or some, getting a COVID-19 vaccine is simply pragmatic.
âMy thought was, if it could in some way speed up putting a period on this mess, Iâm in,â El Paso County Treasurer Mark Lowderman says, noting heâs fully vaccinated.
Others cite personal reasons, like El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Chuck Broerman. Noting his wife and one of his four daughters are nurses, he says via email: âThey have been in the trenches fighting against this devastating virus. I fully understand the impact this virus has had on our community.â
Broerman got his second shot in March. âI know the hope these vaccines bring to our community and the importance the vaccine brings in keeping them and my loved ones safe,â he says.
oath of office on April 20 at the Pioneers Museum.
Members later elected new leadership. Tom Strand will serve as Council president, and Richard Skorman as president pro tem. Wayne Williams was elected to chair the Colorado Springs Utilities Board, and Mike OâMalley will serve as vice chair.
On April 23, former President Trumpâs
Navigable Waters Protection Rule went into effect in Colorado, stripping some
25,000 miles of streams, rivers and wetlands of
Clean Water Act protections due to an appeals court lifting an earlier stay preventing the rule from becoming effective.
The
2020 Census has determined that Colorado will gain its eighth seat in the
Concerns given short shrift
Now that the new Colorado Springs City Council has been sworn in, it’s time to engage in some serious reflection about the future of our city. Consider first, however, that over 73% of eligible Colorado Springs voters chose to sit out the recent election for six City Council members. We cannot afford to let apathy like that decide the future of Colorado Springs. Sadly, it may have already done so.
That’s because 5 of the six members elected have the appearance of if not an actual conflict of interest when it comes to voting on the future growth and expansion plans for our beautiful city. As detailed by Gazette reporter Mary Shinn in well-researched articles and by Ron Johnson in a letter to the editor, Randy Helms, Richard Skorman, Yolanda Avila, Mike O’Malley and Nancy Henjum had their election campaign significantly, if not totally, financed by Nor’wood, the Housing and Building Association and three other developers. Whether the newly-elect
Starz has provided the first look at CM Punk’s character in its upcoming wrestling drama
Heels. You can see the pic below, as revealed by the show’s Twitter account. Punk will be playing a character named Ricky Rabies in the show, which stars Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig.
The show is is written by Michael Waldron and has Mike O’Malley as its showrunner. It is described as follows:
Heels is a story about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small-town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals, Jack Spade (Amell) and Ace Spade (Ludwig), war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy (Ludwig) and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel (Amell). But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to or hard to leave behind.
At-large City Councilor Tom Strand was elected as Council president on April 20 and will serve two years. File photo
In its second act as a newly formed city governing body, City Council split 5-4 on who should serve as president pro tem, with former President Richard Skorman prevailing.
The previous pro tem, Tom Strand, was elected as president on a vote of 8-1 in the new Council s first official act after three new members and three incumbents took the oath of office just hours before. Incumbent Bill Murray dissented.
Choosing Skorman were Wayne Williams, Yolanda Avila, Strand, new councilor Nancy Henjum and Skorman himself.