![]() ![]() Voters wanted something genuinely different, so a little more than a year later, they elected a real estate entrepreneur as mayor who promised a radical break from politics as usual.įor a city, like the country at large, that was hurting economically, Steve Bach seemed like a man with an answer. The city wasn’t content simply to reject a tax increase. That’s when people started paying attention to a city that seemed to be conducting a real-time experiment in fiscal self-starvation. In response, city officials (some would say almost petulantly) turned off one out of every three street lights. To fill a $28 million budget hole, Colorado Springs’ political leaders-who until that point might have been described by most voters as fiscal conservatives-proposed tripling property taxes. For a city that was founded when a wealthy industrialist planted 10,000 trees on a shadeless prairie, the suddenly sparse watering of the city’s grassy lawns was a profound and dire statement of retreat. Trash cans vanished from city parks, because when you cut 75 percent of the parks’ budget, one of the things you lose is someone to empty the garbage. Out went some police officers along with three of the department’s helicopters, which were auctioned online. Gone were weekend bus service and nine buses. Faced with massive shortfalls, the city’s leaders began slashing. During the recession, like nearly every other city in America, Colorado Springs’ revenue-heavily dependent on sales tax-plunged. It was its jut-jawed conservatism that not that long ago made the city’s local government a brief national fixation. It’s a right-wing counterweight to liberal Boulder, just a couple of hours north, along the Front Range. ![]() It’s also a staunchly Republican city-headquarters of the politically active Christian group Focus on the Family (Colorado Springs is nicknamed “the Evangelical Vatican”) and the fourth most conservative city in America, according to a recent study. An hour’s drive south of Denver, it sits at the base of the Rocky Mountains’ southern range and features two of the state’s top tourist destinations: the ancient sandstone rock formations known as Garden of the Gods, and Pikes Peak, the 14,000-foot summit visible from nearly every street corner. The information provided is only a small percentage of the CSPD’s calls for service.Colorado Springs has always leaned hard on its reputation for natural beauty.Understand that information may change resulting in information being out of date.Will not use the information for pecuniary (financial) gain.You will not in any manner intimidate or harass any person or persons listed in the Blotter.You assume all liability for use or misuse of the provided information.Any and all Blotter contents should be verified with the Public Information Officer or the Police Area Command responsible for posting the Blotter information BEFORE it is broadcast or used in a publication to ensure accuracy.īy entering the Police Blotter site, you implicitly agree: ![]() ![]() All information posted to our internet site via our Police Blotter program is preliminary data and is subject to change.All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty.When reading entries on the Blotter, please keep in mind: Please note that the records displayed here only represent only a small fraction of the daily calls for service to which CSPD responds. Welcome to the Police Blotter page where you can access information that has been approved for public release via our Internet site. ![]()
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