If you Are In District 1, VOTE Today!

It's Election Day - get your buns in gear! You want the dish? One grrl's servin' it here*:

Candidates for the office of Councilmember District 1

Incumbent: Scott Hente (a developer backed by the CS developers' interests. They already control most of the City Council, and get huge gulps of your tax and utility dollars as a result.)

2760 Brogans Bluff Dr.,
Colo. Springs, 80919
593-0942  599-3770  slamhente@adelphia.net

Challenger: Al Brody (you've probably seen him riding his bike everywhere in downtown CS. Sometimes he rides a tandem with his wife, Tamara. Retired USAF LTCOL, but green-oriented and very active in good deed groups in the community. He actually believes in open spaces and livable cities. Will he give away our water to the developers and raise our rates in exchange for campaign dollars? Naaaw, he has very few campaign dollars and what there is doesn't come from the developers.)

978 Allegheny Dr.,
Colo. Springs, 80919  266-6846     info@electalbrody.com
www.electalbrody.com

*That means, nobody else on this site is responsible for me saying what I think about these two public personages running for office.

From the Colorado Springs Independent, "Developers again fill the election till" ( http://www.csindy.com/csindy/2005-03-24/news4.html ):

"Early voting for the April 5 election began Monday. Seven candidates are running for four open seats. In addition to Heimlicher, Councilman Darryl Glenn is running unopposed in District 2. Council members Scott Hente and Margaret Radford face challengers in Districts 1 and 4, respectively."

"Five candidates have raised a combined total of more than $40,000, according to campaign-finance disclosures filed at the city clerk's office. The money goes toward billboards, yard signs, mailings and schmoozers -- all meant to attract the attention of voters and establish name recognition."

"The amount contributed by developers and related special interests constitutes at least 40 percent of the total campaign money in the election. This year, as was the case two years ago, the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs is so far the single biggest contributor, giving a total of $7,500 to Heimlicher, Glenn and Hente."