Photo Credit: Adapted from American Government We recently posted a blog about El Paso County having money to give employee pay raises, but not adequately funding roads. A reader who works within the El Paso County government has jokingly asked us to stop picking on them. The person asked us to start picking on the […]
Ballots are hitting mailboxes right now. El Paso County Commissioners are asking voter permission to keep up to $20 million of the money we overpaid in taxes. We’re solidly against giving them even one more dime. We wrote about the ballot issue here. We wrote about the recent taxpayer funded county employee events to the […]
During a recent Colorado Springs City Council meeting, City Councilmen Randy Helms and Mike O’Malley brought forward a resolution that caught our attention. We’ve been following the topic of this resolution for over 4 years. Hundreds of Colorado Springs homeowners have been charged for two separate fire protection districts for years. How did this happen? […]
Shows More Taxpayer-Funded Treats for County Employees Photo Credit: TCOG A few weeks back, we brought you the story about the $45,000 of taxpayer money that was spent on three separate zoo events. The events were designed to thank El Paso County employees for their hard work during the COVID shutdowns. In our initial Colorado […]
One of the services we provide our loyal readers is keeping tabs on El Paso County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meetings. You never know what Commissioners or staff will mention in the meetings. Take a peek at this clip that prompted us to file a recent Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request. It was […]
We recently received an anonymous tip about some School District 11 (D11) buses that were sold for scrap. Over the years, we’ve received complaints about the 2017 mil levy in D11 that increased business and property taxes for all who reside within the district . Businesses, especially, saw a big jump in their taxes to […]
Hello Colorado Springs – This Tuesday, May 25th the City Council will hear an objection to a rezoning application for the 2424 Garden of the Gods Rd property. While this should be an easy decision for the council to deny because of safety concerns for the citizens of this area, unfortunately we have witnessed rezoning […]
El Paso County tops the state in youth suicide numbers. How did we fare during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic? The media reports from a couple of weeks back were alarming. There were multiple reports indicating that teen suicide numbers had doubled or drastically increased. The El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH) Department […]
Says surveys are “Garbage in/Garbage out” In a February virtual ConnectCOS meeting, City staff shared results from a ConnectCOS survey. Several pieces of information did not add up. It made us wonder if City staff sought out certain special interest groups to participate in the survey. We anticipate these survey results will be touted as […]
Photo Credit: Phyllis Gius We are entering our 4th year of helping Colorado Springs and El Paso County citizens who have been bulldozed by the local government, and offering commentary about what we see. Elected representatives are supposed to represent all of the residents. You might wonder: What issue has citizens reaching out to us […]