I am on the Ballot for City Council in Colorado Springs. The election is 4 April and mail-in ballots will go out the first or second week of March. More details about the election and candidates are here:
What's on the Ballot | Colorado Springs
My campaign website is here:
Jay Inman for Colorado Springs City Council
Two years ago, in the strangely off cycle April city elections that follow national elections, less than 18% of Colorado Springs’ registered voters cast a ballot. That means less than 20% of city voters choose the direction of the last two years. Below, 63 Media details what’s at stake for the next four years:
While voters do determine a majority on Council every four years when selecting six district representatives, this time they’ll be given that chance again when four slots are on the ballot.
That means, for example, that six progressives acting together could form a veto-proof bloc to, say, legalize recreational marijuana or take other steps that a conservative majority would shun.
The at-large seats are open due to term limits blocking Murray and Tom Strand from additional four-year terms and Wayne Williams’ decision to run for Colorado Springs mayor.
The District 3 seat is open due to Stephannie Fortune bowing out of the race for the remaining two years of that term due to health concerns after being appointed by Council to succeed Richard Skorman, who resigned in late 2021 to focus on his Downtown businesses.
While progressives could form a voting bloc, by the same token, if four conservatives are elected, they could work with seated members — conservatives Mike O’Malley, Dave Donelson and Randy Helms — to also create a veto-proof coalition that could block a progressive mayor’s agenda.
Mike O’Malley, Dave Donelson and Randy Helms serve our city superbly and I hope to be on Council with them as the turmoil of the next four years sweeps our nation. They are excellent City Council members, and my platform is conservative. I detail my platform on my web site, but the very sobering key, subtly detailed by 63 Media, is that in this election, voters will fundamentally determine the Philosophical Future of our city.
Let’s look at one seemingly small item that comes with a potentially billion-dollar price tag: Just in case you are wondering what legalizing retail marijuana looks like, take a trip down I-25 to Trinidad, just north of the Raton Pass. That once delightful town is now a third world cesspool. If we legalized retail marijuana in Colorado Springs, we would start that trip to third world style disaster. With over a billion dollars in federal contracts and military paychecks currently infusing our thriving city, ask yourself…
‘Would any commander in his or her right mind move their troopers, employees, and families to a city like Trinidad, with legalized retail marijuana, OR in the case of one of the Major Commands hosted in our city, to a North Alabama city more in-line with the values of the people and families who serve in our military?’
Voters, you get to choose what kind of city we will have, based on who you elect to council and Mayor. Pick carefully and VOTE!
Jay Inman
Citizen Values over Politics
I care about citizens, I care about our city, and I care about doing what makes sense.