Photo Credit: @MayorOfCOS Twitter Account On November 13th, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers appeared on KVOR’s Richard Randall Show. Follow the links at the bottom of this blog to listen to the 6-minute segment we found most interesting, or to review the transcription. The Mayor didn’t have warm, fuzzy things to say about SpringsTaxpayers.com. At […]
The City of Colorado Springs is in hot pursuit of our tax dollars, and not just through the renewal of Ballot Question 2C. We have been hearing from officials at the City of Colorado Springs that 2C money hasn’t been used for bike lane infrastructure. Yesterday, we published a blog showing they are doing just […]
A reader contacted us last month about the removal of automobile lanes on Chelton Road, and the subsequent addition of bike lanes. He also shared photos with us, including signs that credited 2C with the changes. We wrote this little blog about the removal of Chelton Road traffic lanes from Airport to Mallard. Chelton Road […]
My first exposure to 2C was the notice I got telling me that sidewalk repair was my 2C at work. I thought 2C was to repair roads, not tear out and replace sidewalks. About eight workers came and tore out the sidewalks on the front of my property and replaced a corner that was already […]
Back in 2015, my husband and I were driving older vehicles. We still owned our oldest car, a 2000 Nissan Maxima. It was going strong, but it was taking a beating when traveling on the roads in Colorado Springs. We felt the condition of the roads was hurting both of our vehicles. We had no […]
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 […]
At SpringsTaxpayers, we have covered numerous stories over the years about bike lanes that appeal to very few residents, from Research Parkway to the Old North End. Last week, we heard from a supporter named Rob. He said there are now new bike lanes on Chelton, between Fountain and Airport. He sent an email to […]
In November of 2015, Colorado Springs voters approved ballot issue 2C —AKA The Pothole Tax— and it’s now up for renewal. At the time, they called it a temporary increase to the sales tax. We were doubtful that it would be temporary, clearly for good reason. In his 2015 State of the City address, Mayor […]
Photo description: Colorado Springs Utilities Energy Workshop On August 28th, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) held an Energy Workshop. Not surprisingly, the hot topic was the closure of the Martin Drake Power Plant. Most of the citizens in attendance pushed for closure of the coal-fired power plant as soon as possible —no matter the cost or […]
Photo credit: Sears Recently, a concerned reader contacted SpringsTaxpayers and asked if we had heard anything about a Feasibility Study that addresses turning the vacant Southgate Sears location into a homeless facility of some type. It was news to us! We did some exploring and filed a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request for emails […]