Environmentalists urge city to proceed cautiously with oil drilling
Ultra Resources, which wants to do exploratory oil and gas drilling on the Banning Lewis Ranch, is meeting with Colorado Springs’ Council President Scott Hente and some city staff today in a private...
View ArticleMore public transit funding not likely to go before voters in 2012
Voters likely won’t get to decide whether public transit should get a bigger share of a 1-cent sales and use tax that funds road construction and maintenance projects and public transit. Officials...
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Talk show host questions county spending on ice makers and sound system
While running a personal errand recently, three shiny ice machines and a Muzak audio system at the county’s new Citizens Service Center caught the attention of local conservative radio talk show...
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Douglas Bruce to commissioners: ‘I want my money back’
Douglas Bruce wants his ten bucks back. But it doesn’t look like he’s going to get it any time soon. Bruce, author of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, was fined $10 for not showing up to a board of...
View ArticleCounty, city leaders to get a present on Tuesday
El Paso County commissioners and Colorado Springs City Council members will get a present Tuesday from local oil and gas industry opponent, Mary Talbott. She plans to hand them a copy of “Split...
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Regional building opens expanded food service
Users of the Pikes Peak Regional Development Center shouldn’t go hungry while they’re waiting to get building permits or do other construction-related business. The building has dispensed of its...
View ArticleGovernor is keynote speaker at conference for county leaders in Springs
The state’s main supporting organization of counties, Colorado Counties Inc., is meeting in Colorado Springs this week for its annual winter conference, and Gov. John Hickenlooper is the keynote...
View ArticleDowntown Clerk and Recorder’s Office closed all next week
The downtown branch of the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 200 S. Cascade Ave., will be closed all next week, Dec. 5-9, for construction. Customers are asked to go to the main headquarters...
View ArticleContracts for county administrator, attorney up for negotiation
The county administrator and county attorney jobs are subject to annual review and extension. And it looks like El Paso County commissioners will approve County Administrator Jeff Greene’s contract...
View ArticleUltra has submitted drilling permits with county
While Colorado Springs City Council on Wednesday enacted a six-month moratorium on oil and gas exploration within city limits, Ultra Resources has submitted temporary use permit applications with El...
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