Coloradans are hopeful of a strong economic recovery from the pandemic, but the cost of living in the meantime gives them a sinking feeling, according to a poll released this
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STAUNTON The Staunton Economic Development Authority voted down a proposal by Staunton City Schools to acquire part of the old Western State Hospital.
The school division’s plan was to refurbish the hospital’s former operations facility off of Frontier Drive and use it in the same capacity for the schools. The EDA, which controls the property as part of the Staunton Crossing development, denied the request in a 5-1 vote.
Staunton City Schools had hoped to move its maintenance shop from Shelburne Middle School and its bus parking lot and transportation office from Staunton Public Works to the Frontier Drive facility once refurbished.
Staunton EDA denies school board request for Staunton Crossing property acquisition
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STAUNTON Staunton City Schools will not be calling Staunton Crossing home for its operations facility thanks to a vote from the Staunton Economic Development Authority Thursday.
The school board approached the EDA to acquire the old operations facility for Western State Hospital located just off of Frontier Drive. The school division has examined at least eight properties, according to Superintendent Garett Smith, but they haven’t found one that meets their needs for its maintenance and transportation division any better than this building.
Staunton City Schools have been using the basement of Shelburne Middle School for its maintenance shop since the 1970s. It’s a cramped space that was never meant to be a permanent home for the maintenance staff and was originally the industrial arts classroom for the school.
San Antonio police union, Fix SAPD make Prop B pitches ahead of May 1 election
Prop B would take away police collective bargaining power if approved
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SAN ANTONIO – The quickest path to police reform depends on who you ask on either side of Proposition B.
Fix SAPD, the grassroots group that organized the ballot proposal that would take away police officers’ bargaining rights, argued that a more open negotiation under a “meet and confer” system would be the quickest route. The San Antonio Police Officers Association says reforms can be achieved through collective bargaining acts.
Representatives for both groups made their pitch to voters during a debate Thursday evening at Trinity University hosted by KSAT, San Antonio Report and Bexar Facts. (