Aurora Sentinel: The long and costly legal skirmish between activist Midian Shofner and the Aurora City Council is finally over.

A court settlement, announced this week, requires the city to provide at least one hour of “public invited to be heard” before each council meeting for the next three years, with up to three minutes per speaker.

On its face, this appears to change little.

The newly elected Democratic majority of the city council restored the full public comment period in December after taking control of the council.

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