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As a reminder, Colorado Springs Utilities is still pressing ahead with their broadband boondoggle.
As a public service to you, we went out of our way attend, and record, the Drake Community Input meeting this week. This was a meeting to discuss what would happen with the land once the Martin Drake power plant is removed. The organizers and speakers were not happy at all that we were recording this public meeting to discuss what is going to happen with public property.
The land the Drake plant sits on belongs to Colorado Springs Utilities, which means it belongs to the ratepayers who paid for it. Why not install some of the green energy we are told we need, so we don’t all die of climate change?
Colorado leads the nation in auto thefts, according to the FBI. Denver sees the second most auto thefts of all American cities. Remember back when Colorado was known as being number one in good things? Those days may be gone forever.
We in Colorado are definitely in a Crime Tsunami. One Pueblo man actually initiated a citizen’s arrest on a person suspected of stealing tools from a Home Depot. The arresting citizen indicated he, and other Pueblo citizens, are getting tired of the rampant and blatant crime and theft.
Thank you for supporting art with $834,500 of your hard-earned money. Wait, you didn’t know you were paying for this? Well, you are.
Even though there is already a program in place for school lunches, that won’t stop the do-gooders in the Colorado legislature from trying to implement a “school lunches for all” boondoggle. You will have the opportunity to vote on this in November. Why is it that they only see government solutions to any problem, especially when it isn’t really a problem for all children?
Speaking of the November election, ballots are headed your way. Also, possibly headed to some folks who aren’t even American citizens, but we digress.
Colorado Springs Utilities is considering implementing stricter water rules to customers outside of city limits. This decision is related to the new proposed annexation, and future residential development, near Fountain, Colorado.
The City of Colorado Springs keeps raking in the tax dollars. Do you think they still need the proposed PPRTA extension or not?
A series of meetings were held by the Downtown Partnership about the future of the Martin Drake site. Maybe they’ll put in a nuclear power plant, or some windmills. Or, more likely, they’ll let developers have their way with the site, and possibly put taxpayers on the hook for supporting some part of it like with the Olympic Museum.
Colorado Springs expects to hire four new Park Rangers to assist with safety concerns along the Pikes Peak Greenway and Midland Trails, where lots of urban camping takes place. This is expected to cost around $450,000, including new vehicles.
Another large apartment complex is being proposed near 30th Street and Garden of the Gods Road. In case anyone on the planning commission reads this, the traffic issues and risks to those trying to escape a catastrophic fire haven’t changed since last time.
We’ve found another disingenuous use of the word “free” when describing a taxpayer-funded government program. This time, it’s about Colorado’s taxpayer-funded preschool program. Taxpayer funded means it’s not free.
News stories are being written informing people about ways to keep warm and save money this year. You know why.
Another day, another excessive force lawsuit filed against the Colorado Springs Police Department. It’s getting a little ridiculous over at CSPD.
A recent internal CSPD survey indicates poor management and not enough officers are issues in the department.
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will use taxpayer funds to install a roundabout at the intersection of Highway 83 and Palmer Divide Avenue. Is this really a problem intersection?
A legislative forum was held recently with some of the legislative candidates in our area. Affordable housing and homelessness were among the topics addressed.
We agree with our friends at Westside Watch, and recommend voting no on Colorado Springs Issue 7A, an extension to the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority. You can read their summary of why we should vote no on this extension here.
Speaking of Issue 7A, we were contacted by several readers about a recent, unwanted text from Mayor John Suthers promoting the passage of issue 7A. We looked into it. The text is legal, and no disclaimer or any other qualifying information was legally required on the text. This is just the world we live in now.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, was filmed attending a lavish gathering in Hawaii. This gathering was organized by the Attorney General in his position as the Chair of the Attorney General Alliance. This event was also attended by many of the huge companies Attorney General Weiser is suing, like Juul and Pfizer. Raise your hand if you’ve ever organized and attended a lavish Hawaiian party with folks you are suing. This stinks of corruption on a lot of levels. For the record, Mr. Weiser is up for re-election in November.
The first electric school bus in the region, which requires burning fossil fuels to generate the power to charge the batteries, is now in service in the Fountain-Fort Carson School District.
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