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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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Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade has an update on progress towards his goals for his first 100 days.
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One of Mayor Mobolade’s highest priorities is dealing with the rampant homelessness in our region. He believes mental health outreach is a positive step.
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Colorado Springs Public Works reports they are making great progress on tackling the poor road conditions in the city. Do you agree?
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Also, on the subject of roads, big changes are coming to the Old Colorado City area. Over $2 million in taxpayer funds have been reserved by CDOT for “improvements”. Will these improvements include road dieting and bike lanes, as we’ve seen so many times before? Remember, it’s the core mission of the Colorado Department of Transportation to micromanage your life.
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Colorado Springs is seeing less sales tax revenue rolling in. Because of this, city officials have modified hiring plans, and implemented other spending controls. Ironically, just one month ago, the city’s CFO, Charae “Cha-Ching” McDaniel was arguing for increased compensation for city employees.
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Remember when Denver decided to pay homeless vagrants with taxpayer money? Well, the experiment is underway. We were struck by the following comment in the news article: “The research does not include finding out what happens to people after the year is up and the cash payments stop….” They are throwing money at drug and alcohol addicted vagrants, and have no plan to measure overall results. Amazing what they do with taxpayer money, isn’t it?
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Not surprisingly, there has been a record increase in the number of vagrants in and around Denver. If you pay them, they will come. There are so many that, the Denver City Council is declaring an emergency over the homeless population. See how this works?
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Residents in Colorado Springs are planning to appeal the approval to build a 50 unit apartment complex for homeless youth, named The Launchpad, on the west side of Colorado Springs. Opponents state, among other things, that the project violates the city zoning code for the area.
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An addiction recovery center in Monument won a lawsuit limiting the number of clients they can house. The El Paso County land use code regarding addiction recovery center bed limits was deemed illegal.
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Congratulations! You, as a taxpayer, are being forced to subsidize boutique electric vehicle purchases for other people. We wonder if this blatant misuse of the power to tax contributes to people’s inability to afford housing. Additionally, 59% of electricity generated to charge electric vehicles is generated by natural gas and coal. So, electric cars are essentially a fossil-fuel powered virtue signal.
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Residents in the Cheyenne Mountain neighborhood are next on the list for an apartment complex that could risk lives by clogging roads if an evacuation is necessary. Residents are, rightly, pushing back against this project.
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Colorado Springs City Council has heard the complaints of residents in Briargate, and have denied plans to build 250 new homes in what would have been the Kettle Creek North subdivision.
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As expected, Colorado Springs City Council has voted to allow a ballot measure to keep $5 million of your TABOR refund for a new police academy. Remember, neither the Mayor nor the Police Chief have any idea how much this desired new academy will cost, they just know they need your money.
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Currently, The City of Colorado Springs is allowed to keep $20 million from your TABOR refund every year for fire mitigation, after voters approved a measure in 2021. Do you want to let them keep another $5 million? More and more taxpayer money is thrown at problems, but we continue to see little value in return.
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Remember Governor Jared Polis’ “free preschool”? The supposedly-free preschool-for-all, as originally planned, paid preschools for the number of students it had the capacity to educate. Now, the state has changed course, and will dole out funding based on the number of students actually enrolled. What will happen to any left-over money?
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PPRTA funds will be used to extend Powers Boulevard north to Voyager Parkway.
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A citizen’s committee has voted to allow The Broadmoor to transport sewage, by truck, through other people’s neighborhoods from the Seven Falls Resort.
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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 7, 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 8, 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 1, 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 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
Colorado Springs Utilities Board of Directors
No meetings currently posted
Miscellaneous Meetings of Interest
Tuesday, August 22, 6:30 p.m.
Broadmoor Community Church
315 Lake Avenue
Bear Creek, Broadmoor Bluffs, Broadmoor Hills, Broadmoor Oaks, Ivywild, Lower Skyway, Midland, Old Broadmoor, Quail Lake, Upper Skyway
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 You Tube 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 tri-pod 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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