Fort Collins voters can get to know the candidates running to represent them on City Council and learn about upcoming ballot measures at a pair of virtual events planned for March 10.
The League of Women Voters of Larimer County and city of Fort Collins are co-hosting a virtual candidate forum from 7 to 9 p.m. March 10. The forum will be livestreamed on FCTV and cable channels 14 and 881, and the recording will be posted on the Fort Collins and League of Women Voters websites. The Coloradoan will also provide coverage.
The forum will feature the candidates for mayor and council districts 1, 3, 4 and 5. Community members can submit questions for candidates to vote@lwv-larimercounty.org through March 8.
Fort Collins City Council won t appeal a judicial ruling on the Hughes Stadium ballot measure.
In a 4-3 vote at their Tuesday meeting, council members decided not to appeal the Larimer County District Court ruling that set the ballot language for the April 6 election. The ballot measure, if approved, will require the city to zone the former Hughes Stadium site as 100% open lands and attempt to purchase it from the Colorado State University System.
The city requested judicial review of the part of the ballot measure that would direct Fort Collins to try to buy the land. City attorney Carrie Daggett and some council members questioned whether a directive to purchase land is an administrative matter, which is legally inadmissible in a ballot measure.
Colorado State University Pueblo generated more than $61 million this past year in the local economy, according to a recent study done by the Colorado State University System. It reinforces to the community just how vital and lucky we are to have CSUP, said Jeff Shaw, president and CEO of the Pueblo Economic Development Corp. It s pivotal not only for spending, they re also extremely critical in producing a participating work force.
According to the study, $30.53 million came from students who live outside of Pueblo and live on campus, which supported 261 jobs and more than $712,000 in sales tax revenue. The study also stated that 17 percent of students at the university are from out of state.