Tag: bob loevy
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State rules, not city’s, will protect Springs neighborhoods next to big day care centers
Here is an update on recent plans by the city of Colorado Springs to allow “large” day care centers in both two-family and single-family zones. The city Planning Department is considering recommending that large day care centers with 16 or more children (no upper limit) be allowed as a “permitted use” in both two-family and single-family residential zones. A “permitted” use means that the large day care center can be located in the two-family or single-family zone without any public action by either the Planning…
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Passenger train service from Denver to Fort Collins? | Cronin and Loevy
A “Joint Service” plan is being developed that would bring passenger rail service from Denver north to Fort Collins by 2029. The passenger trains would be paid for with existing funds from the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) and other Colorado agencies that are working to institute passenger train service in Colorado. No voter-approved tax…
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Home rule has protected Colorado cities for over 125 years | Cronin and Loevy
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Colorado is currently gripped by a political struggle between the governor plus the legislature in Denver and populous home-rule city governments, mainly on the Front Range, such as Colorado Springs. In the past few years, the legislature has been passing bills that applied to city government policies, which for many years had been the sole province of mayors and city councils. These new state laws have mainly…
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Mail-in ballots: Why the controversy | Cronin and Loevy
Most Coloradans enjoy the right to vote by mail at election time. Most Americans favor this process. But President Donald Trump is trying to federalize (nationalize) this practice and shift the supervision of voting from county clerks to the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Postal Service. He issued an executive order to this…
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Bill would allow large apartment projects in single-family neighborhoods | Cronin and Loevy
There is an old joke that goes something like this. “When the state legislature is in session, no person and their property are safe.” That is not a joke in the older, more traditional neighborhoods that surround the downtown regions of Colorado’s major cities. For the past two years, the annual sessions of the Colorado legislature have produced a steady stream of bills that attempt to take control of city planning and zoning functions away from city governments and put…
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Redistricting scheme would give Colorado Democrats seven House members, split El Paso County | Bob Loevy
A proposed redistricting plan, which could give Colorado seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives and only one Republican, would split El Paso County into two parts and thereby weaken the county’s influence in Congress. El Paso County, which contains all of Colorado Springs, currently is mainly in the 5th Congressional District. The…
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Additional thoughts on State of the Union address/rally | Cronin and Loevy
The U.S. Constitution’s Article II states that “He (the president) shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient … “ On Jan. 8, 1790, our first president, George Washington, appeared at Federal Hall…
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What Gallup polls teach us about presidents | Cronin and Loevy
The Gallup organization, founded by George Gallup, announced on Feb. 11 they will no longer conduct their well-known polls that rate whether Americans approve or disapprove of the way presidents are handling their job. Gallup began these polls in the late 1930s, halting them only during World War II. The Gallup staff has said no…
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City planners, child support groups, older downtown neighborhoods work toward childcare facilities | Bob Loevy
The Colorado Springs Planning Department, interest groups working for the well-being of small children, and the older established downtown neighborhoods are all talking to each other and trying to work out a plan for increasing the number of child care facilities in our community. That is because there is a mounting child care crisis in…
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2026 will be a big Democratic year, unless President Trump avoids the ‘sixth-year’ jinx | Bob Loevy
Here is analysis of which political party, Democratic or Republican, will win the 2026 general elections for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives this November. Because the president will not be on the ballot in November, such elections are often referred to as “midterm” elections. More important, however, these elections are occurring…