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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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Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Governor Jared Polis has been caught talking down to citizens. This time, he’s blaming ranchers for the high cost of re-introducing wolves back into Colorado. Governor Polis really doesn’t think too highly of us little people, and his contempt is becoming amplified.
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Governor Polis has awarded a high-paying, no-bid government consulting contract to one of his political cronies. No surprise there, as he’s done this before. But, this time, he even violated his own law while doing it. They don’t represent you, folks. They represent themselves and each other. You just get stuck with the bill.
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Next year, the Colorado legislature will consider a bill to assess an extra tax on any home that is vacant for a certain period of time in the year. This is an adjustment to the additional tax proposed for short-term rentals. This one simply taxes any home that’s vacant in the state for a yet undetermined period of time. They can never seem to get enough of other people’s money.
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Some crime experts in Colorado are proposing the notion that prosecuting misdemeanors as actual crimes would likely help lower the overall crime rate. You may remember ruling democrats in the Colorado legislature decided to decriminalize crime in 2021.
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Manitou Springs is offering free parking in order to get people to do their Christmas shopping there. Will you be shopping for Christmas in Manitou? Will you be shopping for Christmas at all in this economy?
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One restaurant with over 30 years of serving customers in Downtown Denver is leaving. The outrageous minimum wage law in Denver, plus all the drug-addled vagrants driving customers away, are cited as reasons for this closure. Remember folks, the real minimum wage is always zero.
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The Holly Leaf in Old Colorado City, which has been in business for 40 years, is closing.
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El Paso County DMV offices closed early for holiday parties. You may have needed to renew your driver’s license, but they needed sugar cookies, so you lost. The Clerk and Recorder is defending these closures.
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Aurora, Colorado, has a program that will cover the cost of emergency water heater and furnace repairs for low-income residents. This is funded, of course, through tax dollars through a Department of Housing and Urban Development program.
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The Homeless Industrial Complex grift in Denver got another boost this week. Denver City Council has approved funding to continue renting hotel buildings for vagrants. This funding extension goes through February 2025.
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Governor Jared Polis made an appearance in Colorado Springs to talk about “affordable housing.” Can anyone name one thing the government has ever made more affordable?
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Colorado Springs School District 11 has voted to dissolve its master agreement with the teacher’s union. Most districts throughout Colorado do not have the same kind of agreement, so District 11 is now aligned with the rest of the state’s districts.
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Colorado’s free school lunch program was never actually free. Voters approved this program believing that only wealthier people would be forced to pay. However, demand for lunches has quickly outstripped the supply, as parents are taking full advantage of the program. How do you think the legislature will bridge this funding gap? If you guessed tax us all more, you’d be correct.
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The Venezuelan criminal gangs in Aurora are becoming more confident and brazen. They’ve now advanced to armed home invasion, kidnapping, and torture. Apparently, human trafficking and drug sales weren’t enough. Never forget that the government, at all levels, looked the other way while these gangs set up operations.
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Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky had been warning of this violent, 3rd world criminal gang’s behavior for months, and she was ignored and mocked. Always remember that the Biden administration and democrats in Colorado used your taxpayer money to establish an actual human trafficking network to bring these problems to your doorstep.
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The Springs Rescue Mission in Colorado Springs has a new CEO. He enters his new position with lofty goals for the organization.
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Noise-mitigating walls will soon be added around the Ford Amphitheater. Some residents are still skeptical. Weren’t we told last year that noise would not be a problem with this development?
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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
Monday, January 13, 9:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Tuesday, January 14, 9:00 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, January 14, 10:00 a.m.
El Paso County Board of County Commissioners
Centennial Hall
200 S. Cascade
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Tuesday, January 21, 10:00 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
No meetings currently posted
Miscellaneous Meetings of Interest
No meetings currently posted
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 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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