Tag: buc-ee’s
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LETTERS: Compromising the planning process; politicizing the conversation
Compromising the planning process On Aug. 27, the El Paso County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to overturn staff’s administrative determination, clearing the way for a 74,000-square-foot mega-travel center to proceed under C-1 neighborhood commercial zoning. Having attended and spoken at the appeal hearing, I watched with growing concern as standard principles of quasi-judicial land-use…
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LETTERS: Constituents are partners, not adversaries; careful what you wish for
Constituents are partners, not adversaries There is growing frustration among residents of El Paso County that has little to do with whether we agree with a particular decision by the Board of County Commissioners. It has to do with how residents are being treated when they disagree. Chair Carrie Geitner has repeatedly schooled residents that…
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Buc-ee’s location plan set for public meeting
After months outside of the public hearing process, the plan for a 74,000-square-foot Bucee’s location is expected to be on a future agenda of the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners. The issue at hand will not be whether to approve the construction plan, but instead to determine a code issue. Earlier this month,…
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County turns down Buc-ee’s request
A proposed second Buc-ee’s location in north El Paso County hit a significant speed bump this week. The El Paso County Planning and Community Development Department turned down the national travel center’s request for designating its use of land off County Line Road and Interstate 25 as a convenience store not a gas station. The…
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Is Buc-ee’s a convenience store? The answer could be important for El Paso County location
Whether El Paso County allows developers to go ahead with contentious plans for a second Colorado Buc-ee’s may come down to definitions. In a letter submitted this week, Buc-ee’s EPCO LLC asked the county to designate its use of land for a Buc-ee’s as a convenience store — not a gas station. “The proposed Buc-ee’s…
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Is Buc-ee’s a convenience store? The answer could be important for Tri-Lakes location
Whether El Paso County allows developers to go ahead with contentious plans for a second Colorado Buc-ee’s may come down to definitions. In a letter submitted last week, Buc-ee’s EPCO LLC asked the county to designate its use of land for a Buc-ee’s as a convenience store — not a gas station. “The proposed Buc-ee’s…
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Lawsuits, harassment claims trouble Palmer Lake
With a lawsuit’s defendants sitting with their plaintiff and an alleged harasser sitting with an accuser, the Board of Trustees meeting in Palmer Lake Thursday night was as fraught as one might imagine. “I think we’re at a crossroads here, and everyone can feel it,” said Trustee Tony Beltran. With the resignation of the town’s…
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LETTERS: No place for Buc-ees; making an immeasurable mark
Not the place for Buc-ee’s Buc-ee’s is trying to build a travel center at County Line and I-25, near Monument and Palmer Lake. Imagine, if you will, the Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. No, not the festival itself. Imagine hopping on the freeway and not being able to drive to Denver on the weekends during the…
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LETTERS: Data centers; suppression by exhaustion
Questions on data center I’d like to register my opposition to the data center proposal, Project Taurus and here are a few reasons and unanswered questions that inform my opposition; I’m a long-time resident of the Springs, and I remember the last project that came in on time (and under budget) was our current airport,…
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LETTERS: This is Buc-ee’s; decriminalizing prostitution
This is Buc-ee’s El Paso County’s statement that no Buc-ee’s application has been filed misses the point entirely. What is before the county is a Boundary Line Adjustment (BLA, File No. EXBL261) — a property line change the applicant is seeking to push through as a quiet administrative action, no public hearing required. Its purpose…