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Here are some of the stories we are following this week. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for up-to-the-minute news.
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Councilman Dave Donelson brought up a touchy topic at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. He asked 3 council members to recuse themselves from a future vote about the Arrowswest apartment development due to taking campaign contributions from the developer. Watch the video here. Should the council members recuse themselves? Email the council at allcouncil@coloradosprings.gov to share your thoughts!
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Colorado Springs City Council heard a proposal to advance the downtown building height restrictions matter to a future council meeting and then rejected it on a 7-1 vote. Another meeting would have allowed citizens to give public testimony. Council members didn’t want that to happen. So, now we wait for the fallout from this decision.
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The 36-floor apartment building development that kicked off all this talk about building height limits downtown will be reduced now to a mere 27 stories. But they didn’t do this out of concerns citizens raised. They did this because of funding trouble. Get ready for every other developer to want a tall building downtown too.
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Colorado Springs City Council also heard arguments for and against the Arrowswest development. You may recall that this proposed apartment complex development is adjacent to the hotly-contested and ultimately rejected 2424 Garden of the Gods apartment complex development proposal. The City Council has decided to delay the vote until July 9.
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Colorado Springs Mayor Mobolade has publicly addressed the reported rift between the Fire Chief and City Council. Fire Chief Royal reportedly didn’t appreciate the “tone” or “behavior” of Councilwoman Lynette Crow-Iverson. The mayor reports that all is well now.
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Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade has been in office for a full year now. Our friends at the Colorado Springs Independent have a retrospective on the mayor’s first year as head of the city.
- On a side note, we attempted to post the above article to Facebook, and it was twice labeled as spam. It appears that censorship season is upon us.
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One Pueblo family plans to sue the Pueblo Police Department regarding a death that stemmed from a delayed police response to a reported stolen vehicle. Can responsibility for the overwhelming rise in crime we are seeing be more appropriately laid at the feet of the Colorado Legislature?
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Also in news related to the Colorado Legislature coddling criminals, Denver will appropriate $3 million in taxpayer dollars to combat car theft at Denver International Airport. This funding will go toward, you guessed it, cameras. Not actual police making arrests. A whopping 723 cars were stolen from DIA in 2023. How much do you want to bet that every criminal who stole a car there is still roaming free and stealing more cars?
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But wait, there’s more! Denver City Council has also approved a ballot measure for an increase in the sales tax there. This tax increase is intended to offset some of the catastrophic impacts on the city budget from their “sanctuary city” fiasco. Asking more from taxpayers is always the answer. Always.
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Jeff Crank has won the primary election over Dave Williams. Mr. Crank is running to replace Doug Lamborn in Colorado’s 5th US Congressional District.
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It’s looking like Bill Wysong is leading the tightly-contested race for El Paso County Commissioner District 3. Mr. Wysong has aggressively opposed some of the rampant development in our region.
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A national organization made up of former gang members will be stationed at the Citadel Mall. This mall has been the site of quite a bit of gang violence lately. Do you think this will help the situation?
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Here are some upcoming meetings in the area. We hope you can attend one or more! If there are other public meetings you’d like to see announced here, please drop us a line. We are happy to include them in an upcoming newsletter. These might be government-related, candidate, or elected official meetings. Thanks!
Colorado Springs City Council Meetings
Tuesday, July 2, 3:30 p.m.
Colorado Springs City Council – Special City Council Meeting. Details TBD
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Monday, July 8, 10:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Tuesday, July 9, 10:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
El Paso County Board of County Commissioner Meetings
Tuesday, July 2, 9:00 a.m.
El Paso County Board of County Commissioners
Centennial Hall
200 S. Cascade
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Tuesday, July 9, 9:00 a.m.
El Paso County Board of County Commissioners
Centennial Hall
200 S. Cascade
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Colorado Springs Utilities Board of Directors
Tuesday, July 17, 1:00 p.m.
Utilities Board of Directors
Blue River Board Room
Plaza of the Rockies, South Tower, 5th Floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Miscellaneous Meetings of Interest
Monday, July 1, 5:00 p.m.
Law Enforcement Transparency and Advisory Committee
City Hall
107 S. Nevada Avenue, Suite 200
Also, online via Microsoft Teams
Information and Agenda
View the full Colorado Springs City Council meeting schedule here to see upcoming meetings.
View the full Board of El Paso County Commissioners meeting schedule here to see upcoming meetings.
View the full Colorado Springs Utilities Board meeting schedule here to see upcoming meetings. Please also follow CSU on their Facebook Page and on Twitter.
Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. Since most of the City and County board and commission meetings are not televised or recorded, we are trying to remedy that. We now have a camera and tripod for volunteers to check out for future meetings.
If you have a tip about a story in the Pikes Peak region that you aren’t seeing reported, let us know. We will see what we can find out.
How to Contact City and County Officials:
City Hall
107 N. Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs CO 80903
(719) 385-5986
Contact City Council
Mayor's Office
30 S Nevada Avenue, Suite 601
Colorado Springs, CO 80901
(719) 385-5900
Contact Mayors Office
County Commissioners
200 South Cascade Avenue, Suite 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2202
Phone: (719) 520-7276
https://www.elpasoco.com/contact-us/
Thank you!
Rebecca
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