This Spring, there are a handful of city council campaigns and local ballot initiatives taking shape across Colorado. In particular, ballot issue 1A in Colorado Springs, which would extend the city's property tax with a goal of garnering greater funding for job creation programs, is getting lots of attention.
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Follow this topic by RSSSegment 1 - The week's news: An expensive water bill, weird signs in Basalt, Weld legal bills
Face The State's Brad Jones and Kate Melvin look at the week in local Colorado news. The city of Colorado Springs can spend upwards of $40k a month watering public parks - why not try astroturf? The town of Basalt has new "welcome" signs," posted directly above scary-looking "warning" messages, and Weld Co. spends $100+ thousand for defense of D.A. Ken Buck and Sheriff John Cooke in a lawsuit brought by the ACLU.
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Segment 1 - The week's news: Nudity a first amendment right?
FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin take a look at the week that was in Colorado News. Is public nudity a First Amendment right? Should CU force freshmen to join the school's alumni association? And who cares if state Sen. Shawn Mitchell gives out his capitol security code when capitol security is laughable?
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Segment 3 - Sean Paige on this week's election in Colorado Springs
FTS visits with Sean Paige, former editorial page editor at the Colorado Springs Gazette about this week's municipal elections. After successfully fighting off an effort to repeal the city's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, his coalition worked toward the defeat of Issue 1A, which would have extended property taxes to dole out corporate welfare "incentives."
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Springs activist points out flaws with ballot issue 1A
March 30, 2009Segment 1 - The week's news: Co. Springs takes on homelessness, Aspen defends big spending
FTS managing editor Brad Jones and staff writer Kate Melvin recap the week that was in Colorado news. Among the topics discussed: The city of Colorado Springs is taking on homelessness, but details are few; Aspen's mayor defends lavish spending on meals for city workers.
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Segment 2 - Taxpayer protections in Colorado Springs
Blogger and former Colorado Springs Gazette editorial page editor Sean Paige is out to save Colorado Springs' local Taxpayer's Bill of Rights.
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Segment 1 - The week in news: Ad revenue, deer in Craig, Vail parking spots
Managing editor Brad Jones visits with Face The State's Kate Melvin for a look at the week in Colorado news. Colorado Springs takes an odd first step toward advertising on public property; the "Craig Deer Committee" should just sell hunting permits, and parking gets expensive in Vail.
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Springs city council rethinks anti-TABOR vote
A Face the State Staff Report
January 14, 2009
Under intense public pressure to maintain a city requirement that all proposed spending increases go to a vote of the people, the Colorado Springs City Council has decided to draft ballot language for a TABOR revision instead of a full repeal.
9/29: Doug Bruce is right this time
Our favorite ex-state legislator is at it again. And no, Doug Bruce didn’t kick another photographer.
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