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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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Do you ever wish you could have a golden parachute to provide riches for you after you leave a job? Well, you can’t have one, because you are funding a golden parachute for the Colorado Springs Planning and Neighborhood Services Director, who recently left his position. Learn all the details of this taxpayer-funded parachute of gold in our latest original article.
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Who is looking out for you, fellow taxpayers? Your humble and hard-working watchdogs at Springs Taxpayers United, that’s who. We file CORA requests regularly on your behalf so that we can all see the dirty details of how the government uses your taxpayer dollars. If you are so inclined, please chip in a few bucks to help keep our mission going.
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In many cases, affordable housing is only affordable because taxpayers are forced to fund construction.
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This week in irony, many local renters who are in affordable housing, are concerned about upcoming increases in rental costs. Is the affordable housing grift unraveling like the Sanctuary City grift?
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The managers of the Citadel Mall are surprised to find the mall is on the list of places military personnel are instructed to avoid. Ironically, there was another shooting at the Citadel Mall just this week.
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This week in Government at its Finest, the City of Colorado Springs wants people to make reservations for the Manitou Incline. But, they aren’t checking if reservations have been made. Carry on, Incline users.
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The Amara annexation, and subsequent development, are likely to stretch already scarce city resources in Colorado Springs.
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Remember the Biden Border Crisis that allowed millions of illegal aliens to flood our state? Some of these illegal aliens are Venezuelan gang members, and they may be planning to attack law enforcement. So now we have that going for us.
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A recent report shows us what we already knew: Public transportation, specifically the RTD system in Denver, is a wasteful money pit for taxpayers.
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Colorado Springs City Council pays out millions of taxpayer dollars to plaintiffs who are injured in police incidents. However, in many of these cases, the police use of force is determined to be justified. Do you think it’s appropriate for the city council to reward defendants when the use of force was justified?
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In related news, one violent car thief, who was appropriately and lawfully tasered by police, is now paralyzed as a result of his criminal actions. He’s suing for $100 million. Are attorneys and criminals emboldened by Colorado Springs City Council’s habit of quickly paying out money to these litigants?
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A recent study shows that Colorado Springs is one of the most desirable midsized cities in the United States.
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Mayor Mobolade announced that the city is drafting a plan to fund an additional homeless shelter. Details are vague currently, but public input is being solicited for this and other actions to deal with the vagrants in our region.
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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 12, 10:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda
Tuesday, August 13, 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, August 13, 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 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
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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