“It was always clearly about limiting competition, and in a certain sense, making sure Aurora wasn’t getting what downtown Denver was getting,” Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan said. “I don’t focus on the hypocrisy. I’m focused on getting the job done and making sure that next time, when there is a next time — it may it be in Thornton or Lone Tree or Jefferson County — that we’re being (regionally) supportive instead of in opposition.”

