Voters in Colorado Springs might get the chance to decide if the city can retain up to 5 million dollars in anticipated taxpayer refunds to help acquire space for a new police training facility this November.
  • @Ersatz86English
    3•1 year ago

    Average Colorado Springs redhat:

    “Back the blue!“

    but,

    “Muh taxes!”

    I’m sure there’s a meme for this.

  • MellowEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Things I noticed when visiting Colorado Springs that stood out to me because I had never seen them before.

    Home Depot: items over 300$ locked to the shelves, and with security alarm devices attached to them. String trimmers, push mowers, leaf blowers. Large items that couldn’t easily be walked out without notice.

    Parking Lots: mobile towers temporarily erected with what appeared to be surveillance cameras and blue flashing lights.

    Is everything ok over there? Are you short on Police? Is there a rash of crime happening?

    • @YoBuckStopsHereOPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      The cameras are due to theft of contractor vehicles. Almost every construction site has them too. I saw the same thing in other parts of the west so it is a common security item.

    • @scottywhMEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Colorado Springs is fine… I’ve seen far stranger things in larger cities like putting security tags on jugs of laundry detergent or locking up everything over $50 value behind the counter.