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VIDEO: Bach hopes council reconsiders pay raise proposal 24 Jan 2013 | 01:20 am
Mayor Steve Bach said Wednesday he hopes the City Council will reverse its decision Tuesday to refer to the April ballot a proposed charter change to increase council compensation. The council voted 5...
Candidate urges council to shelve pay raise proposal 17 Jan 2013 | 11:13 pm
District 4 City Council candidate Deborah Hendrix says it’s premature for a pay raise for council when its roles and responsibilities are in flux. “A change in the governance of (Colorado Springs Util...
Councilwoman suffering Notyetupdatedherwebsiteitis 17 Jan 2013 | 10:31 pm
Dear City Councilwoman Brandy Williams: Time to update your campaign website. Williams, who is running for re-election against former state Sen. Keith King and former county Commissioner Jim Bensberg ...
Bach accuses council president of ‘power play’ 17 Jan 2013 | 06:56 am
Mayor Steve Bach said he was “surprised” to learn about a last-minute proposal to change the governance of Colorado Springs Utilities. The proposed charter change by Chairman Scott Hente and board mem...
HBA asked candidates whether they would decommission Martin Drake Power Plant 16 Jan 2013 | 09:35 pm
As part of its endorsement process, the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs posed a long list of questions to City Council candidates, ranging from whether the downtown power plant sh...
HBA endorses only two incumbents in council races 16 Jan 2013 | 06:00 am
The deadline for filing papers to run for City Council is still three weeks away. But the political action committee of the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs has already finalized i...
Candidate says Czelatdko won’t seek re-election 16 Jan 2013 | 02:01 am
City Councilwoman Lisa Czelatdko, an outspoken council member who has butted heads with Mayor Steve Bach, won’t seek another term in the April municipal election. That’s according to Keith King, a for...
Czelatdko criticizes Bach, colleagues in private email 15 Jan 2013 | 10:01 pm
In a private email to supporters, City Councilwoman Lisa Czelatdko criticizes Mayor Steve Bach for what she calls the “promotion, support, and abuse of authoritarian leadership.” “As an elected offici...
Quote of the Day 15 Jan 2013 | 04:12 am
Welcome home, City Councilman Tim Leigh. Leigh, who was on vacation in Hawaii, arrived in Colorado Springs on Monday. He said the first thing he saw when he turned on his phone was a tweet from a Gaze...
Westside Community Center partnership wins award 15 Jan 2013 | 01:00 am
A partnership between the city and Woodman Valley Chapel’s Center for Strategic Ministry is getting an award. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs’ Center for Study of Government and the Ind...
