During a recent Colorado Springs City Council meeting, City Councilmen Randy Helms and Mike O’Malley brought forward a resolution that caught our attention. We’ve been following the topic of this resolution for over 4 years. Hundreds of Colorado Springs homeowners have been charged for two separate fire protection districts for years. How did this happen? […]
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: The Daily Hatch A reader recently contacted us with a concern: He had contacted his City Councilman and instead of hearing back from his elected public servant, he received a response from a “Public Communication Specialist.” A Public Communication Specialist is a real job in the City of Colorado Springs, believe it or […]
Hello Colorado Springs – This Tuesday, May 25th the City Council will hear an objection to a rezoning application for the 2424 Garden of the Gods Rd property. While this should be an easy decision for the council to deny because of safety concerns for the citizens of this area, unfortunately we have witnessed rezoning […]
Taxpayers just paid $465,000 to have Colorado Springs City Council chambers remodeled, and to have the audio-visual systems upgraded. That might sound reasonable on its face. But the City Council offices —or as they call them, “suites”— have also been redecorated. Wait till you read what they spent your money on. So, how did they […]
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 […]
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 […]