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THE PODIUM | Tolls on top of taxes for basic highway improvements? Enough already!
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We all pay extra for conveniences. It’s one of the benefits of our modern world; from dry cleaning to online shopping to the food we eat, convenience is easily bought and paid for. Want more convenience? Pull out more cash. Write a bigger check, and walk right up to the “get more, pay more” check-out…
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Colo. community fires town manager, reappoints town clerk
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MONUMENT – Town Manager Chris Lowe was fired Monday night in a unanimous vote by this north El Paso County town’s six trustees after they spent more than three hours in executive session. Lowe had been suspended in early February, placed on paid administrative leave for two weeks. But that suspension was extended for months…
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Call in Wednesday to ask questions, learn more about CDOT plan to the I-25 ‘Gap’ with toll lanes
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El Paso County residents can call in to a telephone town hall Wednesday night to ask about the widening of the Interstate 25 “Gap,” the Colorado Department of Transportation said. To hear an update on the project – which would widen the 18-mile stretch from Monument to Castle Rock from two to three lanes in…
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Monument Republican Paul Lundeen announces run for term-limited Kent Lambert’s Senate District 9 seat
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State Rep. Paul Lundeen, a Monument Republican and former chairman of the State Board of Education, declared Wednesday he’s running for the Senate District 9 seat held by state Sen. Kent Lambert with the term-limited GOP incumbent’s endorsement. “We have achieved success in the House rolling back federal intrusion into our local public schools,” Lundeen…
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Republicans urge Hickenlooper to ask feds to speed up highway projects
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A group of Republican legislators from El Paso County want Gov. John Hickenlooper to petition the federal government to hasten the approval process for transportation projects after President Donald Trump issued an executive order encouraging it. Noting that the governor declared “When it comes to transportation infrastructure projects, time is money” in his State of…
