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El Paso County Commissioner Mark Waller poses for a portrait at the Board of County Commissioners building in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Waller was elected in 2016 to serve on the board and represent District 2. After four years his term is ending. Republican Carrie Geitner will succeed Waller in January. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) Chancey Bush/ The Gazette
Local leaders ask Gov. Polis to re-open indoor restaurant dining COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs and El Paso County officials have issues with the 5-star certification program for Colorado restaurants, and they asked the state to reopen indoor dining. El Paso County Commission Chair Mark Waller says Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, the head of Visit COS, the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and others joined him in sending a letter to the governor on Friday. “It’s just too cumbersome, too bureaucratic,” Waller said about the 5-star program. “In addition, th...
Statewide 5 Star program not what local leaders expected This week the state health department approved a 5-star variance program to give businesses more flexibility and help them rebound. But as our Andy Koen reports, the plan that was approved is different from what local business leaders were expecting. and last updated 2020-12-19 00:10:18-05 COLORADO SPRINGS â The cheese comes out bubbling hot on Panino's namesake dish as it rolls out from the pizza oven and is boxed up for carry-out and delivery orders. Like all restaurateurs in El Paso County, this family-owned business has had to ...
© REUTERS/Toby Melville FILE PHOTO: The MI6 building in London August 25, 2010While debate rages over controversial spying legislation in the UK, other disclosures indicate British spooks have long been secretly free to commit crimes with impunity anyway. There has rightly been intense controversy over the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) bill in recent months. The legislation would enshrine in law the ability of undercover operatives - both employees of British state agencies and their informants - to not only commit extremely serious crimes, up to and including rape, torture and mu...
Colorado Springs and El Paso County on Monday announced a Sales Tax Relief plan, expected to be approved by the Colorado Springs City Council in January and which could be approved by the Board of County Commissioners this month, according to a joint news release. Monies for the relief program will come out of the General Fund's portion of sales and use tax for each organization — 2% for Colorado Springs and 1% for El Paso County. “Most of our local restaurant owners have worked hard to protect their customers, employees, and also to feed their families,” El Paso Board of County Commi...