Author: Dean Toda
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Sen. Udall visits Springs military installations, names military advisory committee
Saying it is his mission to support Colorado’s military installations, the personnel stationed here, their families “and the communities that provide homes for those families,” U.S. Sen. Mark Udall came to Colorado Springs on Wednesday to meet with a newly formed military advisory committee dominated by residents of the Pikes Peak region. Among the more…
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Military affairs to dominate Udall’s visit to Springs
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall comes to town Wednesday to meet with and introduce his new military advisory committee, convened to brainstorm what his office described as the “immediate and long-term goals for the military, veterans care and the defense industry in Colorado.” A press conference is scheduled for 1:30; The Gazette will be there but…
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Udall visits Springs military installations, names military advisory committee
Saying it is his mission to support Colorado’s military installations, the personnel stationed here, their families “and the communities that provide homes for those families,” U.S. Sen. Mark Udall came to Colorado Springs on Wednesday to meet with a newly formed military advisory committee dominated by residents of the Pikes Peak region. Among the more…
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Lamborn criticizes health plan’s cost, loss of choice
CANON CITY • “I feel that Obama wants to change us from a democratic republic to a fascist dictatorship,” a woman said, setting the tone for U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn’s town hall meeting Tuesday at Cañon City City Hall. It was the second of three public forums the Colorado Springs Republican has scheduled for the…
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Bennet dismisses “death panels” claim in touting health care reform
FLORENCE • Teenagers think they’re invulnerable, but U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet stopped by Florence High School on Monday to tell students that health care reform should be a top priority for them. “You should be deeply concerned about our budget deficits,” he said, “because you’re the ones that are going to have to pay it…
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Second Lamborn town hall meeting coming up
With health care reform still dominating political debate nationwide, Rep. Doug Lamborn will meet with voters Tuesday afternoon in Cañon City. The Colorado Springs Republican has scheduled a town-hall meeting for 4:30 to 5:30 at Canon City City Hall, 128 Main St. near the old state penitentiary. It’s the second of three town-hall meetings Lamborn…
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State budget panel disgrees on government’s ‘core functions’
DENVER • “We agreed on a bunch of things,” said state Sen. Rollie Heath. But for the Long-Term Fiscal Stability Commission, the devil’s not only in the details, but in the general principles. Heath, a Boulder Democrat, is chairman of the commission, which is charged with recommending ways to end the state’s deepening budget mess.…
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House’s health care bill debated at Lamborn meeting
WOODLAND PARK – U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, about 200 of his supporters and a smattering of critics talked for an hour here Tuesday, while the star of the show sat mute on the podium — HR3200, 1,000 pages and 8 inches thick, one version of the health care reform legislation now being debated across the…
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Health care reform comes to the region
The health care reform debate comes to the region today when U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn holds a town hall meeting at City Hall in Woodland Park. The meeting is scheduled for 4:30 to 5:30 at City Hall, 220 W. South Avenue. Lamborn opposes the government-run “public option” health insurance plan proposed (and possibly now being…
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TABOR defender named to JBC
Rep. Kent Lambert, the Colorado Springs Republican rated as the strictest fiscal conservative in the state House of Representatives, was appointed Monday to the powerful Joint Budget Committee, which drafts the state budget. Announcing the appointment in Denver, Rep. Mike May, the House minority leader, said he wanted “someone who stays true to the spirit…