Author: Brennen Kauffman
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Firefighters and Meadows Park supporters press City Council about 2026 budget
Two groups of citizens attended the Colorado Springs City Council’s special public hearing Monday to speak their mind about the city’s proposed 2026 budget. A group of residents who have been pressing the city for weeks about the closure of Meadows Park Community Center told the City Council why they wanted to keep the building…
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Pueblo to vote on strong mayor government, sales tax, and four City Council seats on November ballot
Pueblo voters will decide on six ballot questions and four of the Pueblo City Council seats during the November 4 municipal elections. The standout ballot question asks voters to overturn the 2017 ballot measure that established the “strong mayor” form of council-mayor government in Pueblo. The 2C ballot question would eliminate the office of city…
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Recall petition launched for Colorado Springs Councilmember Tom Bailey
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected. Tom Bailey had voted on the Karman Line annexation during the special election June 17, but not as an item on the Colorado Springs City Council agenda. Colorado Springs residents on Thursday initiated a recall effort for City Councilmember Tom Bailey, the latest salvo in an ongoing feud…
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Civic leaders get hands-on with Colorado Springs government through Mayor’s Fellowship
Colorado Springs is wrapping up work with a group of highly-connected residents through the Mayor’s Fellowship program and accepting applications for the 2026 class. The program is aimed at professionals who already have some familiarity with city business but want to get more experience. During the yearlong program, 24 fellows meet with leaders from many…
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Mayor Mobolade presents tight 2026 Colorado Springs budget proposal
Colorado Springs is heading into 2026 with an $11 million drop in its general fund and $31 million less in the city budget, a sign of the economic uncertainty and constrictions facing the city. Mayor Yemi Mobolade handed the hundreds of pages of his proposed 2026 budget details over to the Colorado Springs City Council…
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Mayor Mobolade speaks about city budget crunch, homelessness and goals for a future second term
More than halfway through his first four-year term in office, Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade landed on a driving idea for his goals with the city: partnership. In an interview Wednesday afternoon following up on his recent State of the City speech, Mobolade repeatedly drove home the value of collaboration. He said the city’s libertarian…
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Review commissioned by amphitheater neighbors raises issues with sound monitors
A peer-reviewed study paid for by a group of Colorado Springs residents backed up several of the issues neighbors have raised with sound levels coming from concerts at Ford Amphitheater. The report was completed July 8 by Dudek Engineering, a California-based engineering firm that specializes in acoustic and noise-control consultations. The Dudek review looked through…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade marks halftime of his term in office during State of the City speech
After a stormy month of economic news in Colorado Springs, Mayor Yemi Mobolade took the stage for his State of the City speech Thursday morning with a much more upbeat tone. About 900 people filled a hall at The Broadmoor to listen to this year’s presentation, which marked the halfway point of Mobolade’s four-year term…
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Eminent domain request in Colorado Springs a ‘time bomb’ for public concerns?
The developers of a housing project in northeast Colorado Springs have asked the City Council for permission to use eminent domain to help them secure road access for the neighborhood. Developers are planning to build 110 attached and detached single-family homes for the Miller Downs development, proposed in an enclave north of the intersection of Dublin…
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Pine Creek neighbors sued by developer for ‘malicious’ lawsuits against affordable apartments
A group of Pine Creek residents who contributed to lawsuits opposing an affordable housing complex to be built nearby are being sued by the developer for “malicious prosecution.” DBG Properties, the New Mexico-based developers for the proposed Royal Pines Apartments, filed a suit in the District Court of Colorado earlier this month against Preserve Pine…