Author: Pam Zubeck
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THE SPYGLASS: Transportation authority looks like it’s doing well
Prices are skyrocketing, and more people are being laid off by the day. Times are tough all over.Or are they?The Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority is doing pretty well.The agency’s 1 percent sales tax, approved by voters in 2004, raised $301,725 more in January and February than in the same span a year ago.El Paso…
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Transportation authority looks like it’s doing well
Prices are skyrocketing, and more people are being laid off by the day. Times are tough all over.Or are they?The Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority is doing pretty well.The agency’s 1 percent sales tax, approved by voters in 2004, raised $301,725 more in January and February than in the same span a year ago.El Paso…
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Pressure builds in city to fine owners of off-leash dogs
It might be the most violated law on Colorado Springs’ books.By some accounts, more than 90 percent of dog owners ignore the city’s leash law, especially at city parks and open spaces.While some say it’s not a problem, others are frightened, jostled, even injured by dogs running loose.”I watch people with their unleashed dogs walk…
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NORAD marks 50 years with wary eye on sky
America in 1958 was in the grip of the Cold War. School children went through nuclear attack drills, diving under desks and covering their heads. Suburbanites built concrete bomb shelters stocked with canned food in which they could wait out Armageddon. That was the atmosphere of fear bred by the specter of mutual destruction in…
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Web site adds up finances of lawmakers, candidates
How much is a politician worth? No, this is not a joke or a trick question.According to OpenSecrets.org, the richest House member, Jane Harman, D-Calif., is worth $409.4 million; the wealthiest senator is John Kerry, D-Mass., $267.8 million.The average net worth of all House members is $5 million and more than twice that for senators.So…
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THE SPYGLASS: Web site adds up finances of lawmakers, candidates
How much is a politician worth? No, this is not a joke or a trick question.According to OpenSecrets.org, the richest House member, Jane Harman, D-Calif., is worth $409.4 million; the wealthiest senator is John Kerry, D-Mass., $267.8 million.The average net worth of all House members is $5 million and more than twice that for senators.So…
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STUMP: The polls are out, and the battle is on
The battle of the polls has begun in the 5th Congressional District Republican contest, and the challengers’ polls show both trailing the incumbent.Bentley Rayburn issued a statement to supporters Thursday saying he’s closer to Rep. Doug Lamborn than Jeff Crank.Crank’s campaign also issued poll results showing Crank 18 points ahead of Rayburn.Lamborn’s campaign hasn’t conducted…
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New plant begins water discharges
The city’s J.D. Phillips Water Reclamation Facility, Colorado Springs’ second wastewater treatment plant, began discharging treated sewage into Monument Creek on Monday.The plant, south of Garden of the Gods Road on Mark Dabling Road, started operations last summer. Since then, it’s pumped sewage through an interceptor line to the city’s 69-year-old Las Vegas Wastewater Treatment…
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Frolic in fountain starting May 24
The futuristic-looking but flawed Julie Penrose Fountain powers up on May 24, after dirty feet caused breakdowns that marred its inaugural season. Dedicated June 7, the $1.6 million fountain immediately became a prime wading spot at the America the Beautiful Park southwest of downtown. The four-story stainless steel rotating ring’s 344 jets rain a curtain…
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Ratepayers, nature catch a break
Recycling concrete and asphalt started in the early 1990s to speed up Colorado Springs Utilities’ turnaround time on water, gas and sewer line repairs.By producing its own materials, Utilities wouldn’t have to have workers idling in lines at gravel and asphalt plants waiting for a load.Reusing material removed from streets when water and sewer lines…