Tag: council
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Gazette, KKTV mayoral debate will include council candidates’ forum
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Note: Refresh your screen if the video appears stuck. The mayoral debate will begin at 7:30 and will be seen in the box above. A replay of the city council candidates’ forum, which was held…
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New questions posed to Colorado Springs candidates
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This wasn’t your typical forum. When Patty Jewett, Old North End and Mid-Shooks Run neighbors met with city candidates Wednesday night, they fired some new questions at Colorado Springs mayoral and at-large City Council aspirants…
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New questions posed to Colorado Springs candidates
This wasn’t your typical forum. When Patty Jewett, Old North End and Mid-Shooks Run neighbors met with city candidates Wednesday night, they fired some new questions at Colorado Springs mayoral and at-large City Council aspirants in a rotation style that kept everyone on their toes. Some were asked what they’d do to encourage infill development.…
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Gazette, KKTV mayoral debate will include council candidates’ forum
Note: Refresh your screen if the video appears stuck. The mayoral debate will begin at 7:30 and will be seen in the box above. A replay of the city council candidates’ forum, which was held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., is available at the bottom of this article. Scroll down for live social media updates.…
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Insights at Large: Vickie Tonkins
Vickie Tonkins is all business and all about business. But ask the at-large City Council candidate what makes her different from the dozen other contenders, and she immediately says, “I’m one of the few women. And I’m a black woman.” She’s also a professor of critical thinking for the University of Phoenix, and she’s a…
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Insights at Large: City Council candidate Bill Murray
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Unexpectedly, the at-large City Council candidate pounding hardest on the need to find high-tech, cutting-edge solutions to Colorado Springs’ problems – and to let voters decide whether to allow local marijuana sales – is a…
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Insights at Large: City Council candidate Bill Murray
Unexpectedly, the at-large City Council candidate pounding hardest on the need to find high-tech, cutting-edge solutions to Colorado Springs’ problems – and to let voters decide whether to allow local marijuana sales – is a 65-year-old Army retiree. But if Bill Murray’s age and background seem to belie his thirst for technology, note that he…
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Colorado Springs Election 2015: Reader wants to know if candidates support tax increase to address infrastructure needs
Courtney Stone, like other local voters, has heard City Council candidates lament the state of the city’s deteriorating roads, bridges, stormwater system and other infrastructure. “I think the biggest thing in my brain is, I’ve heard candidates talk so much about how infrastructure is such a priority,” Stone said last week. “But I’m not hearing…
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Some candidates in Colorado Springs races say endorsing groups overlooked them
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two organizations missed out on “great candidates” by making mayoral and City Council endorsements in the April 7 election without interviewing all contenders, some candidates say. Indeed, all candidates hadn’t been identified when Colorado Springs…
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Some candidates in Colorado Springs races say endorsing groups overlooked them
Two organizations missed out on “great candidates” by making mayoral and City Council endorsements in the April 7 election without interviewing all contenders, some candidates say. Indeed, all candidates hadn’t been identified when Colorado Springs Forward endorsed John Suthers for mayor Feb. 4. The candidate-filing deadline was Feb. 11. The organization waited till Feb. 17…