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2C Pothole Tax Renewal: Déjà Vu All Over Again

Posted October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Laura Carno and Rebecca Marshall2 CommentsPosted in City Government, New Tax Propositions

Photo Credit: Sam the Shovel Leaner Municipal ballots will be arriving in mailboxes between October13th and October 18th. One of the Colorado Springs ballot questions asks whether voters want to continue to be additionally taxed for road repairs and improvements for 5 more years. In 2015, the original 2C was passed. We wrote a blog […]

The Great Colorado Springs Tax Giveaway of 2019

Posted February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Rebecca Marshall2 CommentsPosted in New Tax Propositions

Whoa. What just happened? Last week, the Colorado Springs City Council gave the public less than 24 hours’ notice that they intended to vote on an ordinance, allowing the giveaway of your City sales tax dollars to new businesses that plan to move to Colorado Springs. The primary reason behind the new ordinance? City Council […]

It’s the Water, Stupid

Posted January 9, 2019January 11, 2019 Rebecca MarshallLeave a commentPosted in New Tax Propositions

On 6 December 2018, Colorado Springs District 2 City Councilman David Geislinger held a townhall to discuss a possible change to the Briargate Special Improvement Maintenance District (SIMD). The videos to this meeting and the August meeting are posted at the end of this blog. At the helm for direction of this meeting was a […]