Who will benefit from the strong-mayor initiative?
The “strong mayor” voter initiative heading for the November ballot would bestow sweeping new powers to the mayor of Colorado Springs, giving rise to an obvious question: who benefits? The mayor would have the power to hire and fire most city employees, to prepare the city budget and to veto most council actions. The proposal [...]
Citizens for Accountable Leadership, the group seeking to change the city’s form of government to a strong-mayor system, filed a list of contributions and expenditures with the city clerk this afternoon. The group reported contributions of $58,100.23 and expenditures of $56,139.06. So far, the organization has received contribution from 12 individuals and three companies. Of [...]
Continue reading …Some towns are big and brash and happy and confident. Some are like Colorado Springs, too often a small-minded place, roiling with doubt and discontent, full of angst and even anger. We’re a place that feels as if everyone else thinks we’re the dork in class, though it’s worse than that. We feel that our [...]
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