Author: Conrad Swanson, The Gazette
-
Colorado Springs voters back parks, roads measures in early returns
—
by
Voters were roundly boosting Colorado Springs’ parks and infrastructure budget Tuesday night as preliminary results of the election showed city residents approving a tax retention question and renewing a longstanding sales tax. Leading with about 57% of the 100,399 votes counted for citywide question 2B, Colorado Springs can likely retain up to $7 million in…
-
El Paso County leads Colorado in early election returns
—
by
El Paso County voters are leading the state in returned ballots for the Nov. 5 election, Clerk and Recorder Chuck Broerman said. Of the approximately 410,000 ballots mailed to voters across the county, about 109,000 of them have been returned, Broerman said. Monday and Tuesday are expected to carry the largest influx of ballots, so…
-
Package triggers bomb scare at Rep. Lamborn’s Colorado office
—
by
A suspicious package left outside U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn’s office in northern Colorado Springs office Friday morning set off a bomb scare. It was intended to be a bombshell, instead. “It was just paperwork, research on people on the political side that he doesn’t agree with,” Colorado Springs police Sgt. Fred Walker said. “There’s nothing…
-
TABOR author Douglas Bruce lashes out after town demolishes his building
—
by
Colorado tax activist Douglas Bruce is threatening to sue a small Pennsylvania town for demolishing his building, while simultaneously daring the municipality to file criminal charges against him. “I have to find a Pennsylvania attorney to sue them in federal court,” said Bruce, a former Colorado state representative and author of the Taxpayer’s Bill of…
-
EPA awards grant to assess contamination along Colorado waterways
—
by
Money is flowing from the Environmental Protection Agency to Colorado Springs to examine contaminated properties along Fountain Creek, the waterway central to the agency’s long-standing stormwater lawsuit against the city. The EPA awarded a coalition led by Colorado Springs $600,000 to assess vacant and underused lots along Fountain Creek and Shooks Run, city spokeswoman Kim…
-
TABOR author Douglas Bruce convicted on citations in Pennsylvania over decrepit bar
—
by
Douglas Bruce was convicted in absentia Thursday on five municipal citations in Pennsylvania, opening himself up to a possible new criminal charge. Bruce, a Colorado felon, former state representative and author of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, owns dozens of blighted properties around the country. One of them sits in Pittston, a small city in…
-
Interview: Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers on homelessness, affordable housing and more
—
by
COLORADO SPRINGS – Voters elected Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers this month to a second term. The Gazette asked Suthers several questions by email about his first term, unfinished business, current priorities and how he’d like to be remembered. Here are those questions and the mayor’s written responses, edited for brevity: This has…
-
TABOR author Douglas Bruce faces legal threat over decrepit bar
—
by
Douglas Bruce’s rap sheet might get longer – if the anti-tax activist loses his battle with a Pennsylvania mayor. Bruce — a felon, former state representative, author of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and owner of dozens of blighted properties around the country — could face up to five years in prison if he’s convicted…
-
Colorado Springs election results finalized; mayor, council winners to take oaths Tuesday
—
by
Results are cemented in Colorado Springs’ April 2 election after the final 100 ballots or so were counted last week, according to the city clerk’s office. Those last few ballots weren’t close to swinging the election in a new direction, however. Incumbent Mayor John Suthers and incumbent at-large City Councilmen Bill Murray and Tom Strand…
-
Polis creates commission to boost employee-owned businesses
—
by
COLORADO SPRINGS – Gov. Jared Polis created a commission Wednesday to boost Colorado’s employee-owned businesses, signing an executive order where he began his gubernatorial campaign nearly two years ago – in the produce section of the Save-A-Lot grocery store on North Academy Boulevard. As he launched his campaign, Polis said he wanted to position the state…
