Neumann Systems Group lays off ‘about’ 11, blames mayor
Neumann Systems Group has laid off its vice president of marketing, along with “about 10″ other people, said Dave Neumann, founder and board president of the technology company. And he says it’s all Mayor Steve Bach’s fault, because his staff and one City Council member have created a toxic environment for business. The e-mail and [...]
The city’s ethics commission has decided to narrow its investigation of City Councilor Tim Leigh to three allegations related to actions he took regarding Neumann Systems Group. The commission, at the same time, said it could not investigate several other allegations — including those that said Leigh had made negative public statements, had interacted with [...]
Continue reading …E-mails from City Councilor Tim Leigh about Colorado Springs Utilities have drawn a response from Utilities CEO Jerry Forte – but that response might have fallen on deaf ears. Leigh routinely regularly sends out his “Market Report” e-mails to a selective distribution list. The Market Report was initiated when Leigh worked as a commercial broker, [...]
Continue reading …Despite the calls for dissolving the Memorial Health System board and the outrage about CEO Larry McEvoy’s $1.15 million severance package. experts say it is not out of line with industry standards.
Continue reading …City Councilman Tim Leigh sent an e-mail today calling for the ouster of Memorial Health System leadership and listed a number of things he says show management incompetence. Memorial board chairman Jim Moore responded by calling Leigh’s points “anonymous rumors and innuendo” but chose not to refute the accusations and instead the hospital would take [...]
Continue reading …City Councilman Tim Leigh has a lot of ideas. Some are wild — like getting Colorado Springs Utilities to build kayaking rapids in Fountain Creek. Some are big — like building a downtown, Olympic-themed sports arena. And some are just plain unconventional — like using money from the lease for Memorial hospital’s assets to pay [...]
Continue reading …Doug Price, CEO of the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau, calls tourism the “invisible industry,” and based on his policy for sharing how the CVB spends public money, he intends to keep it that way. Despite the fact that taxpayers provide the CVB its money, Price has declined to release information about his own [...]
Continue reading …Two concerned residents are teaming up in an attempt to save a historic Colorado Springs building from the wrecking ball. The former Union Ice and Coal Building, located at the corner of Sawatch and Vermijo downtown, was scheduled for demolition until John Hazlehurst and Tim Leigh stepped in. The two won a reprieve for a [...]
Continue reading …Politics, with its always-present potential to entertain and horrify at the same instant, delivered big-time this month with the Scott McInnis plagiarism implosion. Why McInnis, a Republican gubernatorial hopeful, hasn’t yet pulled out of the race is beyond most of us, though it sure revealed much about his character. On the flip side, it was [...]
Continue reading …Another member of the Memorial Commission has resigned because of a possible conflict of interest. B.J. Scott, president and CEO of Peak Vista Community Health Centers, resigned earlier today, citing a “perception of a conflict of interest.” Tim Leigh resigned Monday, after being asked to leave the committee by Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera. “Peak Vista understands the [...]
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