Author: Billie Stanton Anleu
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New Colorado Springs City Council starting off with a sense of balance and purpose
Nine distinctive personalities and political perspectives comprise a new Colorado Springs City Council that appears likely to provide effective checks and balances with one another and with Mayor John Suthers’ administration, political leaders say. An ideologically diverse council takes office April 18 – a dynamic that’s long played out in a city where majority blocs…
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Two men arrested in separate 7-Eleven heists
Police have arrested a suspect in a convenience store heist early Wednesday in Colorado Springs. Anthony Jaquil Robinson, 22, is suspected of being one of two masked, armed men who entered a 7-Eleven in the 4600 block of Austin Bluffs Parkway about 12:30 a.m., demanded cash and then ran away with it. Officers found Robinson…
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Newly elected Colorado Springs council members list their priorities, receive well wishes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three new members elected to the Colorado Springs City Council were bubbling with excitement and ideas Wednesday, eager to put the Tuesday election behind and focus on the future. An interview with District 3 Councilman-elect…
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On a snowy Election Day in Colorado Springs, “sea change” may have come to council majority
Colorado Springs voters sent a surprise message during a big snowstorm Tuesday, electing a potential majority bloc of City Council members that could push a more liberal agenda, results showed. A major shift is in the making with the apparent victories of Richard Skorman, Yolanda L. Avila, sole District 2 candidate David Geislinger and re-elected…
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Vote now before it’s too late
Election day is here in Colorado Springs. Polls closed at 7 p.m. – Scroll to the bottom of this article on mobile for updates on Twitter; desktop users will see updates to the right. – Answer last-minute questions with our Voter Guide. – See who has donated money to the candidates. – Check out The Gazette’s past…
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Colorado Springs Issue 2 would help city combat stormwater problems
Issue 2 on the April 4 ballot would enable the city of Colorado Springs to keep $12 million in excess revenue – $6 million both this year and next – to tackle more stormwater projects. Under pressure by a federal lawsuit and by the dire need to improve and expand drainage culverts, channels and basins,…
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CDOT officials confident state’s safeguards would prevent collapse like in Atlanta
The shocking images of a massive fire causing the collapse Thursday of a heavily traveled Interstate 85 overpass in Atlanta had Coloradans wondering if the same thing could happen here. “As our chief engineer (Josh Laipply) said, ‘Anytime you have a bridge, something like that can happen,’” Colorado Department of Transportation spokesman Bob Wilson said…
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Proposed city land swap near planned U.S. Olympic Museum angers some Colorado Springs Council members
Some Colorado Springs City Council members are peeved that they only got to peek at documents they need to decide on a proposed swap of city property for a developer’s land in southwest downtown, near the planned U.S. Olympic Museum. They’re upset, too, that a vote on the swap was stripped from this week’s agenda…
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War of the fliers: Charges of inaccurate campaign literature in Colorado Springs
A new campaign door hanger for Lynette Crow-Iverson, District 5 challenger for the City Council, touts an endorsement by the Regional Business Alliance, now known as the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC. The Chamber & EDC does not endorse candidates, said Patrice Lehermeier, communications manager for the organization. Even the group’s PAC doesn’t endorse candidates,…
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Colorado Springs council unanimously OKs Bancroft Park restoration funds
A slew of west side residents and business leaders won a rare unanimous City Council vote Tuesday to appropriate $250,000 to renovate Bancroft Park. The bandshell in the historic park was torched Jan. 27, and Councilman Keith King has been chiding the city’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services staff to move quickly to repair the…