manitou springs
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Q&A w/Ken Jaray | Manitou mayor ushers in a ‘culture of engagement’
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Being mayor of Manitou Springs, the charming and historic town nestled up against Pikes Peak just west of Colorado Springs, is about a lot more than wielding the gavel at City Council meetings – or the starter pistol at the annual Pikes Pikes Ascent and Marathon. Ken Jaray has done both since he was elected…
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Centrist Project celebrates win by independent Thornton City Council candidate
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The Centrist Project, a national group working to elect independent candidates to the Colorado Legislature, on Wednesday cheered the re-election of Thornton City Councilman Sam Nizam, one of three municipal candidates the group supported around the state in this week’s election. “Sam’s victory shows the electorate is ready to rally around common sense, independent leaders,”…
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Former Manitou Springs mayor to run for Pete Lee’s House seat
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The race to succeed Rep. Pete Lee in House District 18 in Colorado Springs next year got a little more crowded when former Manitou Springs Mayor Marc Snyder signed up for the race last week. Lee is running in Senate District 11 to succeed Mike Merrifield, a former Manitou Springs city councilman who is retiring…
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Colorado Springs’ Sen. Mike Merrifield said it’s time to retire, maybe
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The news came as a surprise Saturday night when Rep. Pete Lee told a gathering of Democrats at Colorado College he planned to run for Sen. Mike Merrifield’s District 11 seat. Merrifield could run for another term, before term limits force him out in 2022. He beat Republican Bernie Herpin in 2014, after Herpin unseated…
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Contrarians in Trump Country: Liberal Manitou Springs copes with a decidedly conservative presidency
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For yoga instructor Jess Saffer and the other happy hippies of Manitou Springs, last year’s presidential election was an emotional body blow – intense, raw and visceral. “It felt like heartbreak,” said Saffer, 28, of the moment she learned that Trump had taken the lead. Nine months in, a siege mentality has taken hold in…