The Privately Funded Drake Task Force Receives “Help” on Many Fronts
Did you know that the Martin Drake Coal Power Plant was decommissioned in August, 2021? You might have noticed due to your […]
Category: City Spending
Olympic Museum Quickly Becoming a Money Pit
Local politicians branded Colorado Springs as “Olympic City USA” back in 2016. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum (USOPM) rides the brand […]
El Paso County Donates Taxpayer Money to Olympic Museum for Resiliency
We recently wrote an article about our research into $9,000,000 of taxpayer American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money that was doled out to 48 […]
Pikes Peak Library Pursuing 55% More Money from Taxpayers’ Pockets
The Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) voted to put an issue on the November ballot —a hefty tax increase. It doesn’t matter […]
Does COS Need a Public Art Coordinator?
Photo Credit: Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com During the April 11th Colorado Springs City Council Work Session, Council members discussed the addition of a newly created […]
Government Over-Spending Makes April Fools’ Jokes Plausible
Last week, we were amused about a couple of Facebook posts by the Mayor of Colorado Springs and Downtown Colorado Springs. Mayor […]
Connect COS Planners Stumped About Their Own Projects
Do Colorado Springs transportation planners care about how you want to travel or do they want what they want, figuring you’ll adjust […]
COS Pilot Program: Darkened Streets and Useless Data
During last week’s City Council Work Session, Joshua Pace from the City of Colorado Springs Office of Innovation presented information to City […]
Mayor Suthers Pitches Increase to Stormwater Fee
Photo Credit:ColoradoSprings.gov Where else but in America, do taxpayers pay for a federal agency to sue their city, pay attorney fees on […]
Out-of-Area Money Funded 2C
SpringsTaxpayers.com took on a big challenge this year. We knew that we were facing an, “uphill both ways in the snow” battle, […]