I would say that 80,000 out of 400,000 is pretty average for Aurora and the reat of the US . I am basing this on the percent of minorities in our school system Have those numbers jumped alot in the last 5 years ?
I would say that 80,000 out of 400,000 is pretty average for Aurora and the reat of the US . I am basing this on the percent of minorities in our school system Have those numbers jumped alot in the last 5 years ?
Originally posted by: Brent Kline
I would say that 80,000 out of 400,000 is pretty average for Aurora and the reat of the US . I am basing this on the percent of minorities in our school system Have those numbers jumped alot in the last 5 years ?
Actually, on a nationwide basis, and despite the constant Republiturd bleating about BILLIONS O'FILTHY IMMERGENTS FLOODIN' 'CROSS DA BORDER, the numbers have been fairly stable. There has been a small rise in the percentage of Hispanic students, a very small rise in Asian students, a small rise in biracial students, and a small decrease in White, Black, and Native students--all according to the NCES, or National Center for Education Statistics.
I do remember a study from 2019 that hypothesized that a rise in Hispanic student populations might be at least partially due to more students being willing to identify themselves as such (rather than White).
Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
Max, how is the local media reacting to Trump's little rage-fest? He went to Detroit and shat on their city, now he goes to Aurora and does the same thing. I would think there'd be a backlash.
My dad grew up in Denver, and I've been there quite often. (I lived in Durango a couple of decades ago, and I have some friends in Colorado Springs.) One of my go-to moves when visiting Denver has been to go to Colfax and head east until I see a restaurant that looks intriguing. That's never failed me :)
Unlike MAGAs, I welcome immigrants. They enhance the life of a city in so many ways. I'm horribly sick of all this immigrant-bashing rhetoric.
At this point it was the usual campaign coverage, it was "sold out", the usual politicians were there to support him, and a brief rundown of what he said. The local media covered his claims over the last few weeks and showed it wasn't anything unusual, in terms of how dilapidated the apartments have been for the last 4 or 5 years with code violations, complaints, and police calls.
I even went to foxnews.com the day he was here and they weren't covering it at all, I guess they've figured out that blatant lies now cost a lot of money.
Originally posted by: Brent Kline
I would say that 80,000 out of 400,000 is pretty average for Aurora and the reat of the US . I am basing this on the percent of minorities in our school system Have those numbers jumped alot in the last 5 years ?
No, it has always been that way, and when I say always I would guess 15 to 20 years? Of course, no one cared until right now. Mike Coffman was a 2 term representative, speaks Spanish, and has celebrated the diversity of his city. I like him, I agree with him about 80% of the time, which is great because I live in the greatest state in the country. Yeah, I'm biased.
Aurora has had some horrifc crimes in recent history.
-Columbine High School massacre
-Batman Movie theatre massacre
Do you know what those two incidents had in common? Neither one was perpetrated by an immigrant.
Originally posted by: MaxFlavor
No, it has always been that way, and when I say always I would guess 15 to 20 years? Of course, no one cared until right now. Mike Coffman was a 2 term representative, speaks Spanish, and has celebrated the diversity of his city. I like him, I agree with him about 80% of the time, which is great because I live in the greatest state in the country. Yeah, I'm biased.
Just got back from dinner and thought about this, I'm going to say always, Aurora has many different demographics, but it has always been a melting pot of people. Much more then many parts of the Denver metro area.
Originally posted by: MaxFlavor
No, it has always been that way, and when I say always I would guess 15 to 20 years? Of course, no one cared until right now. Mike Coffman was a 2 term representative, speaks Spanish, and has celebrated the diversity of his city. I like him, I agree with him about 80% of the time, which is great because I live in the greatest state in the country. Yeah, I'm biased.
Even though I'm a transplant, I agree with you about the state. Well, maybe not the VP machines the last time I was in Black Hawk.
Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
Well, the Western Slope is definitely a different animal...Grand Junction is one of the most conservative cities in the country, and of course, it's Boebert Land...so I would expect the local media to report on Trump's hate rally with drooling enthusiasm.
Colorado is yet another of those states that shouldn't be states, as the ideological divide is so stark between regions. Of course, Colorado was formed by politicians back east who had never seen the place and decided to make it a nice neat 3:2 rectangle, in accordance with Jefferson's "rise and run" recommendations. As a result, its boundaries make no geographical sense. That contributes to the ideological divide as well.
I can't imagine why Trump thinks he has a chance in Colorado, though. Perhaps he just wanted to bask in his followers' adulation at another hate rally, and doesn't even care that he's wasting his time.
Grand Junction has changed. The mayor is Jewish. There are those on the city council who are registered Democrats. It's considered to be pro-conservation majority. The Trump bloc hasn't done well in recent city council elections. This came from the GJ Daily Sentinel: In 2021, a conservative bloc of candidates lost to more moderate candidates. In 2023, a three-person bloc of Weckerly, Schwenke and Haitz were all losing in the final unofficial results. Haitz, who was part of the conservative-candidate bloc in 2021, lost to Dennis Simpson in that election.
Originally posted by: Robert Davis
Grand Junction has changed. The mayor is Jewish. There are those on the city council who are registered Democrats. It's considered to be pro-conservation majority. The Trump bloc hasn't done well in recent city council elections. This came from the GJ Daily Sentinel: In 2021, a conservative bloc of candidates lost to more moderate candidates. In 2023, a three-person bloc of Weckerly, Schwenke and Haitz were all losing in the final unofficial results. Haitz, who was part of the conservative-candidate bloc in 2021, lost to Dennis Simpson in that election.
That's good to hear. I was always wondering, especially when I lived in Durango, why on earth western CO was so conservative. After all, everybody there is outdoorsy, loves the environment, and all that good stuff. Even if it's just a place for them to go out and shoot something.
I suppose it's just that same good old rural/urban thing. Proximity to Mormon Land probably makes a difference as well. It's a good thing, though, that the much greater population on the Front Range controls state policies and affairs. If not, the Grand Canyon of the Gunnison would be filled with concrete and turned into a theme park, and Colorado National Monument would be an offroad vehicle race track. Oh, and Telluride's Victorian downtown would have been razed to the ground and replaced with $10 million condos.
