by Jonathan Easley Published: March 2,2011
Tags: City Council, diversity, strong mayor, Taxes
More than 400 community and business leaders attended last night's mayoral forum to hear candidates' views about topics that ranged from Colorado Springs' image to economic development. [...]
by Contributing Writer Published: February 4,2011
Tags: City Council, James Moore, Memorial, Memorial Health System, Nonprofit
By James Moore The recent City Council decision to defer a vote on the future of Memorial Health System is prudent and one the board of trustees of Memorial supports. There are many misunderstandings about Memorial Health System and what an ownership change would really mean for our community. To be fair, health care is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 10,2010
Tags: City Council, iPad
The Aurora City Council is considering trying out iPads to go green and help save some green. The Aurora Sentinel reports that council members in the east Denver suburb want to see if using the tablet computers can replace papers. City officials say it currently costs $710 to print each city council information packet and [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: October 20,2010
Tags: City Council, Colorado Springs Utilities, Neumann Systems technology
City Council – meeting this afternoon as the Utility Board – will not consider a proposed contract with Neumann Systems Group. The item was pulled off the agenda. The locally based company has been developing commercial systems for elimination of pollutants (eventually including greenhouse gases) from flue gas at fossil-fuel burning power plants. Colorado Springs [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: August 23,2010
Tags: City Council, EDC, Paige
At today’s informal City Council meeting, Councilman Sean Paige will propose a formal city audit of the Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corp. In an email to his colleagues, Paige spelled out his reasons. “(The EDC) has cumulatively received a lot of taxpayer and ratepayer money over the years, which makes up a sizable portion [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: August 17,2010
Tags: City Council, Eastburn, Memorial hospital
Ted Eastburn, a former Colorado Springs City Councilman and a cardiologist with Memorial Hospital, committed suicide this morning at the hospital. Police said hospital staff members reported hearing a gunshot fired from inside a locked office. When police arrived they found the body. Eastburn was elected to the council in 1999 and served a term. [...] [...]
by Allen Greenberg Published: May 22,2010
Tags: City Council, Lionel Rivera
Just look at them. They are men of principle, to be sure. They are strong-willed, strong-minded and have spines of steel. They are not to be messed with. Unfortunately for us, they’re also easily blinded by ideology and appear to lack much common sense. That’s right: I’m talking about our very own Colorado Springs City [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: February 12,2010
Tags: City Council, Colorado Springs Utilities, payment in lieu of taxes
Council has yet to consider codification Voters may have believed that by approving Issue 300 they had put an end to payment in lieu of taxes, or PILT, from utilities to the city’s general fund, but that might not be the case. A draft codifying Issue 300, deferred from the City Council’s regular meeting this week [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: January 22,2010
Tags: candidates, City Council, election
Here we are, 15 months from the 2011 City Council elections, and the maneuvering has already begun. According to the usual unreliable sources, some of our self-appointed leaders are trying to construct a slate of “appropriate” candidates who, fueled with money and credentials, will sweep into office and replace our present demoralized, delegitimized, and disrespected [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: November 30,2009
Tags: Board of County Commissioners, City Council, Pioneers Museum
At a joint meeting this morning, the El Paso County Board of Commissioners presented the Colorado Springs City Council with a preliminary “partnership proposal” aimed at keeping the Pioneers Museum open during 2010. The proposal contains three “initiatives.” - The city would continue to manage the museum. - The city would return ownership of the [...] [...]
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