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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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SNAP benefits are still on hold because of the government shutdown. Around 40,000 Pueblo residents receive these SNAP benefits. This represents about 23% of the population. This is an astounding metric.
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The use of SNAP assistance has risen to 12% of households in the United States. Here's an interactive map you can access to see the usage in counties across the country. Why are 12% of people in the country in need of SNAP assistance?
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Transform Colorado has published ballot guides for school board elections throughout the entire state of Colorado.
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Have you turned in your election ballot yet? You have until 7:00 p.m. next Tuesday, November 4, to vote in the 2025 election.
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Will you reject Propositions MM and LL on your ballot? These tax hikes are the first steps toward the next big tax increase: progressive income taxes for the State of Colorado. They will never stop scheming for more of your income.
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Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have informed Colorado that they are no longer allowed to import wolves from Canada for the wolf reintroduction program. Colorado will have to find wolves somewhere else.
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People riding bicycles and scooters on sidewalks around town can cause considerable risk of collisions with pedestrians, as one woman discovered downtown.
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Pueblo City Council will spend COVID relief funds by giving owners of vandalized businesses $1,000 toward vandalism repair. The city says it can help around 50 businesses with these funds. Is this a proper use of taxpayer money?
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When you run out of money, you stop spending. When the government runs out of money, it just keeps on spending. The Denver City Council would like to spend $9 million on creating a family shelter. Denver currently has a $200 million budget deficit and has laid off almost 200 city workers. On and on it goes in Denver.
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One Castle Rock woman has been convicted on charges of voter fraud in Colorado. This woman cast mail ballots from her deceased husband and from her son, as well as herself. How can this happen when Secretary of State Jena Griswold says our voting system is the Gold Standard?
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The Regional Transportation District public transit system in the Denver Metro Area is still terrible. People refuse to use the dangerous and unreliable service even though Governor Polis is pushing everyone toward public transportation.
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The Denver Sheriff states that his department is unable to replace deputies who have retired. According to the Sheriff, part of the blame lies with pro-criminal state and local governments.
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Counties in Colorado are pushing back on Governor Polis’ dictates on “clean” energy. Many counties do not want to see solar panels on every vacant piece of land. To meet the governor’s goals, counties will need to increase wind energy production by 3 times, and increase solar by 5x times. This is simply unreasonable.
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Pop quiz: Can you name a job that you’ve held where you were a CEO, and you spent $13,000 of company funds on alcohol in an 18-month period? If you answered no, then you clearly are not the Connect for Health Colorado CEO, who did just that. This is only one of the many red flags found in a recent audit of the public nonprofit entity that provides medical insurance for Colorado.
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In related news, premiums are set to double for around 225,000 people who choose the Connect for Colorado plans for their medical coverage. We can’t make this stuff up, folks.
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Hospitals in Colorado are struggling, mainly due to Colorado regulations and uncompensated treatment given to illegal aliens. Almost 70% of Colorado hospitals are financially underwater. Is this destruction intentional on the part of our radical state government?
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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is suing the Trump administration for suspending SNAP benefits. These benefits are not being delivered because democrats refuse to reopen the government, not because of anything President Trump has done. Weiser is running for governor as a far-left candidate. Is it proper for your attorney general to sue the President to demonstrate to voters how anti-Trump he is?
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But wait, there’s more. Weiser has also filed another lawsuit over the Trump administration’s decision to move Space Command to Alabama. This lawsuit is the 41st lawsuit Attorney General Weiser has filed against the Trump administration. This is ridiculous and shows us all just how partisan and unserious he would be as governor.
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Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade took to the airwaves to discuss his 2026 budget priorities. He took the opportunity to point out that the rift forming between himself and the city council is strictly political on the part of the city council.
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The Colorado Springs City Council this week approved Colorado Springs Utilities 2026 budget. Customer utility bills will increase around 6.5% in 2026, which amounts to around $15 per month.
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The El Paso County Health Plan Trust Board is reversing its previous decision to charge county retirees with 20 years or more of service for a portion of the costs of their medical coverage. They had planned to offset the cost of these plans by 5%, but decided against it.
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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, November 10, 9:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Monday, November 10, 9:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
El Paso County Board of County Commissioner Meetings
Tuesday, November 4, 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, November 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, November 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, November 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
Friday, November 21, 9:00 a.m.
Front Range Passenger Rail Board of Directors Meeting
Online Meeting - Registration Required
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 social media at 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 a 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 the Mayor's 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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