Karin Zeitvogel

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Multimedia, multilingual person. Opinions expressed here are my own. RTs made me laugh or cry enough that I had to share. They aren't endorsements.

Articles

At interim library grand opening, officials call for changes to library board

3 weeks ago | pikespeakbulletin.org | Karin Zeitvogel

People came from nearby Rockrimmon residences and towns miles away for the May 10 grand opening of a small library across the street from where the city’s second busiest library was until Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) shut it down last year. “We wanted to help our community fill the void left by Rockrimmon’s closure, even if we had to do it ourselves,” Karla Powers said in a speech at the event.
Trump 2.0 As Americorps members ponder next steps, Colorado sues over agency dismantling

1 month ago | pikespeakbulletin.org | Karin Zeitvogel

Phoebe Serlemitsos and more than a dozen other AmeriCorps team leaders spent the morning of April 15 doing resiliency and conflict resolution training at the Aurora campus of the national service and volunteer agency. They were scheduled to head out for their next project in a few days. “Then, at 12:30, we were told, ‘Come to the gym.’ And that’s when they told us that everyone was being d emo b i l i z e d and they were going to send us home,” Serlemitsos told the Pikes Peak Bulletin by phone.
Trump 2.0 ‘The danger feels terribly real’: Military veterans battle the threat of deportation

1 month ago | pikespeakbulletin.org | Karin Zeitvogel

Navy veteran Pablo Capistrano stood up in the middle of Gallogly Hall at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs, glanced at the typed notes he was holding, and started to tell his story to the crowd gathered for Sen. John Hickenlooper’s April 17 town hall. His parents had brought him to the United States from the Philippines when he was two, he said.
‘Welcome to the frontlines of democracy’: COS councilmembers sworn in

1 month ago | pikespeakbulletin.org | Karin Zeitvogel

A trio from the Colorado Springs Deaf and Blind School harmonized on “America the Beautiful,” and a choir from the First Presbyterian Church sang “The Star Spangled Banner” on the brisk morning of April 15 when four newcomers and two re-elected members took the oath of office to serve on the Colorado Springs City Council.
Rockrimmon community opens interim library

1 month ago | pikespeakbulletin.org | Karin Zeitvogel

Supporters of Rockrimmon Library in northwest Colorado Springs, which was closed down by Pikes Peak Library District officials at the end of last year, have opened a new library across the street from the old one.
DOGE-ordered layoffs affect Forest Service fire mitigation, VA crisis hotline

Feb 27, 2025 | pikespeakbulletin.org | Karin Zeitvogel

“These people have done absolutely nothing wrong,” Colorado Senator Michael Bennet said on the Senate floor in Washington, D.C., days after President Donald Trump issued yet another executive order, this time calling for “large-scale reductions in force” at federal government agencies.
Some COS City Council members hope to bypass voters on e-bikes, pot repeal

Feb 20, 2025 | pikespeakbulletin.org | Karin Zeitvogel

Colorado Springs City Council has paved the way for Class 1 e-bikes – the kind that require continuous pedaling even as the rider gets a boost from a small electric motor – to be allowed on the city’s trails, including those funded by the Trails and Open Spaces program. But Council went about it the wrong way, TOPS advocates said, pointing out that the ordinance that created TOPS in 1997 included a requirement that voters must approve changes to the program.
Colorado Springs’ Satellite Hotel Seeks Historic Status to Boost Revitalization and Business Growth

Feb 4, 2025 | csbj.com | Karin Zeitvogel

In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, the building housing the Satellite Hotel and Condominiums was “the place to be,” General Manager Glenn Hodge said.
Colorado Springs sued over ‘gambit’ to overturn recreational marijuana vote

Feb 1, 2025 | csindy.com | Karin Zeitvogel

Two residents of Colorado Springs sued the city Friday after City Council voted days earlier to hold a do-over vote in April on a citizens’ initiative, known as Question 300, that authorized sales of recreational marijuana in the city. Nearly 55% of voters approved Question 300 on Nov. 5 last year and rejected a rival ballot question brought by the city, which called for rec to be banned in the city.
Karman Line annexation clears first City Council hurdle

Jan 24, 2025 | csindy.com | Karin Zeitvogel

On the day the merger of The O’Neil Group and La Plata Communities was announced, the proposed flagpole annexation by the new company – called O|NE La Plata – of land near Schriever Space Force Basewas approved by City Council on its first reading. Councilors gave preliminary approval for the annexation of 1,900 acres of land, including around 150 acres along Bradley Road and Curtis Road, known as the Karman Line.