October 11, 2012 08:51 PM UTC

Aurora Sentinel: Joe Miklosi For Congress

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• by: Colorado Pols

Excerpts from the Aurora Sentinel’s endorsement of Democrat Joe Miklosi for CD-6 today:

While both Republican Mike Coffman and Democrat Joe Miklosi offer solid options as the city’s first inclusive representative to Congress, Miklosi is the best choice for Aurora.

Here’s why. While Aurora has certainly become a vastly diverse place, Miklosi is much closer aligned with how the majority of residents think about important issues Congress will undertake…over the past few years, Coffman’s politics and values have pulled away from those that the majority of Aurora residents hold dear. Coffman opposed ending the ludicrous Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell anti-gay policy in the military, even as most Americans, most Aurora residents and most members of the military and Pentagon wanted the discrimination against gays to end. Miklosi supported ending that discrimination…

Coffman has increasingly aligned himself with radical anti-abortion groups and measures and then tried to distance himself for political expediency. Aurora voters have a strong history of respecting a woman’s privacy when it comes to reproductive and all medical issues. So does Miklosi.

Coffman has made it clear he strongly opposes the now fading DREAM Act in Congress, which struggles here in the state as well. While he insists there is room for allowing illegal immigrants to keep some American jobs as part of comprehensive immigration reform, he has said he will not support efforts that allow some form of amnesty, even to children of illegal immigrants. That’s not how the majority of Aurora residents feel about the issue. That includes Miklosi…

Coffman has been a hardworking and thoughtful lawmaker and government administrator for many years, but on so many issues important to all of us, Aurora has moved on, and Coffman has not. Aurora has matured to become a vibrant, appealing and progressive community, a welcoming home to all Americans and visitors. Coffman no longer represents the wishes of the community’s diverse and tolerant population. In fact, his record in Congress during the past two years shows that he too often opposes what most Aurorans stand for. And that’s wrong. [Pols emphasis]