Author: Billie Stanton Anleu
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Former vice mayor Richard Skorman hoping to return to Colorado Springs City Council
Open space advocate Richard Skorman, a downtown businessman and former vice mayor, is circulating petitions to run for the Colorado Springs City Council, as is lawyer Tim Dietz. Former state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt said he decided not to pursue a run in District 5. And Anita Miller – wife of former councilman Joel Miller –…
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Deadline is Monday to file nominating petitions to run for Colorado Springs City Council
Prospective Colorado Springs City Council candidates have until 5 p.m. Monday to submit nominating petitions with at least 50 valid signatures of voters registered in the district they seek to represent. The petitions must be delivered to the City Clerk’s Office at 30 S. Nevada Ave., Suite 101. All six district council seats will be…
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Clean air advocate subpoenaed by Colorado Springs Utilities in sulfur dioxide dispute
Clean air advocate Jacquie Ostrom is being ordered to testify at a deposition and produce four months of emails or other communications sought in the Colorado Springs Utilities action against Leslie Weise. Ostrom said the subpoena she was served Wednesday night illustrates the “witch hunt” by Utilities, which is seeking sanctions, fines and jail time…
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U.S. Olympic Museum asking Colorado Springs for $500,000 from tourism tax fund
The U.S. Olympic Museum, facing a March 31 deadline to raise $8.8 million, has applied for $500,000 from the Colorado Springs Lodgers and Automobile Rental Tax fund. The LART fund has about $200,000 in unobligated money carried over from 2016, an excellent year for tourism, said City Councilman Tom Strand, a non-voting member of the…
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Colorado Springs City Council will not ask for sales tax increase to benefit parks
Colorado Springs voters won’t get to decide on a sales tax to benefit underfunded city parks because that question could detract from a stormwater measure already going on the April 4 ballot. The City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday not to consider a resolution for the parks ballot issue, hours after Chief of Staff Jeff Greene…
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Monument attorney facing jail in Drake emissions dispute to learn fate next month
DENVER – Monument attorney Leslie Weise likely will learn Feb. 13 whether she will be sanctioned, fined or even jailed for six months under a contempt citation sought by Colorado Springs Utilities and the city, Colorado Chief Appeals Judge Alan M. Loeb indicated at a Friday hearing. The city and Utilities pressed for the citation…
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Son fighting for his life after being stabbed by dad at Fountain campground, police say
FOUNTAIN – A Florida father is accused of inflicting life-threatening stab wounds on his namesake son during a fight at a KOA campground on New Year’s Eve. Ovidio Lopez Jr., 52, was in El Paso County jail Sunday on $10,000 bond, charged with first-degree assault. Ovidio Lopez III was taken to Memorial Hospital, Fountain police…
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Raises and more for Colorado Springs city workers
Colorado Springs employees can expect a 2 percent merit-based pay boost, raises of varied percentages for police and firefighters and benefits with no increased costs next year, Mayor John Suthers told the staff in a Thursday email obtained by The Gazette. Staff vacancies went unfilled and workers’ wages were frozen this year as Suthers grappled…
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Borders of City Council districts shift in redistricting of Colorado Springs
All six City Council districts, whose seats are up for election April 4, gain or lose a little in the redistricting of Colorado Springs released Wednesday by City Clerk Sarah Johnson. “This is incredibly important,” Johnson said at a news conference. “This is going to be your representative for the next four years.” Under the…
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Colorado Springs pot panel opposes changes to moratorium
Colorado Springs’ latest moratorium on medical marijuana businesses should be left intact with no more provisions for “hardship” cases or relocation, the city’s Marijuana Working Group recommends. But half of the City Council disputed that idea Monday, and that 4-4 split likely will morph into a 5-4 majority when Councilman Bill Murray returns from a…