Karin Zeitvogel

Europe, United States

Freelance Writer at Freelance

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

Trump 2.0 ‘The danger feels terribly real’: Military veterans battle the threat of deportation

2 weeks 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

4 weeks 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

2 months ago | 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

2 months ago | 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.
A majority in Colorado Springs voted for recreational marijuana. Now, some City Councilors want a new vote.

Jan 24, 2025 | csindy.com | Karin Zeitvogel

Four months after City Council President pro tem Lynette Crow-Iverson said in September that City Council was “not a democracy,” the nine-member governing body for Colorado’s second-largest city was gearing up for another potential fight over just how democracy works. And once again, the fight centered on whether recreational marijuana should be available for purchase by people 21 and older in Colorado Springs.
'Don't renew noise hardship permit,' residents who live near amphitheater urge mayor

Jan 9, 2025 | csindy.com | Karin Zeitvogel

Louis Hoffmann moved to a quiet residential neighborhood on the northside of Colorado Springs in 2015, in search of the tranquility that was elusive in the San Francisco area. Nine years later, he joined several hundred other residents as they pleaded with city officials to do something about the noise from the nearby Ford Amphitheater on concert nights, which Hoffman and his neighbors say has disrupted their lives and is tanking property values.