Tag: mayoral race
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‘I did not lie to the FBI’: Mayor Mobolade rejects rumors around alleged hate crime hoax
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade spoke Friday to address the recent weeks of rumors surrounding his connection to an alleged hate crime hoax that took place during the 2023 election. In a video message on his official Facebook account, Mobolade emphasized his full cooperation with the investigation into the alleged faked hate crime and condemned…
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Woodland Park’s mayoral, city council candidates share vision for the city
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the final votes are tallied in the Woodland Park mayoral election April 2, the city will have a new leader. Mayor pro tem Kellie Case and former planning commissioner Jerry Penland are hoping to replace the term-limited Hilary LaBarre. In addition to two years…
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Woodland Park’s mayoral, city council candidates share vision for the city
When the final votes are tallied in the Woodland Park mayoral election April 2, the city will have a new leader. Mayor pro tem Kellie Case and former planning commissioner Jerry Penland are hoping to replace the term-limited Hilary LaBarre. In addition to two years as Mayor Pro Tem, Case has spent 17 years as…
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Colorado Springs Mayoral candidate: Yemi Mobolade
What are your top 3 priorities for this office? I have attended more than 60 meet and greets and my campaign has knocked on over 5,000 doors. The consistent questions I am hearing include: Are my family and my neighborhood safe? Do we have the infrastructure to keep up with our rapid growth? Can I…
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Colorado Springs Mayoral candidate: John “Tig” Tiegen
What are your top 3 priorities for this office? Community safety, homelessness and the way we govern. What do you think the city’s largest challenge is and how do you plan to address it? Security of the city. I plan to address it by making sure people are held accountable for their crimes. The (district…
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Colorado Springs Mayoral candidate: Lawrence Joseph Martinez
What are your top 3 priorities for this office? Housing, transportation, the future of our next generation. What do you think the city’s largest challenge is and how do you plan to address it? Housing. We can no longer allow the developers to direct our housing market. In the last 10 years, developers did not…
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Colorado Springs Mayoral candidate: Jim Miller
What are your top 3 priorities for this office? 1. Roads. Mayor John Suthers said he would take care of them. He never did. We have 10-20 local pavement companies and two asphalt plants within 40 miles; we should keep things local and solve this problem. 2. Sex traffickers/rapists/pedophiles. Make sure they are 5 miles…
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Colorado Springs Mayoral Candidate: Kallan Reece Rodebaugh
What are your top 3 priorities for this office? Affordable housing, the homeless crisis and getting the city more informed and involved in civic engagement. Affordable housing is the most important to me, because it plays right into the homeless crisis. Both will continue to get worse if not addressed right now. I want to…
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Colorado Springs Mayoral Candidate: Sallie Clark
What are your top 3 priorities for this office? My top three priorities are public safety, reducing homelessness and championing affordable housing. I will engage residents, community and business leaders in setting measurable objectives for our city’s future. Our city will develop short-, medium- and long-term goals and publish a four-year road map. We will…
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Colorado Springs Mayoral candidate: Darryl Glenn
What are your top 3 priorities for this office? Crime: My top priority is fixing our growing crime problem. My goal is to make Colorado Springs the safest city in the nation. I believe this focus will prove to be the most crucial factor in the quality of life of our residents and the attraction,…