Tag: mayor yemi mobolade
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Fort Carson ceremony starts weekend of remembrance
The most recent Fort Carson soldier to die in conflict, Staff Sgt. Benjamin Pennington was honored Thursday during the Memorial Day ceremony on the base. Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade told all those who are bearing the weight of Pennington’s loss that they are not alone during the service at Founders Field “Colorado Springs grieves…
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Colorado Springs City Council, former mayors criticize Mobolade’s new vehicle use policy
Two Colorado Springs City Council members and two former mayors have criticized the rule Mayor Yemi Mobolade recently enacted to regulate his use of protective details and a city-owned vehicle. The regulation Mobolade approved last week stemmed from an investigation by the city auditor’s office into a tip on the city fraud hotline. The auditor’s…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Mobolade signs off on new vehicle regulations after city auditor report
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade signed off on a new policy Thursday governing how the city’s elected officials can use security details and city-owned vehicles following an investigation by the city auditor into Mobolade’s travel in 2025. The report found five instances in which the mayor’s security detail joined him to pick up his children…
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Colorado Springs police report drop in homicides in 2025, rise in drone responses
Colorado Springs saw a 28% decline in homicides in 2025 and an even larger drop in vehicle-related crimes, with burglarized vehicles dropping by 32% and motor vehicle thefts declining by 42%, translating to 1,600 fewer vehicles being stolen than in 2024, Mayor Yemi Mobolade and Police Chief Adrian Vasquez said Thursday. “Colorado Springs is safer…
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Wayne Williams joins city as Mayor Mobolade’s new chief of staff
Wayne Williams will be the next chief of staff for Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade, turning the two former election opponents into partners in city government. The two officially announced the hire Thursday, citing Williams’ decades of experience with city, county and state government as skills he would bring to the administration. Williams will not…
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Mayor Mobolade launches re-election campaign year ahead of 2027 race
Exactly a year ahead of Colorado Springs’ next mayoral election, Mayor Yemi Mobolade officially launched his campaign for a second term. Mobolade, his wife Abbey and a group of boosters spoke in front of a crowd of roughly 200 people gathered at the COS City Hub on Monday evening to support his campaign. Mobolade said…
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Audit flags mayor’s personal use of security detail, city vehicle; calls for clearer policy
A new report by the Colorado Springs city auditor flagged multiple instances last year where Mayor Yemi Mobolade used his security detail and city vehicle for personal use. The report, written by City Auditor Natalie Lovell and approved by the city’s Audit Committee on March 26, identified five instances in 2025 when Mobolade’s security detail…
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Mayor Mobolade signs deal providing extra $700,000 to Clean & Safe program
The City of Colorado Springs is providing an additional $700,000 to expand the security side of the Clean & Safe pilot program in downtown Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade signed off on the supplemental funding on Tuesday morning to give the pilot program additional support for the rest of 2026, supported by the Downtown Partnership…
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Mayor’s Chief of Staff announces plan to leave Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s Chief of Staff Jamie Fabos announced Thursday that she would be stepping down from the city government in the next month. Fabos will officially leave the position on Feb. 16, according to the announcement. Chief Communications Officer Jason Strickland said that Fabos had informed city leaders of her plans earlier…
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Defendant in cross-burning case seeks new trial ahead of Thursday sentencing
Ashley Blackcloud, one of the co-defendants in the federal hate crime “hoax” case that arose during the 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election, is seeking a new trial or to be acquitted of her charges, court records show. Blackcloud, 41, and her co-defendant, Derrick Bernard, 36, were found guilty of one count each of conspiracy…