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Mayor Mike Coffman has been granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit he filed against his own city over campaign finance rules that he said violated his right to free speech.
Mayor Mike Coffman, who spent a week living in homeless encampments and local shelters at the end of 2020, will propose a camping ban for Aurora. I will be introducing an ordinance prohibiting camping in the City of Aurora on Thursday, Coffman tweeted on Monday, May 17. The proposal is already drafted but I want to work with our City Attorney s office to make sure that the proposed camping ban is compliant with the CDC guidelines that were put in place at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and are still in effect. I also want to make sure that the proposed camping ban meets the conditions spelled out in court decisions where camping bans have been challenged and were upheld.
“The Aurora City Attorney’s Office is still reviewing the lawsuit, so it would be improper for us to comment on it at this time. However, the CAO defends any policy or law that is supported by the city council as a body, says Ryan Luby, a spokesperson for the city.
Coffman s suit claims that the ordinance s prohibition on a political candidate campaigning for other candidates or ballot initiatives is unconstitutional. It also argues that the ordinance prohibiting coordination among election campaign committees is unconstitutional; under the current rule, for example, two campaigns are not allowed to share the same consultant, the lawsuit asserts. It also takes issue with expanded disclaimer requirements for electioneering communications and independent expenditures, aspects of the ordinance that he says are unconstitutional.