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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 new water project in Colorado Springs will install more fire hydrants in the Garden of the Gods Park.
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If you’re in Elbert County, and you are in county government employed as either the county manager or attorney, you are doing pretty well for yourself, thanks to never-ending taxpayer funds.
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Does randomly handing other people’s money to vagrants get them off the street? The editor’s note from this story would suggest not, but politicians will continue to throw your money at the problem and pat themselves on the back anyway. The important part of the quote: “The story, which originally focused on the pilot's [program’s] overall findings, now notes that the pilot's organizers did not identify major differences in outcomes between the test groups and the control group. This suggests that giving more money to participants didn't significantly improve their outcomes after 10 months.” Government at work, folks.
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Two local water districts now plan to supply treated wastewater to homes for household use. Could this ever not sound disgusting?
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The Falcon Highlands Metro District recalled three of the five board members over infrastructure concerns that caused some homes to flood.
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Comrade President Joe Biden has recently announced a plan to use the hammer and sickle of government to arbitrarily cap rental costs. This is clearly a cynical, vote-buying scheme, like his plan to shift student loan debt onto people who never took out the loans in the first place.
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In the first six months of the FAMLI program, over 60,000 people took advantage of Colorado’s paid family leave scheme. Do you think this is a proper role for your tax dollars?
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One other voter-approved assistance program is also underwater financially. The “free school lunches for all” program will need more and more taxpayer funding in order to fulfill the lofty goals of the proponents. So, it’s not really free, is it?
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Colorado will move forward with arbitrary caps on costs for certain expensive prescription medicines. This could lead to lawsuits from pharmaceutical companies, as well as potential shortages of the medicines. Government at work, folks.
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It turns out that when the government opens the taxpayer money spigot, scammers will find ways to steal that money. The government is adept at throwing other people’s money around but doesn’t seem too concerned about preventing fraud.
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Since the Regional Transportation District in Denver is, and always has been a complete failure, they want to keep the failure going by exempting themselves from TABOR laws.
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The poor economy is causing strains for Care and Share in Colorado Springs. This organization feeds 500 families every day, and the need to feed people continues to increase.
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Inmates in Colorado prisons are expected to work as part of their stay in the correctional system. Now, some of them are suing, saying that this amounts to slave labor.
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Several local school districts will be awarded a total of $639,000 in taxpayer funds to combat vaping...because taxpayer money is a magical salve that fixes everything.
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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, July 22, 10:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Tuesday, July 23, 10:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda
El Paso County Board of County Commissioner Meetings
Tuesday, July 23, 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, July 30, 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
Monday, August 5, 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 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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