Author: Eileen Welsome
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Norton petition signatures challenged in court
Already battling for her party’s nomination, GOP Senate hopeful Jane Norton now faces a court fight to keep her spot on the August primary ballot. A Grand Junction businessman has sued to contest the validity of the signature-gathering effort that allowed Norton to get onto the Aug. 10 Republican primary ballot against Weld County prosecutor…
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Attorney general wants Bruce found in contempt
The state Attorney General’s Office on Friday warned in court papers it will seek contempt sanctions next week against Colorado Springs tax activist Douglas Bruce.Bruce has eluded efforts to serve him with a court order that would have compelled his testimony in a campaign finance case, the AG alleges. The Attorney General is working to prove that…
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Judge singles out Bruce, fines supporters of ballot measures
Three sponsors of a trio of controversial measures that will be on the November ballot have violated the state’s campaign finance regulations and must each pay a $2,000 fine, an administrative law judge has ruled. The ruling, handed down this week by Denver Administrative Law Judge Robert Spencer, gives the backers 20 days to disclose…
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Springs Utilities paying $747,000 to Denver PR firm
Colorado Springs Utilities has paid a Denver public-relations firm hundreds of thousands of dollars to help it promote the $2.3 billion Southern Delivery System. From November of 2007 through May of this year, Sigler Communications received $747,000 related to the 62-mile pipeline, Utilities spokeswoman Janet Rummel said Wednesday. Sigler has global clients and has been…
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County commissioners OK purchase of Intel buildings
After a five-hour meeting, El Paso county commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to pay $25 million for several buildings and a parking garage on the former Intel campus on Garden of the Gods Road. Fiscal conservative Amy Lathen said she’d had several sleepless nights while considering the deal’s pros and cons. Ultimately, Lathen and the other…
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City Council to vote on Utilities surplus
More than $1.4 million is sitting in an escrow account held by Colorado Springs Utilities, money that could flow into city coffers in the next few weeks if Mayor Lionel Rivera gets his way. At issue is whether Issue 300, a measure approved by voters last fall that effectively ended payments to the city from…
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County poised to buy some Intel buildings for $25 million
In one of its most significant moves in decades, El Paso County is about to enter a $25 million deal to buy a new three-story office building, parking garage and a wastewater treatment facility on the former Intel campus on the Garden of the Gods Road. If the deal’s approved by the El Paso County…
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Race scheduled to help fund puppy mill rescues
The National Mill Dog Rescue, a Colorado Springs nonprofit, will be hosting a 5K run beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, at Memorial Park. The cost is $30 a person or $25 for groups of six or more. The money raised during the event will go to the non-profit, which has rescued nearly…
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A.G. may seek court action against Douglas Bruce
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said his office probably would go to district court to seek a remedy against Douglas Bruce for failing to respond to a judge’s order compelling his testimony in a campaign-finance complaint. “We’re going to pursue other available remedies, and I suspect they will take place rather quickly,” Suthers said Wednesday.…
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Hearing lifts veil on campaign for disputed measures
The head of a professional petition-circulation company in California saw a “cherry opportunity to make a stupid amount of money” by gathering signatures to get three controversial measures on the November ballot in Colorado.Those words from Michael Rhodes, head of ProVote America, were part of a voice mail that was played twice Tuesday at a…