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Manitou refers second attempt at amusement tax increase to voters
Residents in Manitou Springs will once again see a question on their fall ballots that could raise municipal taxes on tickets and door fees. Tuesday night, the city council approved a ballot question for November’s election presenting voters with the option to increase in the city’s excise tax, otherwise known as an amusement tax. The…
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Manitou Springs council plans diversion of Cog Railway reimbursement
The Manitou Springs City Council last week amended its first budget reading, pulling about $690,000 away from a tax reimbursement agreement with the Pikes Peak Cog Railway to fund wildfire mitigation efforts instead. “We feel like we’ve been living on borrowed time,” Mayor John Graham said on wildfire risk for the mountain city popular with…
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Manitou Springs’ deal with Cog Railway can’t go to public vote, by law
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A ballot issue petition sought to upend a deal between Manitou Springs and the Pikes Peak Cog Railway cannot legally move forward, Mayor Ken Jaray said Tuesday. Residents can void a recently passed ordinance by petitioning for a public vote on it, but that provision…