Aurora has a problem it needs to solve, rather than ignore, no matter how banal and awkward it’s become.
The problem is that the city’s charter, which is akin to the nation’s constitution, says explicitly that the city manager has to live in Aurora, but he doesn’t.
Making this all the more awkward, knowing that City Manager Jason Batchelor lives outside the city, Aurora council members last year asked voters to repeal the residency requirement. Voters resoundingly said, “no,” with more than 8 out of 10 voters refusing to repeal the mandate…