Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman spoke against a lawsuit settlement made between the City of Aurora and activist MiDian Holmes (Shofner) in a City Council meeting Monday night, saying the decision to settle was “unfortunate.”
Aurora officials and Holmes announced the settlement in early March almost a year after Holmes filed the lawsuit, which claimed decisions by council members to end public comment pending a decision in the Kilyn Lewis family lawsuit were unconstitutional.
Under the settlement terms, the Aurora City Council will continue to hold in-person meetings with a public comment period preceding regularly scheduled meetings, giving the public up to one hour of public comment with up to three minutes per speaker for the next three years, according to the settlement agreement…