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Old 04-05-2017, 04:17 AM
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The newcomers are finally having an effect: On a snowy Election Day in Colorado Springs, "sea change" may have come to council majority | Colorado Springs Gazette, News

A major shift is in the making with the apparent victories of Richard Skorman, Yolanda L. Avila, sole District 2 candidate David Geislinger and re-elected Councilwoman Jill Gaebler, observers agreed.

"Boulder has moved to Colorado Springs," one wag quipped at the Skorman-Avila victory party.


I thought I would never see the day.
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Old 04-05-2017, 07:40 AM
 
Location: Arizona
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The newcomers are finally having an effect: On a snowy Election Day in Colorado Springs, "sea change" may have come to council majority | Colorado Springs Gazette, News

A major shift is in the making with the apparent victories of Richard Skorman, Yolanda L. Avila, sole District 2 candidate David Geislinger and re-elected Councilwoman Jill Gaebler, observers agreed.

"Boulder has moved to Colorado Springs," one wag quipped at the Skorman-Avila victory party.


I thought I would never see the day.
Why blame newcomers? Were the votes real close?
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Old 04-05-2017, 07:40 AM
 
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Great news- hopefully the military and homebuilders will not be the "movers and shakers" for too much longer!
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Old 04-05-2017, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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Wonderful news blue cities usually have better infrastructure and economies.
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Old 04-05-2017, 01:06 PM
 
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I'm not surprised that Gaebler won; however, I do think a big reason was the dirty campaign waged against her by competing interests. We got a couple postcards in the mail that were very negative.
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Old 04-05-2017, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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Nudges left, absolutely. Boulder moving to Cos, hardly. I think a shift towards a more centrist, moderate tone is a very healthy thing for us.

DrDog, no, the votes were not particularly close, IMO, and I wouldn't say it is blaming newcomers so much as there are enough new people here who are staying here that do not want to deal with the entrenched status quo that they can override an established norm. Cos has had a transient population base for a lot of years and those voters tended to tilt towards incumbents. After all, they made it the place it is, so they can't be all bad, then those voters would move away and the cycle perpetuated.

As I've said on numerous occasions, Cos has been many different things in its lifetime. An ultra conservative evangelical headquarters is only a recent perception and in time that will also change. Gordon Klingenschmidt did not get elected to the State Senate, Doug Bruce is in jail, Helen Collins lost her seat on City Council, Richard Skorman is back on council, we are all seeing the value in infrastructure development, Cyber Security is up and coming, and more millenials are exercising their political influence by voting. I see those as net positives.

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Old 04-05-2017, 02:50 PM
 
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.... I think a shift towards a more centrist, moderate tone is a very healthy thing for us.....
For sure, back to the center. Extremes of either sort are just not where we need to be. We need to get back to a situation where "the rising tide lifts all boats" as it used to do.
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Old 04-08-2017, 11:22 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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Great news- hopefully the military and homebuilders will not be the "movers and shakers" for too much longer!
Here, here! I sure hope it continues! Developers have no business in city govt.
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Old 04-14-2017, 10:19 AM
 
Location: The Springs
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Colorado Springs becoming like Boulder? Does that mean growth restrictions that drive housing prices through the roof? And of course the arrogant attitude that "I'm here now and a wall (pun intended) should be built around the city to stop anybody else from locating here."

Great, looks like I have to find another place to move. Maybe Junction.
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Old 04-14-2017, 12:26 PM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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Colorado Springs becoming like Boulder? Does that mean growth restrictions that drive housing prices through the roof? And of course the arrogant attitude that "I'm here now and a wall (pun intended) should be built around the city to stop anybody else from locating here."

Great, looks like I have to find another place to move. Maybe Junction.
I like the boulder philosophy its great if you are a real estate investor.
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