Citizen Speak Out – Bike lane vs reality
The recent emphasis on bike lanes makes no sense after so many years of building suburbia and zoning for cars. You can’t bike to work without needing a shower.
Citizens Speak Out Post — Bike lanes
Research Pkwy was reduced to 2 lanes each way and the third was converted to a huge bike lane about 18 months ago; it was subsequently converted back at huge taxpayer expense in both conversions. The final reason given was that the Traffic Department of COS had unilaterally decided there needed to be bike lanes. […]
What’s the Big Secret?
Uncovering Red Light Camera Locations in Colorado Springs SpringsTaxpayers.com has been bringing you information about the City of Colorado Springs’ plan to reinstall Red Light Cameras (RLCs). Here is a good overview of the history. The National Motorists Association has been looking in to the issue of RLCs across the country, and they have a significant […]
Accident Victim Felt Threatened by COS Council President Skorman
We’ve been following the odd story about Colorado Springs City Council President Richard Skorman’s appearance at the scene of a car accident. Fox 21 News originally covered the story. On April 7th, Jeff Crank interviewed the accident Victim, Barb Sutherland, on his radio show on KVOR. The segment starts at 1:11 in to the podcast. […]
An Acre for $1: A Bad Deal for Taxpayers
By: Laura Carno SpringsTaxpayers.com is following a story that has not been broadly reported, but may cost taxpayers $570,000. Sounds crazy, but here goes. In the Colorado Springs City Council work session on March 12, 2018, there was discussion about the transfer of land from the City to a local non-profit, Greccio Housing, for the […]
Community Meeting Reveals CDOT Wants Toll-Lanes
By Rebecca Marshall On Thursday, February 8th, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) held a meeting at the Monument Library to discuss their project to widen I-25 from Monument to Castle Rock. I arrived 2 minutes late to find the meeting well under way. In fact, another attendee advised me that the meeting had started 15 […]
Press Release – Old North End Neighborhood Residents Object to Road Narrowing
By: Laura Carno FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2018 Contact: Laura Carno SpringsTaxpayers@gmail.com or 719-492-0211 SPRINGSTAXPAYERS.COM OPPOSES COLORADO SPRINGS PLAN TO REMOVE OLD NORTH END TRAFFIC LANES WITHOUT A VOTE FROM CITY COUNCIL Colorado Springs — SpringsTaxpayers.com –an organization committed to holding local government accountable– announced today its opposition to the planned removal of traffic lanes […]
A Stadium in Antler’s Park? Who Will Foot the Bill?
By: Rebecca Marshall Part of what we do at SpringsTaxpayers is attend meetings that might not make the news, but that have a big impact on our community. Last night, I attended the Antler’s Park Forum Q & A. The forum was sponsored by those who want to turn Antler’s Park in to a soccer […]
A New Year’s Resolution: Keeping an Eye on Politicians
By: Laura Carno We know that one of your New Year’s resolutions is to be involved in your local government. We can help you keep that resolution! Here’s what we are up to in 2018 We are hitting the ground running in the New Year! Rebecca Marshall has joined the SpringsTaxpayers.com team. Rebecca was part […]
Weigh in on the City’s Bicycle Master Plan
Guest post by Rick Villa You may have noticed that more and more of our streets are being converted into bike lanes. However, this is just the beginning if we don’t act. The City has recently released their Bicycle Master Plan. You can see it by clicking here. There are many things that we believe are wrong […]