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The city’s new Oil and Gas Committee is going to have to drill right into its task when the City Council announces who will serve on the committee during the Jan. 24 council meeting. The committee,...
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City Councilwoman Angela Dougan says she’s tired of her colleagues leaving her out of the decision-making process. The latest example is what’s happening on the new Oil and Gas Committee. Dougan said...
View ArticleState extends public comment period on applications to drill on Banning Lewis...
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has approved the city’s request to give citizens more time to comment on Ultra Resources’ applications to drill on Banning Lewis Ranch. The deadline to...
View ArticleWho applied for Oil and Gas Committee? Who got passed over?
Thirty-seven people applied to serve on the city’s new Oil and Gas Committee. Council members Angela Dougan, Val Snider and Brandy Williams, who will serve on the committee, reviewed all the résumés...
View ArticleCouncilman wants to postpone surveillance cameras
Councilman Val Snider wants to postpone a vote on a proposal to buy and install surveillance cameras in downtown Colorado Springs. Snider said the council will be getting a 2012 budget update that...
View ArticleDowntown surveillance cameras up for vote
A motion by Councilman Val Snider on Tuesday to postpone a proposal for surveillance cameras downtown died on a 3-5 vote. Only Snider and Council President Scott Hente and President Pro Tem Jan Martin...
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Time flies. “One year ago today six new members were sworn into the City Council for the City of Colorado Springs, Merv Bennett, Lisa Czelatdko, Angela Dougan, Tim Leigh, Val Snider and myself. We...
View ArticleCity schedules oil and gas public meeting May 24
The City Council issued the following press release Thursday: The city will host a public meeting on Thursday, May 24 from 6-8 p.m. at the City Administration Building (30 S. Nevada Ave.), suite 102...
View ArticleMcMillion, FREX and Live it Up! on council agenda
After canceling the last two regularly scheduled meetings, the City Council is back in full swing this week. Among the items on Monday’s agenda: Doug Price, president and CEO of the Colorado Springs...
View ArticleWhich City Council members have smoked weed?
City Council members inserted themselves into the statewide marijuana debate when they took up a resolution to oppose Amendment 64, which seeks to regulate pot like alcohol. That got some people...
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