QUID HAS HEARD that while the entire nation is being encouraged to join the discussion about gun control, Aurora lawmakers are being asked to keep it to themselves. One would think that in a place as close to the issue as is Aurora, folks around here would have plenty of vital comment. Not so this week when city lawmakers took up the debate at a city council meeting. When asked about how the council might weigh in on proposed gun-control laws, Councilwoman Sally Mournier pretty much asked why the hell they should be talking about the issue without a real bill on the table. Councilman Bob Broom admitted he only watches Fox News and added that said gun laws wouldn’t have prevented the Aurora massacre. Councilwoman Renie Peterson asked whether a hoarder was mentally ill and was aghast that such a person might not be able to carry a gun. Quid humbly advises readers of this rag to recommend that the state handle the issue.
AND QUID HAS HEARD that Aurora’s job finders are searching hard for a celebrity that says, “Sorry about the Gaylord thing, and the GE solar panel factory thing — can we talk fracking?” Seems the Aurora Economic Development Council is telling metro Aurora to save the date this fall for their annual nabob-a-palooza in Denver. Each year AEDC gets big names, such as Bill Clinton, to tap dance around the city’s so-so image. Quid hears from the usual unreliable sources that the short list this year includes: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Wayne LaPierre, an actor portraying Abe Lincoln, Debbie Boone and Lance Armstrong. Quid suggests AEDC think again.
AND QUID HAS HEARD that the Cherry Creek Schools Foundation is toning it down for their annual fundraising luncheon slated for March. Last year, the nonprofit’s swank event featured a keynote speech from Aron Ralston, the Cherry Creek High School grad who cut off his own arm with a dull pocketknife after it was pinned under a rock in the Utah desert. Sure, Ralston’s story of survival was plenty inspiring, but it also came as the prim and proper crowd dined on catered lunches. This year, it seems, the Foundation is looking to accommodate the queasier donors in the district. This year’s keynote speaker is Steve “Rockin’” Spangler, Colorado’s own answer to Bill Nye the Science Guy. Like Nye, Spangler has made a living conducting science experiments on television in an effort to make learning cool and hip for young kids. Instead of going into detail about amputating a limb, Spangler is more likely to harp about his trademark home experiment: creating a geyser with Mentos and Diet Coke. As a tribute to Ralston, Quid hopes he’ll throw in at least a few references to nerve endings and broken bones.
AND THAT’S ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS.