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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 Regional Transportation District in Denver has decided to reduce crime in their facilities by leaving all elevator doors open when they are not in use. Apparently, when elevator doors are closed, calls for police service increase. This is likely due to drug use and the like.
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RTD has been providing taxpayer-funded shuttle service for the 16th Street Mall since as early as 1982. They will discontinue the so-called “free” part of this service this year due to budget constraints.
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Victor Marx will face Phil Weiser in the race to become Colorado’s next governor. Marx was declared the Republican winner this week.
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The Colorado Springs Planning Commission will seek public comment about Project Taurus on July 23rd. Project Taurus is the data center that is scheduled to be built in the old Intel facility on Garden of the Gods Road.
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The City of Colorado Springs may use some marijuana sales tax revenue to provide security for the South Nevada corridor. Businesses in this section of town are not comfortable with open drug use and other nefarious activity near their businesses. Someone was stabbed near this South Nevada corridor area just this week. If you would like a larger security presence in your life, too bad. You get to rely on the police.
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Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade was interviewed recently about his first term in office. Some of the subjects covered were his use of city personnel as a babysitting service for his children, and the lavish, unnecessary severance package for his former Chief of Staff. We broke the news about that severance package. Here’s the story, in case you missed it.
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Teller County officials are speaking out about the Colorado Springs plan to launch their own 911 service. Officials in Teller County state that it might be an idea worth considering someday, but now is not the right time.
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Colorado is seeing an exodus of businesses. Business leaders cite the current anti-business environment brought on by the radical political elites under the gold dome. The more government grows, the more freedom and opportunity shrink.
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CNBC recently released a report of top states for doing business. Colorado is ranked at number 38, which is terrible. It’s very difficult to do business in an anti-business state that sees businesses as a source of plunder.
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Colorado recently reduced payments to Medicaid transportation companies from $36 per ride to $12. Now, officials are considering reversing this decision. No word on whether they plan to stop Medicaid ride fraud.
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Colorado legislators have formed a Commission on Medicaid in order to discover why Colorado Medicaid spending has exploded in recent years. Do you think these legislators will discover that the problem is them?
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One radical Colorado legislator is rolling in taxpayer dough. Representative Lorena Garcia launched a nonprofit shortly after being appointed to her seat through a vacancy committee. She is now raking in taxpayer money after sponsoring bills that her nonprofit lobbyist supported. It’s an exclusive club, and you aren’t in it. You just fund it.
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Another wolf had to be killed by wildlife officials in Colorado. Can we call this fantasy-world program a failure yet?
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Some in Colorado are bragging that the state has now achieved a green energy milestone, and that more than 50% of electricity in Colorado is generated from “renewable” sources. The devil is in the details, however.
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There's a class action lawsuit in Aurora regarding speeding tickets written based on speed camera photos. Aurora apparently violated state law regarding the amount of time the accused have to respond to alleged offenses.
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Residents in Boulder are becoming increasingly frustrated with vagrants camping in city parks. Boulderites were once welcoming of all the blight and crime in order to show how superior and “celebrate diversity” they were. Now, the bloom is off the rose, and officials are trying to move campers out of the parks.
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The da Vinci museum in Pueblo would like nearly $2 million from taxpayers. City Council has shelved the request for now while the museum generates more information to present.
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Colorado College students are receiving course credit when they participate in left-wing activism. Students who protest at ICE facilities will be awarded class credits. This is paid protesting; only the payment is not cash.
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The proposed Front Range Rail train is now referred to as the Colorado Connector. The special name does not make it any less expensive, though. The current projected cost is $3.5 billion, but we know how government projections go.
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Longmont City Council had voted to buy a vacant YMCA facility to use as a recreation center. This will cost taxpayers $4.5 million.
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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, July 27, 9:00 a.m.
Colorado Springs City Council Work Session
107 N. Nevada, 3rd floor
Live stream link here
Agenda not yet posted
Tuesday, July 28, 9:00 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 Commissioners Meetings
Tuesday, July 21, 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 4, 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, July 22, 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
Friday, July 24, 9:00 a.m.
Front Range Passenger Rail Board of Directors Meeting
Online Meeting - Registration Required
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 the Mayor's 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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