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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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El Paso County Commissioner Cami Bremer will be the new CEO of Pikes Peak United Way. She will continue to fill her role as a county commissioner for the coming months while transitioning to this new position. Is this a conflict of interest?
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Folks driving into Colorado from Wyoming will see a new billboard along I-25 informing them that they are actually entering Venezuela.
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Colorado is one of the 10 states with the highest number of human trafficking reports. Remember when Colorado was known for things residents could be proud of?
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The website Neighbor.com has selected Colorado Springs as the most neighborly city in the country.
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One Academy School District 20 parent has filed a complaint about a page on the district's website that may violate the Fair Campaign Practices Act.
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Denver is known as a haven for criminals, illegal immigrants, and drug-addled vagrants living on the streets. In response, Denver officials are planning a large downtown infrastructure redevelopment area, so people pooping on the sidewalk can have some new stuff to look at.
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Denver Communists, an organization in Toilet City, hosted an online activist training session that also encouraged military members to take up arms against the government. You may recall, that at least one self-avowed Marxist served in the Colorado legislature just recently and caucused with democrats.
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A Natural Grocers location in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is closing due to rampant theft and danger to employees.
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Colorado ranchers are expressing frustration with the wolf reintroduction plan, stating that Parks and Wildlife officials are not following the plan’s recommendations. Perhaps the involvement of Jared Polis’ spouse has something to do with this chaos.
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Colorado has the second-highest number of people quitting jobs, and the third-highest number of people being laid off, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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One issue on the November ballot could ban Denver’s only slaughterhouse. This ballot issue was pushed by animal rights activists.
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Billions of COVID-relief dollars were stolen by fraudsters across the U.S., and that’s only the amount stolen by regular people. If you take theft by people in Congress into consideration, it’s in the trillions.
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Ballot Issue 2C, the renewal of the “pothole tax”, is headed to Colorado Springs voters. Did you know that only 33% of dollars collected under this tax go toward paving and pothole repair?
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Also in 2C news this week, Douglas Bruce, the author of TABOR, is suing Colorado Springs to remove the 2C “pothole tax” once and for all. Bruce states that the ballot language of the proposal violates the TABOR law.
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The City Clerk of Colorado Springs has released the city’s preliminary redistricting map. Public meetings to discuss redistricting will be held in late October.
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Three schools in the District 11 system are being closely monitored by the state Department of Education. Students at these schools performed inadequately on state assessment tests.
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In Denver, on-street parking in some neighborhoods is being eliminated to provide bicycle lanes that few people use. If it appears that government officials are using oppressive measures to make it difficult to impossible for you to transport yourself in the way you prefer, it’s because that’s exactly what they are doing.
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More arrest warrants have been issued in Aurora for the people involved in the viral video from the apartment complex housing Venezuelan criminal gang members.
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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, October 7, 10:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda
Tuesday, October 8, 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, October 8, 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, October 15, 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, October 16, 1:00 p.m.
Utilities Board of Directors
Blue River Board Room
Plaza of the Rockies, South Tower, 5th Floor, and online
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Miscellaneous Meetings of Interest
Monday, October 14, 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
Tuesday, October 29, 6:00 p.m.
Independence Institute Citizen’s Guide to Civic Involvement
Online via Zoom
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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