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Campaign recalling City Councilman Wayne Williams ends, shifts to opposing mayoral bid
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The campaign recalling Councilman Wayne Williams announced Friday afternoon it has not gathered enough signatures to go forward and will shift to opposing his bid for mayor. While the campaign, called Integrity Matters, did not garner enough signatures, it did succeed in educating voters on Williams, an announcement from the campaign said. “We are not…
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Proposed water rule that could limit annexations sparks fierce opposition
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The titanic issues of limited water supply and the housing shortage clashed at the Colorado Springs Utilities board meeting Wednesday, along with major players in the housing industry. At the center of the debate is a proposed city ordinance that would require Utilities to have 130% of the water required to serve existing demand and the projected…
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Colorado Springs Councilman Wayne Williams makes bid for mayor’s seat
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City Councilman Wayne Williams is making a bid for Colorado Springs mayor. Mayor John Suthers is term limited in April 2023 and Williams is the second candidate to get into the race, although he doesn’t expect to start formally campaigning until late this year. Williams, a lawyer, would bring experience to the job as an…
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El Paso County Republicans consider banishing members accused of bucking GOP
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Crossing the party line could take on a new meaning in El Paso County if local Republicans adopt a proposed rules change to allow for “formal censure and removal” of party members who cross the GOP. In a move some local Republican officials are comparing to Soviet-style party purges, a county GOP committee wants to…
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Griswold files another lawsuit against Tina Peters; state ethics commission to tackle Peters’ request for delay
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Secretary of State Jena Griswold filed another lawsuit on Tuesday against Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, this time in an effort to keep the embattled clerk from overseeing the 2022 elections. Peters responded by casting the lawsuit as retaliation for her refusal to comply with Griswold’s “gag order.” Meanwhile, the state ethics commission…
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State fraud hotline generates investigations that rarely see light of day
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Colorado auditors have been investigating for more than two years whether fraud occurred at the Colorado’s Secretary of State’s Office when Wayne Williams headed it as an elected official. Williams, a Republican who lost his re-election bid for secretary of state in 2018 and is now an at-large Colorado Springs city councilmember, said he has…
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Colorado Ethics Commission ups limit on gifts for officials; complaints against Hickenlooper advance
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission voted unanimously on Monday to increase the value of gifts that elected officials, including state lawmakers, can accept. It also rejected a request that it dismiss ethics complaints against former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, filed by a former statehouse foe, and will move ahead with an investigation. The commission is…
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Secretary of State Wayne Williams running for Colorado Springs City Council
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It’s official. Outgoing Secretary of State Wayne Williams said he’s officially vying for an at-large seat on the Colorado Springs City Council. After his loss to Democrat Jena Griswold in the November midterms, Williams said last month he was mulling a run for one of three at-large council seats up for grabs in the city’s…
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Newcomer Griswold plans a fast start as next secretary of state
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Democrat Jena Griswold, the attorney and first-time candidate who unseated Secretary of State Wayne Williams atop a blue wave that pummeled Republicans up and down Colorado’s ballot, says she knew she had a chance a year ago when she attended a candidate forum in a small town on the Eastern Plains. “Sixty people showed up…
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CRONIN & LOEVY | Even after blue wave, Colorado retains its purple hue
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Team Blue “ran the table” in last Tuesday’s Colorado state elections. It’s been “four score and two” years since Democrats won all four statewide elected positions in the state back in 1936 – governor, treasurer, attorney general, and secretary of state – and won majorities in both houses of the state legislature. What accounts for…
