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BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

ornton City Council candidate Roberta Ayala stands by her previous comments about Dariush Namazi, or Danny Kulmann, and isn’t disavowing him.

“Is what he’s doing to her possibly annoying? Probably. I’m not Jan Kulmann so I can’t speak to it,” she said.

City council members and candidates like Mayor Jan Kulmann, Angie Bedolla, City Councilor Eric Garcia and Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Sandgren have alleged harassment from Namazi. Kulmann was granted a temporary restraining order against him, with the hearing to make it permanent on July 18.

Kulmann accused Ayala and City Councilor Julia Marvin, who’s also running for mayor, of working with Namazi to hurt Kulmann’s and others political image. But Marvin said in the past that wasn’t true. She also denounced Namazi on Facebook.

“ e behavior described in the article is concerning, and goes against the principles of a fair and respectful election. It is not the type of campaign we should be having, and I denounce any attempts to harass or intimidate candidates,” she wrote.

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After being told of videos of Namazi going door to door with Ayala’s campaign iers, she said that he may have been involved before he started acting as Danny Kulmann. Ayala said to her knowledge that he isn’t currently involved with her campaign.

In a separate interview, she said Namazi did volunteer for her campaign, but then once the Danny Kulmann character came out, shortly after they decided to go separate ways. She said she met him “many, many months ago.”

“I didn’t disavow him, no, we just mutually decided that he was going to work on what he wanted to work on,” she said.

She also said spouse Eliza Namazi will continue to volunteer for her campaign, as well as anyone who is following her campaign strategy.

“I respect everybody’s right to speak freely on whatever they like unless it’s super harmful. And that’s just protected free speech, it doesn’t mean I have to align myself with it,” she said.

She said Dariush Namazi and his actions are a result of residents, speci cally in South ornton, who feel neglected by the city council. Ayala said residents complain about council members not responding to emails or correspondences.