What decisions should local government make in the coming weeks, and what should they hold over for a while? The world has been thrown a curve ball with the global pandemic of COVID-19. Within a very short time, we’ve traveled into unfamiliar and uncertain territory. COVID-19 has derailed life for the majority. Many are scrambling […]
Photo Credit: Colorado Springs Utilities I attended the Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) Energy Planning Workshop on January 29. It started promptly at 6 PM. It was slated to run until 8 PM and I left at about 7:30 PM. It was a well-orchestrated presentation by CSU. Attendance was estimated to be about 300 people including […]
Updated 2/4/2020 with the following statement from area resident Lisa Gerleman: “It was good to see almost unanimous neighborhood opposition to the closure of Mayhurst Avenue at the January 16 meeting. After Mr. Skorman and the City traffic department witnessed the huge outcry from Cheyenne Canon residents and the Broadmoor Fire Chief‘s disapproval of the […]
Photo credit: Hammacher.com While we were busy over the holidays celebrating with family and friends, something interesting happened. On December 19th, the Colorado Springs City Council voted in favor of new watering restrictions. Huh? What happened? We’re not in a drought. We’re scratching our heads wondering what the heck is going on. A Colorado Springs […]
SpringsTaxpayers.com took on a big challenge this year. We knew that we were facing an, “uphill both ways in the snow” battle, as we opposed the renewal of ballot issue 2C, AKA “the Pothole Tax.” Although we were significantly underfunded compared to the “Yes on 2C” group, we stepped up to that challenge and gave […]
Photo credit: I Love Manitou Springs Guest Post by Paotie Dawson, Manitou Springs The political class in Manitou Springs has been destroying the City’s charm for the past eight years. What was once a vibrant, artsy-fartsy little town is now rapidly becoming a giant tourism amusement park in which nearly everything the City government does […]
Photo Credit: @MayorOfCOS Twitter Account On November 13th, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers appeared on KVOR’s Richard Randall Show. Follow the links at the bottom of this blog to listen to the 6-minute segment we found most interesting, or to review the transcription. The Mayor didn’t have warm, fuzzy things to say about SpringsTaxpayers.com. At […]
A reader contacted us last month about the removal of automobile lanes on Chelton Road, and the subsequent addition of bike lanes. He also shared photos with us, including signs that credited 2C with the changes. We wrote this little blog about the removal of Chelton Road traffic lanes from Airport to Mallard. Chelton Road […]
My first exposure to 2C was the notice I got telling me that sidewalk repair was my 2C at work. I thought 2C was to repair roads, not tear out and replace sidewalks. About eight workers came and tore out the sidewalks on the front of my property and replaced a corner that was already […]
Back in 2015, my husband and I were driving older vehicles. We still owned our oldest car, a 2000 Nissan Maxima. It was going strong, but it was taking a beating when traveling on the roads in Colorado Springs. We felt the condition of the roads was hurting both of our vehicles. We had no […]