El Paso County Spending for the Sake of Spending
Photo Credit: The Economist El Paso County has received $139.9 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) taxpayer money. As a reminder, ARPA […]
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Engaged Community Member Takes Things A Step Further
Photo Credit: KRDO A couple of weeks back, we shared a Citizens Speak Out article by reader LuAnn Weems. LuAnn was concerned about the Power […]
City Wages 30% Higher Than Citizens, But They Still Need More of Your Money
Photo Credit: Adapted from American Government We recently posted a blog about El Paso County having money to give employee pay raises, […]
El Paso County: Money for Raises, No Money for Roads
Ballots are hitting mailboxes right now. El Paso County Commissioners are asking voter permission to keep up to $20 million of the […]
El Paso County Hands Over 31 Missing Emails
Shows More Taxpayer-Funded Treats for County Employees Photo Credit: TCOG A few weeks back, we brought you the story about the $45,000 […]
Sparks Fly at El Paso County Commissioner Meeting Over TABOR Ballot Issue
At yesterday’s regular meeting of the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, the commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of referring a […]
Olympic Museum Boondoggle: Two Public Servants Respond
Photo Credit: SpringsTaxpayers.com In the week after we published our blog called Olympic Museum Boondoggle, we’ve received email communications from two El […]
Olympic Museum Boondoggle
Last week, the Colorado Springs Independent wrote several revealing stories about the United States Olympic Museum asking the El Paso County Board […]
Troublesome Youth Suicide Numbers Indicate the Need to Fully Open Schools
El Paso County tops the state in youth suicide numbers. How did we fare during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic? […]
County Lawsuit: Tax Dollars Used to Silence Citizen
Photo Credit:Frontiers of Freedom Want the short version of the story? The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners was vague about […]