Tag: Ballot Question 300
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Gazette readers split on legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gazette readers are split in their support of a movement to legalize recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs, according to feedback the newspaper received on its social media over the weekend. The Gazette asked readers in two separate posts Friday on Facebook to share their…
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Gazette readers split on legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs
Gazette readers are split in their support of a movement to legalize recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs, according to feedback the newspaper received on its social media over the weekend. The Gazette asked readers in two separate posts Friday on Facebook to share their thoughts on two competing ballot questions that proposed authorizing the…
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Colorado Springs retail marijuana ban fails, according to final unofficial election results
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct an erroneous statement by The Gazette regarding possible legal challenges to a Colorado Springs zoning ordinance regulating retail marijuana shops. Graf’s latest statement from Nov. 19 is now included. Colorado Springs residents appear to have rejected a ballot question that sought to more permanently ban recreational marijuana…
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Colorado Springs voters narrowly rejecting recreational marijuana ban with last batch of votes still to be counted
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the deadline for automatic recounts in Colorado. The Colorado Springs community has inched closer to a definitive answer about whether recreational marijuana sales will be permitted in city limits, but elections officials in El Paso County were holding off on issuing a final answer as additional…
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Could retail marijuana in Colorado Springs be decided once and for all? Here’s what is next.
As Colorado Springs voters were approving ballot questions that propose both banning recreational marijuana establishments and authorizing retail cannabis sales locally, pro-campaign representatives and city officials seemed to offer competing interpretations of which new law, if unofficial results hold, could take effect. Non-certified returns updated by the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office at…
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Colorado Springs-area school board leaders campaign against local marijuana measures
Elected officials from across the Colorado Springs region are lending their voices to a campaign opposing recreational marijuana sales in the city. On Sunday, an unknown number of El Paso County voters received a mass text message from Colorado Springs School District 11 Board President Parth Melpakam calling for their vote on a pair of…