by Amy Gillentine Published: January 19,2012
Tags: chamber of commerce, regulations
Election-year tension and redrawn legislative districts could make the 2012 session of the Colorado General Assembly more contentious than usual. [...]
by Amanda Miller Published: January 13,2012
Tags: legislative session, legislature, Politics
When the Colorado legislature convened this week, local organizations were already keeping an eye on possible new requirements ... [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: January 13,2012
Tags: economic vitality, steve cox
Steve Cox, the city’s new economic vitality manager, has a long to-do list. He isn’t daunted by the size of the task or by his lack of business experience. A public servant of sorts for most of his career, Cox has served as fire department chief, interim city manager and deputy city manager. The economic [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: May 27,2011
Tags: strong mayor
Create partnerships with Denver. Collaborate with the county and the rest of the state. Become Colorado Springs’ business recruiter, head cheerleader and economic developer. Those are just some of the pieces of advice from Colorado Springs’ top business leaders for the city’s newly elected strong mayor, Steve Bach, who has said that enhancing the city’s [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: May 20,2011
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Businesses didn’t win all of their legislative battles this year, but that isn’t stopping Springs lobbyists from declaring the session a success. As a result of the session, businesses will soon be able to buy health insurance through co-ops known as exchanges, and they regained two tax credits lost during the last session. On the [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: April 29,2011
Tags: Bach, skorman, strong mayor
Mayoral candidates Richard Skorman and Steve Bach have a few things in common. Both are businessmen, both see job creation as the main issue facing the city and both believe the city government could be more efficient. It’s their approaches to those issues that differs. Bach believes government should get out of the way of [...] [...]
by Jonathan Easley Published: April 8,2011
Voters this week elected six new members and one incumbent to the Colorado Springs City Council. The new council will be responsible for confirming the mayor’s appointees, appointing the Memorial Health System board of directors, overseeing Colorado Springs Utilities and fielding citizen complaints, among other duties. Here’s a look at where the new city council [...] [...]
by Staff Writer Published: July 5,2010
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Commercial real estate broker Tim Leigh announced today he is withdrawing from the Colorado Springs’ mayor’s race, saying the city needs someone who could make a “singular, full-time commitment” to the job and that he was sticking with real estate. His decision leaves two candidates vying for the office: neighborhood advocate Dave Munger and defense [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: June 30,2010
Tags: Mayor Lionel Rivera, PERA, TABOR
In his “State of the City” address today, Mayor Lionel Rivera called upon Colorado Springs residents to suspend the city's TABOR law for this year and through 2012 and urged the legislature to reform the pension plan for state and local government workers. [...]
by admin Published: October 18,2002
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A few declined to comment on the ballot issues because they were not well informed about those issues, but those who were knowledgeable had a lot to say. Here’s what they said about these issues. Rocky Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Economic Development Corporation Amendment 28 “This amendment makes it convenient for people to vote, and [...] [...]
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