A group of citizens delivered a petition to place recreational marijuana on the November ballot on Monday, Jan. 24, to City Clerk Sarah Johnson s office. An earlier attempt to deliver
A citizens group filed ballot language Monday with the Colorado Springs city clerk s office that could ask voters in a special election to legalize recreational marijuana sales at existing medical
The April 6 city election installed three new City Council members, along with handing three incumbents a second term.
But regarding policies, those new members seem to be cut from the same cloth as those theyâre replacing, suggesting voters sought to maintain the status quo.
For example, Dave Donelson won the northwest District 1 seat. The retired Army officer and physician assistant will replace Don Knight, whoâs also a retired military officer. Knight endorsed Donelson as did Mayor John Suthers, who called him a âsolid conservative.â
The other newcomers include leadership consultant Nancy Henjum in central District 5, a moderate progressive who replaces Jill Gaebler, herself a moderate progressive who endorsed Henjum.
Early results released by the city clerk s office showed Henjum had garnered 5,302 votes 37.6% of ballots in the most competitive race of the evening and was likely to be elected to represent Colorado Springs’ central sector. It was one of six district races on the ballot that could determine the direction of council for the next four years.
Jill Gaebler, first elected to represent the district in 2013 and re-elected to a second term in 2017, is term-limited and cannot run again. I was believing I would win based on my campaigning, but there were five people running and it was competitive, Henjum said by phone from her home Tuesday night.
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