Tag: tom strand
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Colorado Springs Mayoral Candidate: Tom Strand
What are your top 3 priorities for this office? The top three priorities for mayoral office are public safety, public safety and public safety. We must recruit, in the next year, 100 additional trained and sworn officers, and retain 90% of our current Colorado Springs Police Department force. We must focus on making Colorado Springs…
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Colorado Springs Councilman Tom Strand cleared in ethics complaint involving controversial housing project
Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday ruled Councilman Tom Strand did not violate the city’s code of ethics after he reversed his vote twice on a controversial housing development proposal in June, following conversations with a citizen and then-city staff about the project. Strand’s votes were key both times. Early in the day in June,…
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Colorado Springs City Council to vote on collective bargaining ballot item, Mayor Suthers leads opposition
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Holding true to a promise their president made this spring, the Colorado Springs City Council will vote next month whether to place a collective bargaining question on next year’s ballot for city firefighters. Whether a…
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New restrooms, playground likely in store for Old Colorado City’s Bancroft Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New restrooms and a playground are likely in Bancroft Park’s future as the Colorado Springs City Council considers sending $300,000 to the Old Colorado City anchor for improvements. As an added bonus, those new restrooms would be open to the public, in contrast to the…
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New restrooms, playground likely in store for Old Colorado City’s Bancroft Park
New restrooms and a playground are likely in Bancroft Park’s future as the Colorado Springs City Council considers sending $300,000 to the Old Colorado City anchor for improvements. As an added bonus, those new restrooms would be open to the public, in contrast to the existing ones that are typically unlocked only for special events,…