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 […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2021 Contact: Laura Carno SpringsTaxpayers@gmail.com or text 719-492-0211 SPRINGSTAXPAYERS.COM DEMANDS OPEN MEETINGS FROM CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs — SpringsTaxpayers.com –an organization committed to holding local government accountable– announced today its demand that the City of Colorado Springs fully open its City Council meetings, board and commission meetings, and other […]
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 […]
Guest Blog by: Gary Greeno This country (and the Western world) seems hell bent on eliminating carbon emissions to “Stop Climate Change” or “Stop Global Warming” as it used to be called. Carbon is said to be the culprit. Carbon stored by plants for billions of years which provided oxygen to animals in exchange for […]
Photo Credit: Chester Spirit More than a year ago, we expressed concern about local government pushing through projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. As City Hall shut its doors to in-person citizen meeting attendance, we said, “now is not the time to sneak in agendas that the majority don’t want.” Citizens were preoccupied with COVID-19, and […]
Photo Credit: FOX 21 News Kevin Kelley, CSU Ratepayer Has there been an analysis of what went wrong at CSU to cause a very large cost adjustment to be passed on to utilities customers for the next 18 months? CSU tells us that the average customer will be charged approximately $26 per month for 18 […]
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 […]
Ballots are on the way to Colorado Springs mailboxes. All six City Council District Seats are on the ballot for the April 6thelection. Do you know which district you’re voting in? Check out this link to find out. Have you checked out our candidate information page yet? Go get the scoop about the candidates and […]
As 2020 came to a close, the Colorado Springs City Council met for a special meeting on December 29th. A vote loomed. City Councilman Tom Strand had been accused by citizen Sam Bryant of an ethics violation through the Independent Ethics Commission (IEC.) The moment had arrived for Strand’s fellow council members to decide guilt […]
Photo Credit: City of Colorado Springs Facebook Page As we have done in years past, we have sent a survey to each of the candidates for Colorado Springs City Council who have filed their paperwork to run for office. We gathered questions that are of the most interest to our readers. While we do not […]