Author: Bob Loevy
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Jim Crow once had a presence in Colorado | Bob Loevy
Was there ever a Colorado city that required racial segregation by law? The answer is “Yes.” The Black Racial Equity Study Commission, led by Colorado Senate President James Coleman, has learned the small city of Fruita had laws forbidding Black people from being on the city streets at night and from being buried in the all-white…
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Remembering ‘open space’ hero Bill Ruskin
Bill Ruskin died in early August at the age of 87 surrounded by loving family. His death brought back many memories of checking out potential “open space” for Colorado Springs with Bill back in the mid-1970s. “Open space” was an exciting new concept at that time. Existing parks were regarded as being for heavy human…
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COMMENTARY: Constitution Avenue extension proposed again | Bob Loevy
It’s back! Once again, a city agency is proposing to extend four-lanes-wide Constitution Avenue from Paseo Road along the old Rock Island railroad tracks through Monument Valley Park and connect it to Interstate 25 at the West Fontanero Street interchange. This is a real pain for the quiet residential neighborhoods that border the old Rock Island railroad grade. One of them is…
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Historic preservation supporters organizing to oppose Trump changes
Historic preservation organizations in Colorado Springs, the remainder of Colorado and across the nation are organizing to resist a recent effort to relax and weaken historic preservation laws in the United States. In Washington, D.C., the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has adopted a plan that will greatly reduce the power of the federal government to alter in character or remove National Register Historic Districts and National Register Historic Places. The…
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New passenger rail proposal would link DIA to ski resorts and beyond | Bob Loevy
In an effort to help relieve traffic jams on Interstate 70 and U.S. 285 through the Colorado Rockies, a brand-new passenger railroad route has been proposed from Denver International Airport to a number of major Colorado ski areas. This new passenger railroad will be built far to the south of such busy automobile traffic areas…
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Hard-fought Dem primary could put GOP’s Kirkmeyer in governor’s chair | Cronin & Loevy
Colorado state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer has the most political and governmental experience of the many candidates running for the 2026 Republican nomination for governor of Colorado. If she wins the Republican primary, she will have a decent chance of winning the governorship in the general election in November, even though Colorado is a decidedly blue…
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State rules, not city’s, will protect Springs neighborhoods next to big day care centers
Here is an update on recent plans by the city of Colorado Springs to allow “large” day care centers in both two-family and single-family zones. The city Planning Department is considering recommending that large day care centers with 16 or more children (no upper limit) be allowed as a “permitted use” in both two-family and single-family residential zones. A “permitted” use means that the large day care center can be located in the two-family or single-family zone without any public action by either the Planning…
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Stormwater dangers cancel plans for a greenway park along the Rock Island Trail | Bob Loevy
The need to carry off stormwater has poured cold water on future plans for turning the Rock Island biker-hiker trail into a beautifully landscaped greenway park. The trail starts at Monument Creek and runs east along the right of way of the old Rock Island Railroad, which many years ago operated a daily passenger train…
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Redistricting plan to give Colorado Dems 7 members of the U.S. House will split El Paso County
A proposed redistricting plan, which would give Colorado seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives and only one Republican, will split El Paso County into two parts and thereby weaken the county’s influence in Congress. El Paso County, which contains all of the city of Colorado Springs, currently is mainly in U.S. House…
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Redistricting plan to give Colorado Dems 7 members of the U.S. House will split El Paso County
A proposed redistricting plan, which would give Colorado seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives and only one Republican, will split El Paso County into two parts and thereby weaken the county’s influence in Congress. El Paso County, which contains all of the city of Colorado Springs, currently is mainly in U.S. House…