Author: Pam Zubeck
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Right-to-work measure picks up endorsements
Right-to-work measure endorsedThe Right-to-Work initiative picked up some more prominent backers this week.The Northern Colorado Home Builders, Independent Bankers and Colorado Petroleum Marketers Association all endorsed Amendment 47. The measure, if passed in November, would bar union shops in private businesses, essentially allowing workers to opt out of union membership even if the workplace had…
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POLITIGAB: Chamber endorses Lamborn
After rumors floated for a week about its endorsement, the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce finally announced today that it has endorsed Rep. Doug Lamborn as the Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District. The Board of Directors approved the recommendation by members of the Chamber’s Political Action Committee. In a press release the…
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Udall urges delay of Southern Delivery System
Mark Udall wants to delay a Colorado Springs water project and is urging federal authorities to give “serious attention and full consideration” to Pueblo Chieftain publisher Bob Rawlings’ opposition. Rawlings is one of the most vociferous opponents of the $1 billion Southern Delivery System, now undergoing a review of its environmental impacts. A public comment…
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City’s ethics commission is twiddling its thumbs
In April 2007, Colorado Springs faced having to comply with the state’s voterapproved ethics law advanced by Common Cause. The City Council believed it was too restrictive – according to the city attorney, it could even bar a city employee’s child from accepting a college scholarship. To remedy that, the council used the city’s…
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THE SPYGLASS: City’s ethics commission is twiddling its thumbs
In April 2007, Colorado Springs faced having to comply with the state’s voterapproved ethics law advanced by Common Cause. The City Council believed it was too restrictive – according to the city attorney, it could even bar a city employee’s child from accepting a college scholarship. To remedy that, the council used the city’s…
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Memorial CEO paid executive to retire
Memorial Health System’s former CEO paid an executive $242,854 to leave the hospital a year before he was scheduled to retire so another employee could be promoted.Former CEO Dick Eitel said he paid vice president of human resources Ron Burnside a year’s salary, because he was concerned his chosen candidate for Burnside’s job, already on…
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Utilities CEO is denied a raise
With Colorado Springs Utilities facing huge revenue shortfalls triggered by forecasting blunders, the City Council deadlocked on giving the city-owned agency’s CEO Jerry Forte a 1.25 percent raise this year.The motion to increase Forte’s annual pay by $3,459 failed on a 4-4 vote, with Mayor Lionel Rivera absent.The council earlier approved raises for three other…
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No raise for Utilities chief, but 3 city officials get pay hikes
With Colorado Springs Utilities facing huge revenue shortfalls triggered by forecasting blunders, the City Council deadlocked on giving the city-owned agency’s CEO Jerry Forte a 1.25 percent raise this year.The motion to increase Forte’s annual pay by $3,459, failed on a 4-4 vote, with Mayor Lionel Rivera absent.The council earlier approved raises for three other…
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Crank’s campaign questions Lamborn’s honesty
The Jeff Crank campaign has done some homework in efforts to cast doubt on Rep. Doug Lamborn’s veracity. Both are seeking the Republican nomination in the 5th Congressional District, along with a third hopeful, Bentley Rayburn. Crank’s campaign consultant Patrick Davis said that in numerous campaign pieces of two years ago, Lamborn repeatedly stated, “I’ve…
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Overhauling enterprises would be a “crushing blow,” Springs manager says
Two proposed ballot measures designed to overhaul the city’s enterprises would deal an “absolutely crushing blow to our ability to provide services,” City Manager Penelope Culbreth-Graft told the Colorado Springs City Council on Monday.A city financial analysis of the proposals, advanced by tax-cutter Douglas Bruce for the Nov. 4 election, concluded they would wipe out…