Author: Billie Stanton Anleu
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District attorney won’t file charges in Colorado Springs council campaign complaint
District Attorney Dan May will not charge City Council candidate Lynette Crow-Iverson in a complaint filed Friday by her Colorado Springs election opponent, his office announced Tuesday. Council President Pro Tem Jill Gaebler filed the complaint after fliers by Crow-Iverson’s campaign inaccurately accused her of voting against a bill with other members of the Colorado…
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Colorado Springs City Council to vote on funding Bancroft Park restoration
As the Colorado Springs parks staff struggles to maintain trails, parks and open space without enough money, one lucky little park appears poised to cash in big-time. The 1.26-acre Bancroft Park in Old Colorado City could get $250,000 when the City Council votes Tuesday, and it could get that same amount again later. Someone set…
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Overflow funeral crowd bids a final goodbye to slain Colorado Springs teenager
The people wore blue. The flowers were blue. Even the coffin shone periwinkle blue. Blue, after all, was Derek Greer’s favorite color. The 15-year-old Derek was a favorite too, judging from the sobbing teenagers who crowded into Angelus Chapel for his funeral Saturday. He was found slain March 12 on a rural road. Five people…
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Longtime head of Pueblo Chieftain, fierce SDS foe Robert Rawlings dies
Robert Hoag Rawlings, legendary longtime leader of the Pueblo Chieftain, died at his home Friday afternoon at age 92. Rawlings had a profound effect not only on his newspaper, but also on the Pueblo community, said Managing Editor Steve Henson. The chairman and editor had been publisher until earlier this year. The “old-school newspaperman” was…
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Four more arrested in deaths of two Colorado Springs teens
As the family of Derek Greer prepared for his funeral Saturday, four more suspects were arrested on suspicion of killing him and fellow high school student Natalie Partida. Diego Chacon and Joseph Arthur Rodriquez, both 18, and Marco Antonio Garcia-Bravo, 20, were booked into jail on two charges each of first-degree murder and second-degree kidnapping,…
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Pie-O-My, pizza maker freed from clutches of dough roller
Colorado Springs firefighters deserve a high five for freeing a local man’s hand from a dough-rolling machine. The 21-year-old worker was cleaning the contraption at a south Colorado Springs pizza shop when he got his paw stuck. It was crammed in deep, 2 to 3 inches past the knuckle, reports Fire Capt. Steve Wilch, spokesman…
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Sharp elbows, dark money: Is this new normal for Colorado Springs city elections?
Dark money, high-dollar campaigns and sharp-elbow politicking are playing an unusually big role in this year’s contests for the City Council, longtime political observers say. The veiled donations and rough-and-tumble tactics in a few races highlight the stakes in an election that could reshape the priorities of the city’s legislative body. Six of the council’s…
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Gaebler files complaint against election opponent over campaign literature
Jill Gaebler filed a criminal complaint with District Attorney Dan May on Friday over campaign literature distributed by her opponent in the April 4 election for the Colorado Springs City Council. Gaebler, the council president pro tem seeking re-election in District 5, is distressed about mailings by Lynette Crow-Iverson’s campaign criticizing her for a vote…
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Colorado Springs city clerk: Some voters don’t realize they need to unfold their ballots to vote for council candidates
Voters, note! Every ballot for the Colorado Springs April 4 election has four questions – three issues and your choice of candidate. Unfold the ballot, City Clerk Sarah Johnson advises. Because if you’re waiting to choose a candidate when a second ballot hits your mailbox, rest assured that won’t happen. A few ballots already have…
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Committee with unnamed donors has most money on table in Colorado Springs election
A little-known campaign committee that doesn’t have to name its donors has raised $90,000 – the most of any campaign group and more than any of the candidates – to provide opposition research, direct mailers and other work in the Colorado Springs City Council election, a new campaign finance report shows. Colorado Citizens Protecting our…