Issues with homelessness knows no boundaries

Re: “These neighboring Colorado cities are now worlds apart,” Nov. 7 commentary

George Brauchler writes in Sunday’s Denver Post, “The newly-elected (Aurora city) council is likely to pass a ban (homeless camps) and one likely to require encampments to be quickly, safely and certainly removed.” Where exactly shall they be removed to? Isn’t that the crux of the issue? Otherwise, it’s a never-ending “not in my backyard” game of Whack-a-mole.

Maureen Wirth, Aurora

I enjoyed reading George Brauchler’s analysis of the recent election results, especially the portion concerning Aurora City Council.

I was part of a local GOP group that actively campaigned for the new conservative members that were elected, namely Dustin Zvonek, Danielle Jurinsky, Jono Scott, and Steve Sundberg, who all ran on a slogan of “Aurora is Open for Business” and “Support is on the Way.” Thank goodness our efforts and many other conservatives voted them into office, so maybe the council can start functioning again with less nasty talk, name-calling and ridiculous behavior that has gone on too long.

For example, Brauchler quoted Council Member Juan Marcano as saying , “I do believe, honest to God, that the Republican Party is a sadistic death cult. It is the most dangerous organization that has ever existed on this planet.”

Ever existed. Talk about extreme overthe-top BS. Now you know why the Aurora City Council has not gotten much meaningful work done in the last couple of years. Extremist, left-wing communists are trying to take over our city government. We must stop them!

R. Morris, Aurora

George Brauchler, as usual, uses his column as a bully pulpit, cherry-picking information that will justify his position. He chooses to point out the political affiliations of the members of the city council of Aurora, when traditionally, these positions are intended to be locally focused and non-partisan.

Instead of talking in terms of what is best for the community and why and what each councilman has to offer, he chooses to put it in terms of right and left.

He also chooses to name call and label someone he disagrees with without mentioning some of his accomplishments on the Aurora City Council, such as affordable housing, and a Salvation Army pilot program to provide safe camping for the homeless among others.

Brauchler is rather cavalier about the fact that he hopes the new Aurora City Council will choose to pass a ban on homeless camps, requiring “encampments to be quickly, safely and certainly removed.” He fails to mention what they should do with the people who will be removed. I can only hope that the new Aurora council members will show more compassion for the homeless than Brauchler does, and have a balanced approach to governance.

Fayre L Ruszczyk, Littleton