By John W. Whitehead “War is over. If you want it.” —John Lennon If ever there were a year filled with an abundance of bad news and a shortage of good news, 2020 would take the prize. Between the toxic political theater, pandemic scares, nationwide lockdowns that smack of martial...
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council unanimously, 12-0, approved an ordinance to create a nine-member civilian review board (CRB) to review matters involving the Aurora Police Department (APD). The Council heard from eight speakers who...
By Jason Crane As the U. S. presidential debate, was being heard around the Nation and parts of the world, Thursday, Oct. 22, feelings of frustration and the need for answers filled Main Baptist Church in Aurora at the third community listening session for the C.H.A.N.G.E. (community helping Aurora’s necessary...
A consistent recommendation during the CHANGE (Community Helping Aurora’s Necessary Growth and Empowerment) police policy review sessions held in the recent Summer was for the City of Aurora government to hold meetings where residents can share general thoughts on policing and progress in Aurora beyond policy discussions. In response to...
By Emily Ochoa McDonald Over the last few weeks at the Aurora City Hall, a series of public sessions called the C.H.A.N.G.E. (Community Helping Auroras Necessary Growth and Empowerment), a reform initiative, were held to discuss the use of force and training policies the Aurora Police Department use. The public...
By Jim Nowlan This column proposes a powerful, practical, if highly-unconventional, way to start a national conversation, even a movement, that possibly could help restore a healthy American democracy and solid economic future, and, maybe even replace one of our two bankrupt political parties. Politics and policy are today focused...
