Comments on: Inventor accuses city attorney of ‘extreme prejudice’

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:15:06 +0000

It is time to recall Bach before he totally destroys our city. Colorado Springs has been my home for several decades and I do not want this power hungry person to ruin our city. My children were born here and this is our home. I do not want his self-serving agenda to destroy our beautiful city. His is truly one of the most corrupt politicians I have ever seen and Melcher needs to be disbarred. Bach received campaign funds from the Koch Brothers. Do a little research, these are extremely corrupt people. I did not vote for Bach. It was evident that he would be a power hungry, self serving mayor. Bach is about himself and the developers. I really think that the citizens of Colorado Springs need to consider recalling Bach. He is not a strong mayor. He is a politiican who does not seem to care about the citizens who elected him. He seems more interested in his own special interests.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:01:49 +0000

My friend works at Colorado College and says that City Attorney, Chris Melcher, allegedly was fired or was going to be for dishonest practices. no one at the College respected him. He says everyone who worked there knew he was a servant to Dick Celeste and did every unethical request made to him. So what does our City do, hire him. I’m supporting the ballot initiative making the city Attorney an elected position accountable to the people. Send an email to Council and tell them voters want the chance to get someone good in for a city Attny and they want someone looking out for their interests, not to establish dictatorships.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:52:28 +0000

This administration wants to take away all input from the people. The citizens opinions are ignored. The City Council who represent citizens are being ignored. Mayor Bach thinks he knows best what to do with our money. I didn’t vote last Mayor election but I will next time and vote him out!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:48:25 +0000

I sure wish we had Mayor Bob right now! This City is waste deep in Bullshit from self serving idiots!

By: Eric Schips

Eric Schips — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:19:18 +0000

Mr/Mrs Wirbel, I am sorry, but I do not see it the same way as you. The scrubber technology, is priced comparatively lower than competitiors pricing. Competitive pricing for a scrubbing system has been gathered and it was found to be hundreds of thousands more than the Neumann System. In reference to the YMCA “offer”, it was just that, an offer to help the City keep it’s pools open using an existing system that they have to do so. The Neumann System was offered, accepted, and contracts granted. To go back on that now will no doubt cost the rate payers a chunk of money in litigation, but will also result in penalties from the EPA for non-compliance with upcoming regulatory standards. This is a step in the right direction, we the rate payer save money while meeting the regulations, while investigating plans for the future of the plant, and while quite possibly making money when the system proves to work as well as it has so far, when installed in other localities. One reason there possibly could be for not too many other users knocking on Neumanns door, is the uncertainty of their location of manufacturing and tech due to the unfriendly environment their own home communtiy leaders are presenting them.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:27:28 +0000

I have lived in Colorado Springs since the 70′s. I have never seen so much corruption in my life. Bach is out of control. The things we read about his behavior, corruption, secrecy, ties to the Koch Brothers, and irrational behavior is alarming. He is going to destroy our city. A recent article said he wants to focus on the gatewayis into the city and Drake Power plant He has a difficult time telling the truth and has very little integrity. When he was running for office, it was very apparent that he had issues with articles about numerous marriages and alleged spousal abuse. If someone has been married that many times, it is obvious that there are problems. How is he going to attract 6000 jobs when he is doing everything he can to destrpy and discredit Colorado Springs and CSU? I would hope that even the extreme conservatives in Colorado Springs would begin questioning Bach and his self serving agenda and the lack of transaprency in his decisions and behaviior. It seems like it is time for the citizens and voters to step and and seriously look at recalling Bach before he destroys our city.

By: bc cline

bc cline — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:26:09 +0000

what a warm fuzzy feeling i got when i heard Chris Melcher & “Mr. Bach were being challenged by the ACLU! Now this! Hey- maybe the Justice Dept will come questioning next? Maybe Melcher can take on the US AG (pssst! that stands for ATTORNEY General) As long as its ok with your “boss”. What a bunch of arrogant, pretentious FASCISTS. Surely you know your time in OUR city as our representatives is now limited. And we must have a city attorney who did not receive their law degree from a correspondence course.

By: midwestrealist

midwestrealist — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:58:02 +0000

If the Neumann system is NOT to move forward, then it should come back to the ratepayers/customers in lower rates, NOT to fund stormwater needs. I wholeheartedly agree that the massive backlog of stormwater needs in our community need to be addressed but CSU should NOT be taking the primary hit. It is us citizens that need to fess up and pay up (and we need to have the cohonoes to expect new development to properly address its stormwater impacts, which have been waived/reduced for years). Time to face the music and get that stormwater is a CITY infrastructure issue and has little to do with the delivery of gas, electric and water. It’s about accepting the environment/climate we live in and handling it responsibly and in a communal fashion.

By: Louiet

Louiet — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:53:20 +0000

We have to either recall Bach or ensure that any city council candidate running that supports Bach is defeated. Him and Melcher obviously have a very devious agenda and it does not include the best interest of the citizens. We must get rid of Dougan and Leigh in the next election. Read the account of the Stormwater meeting in the CS Indy. It is much better reporting and more detailed than the personal agenda driven Gazette.

By: zen

zen — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:29:03 +0000

CSU’s engineers did analyze other scrubber technologies, and found Neumann’s system to be superior in both performance and price. Why is it so hard to accept that?