Tag: wayne williams
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City Council changes ethics code in response to audits of Mobolade’s vehicle use
After two recent ethics reports looked into Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s use of his city-provided car, the Colorado Springs City Council is addressing the issue through the city’s Code of Ethics. The City Council approved new ethical rules concerning elected officials’ use of city vehicles 7-1 during its meeting Tuesday morning. Councilmember Nancy Henjum was the…
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Mobolade, city leaders say election date lawsuit is attack on local voters
Mayor Yemi Mobolade and other city leaders will fight to keep Colorado Springs elections in April in the face of a new lawsuit. Mobolade, the mayor’s Chief of Staff Wayne Williams and City Councilmember Roland Rainey addressed the lawsuit in a news conference Thursday morning. The lawsuit filed on Wednesday argued that holding municipal elections…
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Colorado Springs City Council, former mayors criticize Mobolade’s new vehicle use policy
Two Colorado Springs City Council members and two former mayors have criticized the rule Mayor Yemi Mobolade recently enacted to regulate his use of protective details and a city-owned vehicle. The regulation Mobolade approved last week stemmed from an investigation by the city auditor’s office into a tip on the city fraud hotline. The auditor’s…
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EDITORIAL: Wayne Williams — a strong chief of staff for a strong mayor
Colorado Springs’ “strong mayor” form of city government, wisely adopted by local voters in 2010, works best with a strong chief of staff. That’s essentially the air-traffic controller of municipal government who sees to it the mayor’s will is done — and done right. Last week, first-term Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced a truly exceptional pick…
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Wayne Williams joins city as Mayor Mobolade’s new chief of staff
Wayne Williams will be the next chief of staff for Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade, turning the two former election opponents into partners in city government. The two officially announced the hire Thursday, citing Williams’ decades of experience with city, county and state government as skills he would bring to the administration. Williams will not…
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E-bike debate in Colorado Springs continues as leadership mulls ballot question
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just as a decision seemed close on the legal fate of electric bikes on Colorado Springs open space trails, the years-long debate has taken another turn. Prominent civic leaders have called on the City Council to table a vote on a proposed e-bike policy and…
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E-bike debate in Colorado Springs continues as leadership mulls ballot question
Just as a decision seemed close on the legal fate of electric bikes on Colorado Springs open space trails, the years-long debate has taken another turn. Prominent civic leaders have called on the City Council to table a vote on a proposed e-bike policy and instead turn to voters — an approach urged by some since…
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Mayor Mobolade, Wayne Williams respond after 3 indicted in ‘hoax’ hate crime involving burning cross
Both candidates in Colorado Springs’ mayoral runoff election in 2023 have responded to the news earlier this week that three suspects were indicted in federal court for allegedly staging a racist vandalization of a campaign sign. Colorado Springs police, and later the FBI, investigated vandalism from the early hours of April 23, 2023. On Tuesday…
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Federal judge finds constitutional challenge to Colorado’s charitable solicitation law not viable
A company that solicits charitable donations for nonprofits cannot continue its constitutional challenge to Colorado’s regulations because it no longer faces a prohibition on operating in the state, a federal judge ruled last week. InfoCision Management Corporation, located in Akron, Ohio, alleged a portion of Colorado’s Charitable Solicitations Act unconstitutionally infringed upon its free speech rights…
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NEWS | Yemi Mobolade to become 42nd mayor of Colorado Springs
Highlights from Yemi Mobolade’s watch party on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at the COS City Hub in Colorado Springs. According to preliminary, unofficial results, Mobolade defeated Wayne Williams by about 15 percentage points, becoming the city’s first elected Black mayor and the first Colorado Springs mayor who isn’t a registered Republican in the more than…