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City council weighs revised ballot question to support open spaces in Colorado Springs
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The Colorado Springs City Council reviewed a revised ballot question Monday to extend the sales tax for trails, open space and parks after public calls to ensure enough future money raised by the tax is protected for open space purchases. The revised ballot question to extend a .1% sales tax would set aside a minimum of…
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Fountain voters to decide whether to raise property taxes for police, fire staff
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Fountain voters will decide in November whether to increase property taxes to hire additional police officers and firefighters. The city would like to increase property taxes from 10.239 mills to 16.339 mills to hire an additional six police officers and six more firefighters and raise more funds for retention and recruitment, city officials said. If…
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Campaign to put recreational marijuana sales on Colorado Springs ballot collects 98,000 signatures
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A local campaign to legalize and tax recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs turned in 98,000 signatures to city officials Friday, far more than the number needed to place the questions on the ballot in November. The city clerk has a month to verify the signatures and decide whether two companion marijuana questions will be…
