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Question from Springstaxpayers Survey Question #3

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Do you support “road-dieting” traffic lanes in favor of bike lanes and bus lanes in Colorado Springs? Please explain. (200 words maximum)

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Michelle Talarico's Answer on 3/3/23:  

Today, there is planning for more livable cities. While many in cities may want to, and even need to drive, citizens also want breathable air, streets that are safe enough to cross, a city that’s quiet at night, transportation options, and vibrant, lively communities. And a simple, inconvenient fact remains — having a livable city is incompatible with having a car-centric city. Cars simply take up too much space and move too few people in the space they occupy. In addition, they cause all sorts of issues, from traffic violence to poor air quality to increased fatalities. https://springstaxpayersunited.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Talarico-City-Council-Candidate-Survey-Final-003.pdf

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Michael Schneider's original writing on 6/27/21:

Today, there is a renaissance of planning for more livable cities. While many in cities may want to, and even need to drive, citizens also want breathable air, streets that are safe enough to cross, a city that’s quiet at night, transportation options, and vibrant, lively communities. And a simple, inconvenient fact remains — having a livable city is incompatible with having a car-centric city. Cars simply take up too much space and move too few people in the space they occupy. In addition, they cause all sorts of issues, from traffic violence to poor air quality to raising the cost of rent. https://michaelschneider.medium.com/bike-and-bus-lanes-are-good-for-people-that-drive-d7780b1945b9

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Broadmoor Land Swap & Water Survey Answers:

After D3 residents expressed outrage over Ms. Talarico's support of the Broadmoor Land Swap and was the only candidate across the mayoral and city council race who did, she reached out to Integrity Matters first blaming us for our questions, then claiming confusion and then claiming being rushed.  We struggled with how to handle this as it isn't fair to let candidates change their answers in this manner and found it especially offensive to be accused of being the problem here.  So, what we decided to do was to publish what she initially answered and, below this, you can see email correspondence on the changes she wanted to make which ended up being 3 questions.  More to come including a summary grid across all candidates and percent answers for all questions.

 

Conflicts-of-Interest

As part of this process, several D3 residents asked questions about the answer to the Broadmoor Land Swap and her numerous business conflicts-of-interests ($100k contract with Norwood and others like the Broadmoor, Classic Homes, etc you can and should read by clicking here) which she admits will cause her to recuse herself.  In spite of her handler, Richard Skorman, saying she will fully disclose all her clients, she has refused to do so.  These conflicts-of-interest are giant red flags that have earned her the extreme danger alert.  Wayne Williams is the only other candidate to earn this distinction.  You can read more here.  For those who care about English, we issue a warning.  It's pretty bad (see her emails with Integrity Matters presented below for further proof), and she claims to be an English major from Colorado College.

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