Author: Eileen Welsome
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Zoning is key to regulating medical marijuana, attorney says
With a picture of Bob Marley, the patron saint of ganja, behind him, a straight-laced attorney from Eagle County on Wednesday advised hundreds of county commissioners they’d be better off zoning than banning marijuana dispensaries.That’s the best option if they don’t want to get stoned by lawsuits.Playing off the lyrics of a popular Marley song,…
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Ritter defends cuts, higher fees as spreading the pain
Gov. Bill Ritter defended his cuts to local governments today, saying that Colorado was in the “worst recession since the Great Depression.” In a speech this morning to a statewide gathering of county officials in Colorado Springs, Ritter said he knew that the budget cuts were unpopular, but added that he tried to spread them…
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County’s offer to keep Pioneers Museum open comes with a catch
El Paso County wants its courthouse back. The Board of Commissioners said today they’re willing to pony up funds that would help keep the Pioneers Museum open. The catch — and it could be a deal killer — is the county wants the deed to the turn-of-the-century courthouse and the square on which it sits…
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Kids would bear brunt if CASA program loses funding
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On a recent afternoon, about a dozen people crowded into the courtroom of El Paso County Magistrate Lynn Billings-Vela for a parental rights hearing. The lawyers and social workers pulled out their manila files, the…
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Kids would bear brunt if CASA program loses funding
On a recent afternoon, about a dozen people crowded into the courtroom of El Paso County Magistrate Lynn Billings-Vela for a parental rights hearing. The lawyers and social workers pulled out their manila files, the mother reached for the box of Kleenex, the father stared straight ahead. Everybody had something to win or lose except…
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‘Junk Road’ east of Springs frustrates residents, officials
There’s a desolate stretch of road in eastern El Paso County where vehicles rust in back pastures, refrigerators list on front porches, and tires lay in the weeds. But one of the most forlorn sights of all are the beached remains of mobile homes that sprawl across the brown hills, their outsides flayed by the…
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County attorney takes own advice: stiffs stormwater
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The county attorney who advised the El Paso County treasurer about the legality of putting delinquent stormwater fees on property tax bills is among those who haven’t paid their stormwater bills. “I’ve made no secret…
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County attorney takes own advice: stiffs stormwater
The county attorney who advised the El Paso County treasurer about the legality of putting delinquent stormwater fees on property tax bills is among those who haven’t paid their stormwater bills. “I’ve made no secret about it,” said William Louis, who added that he owes about $100 in back fees to the city’s Stormwater Enterprise.…
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Program aims to stop youths’ lives of crime
In the eye-for-an-eye world of the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, kids who get caught stealing bicycles have to buy new ones. It’s all part of the learning process in the DA’s diversion program, a highly lauded effort that gives youthful offenders who have committed petty crimes a second chance by keeping them out of…
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County testing hired snow plows in Cimarron Hills
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County is plowing new ground. The county is about to embark upon an experiment to see if private contractors can do a better job of removing snow from the streets than its own…