Colorado Springs City Council Dist 3 Choose 1
Colorado Springs voters from District 3 will be electing one city council member to represent their District via all-mail ballot. Ballots will be mailed beginning Friday, March 7, 2025 and must be received back by Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 at 7pm for the vote to be counted.The city of Colorado Springs uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city s primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city s chief executive.
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What are your top priorities for the office and how would you integrate them in your first 100 days?
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What will you do to support a vibrant economy?
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How will you address the housing affordability crisis and the needs of the unhoused?
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What factors will guide your financial and budgeting decisions?
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Why do you want to serve now?
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What changes, if any, would you like to see concerning how the city is run?
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What are your top priorities for the office and how would you integrate them in your first 100 days?
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What will you do to support a vibrant economy?
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How will you address the housing affordability crisis and the needs of the unhoused?
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What factors will guide your financial and budgeting decisions?
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Why do you want to serve now?
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What changes, if any, would you like to see concerning how the city is run?
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Biographical Information
What are your top priorities for the office and how would you integrate them in your first 100 days?
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What will you do to support a vibrant economy?
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How will you address the housing affordability crisis and the needs of the unhoused?
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What factors will guide your financial and budgeting decisions?
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Why do you want to serve now?
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What changes, if any, would you like to see concerning how the city is run?
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Submitted Biography
I am running for City Council because I love this city. After visiting it for decades, I moved here in 2013 and this is where I plan to spend the rest of my days. I have 30= years experience in the financial services/investments industry and will bring that knowledge to Council and the budgeting process. I am an avid hiker, mountain biker, and kayaker and have spent the last 6 years on the Parks Board. I truly believe that our trails, open spaces, and parks are what sets us apart from the rest of the world and will do everything I can to maintain and expand those resources. Lastly, I am a proud father of 2 grown children and want to keep this big city with a small town feel that we all love.
Website / Sitio web
http://www.greg4cos.com
What are your top priorities for the office and how would you integrate them in your first 100 days?
My top priority is to ensure the safety of our residents and devise an evacuation plan for all citizens in the event of a fire. We have no plan and being lucky doesn't constitute one. I would use AI technology and evacuation modeling so that every citizen and visitor to Colorado Springs has a plan and knowledge to put the plan in effect when necessary.
What will you do to support a vibrant economy?
I will work with the City, Chamber of Commerce, and tourism industry to ensure we have both internal growth and keep our booming tourism industry on track. I will advocate for increasing our LART tax, which is paid by tourists, and allow the money to be spread more liberally than it currently is. The Broadmoor is the biggest recipient of LART funds and I think we should spend more of that money within our park system, as our great outdoors is a primary attraction to the outside world.
How will you address the housing affordability crisis and the needs of the unhoused?
I would advocate for more condominiums being built to provide a means to ownership and also allow ADUs to be allowed in neighborhoods that approve of them.
Regarding the homeless, our City has to take on the responsibility of caring for our fellow man through coordinated efforts among the federal, state, and municipal governments, along with the shelters, healthcare, job training, and faith communities.
What factors will guide your financial and budgeting decisions?
I am thrifty in my personal finances and will be the same with the taxpayers dollars. I have over 30 years experience in the financial services industry and will find savings where I can and make sure all segments of our society are served, not just the wealthiest.
Why do you want to serve now?
I feel our City Council has been making poor decisions regarding unnecessary annexations, skyscrapers downtown, and no concrete evacuation planning or how to eradicate homelessness. We can solve all these issues now and I will not stop until we do.
What changes, if any, would you like to see concerning how the city is run?
I'd like to see all candidates for City Council denounce corporate contributions. We need transparency in our government and voters need to be confident that Council is working for them and not just a few wealthy benefactors.
I meet very few people who trust our City to do things for the good of everyone. I constantly hear that developers "run" this city and, until we get their money out of elections, that will never change.
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Submitted Biography
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http://BrandyWilliams.com
What are your top priorities for the office and how would you integrate them in your first 100 days?
As the election is held in April, the budget for 2025 has already been passed by the previous City Council and that does not leave a lot of room for change. Independent of the budget, what I would do is to find a representative or a group for every community in District 3 for the transfer of information. As your representative I want to know and understand the needs of the community and I want to be able to share upcoming decisions and issues with the community to increase awareness of public policy and have a back and forth flow of information.
What will you do to support a vibrant economy?
Our economy was anything but vibrant when I was elected in 2011. The first step in a vibrant economy is believing in ourselves, we had to change the City narrative to the one that it is today. Colorado Springs is the most beautiful City on earth and we love living here every single day. I will continue to promote our amazing self esteem, and now that every magazine in the country has found Colorado Springs we need to continue to foster our small businesses and work together to find solutions to continue our quest for attainable housing.
How will you address the housing affordability crisis and the needs of the unhoused?
There are varying levels of unhoused in the Pikes Peak Region, but if we could have a spectrum of resources to help every unique situation that would be advantageous to our community. I have had several conversations regarding this subject and the low hanging fruit is to minimize the number of individuals entering homelessness, possibly with the help from the United Way. As a region we need to continue to work together to reduce individual and family homelessness using all of our available resources. Public/private partnerships are also an option to maximize the resources that we have within the community to reduce the overall price of housing. These partnerships already exist, but as a Councilmember I can support those already in place and encourage more participation in this important conversation.
What factors will guide your financial and budgeting decisions?
In a perfect world, each one of us would wake up everyday with a thought to love and respect our neighbors. I am not going to give up on that dream, but in the meantime I will put the safety of our citizens as my first priority. We deserve a safe community and that will be one of the factors that guides my financial and budgeting decisions. In order to have vibrant economy we need to be able to move from point A to point B. As an engineer I am very familiar with road funding, road construction and road maintenance. I will continue to advocate for a reduction in potholes throughout the district and multimodal options for the community.
Why do you want to serve now?
I had the honor and privilege of serving the citizens of Colorado Springs previously in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Being a member of the Colorado Springs City Council was the best job I have ever had, it was the lowest pay, but best job. When I was asked to run for District 3 to once again serve the community, I was honored and humbled. This is a pivotal time in our community with issues including attainable housing, food prices, roads in disrepair and public safety, and it is not a time for on the job training. I have served on the Utilities Board and our community needs a voice for those that will soon have to chose between feeding their families and keeping their children warm. Colorado Springs is cold in the winter and heat is expensive, especially electric heat. I want to be an advocate for those that cannot afford to change how they heat their homes, and even if they could, the electric bill would be outrageous.
What changes, if any, would you like to see concerning how the city is run?
Personally, I was more comfortable with the City of Colorado Springs only having 4 Districts. Colorado Springs is now over 500,000 people and citizen involvement is higher than it has ever been. The disconnect is that now when you vote for City Council, you as a citizen can only vote for four (4) members of a nine (9) member Board of Directors. As our City grows and decisions become more complicated, your vote is only for a minority of those representing YOU. I prefer to have four (4) districts and five (5) at-large representatives because then as a citizen you can now vote for six (6) of the individuals that represent YOU, which would be a super majority of the Board of Directors and strengthens your role in how your city is governed.