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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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The group opposing the Karman Line Annexation has submitted over 30,000 signatures, which is enough to have the question of this flagpole annexation decided by the voters if over 18,000 of the signatures are certified by the city clerk's office. Developers and government proponents of this annexation are not pleased with this disruption in their plans.
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Woodland Park Schools spend taxpayer money that is allocated to them but doesn’t properly account for that spending. In response, Woodland Park City Council is pushing an effort to repeal sales taxes for public schools.
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Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade appeared on the Behind the Springs podcast to answer questions about the way forward in the Colorado Springs government.
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The latest Colorado Springs City Council Candidate Forum covers the race for District 2. You can view it here.
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The Manitou Springs City Council took the stunning and brave step of protesting the current federal government during the Pledge of Allegiance in a meeting last week. Please keep them in your prayers during this difficult time.
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Community volunteers in Rockrimmon are working toward creating their own community library after the closure of the Rockrimmon Branch library.
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Colorado Springs City Council has voted to allow electric bicycles on local trails, with some restrictions and rules for e-bike riders.
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The Colorado Springs Fire Department will deploy a new Targeted Opioid Response Team to assist with emergency overdose calls to 911. It’s sad that this is necessary, but here we are.
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Rewarding vagrancy, drug use, and crime impacts taxpaying citizens and businesses. This is being felt at the Uintah Gardens Shopping Center on the Westside of Colorado Springs. How long before businesses flee this shopping center?
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A federal grant program that sends taxpayer money to build charging stations for boutique electric vehicles has been put on hold. This is impacting efforts by the Colorado government to install charging stations in our state. What has not been put on hold is the Colorado policy of having you, the taxpayer, subsidize the purchase of these boutique vehicles.
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Who is paying for healthcare for dead people? Well, you the taxpayer, of course. Colorado spent nearly $4 million in Medicaid funds on healthcare for dead people. Don’t worry though, Colorado has no intention of paying this money back to Medicaid. Where do you think this $4 million really went?
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Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper states definitively that Space Command will stay in Colorado. As Governor of Colorado in 2005, he promised to end homelessness in 10 years, so take this with a grain of salt.
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When the sanctuary city of Denver gets overwhelmed with illegal immigrants, they ship them elsewhere around the state. The District Attorney for the new 23rd Judicial District in Colorado, George Brauchler, wants to help stop this practice.
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A bill that would allow Colorado county sheriffs to work with ICE on deportation efforts has stalled in our state legislature. This should surprise no one, as our ruling-class leftists prefer illegal immigrants over taxpaying citizens of Colorado. They don’t represent you, they represent themselves.
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One Colorado representative in the United States Congress is pursuing legislation at the federal level that would help undermine state government resistance to immigration law enforcement activities.
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The Trump administration has responded to the Denver Public Schools lawsuit against illegal immigrant raids in DPS schools, saying they really don’t have standing on this issue. Immigration enforcement is a federal issue, not a DPS issue.
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The Small Business Administration will move regional offices out of sanctuary cities, including Denver.
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The cost to ranchers for the ridiculous wolf introduction scheme in Colorado is around $24,000 per wolf so far. A repeal of this wolf introduction scheme will be on your 2026 ballot. Have Colorado voters, in particular Front Range urban voters who approved of this plan initially, learned enough to end this fiasco?
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The current District Attorney in Boulder is running for the Colorado Attorney General seat. In his announcement, he denounced President Trump and Elon Musk, so we’re sure he has the Boulder County vote locked up solid.
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Denver City Council has deleted its X social media account, citing “misinformation” and “dangerous ideas”. These words are politician-speak for being held accountable by taxpayers for their poor policies, and they can’t stand that.
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Firefighters on the Denver Fire Department overwhelmingly approved a no-confidence vote for Mayor Johnston’s hand-picked Chief and Deputy Chief. This comes on the heels of a report that the Denver Fire Chief, Desmond Fulton, and others in his command, awarded themselves comp time for attending routine events, and then took taxpayer cash for this accrued time at the end of the year. Despite this, Mayor Johnston stands by Chief Fulton, because he likes what he sees apparently.
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Mountain Metro Transit wants your input on possible bus service changes in Colorado Springs.
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Colorado Springs Utilities is selling bricks from the now-demolished Martin Drake Power Plant to support Project COPE.
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Some in Pueblo have had enough of Black Hills Energy. Now, voters in Pueblo will decide if they would prefer a municipal utility company instead of their current provider.
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The cost of irresponsible government and attacks on affordable energy ripple into all aspects of an economy, including the cost of new homes.
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Brianna Titone, the state’s first transgender state representative, is running for State Treasurer. Titone also dislikes TABOR a lot, claiming that it is strangling state government, even though the state budget has exploded in the last 17 years.
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When was the last time you bought all new furniture? It’s a trick question. You just did buy all new furniture for legislative staff and paid $4 million for it. Remember this as they bleat for more and more of your money to close their $1.2 billon self-created budget shortfall. As always, our Democrat-dominated legislature would rather attack TABOR than curtail their extravagant spending of your money.
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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, March 10, 9:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Tuesday, March 11, 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, March 11, 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, March 18, 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, March 19, 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, March 3, 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
Thursday, April 10, 6:30 p.m.
Independence Institute Citizen’s Guide to Civic Involvement
Online Meeting
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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