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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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In Colorado Springs, the cost of renting an apartment is dropping somewhat due to all the new apartments being built.
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One Colorado Springs man is so tired of potholes, that he’s roaming the city documenting them, reporting them to the city, and nagging city public works until they are fixed. Colorado Springs residents voted for Issue 2C years ago, and citizens continue to vote for this. So, why is it so easy to find potholes?
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In February, we informed readers about a developing plan to implement revenue-generating speed cameras. This latest wave of brilliance from the Good Idea Fairy is progressing in Colorado Springs.
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The Colorado Springs Fire Department is proposing that the city invest funds in firefighter health.
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The City of Colorado Springs is highlighting how they've redistributed taxpayer funds in the community through the Community Development Block Grant program.
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The Colorado Springs Homeless Outreach Team is seeing an increase in those who qualify as chronically homeless.
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Colorado Springs City Council has voted to change the annexation code to require, among other things, surplus utilities capacity across all services, for all future annexations.
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The El Paso County Sheriff’s Department is proposing to build a $15 million substation in Falcon.
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Academy School District 20’s Pine Creek High School principal misappropriated over $18,000 toward gifts for teachers. She's lost her job over the unapproved spending. Will the district be able to get the money back?
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Pikes Peak Regional Building reports an increase in the number of duplexes being built in our region. Duplexes are better than apartments, in our view.
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The Penrose Library in Downtown Colorado Springs is re-opening just in time for National Library Week. Sadly, all the remodeling at the library was to address security concerns, such as drug use and loitering. This is how we live now.
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Also in the breakdown of civil society news this week, organized retail theft in Colorado Springs is causing law enforcement to develop new strategies to combat criminals. Retail theft losses have increased from $40 million in 2020 to around $100 million today. When you coddle criminals with reduced consequences for criminal behavior, as democrats in the legislature have, criminals will respond accordingly...because they are criminals.
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El Paso County Commissioners will join a lawsuit against the state over illegal immigration laws.
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Whelp, it hasn’t earned the nickname Toilet City for nothing. Denver expects to spend $4 million to clean up used drug paraphernalia, feces, and other hazardous filth from the homeless camps there. Remember civilization? It was great, wasn’t it? Sometimes we pull out old photographs of civilization and remember it fondly.
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This cleanup operation will force the urban campers to move and create slovenly, unhealthy conditions in a new neighborhood. Residents of that neighborhood are not pleased.
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Once again, we’d like to inform you that the President and CEO of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless makes nearly $400,000 per year. The average yearly compensation for the top 10 executives at this nonprofit is $259,939. The problems only increase, and get more disgusting.
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The new wolf reimportation project is resulting in more dead livestock for ranchers. Ranchers are displeased.
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One proposal in the Colorado legislature would allow illegal immigrants to apply to get a driver’s license immediately, instead of waiting the customary 2 years. Do you think they’ll also “accidentally” receive voter registration information?
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In Northglenn, Colorado, a mental health facility is being planned near an elementary school. This proposed facility will accept sex offenders. This seems risky, at best. Residents are, rightly, pushing back. Northglenn City Council has responded to this by passing an emergency ordinance increasing the legal distance between sex offenders and schools. We approve of this emergency ordinance. Well done, Northglenn City Council!
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Colorado is set to become the first state to fix the maximum cost of certain prescription medications. Some folks who need these medications have legitimate concerns about them no longer being offered in Colorado, due to the arbitrary price fixing.
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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, April 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, April 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, April 16, 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, April 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
Colorado Springs Utilities Board of Directors
Wednesday, April 17, 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, April 15, 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
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
Colorado Springs City Council State of the Community Townhall
Location to be announced
Information and Agenda
Thursday, April 25, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Independence Institute Local Government Project
Online via Zoom
Registration
Saturday, April 27, 9:30 a.m.
Independence Institute Speaking Up and Speaking Out
Independence Institute
727 East 16th Avenue, Denver, 80203
Registration
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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