Author: Pam Zubeck
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Lamborn, Rayburn petition onto ballot
Two Republican 5th Congressional District candidates petitioning onto the primary ballot have completed their efforts.Rep. Doug Lamborn turned in nearly 3,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office last week.Today, Bentley Rayburn will submit more than 2,600 signatures.To be placed on the ballot, candidates must submit 1,000 signatures of registered voters in the six-county district.Rayburn…
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Heimlicher running for another term on City Council
District 3 Colorado Springs City Council member Jerry Heimlicher today announced he’ll run for another term.He’s the first to file for District 3, which covers the southwest part of the city including downtown, Old Colorado City, The Broadmoor, the U.S. Olympic Training Center, Broadmoor Bluffs and Skyway.Heimlicher was elected to a two-year term in 2003…
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Cost to fix city water system is put at $161 million
Colorado Springs’ water system is following in the footsteps of the troubled wastewater system, and the cost to fix the problems might be equally high.News this week that the water division of Colorado Springs Utilities is facing a $33 million shortfall because of declining usage and a slumping housing market are only part of the…
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Gamblers’ shuttle gets terrorism funds
Colorado Springs-based Ramblin Express, which shuttles gamblers to mountain-town casinos, including Cripple Creek, has received $382,000 in anti-terrorism grants.The most recent grant, for $184,415, was announced this month as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s $844 million Infrastructure Protection Activities program.Ramblin Express’ grant is among the $11.2 million allocated to the Intercity Bus Security…
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Bruce says help with enterprise petitions dried up when he left
Time is running out for tax-cutter Douglas Bruce to collect signatures for two ballot measures that would overhaul the city’s enterprise funds. Seems that while Rep. Bruce was in Denver, his helpers were asleep at the switch. “In the four months I was in the Legislature, if they had done a fraction of what…
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THE SPYGLASS: Bruce says help with enterprise petitions dried up when he left
Time is running out for tax-cutter Douglas Bruce to collect signatures for two ballot measures that would overhaul the city’s enterprise funds. Seems that while Rep. Bruce was in Denver, his helpers were asleep at the switch. “In the four months I was in the Legislature, if they had done a fraction of what…
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Utilities: ‘Substantial’ hikes ahead
Colorado Springs residents’ reward for conserving water will be a yearly string of rate increases beginning this summer.That’s because cityowned Colorado Springs Utilities’ water operation faces a $33 million revenue shortfall, largely because of lower water usage and plummeting housing starts.Utilities chief planning and financial officer Ed Easterlin said staffers haven’t computed how much more…
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Broadmoor neighbors teed off over Senior Open
Katie Ralston is looking forward to volunteering.Dona Bymaster is dreading yet another invasion of her neighborhood.Both were among about 50 residents of southwest Colorado Springs at a briefing Wednesday night about how their neighborhoods will be affected by the U.S. Senior Open to be staged at The Broadmoor on July 28 to Aug. 3.Senior Open…
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City drops building case against Douglas Bruce
Colorado Springs dropped its dilapidated-building case last week against Rep. Douglas Bruce after he sold the two fourplexes.Bruce, author of tax limitation measures city officials believe hamstring the city’s finances, said Tuesday that the case is another example of “the city’s vicious vendetta” against him.”It was all a target to get me,” he said.Code enforcement…
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POLITIGAB: The ‘in’ crowd
Earlier this month, the Advocacy Committee of the Downtown Partnership interviewed the announced candidates for El Paso County commissioner seats in Districts 2, 3 and 4. The committee recommended supporting the three incumbents: Amy Lathen, recently appointed to fulfill an unexpired term in District 2, Sallie Clark in District 3 and Dennis Hisey in District…