Inside the Halls of Power
Web site adds up finances of lawmakers, candidates
Comments | RecommendHow much is a politician worth? No, this is not a joke or a trick question. According to OpenSecrets.org, the richest House member, Jane Harman, D-Calif., is worth $409.4 million; the wealthiest senator is John Kerry, D-Mass., $267.8 million. The average...
When couples split, we all foot the bill, study shows
Comments | RecommendPerry Swanson, The Gazette's demographics reporter, dug up a study that shows the cost of divorce and unwed moms to taxpayers. He says a recent study by the Institute for American Values, a self-described nonpartisan...
Stage is set for artwork at city’s new fire station
Comments | RecommendFor the first time in Colorado Springs, artwork will grace the grounds of a fire station. A fire station? Why not, city officials say. Some kind of piece - sculpture, mural or other medium - will be...
Utilities buys city land for $1.2M to build fleet center
Comments | RecommendColorado Springs got a windfall last week when city-owned Colorado Springs Utilities agreed to pay $1.22 million for 4.3 acres. That's $283,720 per acre for land a Briargate developer gave the city in 1982 for use as an electric and fleet service center....
No jumping through hoops to get this business done
Comments | RecommendRecord time It took the Colorado Springs City Council just 192 hours to race the U.S. Olympic Committee's five-ring logo onto business cards and stationery. After voting Tuesday to allocate $1.5 million from reserves - the first of $27 million taxpayers...
The Spyglass: Area colleges aren't so rah-rah over everything
Comments | RecommendReporter Brian Newsome has worn a path in the carpet from his newsroom mailbox to the recycle bin from tossing a profusion of announcements from the higher education beat. He explains why:After nearly two decades of child-rearing, parents are understandably...
Memorial CEO gets a pricey parting gift
Comments | RecommendTootles Memorial Health System CEO Dick Eitel packs it in Monday, with a big check in his pocket. Eitel, 55, retires after 33 years at cityowned Memorial, the last five as CEO with a salary of $444,412 a year. Eitel stepped down after the hospital spent...
Names in the news often pop up again in new locales
Comments | RecommendPeople in the news may fade from the scene, but they often resurface. Here's an update on a few of those faces: Reporter Perry Swanson was on the beat at the El Paso County Republican Assembly when he ran into a guy some called the sixth county commissioner....
City's fleet department a well-oiled machine
Comments | RecommendColorado Springs' mayor is front and center, mobbed by cameras, when big economic development news happens. A top commander, or the police chief himself, takes the podium to announce a key arrest. But some workers, turning a wrench in the snow at 3 a.m.,...
County spent taxpayers' money on secret deals
Comments | RecommendThe El Paso County Attorney's Office made secret deals with taxpayer money and then convinced a judge to hide the court cases from the public. That sounds like a Third World despotic regime, not the United States of America. The cases involve questionable...
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