“I’ve been in some uncomfortable situations,” Kelly McNicholas Kury said.
Last year, the commissioner, who was elected in 2018, was called a Nazi and other names by then-Aspen resident Lee Mulcahy, who also reportedly told her children while they were playing in their front yard that she was trying to kick him and his family out of his house.
Mayor Torre said on separate occasions during social settings, once as a councilman, the other in his current position, he’s “felt intimidated if not threatened. They didn’t go far, but I did notify the police department at one time, but there wasn’t a formal complaint.”
Sgt. Terry Leitch gives a heater to an Aspen resident outside of the Aspen Police Department on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. In a little over an hour all of the heaters were claimed by residents without heat due to the gas outage in the Aspen area. People waited in line in their cars and walked up to receive their heater. The Aspen Police Department is expecting another truckload of heaters. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Aspen residents claim heaters outside of the Aspen Police Department to heat their homes during a gas outage on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Detective Danielle Madril passes a heater into a vehicle while community response officer Rachel Beck, left, and Sgt. Terry Leitch unwrap boxes of heaters outside of the Aspen Police Department on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)