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Helen Collins, former Colorado Springs councilwoman, dies at 64
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Helen Patrice Collins, a former Colorado Springs city councilwoman who drew attention — and public censure — for her political and personal alliance with anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce, has died. She was 64. Collins died Wednesday of natural causes while under hospice care, an El Paso County…
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Colorado Springs sales taxes in June post biggest increase in 12 months
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs consumers spent in May at the fastest rate in a year, fueled by the category that includes online retail giant Amazon, the latest sales tax report from the city’s Finance Department shows. Sales tax collections for June, based on transactions in May, rose…
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Bruce tax lawsuit quickly dismissed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce’s lawsuit was quickly dismissed this week in El Paso County court, foiling the man’s attempt to revise two tax-related questions on Colorado Springs ballots. Bruce filed the suit against El Paso…
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Douglas Bruce challenges veracity of Colorado Springs proposed tax hike
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was a “small” adjective for The Gazette but a giant lie to anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce. “‘SMALL?’” Bruce asked in an email about a Thursday article mentioning the city’s proposed “small tax increase” of…
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Probation officers often ‘don’t know what they don’t know’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Douglas Bruce conceivably could have violated terms of his probation soon after it began in June 2012, but not until this year did the Denver Adult Probation Department file complaints about his suspected lapses. The…