The East Colfax Community Collective’s advocacy for tenants pushing back on gang claims led to the group being called “communist” by Councilwoman Danielle Jurinksy.
AURORA, Colo. — Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinksy made an unfounded accusation that a non-profit is a “communist group” after the non-profit challenged her claims about the extent of gang activity in Aurora.
The East Colfax Community Collective received grant funding from the City of Aurora by a unanimous vote of the conservative-majority Aurora City Council last year. Jurinksy was absent the night of the vote but later voted not to reconsider the grant.
The non-profit drew the conservative councilwoman’s ire – and her unsupported claim that it is a “communist group” – after it organized a rally at a troubled apartment complex where Jurinsky had claimed a Venezuelan gang had taken over the apartments.
At the rally on September 3, people who said they live there told the mediathey don’t worry about gangs as much …