At SpringsTaxpayers.com, we have been very occupied with Colorado Springs City government over the past few years. There’s just so much material to work with there. But then we got a tip about some shenanigans in El Paso County. A tipster passed along information to us about a telephone poll that was conducted by El […]
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 […]
A few months ago, we reported on a radio interview, where Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers appeared on KVOR’s Richard Randall show. During that interview, Mayor Suthers was questioned by a caller to the show about all the bike lanes and road dieting in Colorado Springs. In response, he stated: “We have traffic engineers and […]
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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 […]
Heads up on an upcoming issue that you all might want to circulate out to your networks and newsletters. As we’ve discussed before, the Utilities is updating the Electric Integrated Resource Plan (EIRP, required to do so every 5 years per the feds). The work right now is being done by the Utilities Policy Advisory […]
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 […]