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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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Recently, the City of Colorado Springs installed 26 sensors around town that will give them and “stakeholders” information on how people travel about town. Two points: One, you can be assured that you, as a taxpayer, are not a stakeholder. You are just an ATM for them to use. Two: How people go about their daily lives is their business, not government’s. Nevertheless, one local cycling advocacy group, Bike Colorado Springs, is very interested in where these sensors are located, for some reason. Read all about it in our original article on the subject.
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Governor Jared Polis has signed a controversial pet rental deposit bill into law. Among other things, this law will restrict the amount landlords can charge for a pet deposit, which is really none of government’s business. How many laws will “need” get passed to correct the real-world negative fallout from this law, and is that the point?
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Governor Polis also vetoed a record number of bills that came to his desk in the 2023 legislative session. His veto activity is being widely promoted in the media, but what is barely being reported, or criticized, is that Governor Polis signed nearly 500 new bills into law. Do you really need 500 new micro-nannying laws every year, year after year, from a group of legislators that has no respect for you, their limited role, or your tax dollars?
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If you live on the Westside of Colorado Springs, then you have likely encountered some of the many vagrants living in the area. One area in particular is seeing significant problems, including violence, open narcotic use, and fires.
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One Southern Colorado nonprofit is suggesting that homeless rates in the region are decreasing. Their study indicates our region is seeing the lowest level of homelessness since 2016. Maybe they need a recount.
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The federal government is now lavishing taxpayer money on the Homeless Industrial Complex known as Denver.
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Proposition HH, the final attack on the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights by Governor Polis and the radicals in the legislature, is being challenged in court. As expected, the courts are, so far, siding with the administration, because big government judges are just big government politicians in robes.
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On that subject, did you know the Colorado Supreme Court took a fundamental step toward dismantling your TABOR protections? TABOR is supposed to protect us from skyrocketing property taxes by, among other things, requiring school districts to adjust mill levies down when property values increase dramatically. Politicians and the Colorado Supreme Court made a crucial decision back in 2021 that allowed voters to strip this protection away.
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The Chief of Staff to former Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers, Jeff Greene, has been let go by current mayor Yemi Mobolade. But, don’t feel too bad for Mr. Greene. His employment agreement grants him 6 months of severance, courtesy of taxpayers. This will equate to almost $116,000. On that note, Mayor Mobolade’s Chief of Staff, Jamie Fabos, will be paid nearly $235,000 per year.
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Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade is suggesting that your TABOR refunds would be better suited for government use. How about government make do with the abundance it already has, and also stop funding the Olympic Museum? Additional, they could just ignore lavish, taxpayer-funded municipal employee severance packages. Just pretend it’s a law against camping on the sidewalk. Easy peasy.
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Former Councilwoman Stephannie Fortune has passed away. Our sympathies to her family and friends.
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Our friends at Fox21 News received a tour of the site for the controversial Sunset Amphitheater.
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U.S. news is ranking Colorado Springs as the 4th best place in the nation for young professionals to live.
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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, June 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, June 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, June 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, June 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
Wednesday, June 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
Miscellaneous Meetings of Interest
Tuesday, July 18, 6:30 p.m
Living With Wildfire Townhall for Cragmor, Falcon Estates, Garden Ranch, Palmer Park, Pine Creek Estates, Pulpit Rock, Rockrimmon, Rustic Hills, Sunset Mesa, Thunderbird Estates, Woodmen Valley
Pulpit Rock Church
301 Austin Bluffs Parkway
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!
Laura and Rebecca
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