Shows More Taxpayer-Funded Treats for County Employees Photo Credit: TCOG A few weeks back, we brought you the story about the $45,000 of taxpayer money that was spent on three separate zoo events. The events were designed to thank El Paso County employees for their hard work during the COVID shutdowns. In our initial Colorado […]
At yesterday’s regular meeting of the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, the commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of referring a question to November’s ballot. This ballot question will ask the voters if El Paso County may keep the estimated $15-$20 million TABOR overage, and reset the TABOR limit, allowing the county to keep […]
Your friends at SpringsTaxpayers.com were copied on an email to the City Council, from a Colorado Springs citizen named Dorothy. It sure raised some eyebrows! Dorothy gave us permission to re-post it for our readers. Additionally, Dorothy emailed us directly with her research into the conduct standards for City of Colorado Springs employees. “You might […]
Don Wilson, Mayor, Town of Monument In light of a recent project, Conexus that has been the subject of many conversations in Monument, I would like to share some insight on how the development process works in our community. All land use development requests (sometimes referred to as entitlements) are required to go through a […]
One of the services we provide our loyal readers is keeping tabs on El Paso County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meetings. You never know what Commissioners or staff will mention in the meetings. Take a peek at this clip that prompted us to file a recent Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request. It was […]
We recently received an anonymous tip about some School District 11 (D11) buses that were sold for scrap. Over the years, we’ve received complaints about the 2017 mil levy in D11 that increased business and property taxes for all who reside within the district . Businesses, especially, saw a big jump in their taxes to […]
During last week’s City Council Work Session, Chief Financial Officer, Charae “Cha-Ching” McDaniel presented details about the $76 million in federal taxpayer COVID relief funds that have poured into City of Colorado Springs coffers. At the July 12th City Council work session meeting, Council members remarked about how they need to take advantage of the […]
Photo Credit: SpringsTaxpayers.com In the week after we published our blog called Olympic Museum Boondoggle, we’ve received email communications from two El Paso County Commissioners. We appreciate that Commissioner Holly Williams and Commissioner Longinos Gonzalez are accountable for their votes in favor of giving $500,000 of taxpayer funds to the Olympic Museum, in exchange for […]
Have you ever read about something happening in Colorado Springs or El Paso County and wondered what the real story was? Has local government told you there would be a change to your neighborhood, but you didn’t want that change? Who is there to help? SpringsTaxpayers.com, of course. Now, we need a tiny bit of […]
Last week, the Colorado Springs Independent wrote several revealing stories about the United States Olympic Museum asking the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Colorado Springs for bailout funds following the COVID-19 pandemic. Wait a second: We remember when the City administrators said that taxpayers wouldn’t be on the hook […]