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 […]
A reader sent us an email at SpringsTaxpayers, with information received from a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request, about the number of bears that have been euthanized. We shared what happened at a recent meeting on the topic. We are used to being the ones to share CORAs with our readers. We were delighted this […]
Photo Credit: SpringsTaxpayers Colorado Springs has a new Parking Enterprise Director, Scott Lee. Lee made the media rounds in mid-June, and his comments that we need to pay more for parking has us scratching our heads. Lee says that Colorado Springs needs to catch up to big cities and pay more for downtown parking. Who decides […]
Last month, SpringsTaxpayers filed a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request to obtain email communications, to and from Colorado Springs City Council members, on the subject of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), aka, “Mother-in-law cottages.” Colorado Springs City Council has been considering a change in zoning that would allow the majority of Colorado Springs homeowners on […]
Living in Colorado, we can all agree that we want to have safe interactions between bears and people. Residents who leave their trash out, or take other actions that have the consequence of attracting bears to neighborhoods, are contributing to the problem. When bears have specific interactions with people, the bears are euthanized. Colorado Parks […]
The Bear Smart Task Force was organized a couple years ago to come up with solutions to bear invasions on the west side. Representatives from our local governments, interested nonprofits, and volunteers looked at many possible solutions, talked with wildlife officers, looked at bear ordinances in regional cities, and reviewed statistics of bear-human interactions. I […]
Last year, Rock Ledge Ranch in Colorado Springs instituted a $50 fee for citizens who want a photographer to take portrait photos of them at this taxpayer-supported park. This includes the portion of the park that is open to the public, and requires no entry fee. We asked for more details and received good information from the […]
In light of all the discussions in Colorado Springs about bike lanes, safety, and transportation prioritization, friend of SpringsTaxpayers, Paotie Dawson penned this piece of satire. NOTE: This is satire. We know these things didn’t actually happen. Have some fun along with us! Colorado Springs — At a press conference held at City Hall in […]
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