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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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The Colorado Springs Police Chief has complained this past year about staff shortages. Recruitment numbers aren’t keeping up with officers retiring or leaving the force. Police response times are up significantly. In light of all this, why is CSPD renting out police officers to private retail establishments? Find out all the details in our latest original article.
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Also in police news in our region, car break-ins are increasing quite a bit in both our city and the state. Police are asking you to not leave anything in your car that you don’t want to be stolen.
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Residents in Pine Creek plan to appeal a decision by the Colorado Springs Planning Commission to build a 232-unit “affordable housing” apartment complex in their neighborhood. Why are neighbors in Colorado Springs constantly having to push back on Planning Commission decisions?
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El Paso County is requesting resident feedback on their transportation plan for 2024. Feel free to let them know your thoughts.
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Governor Polis gave his State of the State address last week. He wants more affordable housing options imposed on us. Also, he takes zero responsibility for regulations and other government decisions that have increased the cost of housing.
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A neighborhood meeting is scheduled to discuss plans for the Union Printer’s Home property. A group purchased this property to build a residential and commercial site.
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“Green energy” fantasy update: The Mountain Metropolitan District accepted government grant money to purchase 4 electric buses. In doing so, they were required to destroy diesel buses that actually worked. Now, the electric busses don’t work, and the company that made them, and was funded by a government grant, is in bankruptcy. Remember Solyndra? It’s like that all over again. And the green energy grift goes on.
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Also in green energy news, a wind turbine collapsed and caught fire in eastern Colorado. It turns out that the oil that is needed for the turbine to function caught fire after the collapse. This doesn’t sound very green to us.
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This week in Denver Homeless Industrial Complex news, the estimated annual cost, per household, to deal with the migrant influx stands at $500 per taxpaying household. So far. And this is on top of all the other taxpayer money the government of Denver takes from taxpayers. Nice work, Sanctuary City of Denver.
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El Paso County ranks as the number one county in the state for handing out speeding tickets...so we have that going for us.
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Colorado Springs City Council is seeking volunteers to serve on the Law Enforcement Transparency and Advisory Commission. I’ve you’ve been wanting to get involved in local government affairs, this is your chance.
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Your property tax bill will arrive later than usual this year, due to the intransigence of the legislature and the governor on property tax relief, leading to the special session late last year. And so you know, the deadline for paying any taxes remains the same for you.
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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, January 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, January 23, 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, January 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, January 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
No meetings are currently posted.
Miscellaneous Meetings of Interest
Monday, February 5, 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
Thursday, February 1, 6:30 p.m.
Independence Institute Local Government Training Workshop
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's social media on their Facebook Page and 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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