Author: Yol

Yolanda Bogaert As a physician, I have served families and their health needs for many years. Every day, I am a firsthand witness to the struggles these families go through as they try to navigate a health-care system that is getting increasingly complex and expensive every year. Dysfunction in health care has only become more…

Yolanda Avila It’s been more than a year and a half since I’ve been contacted by constituents throughout the city requesting the reduction of plastic bag use. The Colorado Springs City Council had a work session regarding this initiative on June 22. It was decided that we would consider a 10-cent bag fee on all…