As Aurora’s resident dinosaur, I am compelled to point out the folly in this week’s episode of The Aurora City Council’s Been There, Done That.

Granted, I’m gray and grumpy, but this installment of “I’ve got an idea” just keeps coming around every few years.

Aurora, like just about every berg and community across the country, wages a never-ending battle with urban blight, suburban decay or whatever euphemism you want to give Skid Row.

Aurora is no stranger to this obsession.

The Colfax/Downtown/Original Aurora turnaround plans fill numerous shelves in the Sentinel newsroom.

One of the common themes among these well-considered and sometimes well-funded schemes is the idea that if you ban or limit certain businesses commonly found in communities on the other side of tracks, the neighbor

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