people would rightly call that out. I'm truly floored by the general callousness toward innocent Palestinians. We can't be sympathetic only to the 1,200 Israelis and ignore the 36,000+ Palestinians.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@chrisFnicholson @WoodrowForCO No, and that's why tge Israeli government cane out saying they wouldn't accept it unless they were allowed to remain in Gaza to "eliminate Hamas"

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@chrisFnicholson @WoodrowForCO That would also typically include a phased release of hostages, at the end of which the ceasefire would be sustained, not a phased release of hostages after which hostilities would resume. Especially when "hostilities" are targeting civilian areas and mostly killing civilians.

[Alison Coombs @CoombsForAurora]

@chrisFnicholson @WoodrowForCO Israel has turned down every ceasefire deal. The most recent one because, even after recovering every hostage, they want to be guaranteed international support for continuing to invade Gaza.
Honest question, who in their right mind would accept those terms?