Tag: the view from here
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NOREEN: Fire makes election a footnote
The same fire that wrought devastation Tuesday prevented all of the primary election votes from being counted in El Paso County, but it doesn’t appear that it will matter. Republican incumbents, with the exception of State Sen. Larry Liston, had no trouble holding serve, winning by easy majorities. GOP Congressman Doug Lamborn was sure to…
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NOREEN: Manitou Springs shows its true colors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bobby White grew up in Manitou Springs, attended high school there. A professional firefighter, he’s fought wildland fires in a lot of places. He would fight them just as hard, no matter where. When he…
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NOREEN: Manitou Springs shows its true colors
Bobby White grew up in Manitou Springs, attended high school there. A professional firefighter, he’s fought wildland fires in a lot of places. He would fight them just as hard, no matter where. When he saw the Waldo Canyon Fire creeping over the ridgeline toward his town, he was asked, was it personal? “It’s a…
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NOREEN: Bach gets a B in first year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mayor Steve Bach deserves a passing grade for his first year in office but can’t be given the highest marks across the board. Let’s face it, his administration could hardly be called transformative yet and the…
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NOREEN: Bach gets a B in first year
Mayor Steve Bach deserves a passing grade for his first year in office but can’t be given the highest marks across the board. Let’s face it, his administration could hardly be called transformative yet and the mayor has picked a few unnecessary fights along the way. To be fair, any mayor in the first year of…
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NOREEN: No foothills fires here – yet
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In Genesis 1:26, the Bible says, “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of…
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NOREEN: No foothills fires here – yet
In Genesis 1:26, the Bible says, “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the…
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NOREEN: Sell the electric company. Build Boardwalk and Park Place.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s an interesting discussion, talking about whether the Martin Drake power plant can or should be moved from downtown Colorado Springs. Almost as interesting as discussing whether the city should sell off the entire billion-dollar…
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NOREEN: Sell the electric company. Build Boardwalk and Park Place.
It’s an interesting discussion, talking about whether the Martin Drake power plant can or should be moved from downtown Colorado Springs. Almost as interesting as discussing whether the city should sell off the entire billion-dollar electric company it owns. How much money would be on the table after selling those assets and subtracting the utility’s…
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NOREEN: A million dollars’ worth of credibility
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Off with their heads. That’s the Colorado Springs City Council’s reaction to the Memorial Health System’s board of directors’ decision to give CEO Larry McEvoy a $1.15 million severance package. Under McEvoy’s initial contract, he…