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Colorado Springs City Councilors currently receive only a $6,250 monthly stipend for a job that is full time or more. This very low pay means only people with another source of financial support can serve, greatly restricting the pool of candidates from which voters may choose. Nick breaks down what other local elected officials are […]
She showed up when the cameras were gone and the meeting was over. She showed up when immigrant families needed food, an interpreter, a ride, help enrolling a child in school, or someone willing to walk beside them into a courtroom or medical appointment. To Jerima, community was not just an idea. It was a […]
In this episode of Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO), Nick gives us an update on the Colorado Connector (CoCo), a planned passenger train service connecting Front Range cities from Fort Collins to Pueblo. Watch this three-minute video to learn why Nick is “loco for CoCo.” Do you appreciate this video? Keep BNLO episodes coming […]
Have you ever complained? By the odds you have once, it’s in our human nature to be curious and question what’s new. Sometimes bonding happens when people complain about a shared issue in their community, because it encourages collaboration and the exchange of ideas about what could be improved. While people often bond over the […]
“Hiking Bob” Falcone is something of a local celebrity – as is his trail-buddy dog, Coal. “It happens a couple of times a month where I run into someone who says, ‘Oh, you’re Hiking Bob,’ and we chat for a few minutes,” Falcone said when I interviewed him recently for a special 10th anniversary episode […]
BNLO’s Nick Raven noticed the image of Colorado Springs displayed on a local King Soopers’ window was … not Colorado Springs. Also the image was obviously AI-generated slop. Watch this three-minute video to see what happened next. The Pikes Peak Bulletin is a proud supporter of Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO), a news/opinion/entertainment show […]
Developers have proposed a project with striking similarities to a data center, though they say it is not one – and the project may qualify for urban renewal tax incentives that divert money from the City, County, school district, water district and libraries. A development proposal for 3819 Janitell Rd. on Colorado Springs’ Southside has […]
Serving on Colorado Springs City Council is more than a full time job. Yet council members only receive a $6,250 stipend PER YEAR. This means people who run either have another job (dividing attention and creating possible conflicts of interest) or have greater wealth than most of the people they represent. Boosting council pay would […]
Local galleries refresh their exhibits at the start of the month for First Friday, an evening where the public can come check out the new art, have some wine and cheese, and get to chat with the artists themselves. Check out BNLO’s video highlight tour of the most recent First Friday and the unique local […]
From Loving the Springs podcast: Passenger rail service is coming to Colorado’s front range in 2029, Colorado Springs by 2032. Get details in this conversation with Sal Pace, general manager of the Front Range Passenger Rail District. The district has secured funding to provide initial service between Fort Collins and Denver. Phase 2 will extend […]
When I look around at the Southside and the greater Southeast Colorado Springs region, I know what I see. I see people I grew up with, along with people who moved here for any number of reasons and made this place home. I see my friends’ children attending the same schools where we grew […]
Mesa Road on COS’s Westside was once a trail used by indigenous Ute people who would race horses down the mesa. Then, in 1871, COS founder General Palmer improved the trails so he could get from his Glen Eyrie castle home into the alcohol-free city he founded without venturing into the den of vice that […]
This piece first appeared in the Colorado Times Recorder. Colorado’s Gazette newspaper chain, owned by GOP billionaire Phil Anschutz, is botching yet another chance to prove it’s a professional news operation, instead of the Anschutz family’s tool to boost its business interests and favored political causes and candidates. In a July 19 story, the Colorado chain, which includes […]
From Loving the Springs podcast: Venetucci Farm is a community treasure celebrating its 90th anniversary. Get the scoop on annual pumpkin giveaways, a flower farm, and much more making community happen in the aftermath of the PFAS water contamination disaster. Sam Clark, Executive Director of the Pikes Peak Real Estate Foundation, and Nikki McComsey, owner […]
