Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman on Monday criticized council members Juan Marcano and Crystal Murillo for attending a conference in Paris using taxpayer dollars.
Aurora mayor puts camping ban proposal on hold, but pushes back on recent criticism
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AURORA, Colo. â Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman on Monday said he s decided to put on hold his support for a camping ban in the city until I better understand what its impact will be on Aurora, though the mayor also pushed back on criticism he faced for comments he made last week about people living in homeless camps.
Coffman noted that Denver has a camping ban but still has a significant encampment problem and Aurora only has a modest problem.
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Mayor Mike Coffman said on Twitter on Monday that he s suspending any move toward a camping ban in Aurora until he s better able to understand the impact of such a ban.
Coffman said that Denver has a camping ban and a significant encampment problem while Aurora does not have a camping ban and only has a modest problem. I think the question that I have to answer is whether or not a camping ban actually aggravates the problem because there are so many requirements that a camping ban must meet in order to survive a court challenge, he said in the tweet.