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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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A bill is under consideration in the Colorado legislature that would allow county clerks in the state to delay CORA request responses up to 20 working days around elections. Journalists would be exempt from this delay. Why would they want to delay a response to a CORA request around election time? Because it protects politicians from citizen oversight, that’s why. When they clearly demonstrate how little respect they have for you, believe them.
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Last November, voters in Loveland, Colorado passed a measure that eliminated the 3% tax on groceries in the city. Now, the city government is scrambling to adapt to this revenue shortfall and is planning to cut some municipal services.
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The forced recycling scheme passed by the Colorado legislature in 2022 is failing, and consumers are, of course, bearing the brunt of this failure in the form of higher costs. But the politicians get to pat themselves on the back, so that makes it all worth it for them. They live in a fantasy world of childlike, magical thinking. The rest of us get to bear the cost.
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Governor Polis signed the $40.6 billion 2024 budget into law. Why do we need nearly $41 billion worth of state government in our lives?
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State funding for schools will increase by $700 per student in this newest budget. Will this money be used to teach them to read and write? We ask because that part of school has been missing for a while now.
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The cost of living for all Coloradans is rising. So, the Democrat-controlled legislature is adding new fees to everyday items, like telephones and tires, to make it worse for you. They won’t stop until we are all low-income people.
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Also in budget news this week, an accounting error with the Health Insurance Affordability Enterprise has created an additional $67 million in TABOR refunds for taxpayers. Were it not for TABOR, they would likely make up for this sloppy accounting by stealing more from us. This is why they hate TABOR. And, yes, this enterprise, which advertises itself as managing healthcare affordability, cannot budget properly.
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Also in TABOR news this week, the Democrat-controlled legislature wants to use the existence of low-income families and “child poverty” to steal your TABOR refunds. They won’t stop until we are all low-income, and the government has all the money we earn.
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In Denver sanctuary city news this week, their childlike fantasy of providing sanctuary to the entire world continues to crash and burn, and drain taxpayer-funded resources faster than the coffers can be refilled. Is it any wonder why illegal immigration and homelessness are the top issues for Colorado voters?
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Governor Polis’ fanciful path to 100% renewable energy by 2040 isn’t as affordable as has been advertised. A recent Colorado Energy Office report shows the starting cost for this fantasy is whoppingly unaffordable $61 billion. The costs only go up from there, as this video details. Additionally, the budget estimates for this do not include the cost of transmission lines. Why would they deliberately omit the cost of essential transmission lines? We bet you can guess why.
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A deal has been reached between the government, environmental activist groups, and the oil and gas industry on regulation for oil and gas. Why do radical environmentalists have a seat at the table, anyway?
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Would you like to see a roundabout at Platte and Nevada, the downtown intersection where General Palmer’s statue has been collecting automobile paint for decades? A petition is circulating to do just that.
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The El Paso County Commissioners denied an education grant to one local nonprofit. The commissioners determined that this nonprofit, Peak Education, practices race-based admissions, despite a United States Supreme Court decision banning the practice.
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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, May 13, 10:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Tuesday, May 14, 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, May 7, 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, May 14, 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
Wednesday, May 22, 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, May 6, 6:00 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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