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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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It’s that time of year again when Colorado Springs refers the Pothole Tax to voters. Once you give them a taste, they want it to go on forever. Did you know that a significant portion of this tax isn’t allocated to pothole repairs? It goes to curb, sidewalk, and gutter projects. Read all the details in our original article about how the 2C Pothole Tax funds are spent.
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Colorado Springs City Council initially approved the Amara annexation near Fountain. Now, however, they have changed their minds. Public pushback, including from farmers and ranchers whom this development would have impacted, caused the City Council to reverse course.
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Colorado Springs City Councilman Dave Donelson stated his reasons for his "no" vote on the Amara annexation.
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It probably won’t surprise you that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has failed again. CDOT recently started a major road project and then discovered a design flaw. But don’t worry, they are insulated by taxpayers from the costs of their mistakes. Maybe they should spend less time trying to micromanage everyone’s lives.
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Should a company competing for a government contract face lower odds of approval because of the race of the person running it? Read one example of this in our original article about Kilroy’s Workshop, a custom metalworking shop in Colorado Springs.
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Some Pueblo residents were mistakenly classified as living in a flood zone and were overcharged for property taxes. The county is now fixing the error and refunding overcharges. Some neighbors want their money back with interest. Sounds fair to us. If collecting interest is good enough for the IRS, shouldn’t it be good enough for the taxpayers whom government agencies serve?
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The City of Colorado Springs is hosting a discussion about growth, and you are all invited. This meeting will be hosted on August, 28, and details appear below in our Miscellaneous Meetings section.
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It turns out that one way to reduce crime in Colorado is to roll back all the soft-on-crime policies the radical leftists in the legislature passed.
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In illegal immigrant invasion news this week, the City of Aurora is responding to Venezuelan gang members who took over a public housing complex and were expanding their criminal enterprise there. Aurora officials have closed the housing complex. No word on where the Venezuelan gang members are now.
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Denver wants to funnel $6 million in taxpayer funds to have a nonprofit organization manage the Denver Asylum Seeker program.
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The opening night of music at Ford Amphitheater, in northern Colorado Springs, generated almost 150 noise complaint calls. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the community there, who had this ridiculous amphitheater thrust on them.
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Some Manitou Springs voters are gathering signatures to recall the Mayor of Manitou. These citizens cite a lack of transparency from the mayor regarding a land donation and a development proposal in Manitou.
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Academy School District 20 will be asking voters for more money to rebuild Air Academy High School.
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Reclamation at the Pike View Quarry is nearing completion. What can we look forward to next from this reclamation effort?
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Some residents of Wellington, Colorado are paying as much as $1000 per month for water bills. Nobody can afford this.
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Step inside and behold the chaos and expense of the Xcel Energy smart meter program. Is this a window into your future?
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Democrats in Colorado will do anything to steal your TABOR refunds from you.
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Should people who really don’t have any money be forced to pay the government for Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests?
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Ski resort towns are planning to push for higher taxes on vacant Airbnb properties in their areas. It’s a government plunder as far as the eye can see.
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Taxpayer funds are used to incentivize SNAP benefit recipients to eat healthily. Is this a proper role for your taxpayer dollars?
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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, August 26, 10:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Tuesday, August 27, 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, August 20, 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, August 27, 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, August 21, 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
Wednesday, August 28, 6:00 p.m.
City of Colorado Springs Panel Discussion “Ways a City Can Grow”
Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center
4925 N. Nevada
Information and Registration
Monday, September 2, 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 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 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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