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Comments on: Growth http://dave4council.com Dave Gardner for Colorado Springs City Council Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:37:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Amy Filipiak http://dave4council.com/platform/growth/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Amy Filipiak Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:56:37 +0000 http://dave4council.com/?page_id=45#comment-21 Thanks for bringing the growth issue to the forefront. And please please run again!! Thanks for bringing the growth issue to the forefront. And please please run again!!

]]> By: admin http://dave4council.com/platform/growth/comment-page-1/#comment-10 admin Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:40:50 +0000 http://dave4council.com/?page_id=45#comment-10 Thanks for writing. The policies I promote should lessen your burden over the long haul. Today you pay to support all the hidden growth subsidies. While I would support increasing property taxes somewhat, I would at the same time support reducing your sales tax, and I will never support giving businesses a free ride on property tax. I will also root out the growth subsidies that are funded by your utility bills, your sales tax and your property tax, working to lower all three. Dave Gardner Thanks for writing. The policies I promote should lessen your burden over the long haul. Today you pay to support all the hidden growth subsidies. While I would support increasing property taxes somewhat, I would at the same time support reducing your sales tax, and I will never support giving businesses a free ride on property tax. I will also root out the growth subsidies that are funded by your utility bills, your sales tax and your property tax, working to lower all three.

Dave Gardner

]]> By: Trish http://dave4council.com/platform/growth/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Trish Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:17:15 +0000 http://dave4council.com/?page_id=45#comment-9 I grew up on the westside of Colorado Springs and I still live on the westside. I've seen the town I loved as a child become a big city. I love the parks and the trees. I hate to see the blatant disregard of maintaining what we have in order to build, build, build. A great example of this is: If you lose a tree the city forestry service will give you a coupon, I think it is $50.00, toward replacing the tree. If you want to plant a tree in a new development you'll get a $150.00 coupon. I'm stating facts from about 2007 so they may have changed. I work in a depressed community also. I work in the area of Murray and Platte. This community is in dire straits. Both the westside and the area of Murray and Platte have an overload empty buildings that at one time had businesses in them. We need to stay focused on rehabilitating and maintaining what we have. We need to respect every sub community that we have in Colorado Springs rather encouraging growth that we cannot sustain without sacrificing our existing communities. It's horrible to watch communities that people care about become derelict because developers and growth proponents keep getting what they want because it makes them or someone they know make money. We need to quit sacrificing our beautiful home fo misguided city leaders. My money used to call the city of coouncil "the 9 man gestapo". I'm reading up on how to vote in this election. So far I'm liking your platform. As a property owner of a very modest home I hate to see my property taxes go up. I need to hear #'s and percentages please. I grew up on the westside of Colorado Springs and I still live on the westside. I’ve seen the town I loved as a child become a big city. I love the parks and the trees. I hate to see the blatant disregard of maintaining what we have in order to build, build, build. A great example of this is: If you lose a tree the city forestry service will give you a coupon, I think it is $50.00, toward replacing the tree. If you want to plant a tree in a new development you’ll get a $150.00 coupon. I’m stating facts from about 2007 so they may have changed. I work in a depressed community also. I work in the area of Murray and Platte. This community is in dire straits. Both the westside and the area of Murray and Platte have an overload empty buildings that at one time had businesses in them. We need to stay focused on rehabilitating and maintaining what we have. We need to respect every sub community that we have in Colorado Springs rather encouraging growth that we cannot sustain without sacrificing our existing communities. It’s horrible to watch communities that people care about become derelict because developers and growth proponents keep getting what they want because it makes them or someone they know make money. We need to quit sacrificing our beautiful home fo misguided city leaders. My money used to call the city of coouncil “the 9 man gestapo”. I’m reading up on how to vote in this election. So far I’m liking your platform. As a property owner of a very modest home I hate to see my property taxes go up. I need to hear #’s and percentages please.

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