Anti-earmark Tea Party caucus member Lamborn used to be earmark crazy

Colorado Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn has come out strong this year against earmarks. He joined the Tea Party caucus dedicated to fighting government waste and he enthusiastically signed onto the GOP House pledge against earmarking, or the practice of tacking on projects to legislation in order to deliver tax money to favored constituencies and causes. Lamborn wrote an editorial for his hometown Colorado Springs Gazette against earmarks last Saturday, a feel good Thanksgiving treat for the Gazette’s conservative readers.

He left out the fact that he has been earmark crazy since he arrived in Washington in 2007.

Doug Bruce ignored subpoenas; Gazette won’t ignore Bruce

Doug Bruce, Colorado Springs tax fighter and generally irascible human, is surely relishing defying the government and mocking the Colorado election process as toothless. El Paso County sheriff’s deputies have tried and failed to serve contempt subpoenas to Bruce 29…

McInnis draws heat in Colorado Springs for dodging water issues

GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis has said he knows “a little something” about Colorado water issues, which is partly why he says he won a $150,000 fellowship from the Hasan Foundation to write “a series of in-depth articles” on Colorado water. McInnis’s campaign hasn’t commented on the articles or released them and McInnis has said precious little to reporters about his stand on vital water issues in Colorado. But the issue isn’t going away, particularly, perhaps, among Colorado Springs Republicans.

Dreaming this Christmas of stimulus powder

For all of those grumbling about the President Obama’s wasteful stimulus spending on wine trains and golf courses, the Colorado Springs Gazette reminds us today that we have the New Deal to thank for at least two of Colorado’s…

Udall wants change to military culture that ‘stigmatizes’ mental health care

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall vowed Thursday to “hold [Army Secretary-nominee John McHugh] to his commitment” to make sure soldiers receive the best mental health treatment available after questioning the New York congressman at a confirmation hearing before the Senate…

Udall grills Army Sec. nominee on Fort Carson killings, Piñon Canyon

The nominee to become secretary of the Army promised Colorado Sen. Mark Udall on Thursday he would read a two-part series published this week by the Colorado Springs Gazette examining a string of killings committed by soldiers from a Fort Carson unit. U.S. Rep. John McHugh, a New York Republican, said he had only learned about the articles yesterday, so he didn’t directly address questions raised by senators about the Gazette’s disturbing revelations during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The Gazette gets a mysterious letter and … prints it

Here’s a novel idea. Say you’re a newsroom. Say you get a verrry baffling typed letter from someone named “Haywood Floyd,” claiming knowledge of hidden plastic bottles in prisons and promises of secret maps to said plastic containers in exchange for $150K. What do you do? If you’re managing editor Larry Ryckman, you slap that puppy up on the Web, with this hedder: “What do you think of this letter?”

Colorado Springs halts homeless sweeps

Colorado Springs mayor Lionel Rivera issued a moratorium on homeless camp cleanups last week, saying he wants the city to explore the ethical and legal issues surrounding the practice, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.

A Rare Glimpse Into The Sean Paige Psyche

A day after the announcement that the fervently right-wing swinging Sean Paige is departing the Colorado Springs Gazette, the newspaper’s short-timer editorial page editor appears to be … on vacation. Not due back in the office until Monday, Paige…

Turning Another Paige At The Gazette

First it was Dan Njegomir, off for a brief stop at a think tank before heading over to the state Senate for a government paycheck. Now we’ve got Njegomir’s replacement at the Colorado Springs Gazette, Sean Paige, reportedly exiting…