Take a trip back in time with me to the spring of 2023.
Let’s take this journey after Sentinel Editor Dave Perry in his June 18 column went down a dead end inferring that Mayor Mike Coffman somehow deserves credit or even a nod for backing a new city council measure to ensure Aurora landlords adhere to the law.
In 2023, United for a New Economy (UNE) was helping tenants at 1568 Nome St. organize against their slumlord, connecting them with city officials to bring the squalid conditions they were suffering through due to CBZ’s neglect to light. I and several of my colleagues were invited to tour the property, and documented what we saw through photographs and a lengthy email to the city attorney’s office. Ultimately, this led a few of us to introduce a rental registry ordinance crafted in partnership with UNE and the directly impacted tenants which would have created a system that allowed tenants to submit evidence to the city and provided a means for the city to crack down on slumlords before they become a larger problem for us all…