Who should take the fall for Aurora’s problems?
Re: “Aurora City Manager Jim Twombly must go,” April 10 editorial
Thank you so much for writing this; it’s one of your best editorials. I read it online and was very sorry to see the harsh comments that you received from other readers. You must have really hit a nerve with those opposed to Chief Vanessa Wilson, and that is, of course, your job to bring uncomfortable truths to light. I have lived in Aurora for 25 years and have never seen a leader more concerned about the community than her own political agenda or herself. It’s outrageous that she was slammed as “trash,” and those council members who agreed are the ones who won.
Beverly Bennett, Aurora
In Aurora, the city manager serves at the pleasure of the mayor and council. Firing Jim Twombly won’t solve the root problem of a city council and mayor who seem to be getting more ideologically extreme with each election.
Police chief Vanessa Wilson was hired when progressives had the majority. Now that we have conservatives and a Rep. Lauren
Boebert wannabe in the majority, Twombly is simply obeying his bosses.
Be careful what you wish for. Changing city managers is apt to bring more extreme ideology.
Police Chief Wilson did exactly what she was hired to do and did it as well as anyone could expect in these turbulent times. She held police personnel to a higher ethical code of conduct and reached out to minority communities.
Until we elect more moderate council members who will put pragmatism before doctrine, we will have to live with our self- inflicted chaos. The last paragraph of your editorial should have been the first.
Helen Kern, Aurora
Re: “Aurora fires police Chief Vanessa Wilson,” April 7 news story
There is an old- school saying from the Army that is applicable to Chief Wilson’s being fired: “Commanders are responsible for everything their command does or fails to do.”
Richard D Van Orsdale, Broomfield