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Candidate did not respond to the survey. Richard Skorman: Now, more than ever, we need experienced leadership to help navigate the complex and connected problems we face. I’m a serious policy guy with decades of service to the city of Colorado Springs. After serving on City Council for 11 years, President for four years, Vice Mayor for two, I’ve dedicated a majority of my adult life to public service. If re-elected, I believe we will continue to collaboratively, pragmatically, and pro-activ...

Black lives matter, yet schools continue to leave Black children behind. The failure must end, say civil rights advocates, before racial justice can prevail. They hope the convergence of nationwide

The United States celebrates the birth of the great Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in January and Black History Month in February. While we celebrate civil rights progress, we do so as public schools continue failing generations of Black and brown children. We celebrate civil rights this year in reflection of 2020, one of the most challenging years in modern history. King’s holiday and Black History Month highlight the value of exemplary, courageous leadership in the face of seemingly unmova...

Nine years ago, Ebonyneke Futrell left a small city in southwest Oklahoma and headed west toward Colorado’s mountains in search of a safer place to raise her three young children. Futrell was 23 years old when her older brother, Emmett, was shot and killed in front of an apartment complex in their hometown of Lawton, Okla., said her godsister, Amberly Taylor. The year her brother was killed, he was one of nine homicides in Lawton, which had a population then of 90,000. She decided to seek re...

Heidi Beedle On Jan. 20, a coalition of left-leaning political groups, including the Denver Communists, the Denver Anti-Fascist League, the Front Range Mutual Aid Network and others led a march from Cheeseman Park to the State Capitol building for a “No Honeymoon for Biden” rally. The march was both in response to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, and to President Joe Biden’s inauguration.  A joint statement from the groups read in par...

5280 Two people hold posters showing images depicting Elijah McClain during a candlelight vigil for McClain outside Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. McClain died in 2019 after he was stopped while walking to his apartment by three Aurora, Colo., police officers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Colorado Attorney General Launches a Grand Jury Investigation Into the Death of Elijah McClain The announcement comes six months after Governor Jared Polis appointed Attorney General Phil Weis...

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.  In Season 3, Episode 2, Uncle Phil and Aunt Vivian voluntold their family to help clean up their old neighborhood for the weekend. The family ventured from their Bel-Air home to the derelict housing the Bankses lived in prior to Uncle Phil’s promotion at his law firm. There they helped people remove old furniture, trash and other junk from the area.  Near the end of the day, Will, somewhat flustered after being turned down by a girl, notices his cousins flir...

After 12 years as the Pikes Peak region’s top prosecutor, 4th Judicial District Attorney Dan May says unfinished business will keep him tethered to the office — and the courtroom

In a few days, I will leave office after a prosecutorial career spanning almost 40 years. Before I leave, I’d like to take a moment to thank the citizens of the Pikes Peak region for entrusting me with leading the incredible men and women of the 4th Judicial District (Teller and El Paso counties) for the past 12 years. Hard to believe, but we are the busiest DA’s office in the state, handling 32-35,000 cases per year, or in my 12 years as DA about 350,000 to 400,000 cases. We have grown to ...

El Paso County District Attorney Dan May, center, exits a courtroom during a hearing for Robert Dear on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dear, who killed three people in an attack on a Colorado abortion clinic, halted court proceedings by demanding that he be allowed to fire his public defender and represent himself. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP) MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT The Gazette File photos