Tag: dave donelson
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Colorado Springs City Council censures Dave Donelson, but ‘it won’t work,’ councilman says
Amid applause, shouts and boos from the crowd during a tense and emotional special meeting, Colorado Springs Councilman Dave Donelson on Tuesday was censured and removed as a council representative on several other city and regional boards for “breach of decorum.” The City Council voted 6-2 in three separate votes to censure Donelson and remove…
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Colorado Springs councilman faces censure, removal from board appointments
Colorado Springs Councilman Dave Donelson faces formal censure and could be removed from various boards this week, moves he said were “an overreaction” to a recent request he made regarding other councilmembers’ acceptance of developer campaign donations. An agenda for Tuesday’s special meeting, set for 3:30 p.m. at City Hall, shows the council will vote…
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City Councilman Dave Donelson calls for campaign finance transparency during Friday news conference
Colorado Springs Councilman Dave Donelson called for the cancellation of Tuesday’s scheduled special council meeting along with campaign finance reform during his own news conference Friday. Donelson, who was supported by around two dozen people in front of City Hall, represents District 1 that includes areas in the northwest and north central parts of the…
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Colorado Springs councilman says special meeting has been called to ‘reprimand, punish’ him
Colorado Springs Councilman Dave Donelson said Thursday afternoon that a special council meeting has been called early next week to “reprimand and punish” him for a request he made of other councilmembers at a brief but heated recent public hearing. Ahead of the City Council’s vote Tuesday to delay a decision on a controversial apartment…