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2018 – January 13, 2023

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SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/13/23: New Legislature Kicks Off, CSU Raises Rates and Donates Money, Paid Family Leave Disaster Predictions, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/6/23: Happy New Year, New Taxes Kick In, Punitive Bag Tax, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/16/22: Who Decides What Happens to the Martin Drake Land, State Budget Growth is Never-ending, Amara Annexation Drama, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/9/22: Mountain Shadows Development is Back, CSU Broadband Boondoggle is Here to Stay, State Rigs Playing Field for PolisCare, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/2/22: CSU CEO Lands on His Feet, Here Comes the Democrat Big-Government Wish List, ConnectCOS Off their Rocker, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/18/22: New Permanent Colorado Springs Budget Items, School Lunch Boondoggle, ConnectCOS Needs Your Feedback, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/11/22: Election Results, CSU CEO Resigns, Black Forest Infill Updates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/4/22: Giant State Budget Proposal Announced, City Auditorium Renovation Plans, New Fire Station Opens, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/28/22: CSU Broadband Boondoggle Kicks Off, Even More Utility Rate Hikes, Homeless Camps and Fires Out of Control, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/21/22: Public Meeting Transparency, Some People Don’t Want Public Meetings Recorded, Another Large Apartment Complex Development Proposed for 30^thand Garden of the Gods, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/14/22: Big City Development Means Big City Problems, More Annexation and Development in the Works, Denver Gives Taxpayer Money to Urban Campers, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/7/22: Deceptive Ballot Language Regarding TABOR, E-Bike Carnage, Colorado Springs Budget Increases Despite Your Personal Budget Woes, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/30/22: SpringsTaxpayers.com CSU Broadband Boondoggle Radio Ad Release, Old Stage Road Gate Meeting, COVID-Relief Slush Fund Updates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/23/22: The Two Faces of Governor Polis, Natural Gas Costs Will Increase This Winter, CDOT Doesn’t Build Roads, but Does Micromanage Your Life, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/16/22: Real Governor of Genius, CSU Broadband Update, Toilet City Chooses Basic Income Project Instead of Cleaning Up, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/9/22: CSU Broadband Updates, Does CSU Want to Control Your Thermostat, Governor Polis Ethics Questions, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/2/22: Private Broadband Won’t Stop CSU from Building it Too, Colorado Springs City Council Recall Effort, Your Tax Money for Hiring Bonuses, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/26/22: City Council to Limit Citizen Input on Development, City Wants PPRTA Renewed, “Affordable Housing” Initiative on the November Ballot, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/19/22: Downtown Building Boom Eliminates Parking Spaces, Decriminalizing Fentanyl has Consequences, Opportunity to Lower the State Income Tax Rate, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/12/22: Senator Pete Lee Felony Indictment, Colorado Supreme Court Lies to Investigators, Polis Still Claims TABOR Refunds as His Gift to You, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/5/22: Olympic Museum Awash in More Taxpayer Dollars, Free Bus Rides are Far Less Than Free, TABOR Refunds Smothered in Pandering, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/29/22: Fees, Fees, and More Fees, PPLD Wants Additional $55 Million, El Paso County on a Spending Spree Because They Can, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/22/22: Taxpayer-Funded Bus Service Marketed as Free, Green Building Codes Will Cost You Dearly, Taxing Taxes, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/15/22: Wildfire Evacuation Plan Updates, Cost of Dying Now Increasing, Never-ending COVID Relief Spending, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/8/22: More Taxes Disguised as Fees, High Gas Prices, Martin Drake Closure Update, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/1/22: Primary Election Results, Lawsuit Filed Over Gas “Fee”, City Develops, Then Wonders How to Fund Increased City Services, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/24/22: Extending Constitution Avenue to I-25, Pueblo Primary Ballot Chaos, Even Bigger TABOR Election-Incentive Refunds, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/17/22: Primary Ballot Voter Guides, Power Pathway and Martin Drake Decommission Updates, the Platte Avenue Project, Stormwater Fee Increase, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/10/22: Platte Avenue One-Way Corridor Updates, Groups Sue to Move CS Municipal Elections, Good Idea Fairy Working Overtime, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/3/22: Polis Signs More Laws that Cost You Money, Gasoline Prices Rising, Where Does Marijuana Tax Money Go, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/27/22: The War Against Automobiles, Good Idea Fairy Visits Council, Politicians Preen About Giving You Back Your Money, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/20/22: Colorado Springs is Second Best, County Unionization Will Cost You, More Electric Vehicles Means Less Gas Tax Revenue, and More!

Springs Taxpayers Newsletter 5/13/22: County Employee Unionization Looms, Green Energy Building Codes Coming, Platte Avenue Corridor Improvement Meetings, and More!

Springs Taxpayers Newsletter 5/6/22: Unnecessary Public Art Coordinator Position, Colorado Attorney General Discovers Violent Crime Wave, Water Restriction Season is Here, and More!

Springs Taxpayers Newsletter 4/29/22: CSU Broadband Boondoggle Update, Unionized County Employees, Legislature Buying Votes with TABOR Refunds, and More!

Springs Taxpayers Newsletter 4/22/22: Keep it Clean COS is Launched, El Paso County Commissioner P-Card Spending, Municipal Broadband Monkey Business, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/15/22: Good Idea Fairy Waves Magic Wand, New CSPD Chief Named, New Red Light Cameras, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/8/22: Legislative Spending Spree, Crime Wave Updates, Here Comes the Forced Recycling, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/1/22: Eastern Plains Power Pathway, Florence Government Meltdown Update, Apartment Tenants Taxed on Utilities, and More!

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SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/25/22: COS Transportation Fact vs. Fantasy, ‘Governor Affordability’ Won’t Suspend Gas Tax, Billions in COVID Relief Fraud, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/18/22: CSU Culture of Fear, Tax Credits for Local Media, New Parks Pass Scheme to Take Your Money, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/11/22: They are Coming for Your Lawn Mower, $215 Million Lost, A New State Agency is Created, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/4/22: Onerous Green Energy Codes for Marshall Fire Rebuild, Multi-Modal Transit Center Plans, TABOR Refunds, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/25/22: Citywide Broadband is COVID Relief, A Law to Allow Children to Play, Reducing Taxes Makes Colorado More Affordable, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/18/22: City Wastes Money Dimming Street Lights for Some Reason, CDOT Now in the Urban Planning Business, No Property Tax Breaks for the Elderly and Disabled, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/11/22: You Support 20% More State Employees, CSU Employees Get Raises, COVID Funds for Pet Projects Nationwide, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/4/22: Special Housing for Artists Paid for By You, City Council District 3 Update, Colorado Crime Spike Updates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/28/22: Insulting Polis Appointee Resigns, Colorado Springs Tax Revenues Increase Again, Utility Bills Decrease a Bit, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/21/22: Surprise! Stephannie Fortune is on City Council Now, Free COVID Masks That Aren’t Free, January Windstorm Costs, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/14/22: The 2022 Legislative Session Begins, Stephannie Fortune Rejected for City Council, Who Knew There Was a Sit-Lie Ordinance, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/7/22: We’re Back for 2022, Anti-Automobile Activists Have “Ambitious” Plans for Your Platte Avenue, El Paso County COVID Contact Tracing That Isn’t, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/17/21: Springs Taxpayers Holiday Break, Colorado Crime Explosion, Replacement for Councilman Skorman Chosen, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/10/21: Skorman’s Replacement, Unemployment Checks to the Dead, More Government Waste that You Pay For, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/3/21: Public Safety Takes Back Seat to Olympic Museum, A New COVID Variant to Fear, Richard Skorman’s Replacement, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/26/21: Scooter Drama, Polis Crony Sweetheart Deal Update, Appalling Increase in Overdose Deaths, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/19/21: Blah Olympic Museum Attendance, Polis Lavishes Crony with Slush Fund Money, Utility Rate Increases, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/12/21: Councilman Skorman Resigns, More Utility Bill Increases, Public Outcry Stifles COVID Vaccine Resolution, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/5/21: Election Results, Polis Seizes Control of Hospital Admissions, We’ve Reached 2,000 Facebook Followers, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/29/21: Election News, Development Fees Lag Behind Need, e-Scooters are Live, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/22/21: Election Information Galore, Energy Prices Skyrocket, COVID Fund Plunder Updates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers -Voter Information for Colorado Springs and El Paso County 10/15/21

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/15/21: Election News, The County Wants More of Your Money, The City Wants More of Your Money, Too, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/8/21: Why We Will Vote No on Issue 2C, The Scooters Have Landed, Colorado Springs Budget Doubles in Eleven Years, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/1/21: Cost of Natural Gas Skyrockets, Taxes for Parks, Residents Double-Taxed for Fire Protection, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/24/21: Developers Sue Over Apartment Complex Denial, COVID Rescue Money Never Ends, Front Range Rail Boondoggle Update, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/17/21: City Sales Tax Revenues Strong, Environmental Justice Everywhere, New Taxpayer Funded Zoo Outings Emails, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/10/21: Street Kickball Returns, Jared Polis Speaks with Forked Tongue Regarding Taxes, Infill Versus Public Safety, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/3/21: School District 11 Wants More Money, Bonus Unemployment Expires, Colorado Receives Out of State COVID Patients, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/27/21: El Paso County Wants Your Money, Colorado Springs Wants Your Money, Kickball Crimes Update, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/20/21: Kids Kickball Updates, Monument Rejects Industrial Complex, El Paso County Wants Your Money, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/13/21: Taxpayer-Funded Zoo Fun, TABOR Refund Meetings, Kickball Crimes, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/6/21: School District 11 Scraps Usable Buses, City for Champions Tax-Money Pit, Ballot Initiative to Reduce Property Taxes, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/30/21: Skewed Transportation Survey, You Are Paying Social Media Influencers, Are Mask Mandates Coming Back, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/23/21: COVID Relief Money for Pet Projects, Not Roads, Here Come the Sales Tax Increases, Planning Commission Opportunity, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/16/21: County Employees Get Free Zoo Admission, Police and Fire Falling Behind Growth, More Colorado Springs Taxes Being Proposed, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/9/21: Westside Community Center Saved for Now, Lingering Mask Mandates, Governor Unemployment, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/2/21: Taxpayer Money to Olympic Museum Update, Did COVID Lottery Really Help, Stormwater Fee Increase, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/25/21: The Olympic Museum Can’t Earn Your Money, So They’ll Just Take It, Celebrating the Crappy Transportation Tax, City Presses Pause on Mountain Shadows Development, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/18/21: Good Idea Fairy Pays a Visit, Olympic Museum Gets Taxpayer Money, The True Cost of the 2020 Tax and Fee Spree, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/11/21: Good Idea Fairy Pays a Visit, Crappy Transportation Tax Passes Legislature, Plastic Bag and Styrofoam Ban, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/4/21: Taxpayer Money Flying in All Directions, No More Mask Restrictions for Large Gatherings, Taxpayer Funded COVID Vaccination Lottery, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/28/21: Crappy Transportation Bill Updates, COVID Restrictions Desperate Impact on Children, $5 Million of Your Money for COVID Vaccine Lottery, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/21/21: Crappy Transportation Fee Updates, Governor Polis Wants What?, COVID Mask Requirement Updates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/14/21: Passenger Rail Boondoggle, Crappy Transportation Fee Bill, Huge Property Tax Increases, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/7/21: Mayor Suthers Never Met a Tax He Didn’t Like, Sterling Says No COVID Emergency, Front Range Rail Whether You Like It or Not, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/30/21: We Demand City Council Open Meetings to the Public, Fighting the “Gas Fee” That’s Really a Tax, Prescription Database, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/23/21: Government-Funded Activism, Trash Dump in the SE Part of Town, Colorado Legislature Wants More of Your Money Without Asking, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/16/21: State Surrenders COVID Rules to Local Government, Rampant Unemployment Fraud, Less Transparency in Colorado Springs Government, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/9/21: Colorado Springs City Council Election Results, Modified COVID Mask Order, Housing Assistance Regardless of Immigration Status, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/2/21: City Council Election Information, COVID Dial Goes Away, Property Tax Increase, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/26/21: More CS City Council Candidate Information, Another Utility Bill Increase, COVID Relief Funds for Area Beautification, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/19/21: CS City Council Candidate Updates, More Gross State Government Waste, Plastic Bag Ban Discussion Returns, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/12/21: New City Council Survey Responses, Utility Bill Increase, Who Knew There Was Excess Stormwater Revenue, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/5/21: Colorado Springs City Council Candidate Surveys, Expect Increased Utility Bills, El Paso County Getting Fewer COVID Vaccines, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/26/21: Stormwater Fee Increase, Potential Utility Rate Increase, Colorado Springs City Council Survey Results, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/19/21: Energy and Sub-Zero Temperatures, Colorado Springs City Council Survey, Free Bicycles That Really Aren’t, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/12/21: Rebecca’s Suit Against the County, Here Comes the Stormwater Fee Increase, Gas Fee That’s Really a Tax, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/5/21: CDOT Supervisor Brags About Lawbreaking, Colorado Springs City Council Candidates, Less COVID Vaccine for El Paso County, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/29/21: You Need to Do Your Part, COVID Rental Assistance Approved, COVID Delays at DMV, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/22/21: More Densification News, Zoning Changes Fight in Mountain Shadows, Eviction Moratorium Continues, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/15/21: 5-Star Certification Chaos, Space Command Move to Alabama, Monument Declares All Businesses Essential, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/8/21: Happy New Year from Springs Taxpayers, COVID Updates, Colorado Springs Sneaky Zoning Changes, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/18/20: Colorado Springs City Council Election, Garfield County Rejects COVID Restrictions, Governor Polis Being Sued, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/11/20: State Agencies Hoarding Your Money, COVID Restrictions Restaurant Rebellion, Front Range Rail Update, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/4/20: Restaurants Fighting Back Against COVID Closures, Award-Winning Restrooms, El Paso County Moves to COVID Level Red, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/20/20: Increased COVID Restrictions, COVID Special Legislative Session, Governor Polis Likens Thanksgiving Get-together to Eldercide, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/13/20: Increasing COVID Restrictions, Positive Election Outcomes, Rising Stormwater Fees, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/6/20: Election Results, Increased COVID Restrictions, Commissioner Gonzalez Weighs in on COVID Mandates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/30/20: COVID Restriction Updates, Ballot Issue 2A is Not About Public Safety, EPA Lawsuit Finally Settled, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/23/20: EXCLUSIVE: City Celebrates Getting More of Your Money, Issue 2A Isn’t Exclusively About Public Safety nor Does it Sunset, COVID Restriction Updates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/16/20: Smart Parking Meters in Colorado Springs, More Ballot Initiative Information, Increase in COVID Cases Could Mean Increased Restrictions, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/9/20: State Won’t Release COVID Details, More Election Information, Colorado Springs 2021 Expanding City Budget, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/2/2020: New Red-Light Cameras, COVID Funds for Graffiti Cleanup, November Ballot Initiative Information, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/25/2020: State Employee Furloughs, More Ballot Initiative Information, You Paid Thousands to Defend Hickenlooper, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/18/2020: Election Ballot Proposal Information, High School Athletes Win Fall Sports Reprieve, Rampant Unemployment Fraud, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/11/20: COVID Fallout News, City Council “Flex Zoning”, County Health Department Buys New Facility, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/4/20: County Commissioners Destroy Recording After Our CORA, New COVID Restriction Plans, Passenger Rail Update, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/28/20: More Potholes Than Ever in Colorado Springs, Facebook Censoring Us, Denver in Decay, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/21/20: More Potholes Than Ever in Colorado Springs, Facebook Censoring Us, Denver in Decay, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/14/20: COVID Devastating Small Business, City Council Redistricting, Plastic Bag Behavior Modification Tax Deferred, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/7/20: Plastic Bag Tax Townhall and Upcoming Meeting, Effort to Defund CSPD, Complete COVID Data, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/31/20: Polis Last Call Order Hurts Businesses, City Council Plastic Bag Tax, COVID Testing Numbers, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/24/20: State Face Mask Mandate, Last Call for Alcohol Order, Cost of Vandalism, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/17/20: Polis Issues Statewide Mask Mandate, City Council Approves Police Accountability Board, Olympic Museum Set to Open, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/10/20: City Council Modifying Your Behavior, Expensive Passenger Rail Coming, City Water Use Restrictions, and More!

SpringTaxpayers Newsletter 7/3/2020: El Paso County Restaurant Variance, CS Utilities Moving Away from Coal, Supreme Court Rejects Governor’s Order, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/26/29: County Commission Possibly Violated Open Meetings Law, City Council Wants Your TABOR Overage, Proposed Plastic Bag Tax Falsely Labeled as a Fee, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/19/20: Potential 2023 Drake Closing, Legislative Session Ends, County Commissioner Survey Updates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/12/20: Lt. Governor Double-Compensation, County Commissioner Survey Updates, Additional Red-Light Cameras, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/5/20: CS Utilities 80% Carbon Reduction Plan, COVID Updates, Colorado Legislature Gives Themselves a Raise, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/29/20: County Blocks Release of Audio, Governor Polis Spending Spree, Manitou Incline Fees, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/22/20: Commissioner Gonzalez Will Not Comply, D.A. May Rejects Arresting Restauranteurs, Initiative to Lower State Income Tax, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/15/20: COVID-19 Mask Mandates, Water Usage Monitoring, El Paso County Businesses Want to Re-Open, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/8/20: The Cost to Taxpayers of Anti-Automobile Activism, Returning to Normal After COVID-19, Special Taxing District CORA Lawsuit, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/1/20: Anti-Automobile Activist Updates, 2C Paving Continues, Downtown Parks Plan Unveiled, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/24/20: Shady CSU Energy Survey, Anti-Automobile Activism, City Budget Cuts, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/17/20: Anti-Automobile Activist Shenanigans, COVID-19 and Urbanization, Pandemic Modeling, and More!

SpringsTaxpayersNewsletter 4/10/20: COVID-19 Impacts Red Light Camera Revenue, Plastic Bag Update, CSU Survey, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/3/20: When 120 Days Isn’t, El Paso County 20K Telephone Survey Update, Dwindling Tax Revenue Due to COVID-19, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/27/20: COVID-19 Stay At Home Orders, Plans To Jump Start The Economy, Free Parking Downtown & OCC, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/20/20: Shady El Paso County Poll, Government Should Press Pause During the Pandemic, Scrutiny of Special Taxing Districts, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/13/20: Would-Be Traffic Engineering, State Music Ambassador, New Affordable Housing Development, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/6/20: Taxes On Streaming Media Services, Potential Gas Tax Increase, Electric Bicycles, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/28/20: E-Scooters, Parking Fee Update, Homeless Bicycle Memberships, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/21/20: Would-Be Traffic Engineer Bumper Stickers, City Meeting Video Feed Glitch, Negative Impacts of Increased Parking Fees, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/14/20: Pay Raises For City Councilors, More Taxes for Olympic Museum, Driving Change News Series on KOAA, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/7/20: Who Is Responsible for Bad Roads, Mayhurst Avenue Update, City Buses Whether You Want Them or Not, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/31/20: Mayhurst Avenue Closure Attempt Update, Single Use Plastic Ban, Olympic City Museum Costs Increase, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/24/20: Short-Term Rental Property Tax Increase, Water Restrictions Although No Drought, Reliable Energy Matters, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/17/20: Six-Acre Sweet Deal, $500 Garden of the Gods Photography Fee, Surprise Road Closure Proposal, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/10/20: Colorado Springs Parking Fee Increase, 35 New Tax Raising Ideas, Mayor Suthers’ 2020 Priorities, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/20/19: State Tax Proposals, City Parking Rate Increases, Colorado Springs’ Snow Removal Budget Blown, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/13/19: Downtown Stadium and Arena, Manitou Nixes Tax Increase, City Employee Pay Raises, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/6/19: City Employee Salary Increases, Special Taxing Districts Gone Wild, New Stadium But No New Parking, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/22/19: Would-be Traffic Engineers Annoy the Mayor, Special Taxing Districts, Short Term Rentals Update, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/15/19: Downtown Stadium District Approval, Manitou Arts and Culture Tax, CDOT Toll Lane Plans, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/8/19: Proposition CC Defeated, Question 2C Passed, Colorado Springs Utilities Survey, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/1/19: Bike Lane Sheanigans with 2C and PPRTA, CDOT in Chaos, Proposition CC Updates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/25/19: Question 2C, Proposition CC, Special Taxing Districts, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/18/19: Proposition CC updates, Question 2C Updates, Colorado Springs Utilities Severance Packages, and More!

SpringsTaxpayer Newsletter 10/11/19: No On 2C, Governor Polis Leans on Rural Newspapers, Special Districts, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/4/19: City of Colorado Springs Targets College Students for Parks Survey, $16 Million Collected from Stormwater Fees, a $40 Million Traffic Improvement Project, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/27/19: Stormwater Property Liens, More Bike Lanes No One Wants, An Alleged Coming Recession, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/20/19: 2C Pothole Tax Renewal, CSFD Budget Shortfall, Colorado Springs Cost of Living, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/13/19: Sewage Backup, Flooding Neighborhoods, Thieving Government Employee, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 9/6/19: Green Energy Fantasy, Big News In Briargate, Manitou Updates, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/30/19: Parking Fee Increase Update, A City Councilwoman’s Astroturf Effort, Urban Bears, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/23/19: More Discussion on Short-Term Rentals, Deer Overpopulation Information, Taxpayer-Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/16/19: Bear Resistant Trash Can Mandate, Zero Emission Vehicle Rules, Dangerous Bicycle Lanes, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/9/19: Parks Ballot Measures on the Way, CDOT meets with El Paso County, Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights Update and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 8/2/19: Utility Rate Decrease, Pikes Peak Summit House Donation Effort, National Popular Vote Repeal Update and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/26/19: Mayoral Elections in Manitou, $1 Land Deal Details, Potential Municipal Ballot Issues, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/19/19: Who Should Pay For Spine Road, Cragmor Bucks, $1 Property, and More!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 7/12/19: Extension to the Pothole Tax, Local Lawmaker Attacks Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, Property Tax Increase for AirBnB, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/28/19: Scheels Deal Folds, Pico Fights For Ratepayers, USAFA “Blight,” and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/21/19: Pricy Paving, The Continued Scheels Saga, Increasing Parking Fees, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/14/19: CDOT Budget Shenanigans, Yet More Money for Scheels, Proposition CC, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 6/7/19: Another Tax Exemption for Sheels, “Free” GOG Shuttles, Gas Station Near Cheyenne Creek, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/31/19: Corporate Welfare, Who Skorman Is Helping Now, Not-So-Temporary Pothole Tax, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/24/19: Springs Ranch Golf Course Housing Development, Keeping Our TABOR Refunds, Black Forest Settlement, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/17/19: Backyard Hotels, Van Buren Road Dieting, $100 To Newborns, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/10/19: Governor Polis’ Rowdy Townhall, More Transportation Tax Talk, Election Cash, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 5/3/19: Taxpayers Pay Skorman’s Bills, Growth In Interquest Area, Rockrimmon Roads, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/26/19: Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, Electric Buses, Flat Pothole Tires, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/19/19: City Buckles On Redacted Bills, RBD Spending Your Money On Secret New Building, Metro District Taxes, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/12/19: Skorman’s Taxpayer-Funded Legal Bills, Red Light Cameras Installed, Property Annexation, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 4/5/19: Assessor’s Office Meetings, Election Results, Red Light Cameras, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/29/19: Lawsuits, Tax Increases, Amazon, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/22/19: Bike Lane Billboard, Saving TABOR , Election Information, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/15/19: Election News, CC Parking, County 2A Resolution, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 3/8/19: Ballots Out Today, Candidate Surveys And Forum Videos, Issue 1 Blog, and more!

SpringTaxpayers Newsletter 3/1/19: Bike Lane Forum Fallout, Polling For Pothole Tax, Candidate Forums, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/22/19: The Great Tax Giveaway, Battle Over The Bike Lanes, Coloradans Love TABOR, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/15/19: Big Bucks Planned For Scheels, Creepy Assault In Manitou, Bike Lane Forum, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/8/19: Crank Audio On The Bossy Nosy Neighbor, COS Candidate Information, LPR Retreat Deadline, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 2/1/19: Candidate Survey Input, Olympic Museum Fundraising, California Emissions Standard Lawsuit, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/25/19: Radio Interview About The Bossy Nosy Neighbor, What The Bike Planners Are Really Up To, Bills At The State Capitol, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/18/19: PPRBD Bossy Nosy Neighbor, TABOR Victory, Property Annexation, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/11/19: Krager Retiring, Hockey Arena Parking, Briargate Brouhah, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 1/4/19: Urgent Community Meetings, Red Light Camera Updates, CSU Fines Averted, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/14/18: Bike Lanes, $20 Million Shortfall On The Pedestrian Bridge, Vacation, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 12/7/18: Skorman Update, Krager Doing CC’s Bidding, CSU Strategic Plan, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/30/18: Budgets, Traffic Fatality Data, CSU Ratepayer-Owned Land, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/16/18: Stormwater Failures, Developers Get A Pass, City For Champions Extension, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/9/18: Traffic Safety, Synchronized Traffic Signals, New School Crosswalks, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 11/2/18: New Housing In A Landslide Area, No Bike Count Data From The City, 50-Year Cog Rail Incentive, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/26/18: Skorman The Interrupter, Affordable Housing, Traffic Congestion On Cascade, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/19/18: Stapleton on Toll Roads, Regulating Short-Term Rentals, Yes On 109, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/12/18: Citizens Speak Out About Bike Lanes, New Development Approved Near FEMA Bailout Neighborhood, Crank Ballot Recommendations, and more!

SpringsTaxpayers Newsletter 10/5/18: Big Bucks at CSU, More Bike Lane Brouhaha, Candidate Surveys, and more!

SpringTaxpayers Newsletter 9/28/18: Skorman Violates Code Of Ethics Then Is Let Off The Hook, Cog Railway News, Bike Ridership Down Nationwide, and more!

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