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Colorado Springs mayor's race

Thursday, April 12 at 12:01 AM

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By Addy M. Hansen, Colorado Springs

In 2003, Jan Martin portrayed herself to the (tax-paying and fiscally-conservative) citizens of El Paso County as a “guardian” of our finances - when she led (along with Chuck Murphy) a recall effort against two (2) (former) County Commissioners for securing COPs (Certificates of Participation) to build (a much-needed) jail addition and a courthouse renovation and putting the home-owning, tax-paying voters of El Paso County into “further” debt without a “say” in the matter. Martin wanted to SAVE the citizens of El Paso County $money$ from being spent WITHOUT their consent and/or input on the matter. She let everyone know (through the generous help of The Gazette in Colorado Springs) that SHE was, in fact, a FISCAL-CONSERVATIVE.

Oh REALLY?!?!?!

In today’s (03-25-07) Sunday Gazette, on the front page of the Metro Section, we (the home-owning, tax-paying voters of El Paso County) get to “see” the REAL Jan Martin. Jan LIKES taxes. In fact, of all the current City Council candidates....she SUPPORTS ALL of the (proposed) tax increases: One to fund Public Safety; one to renovate the City Auditorium, one on funding trails and open space acquisitions and one to raise our energy (CSU) bills. WOW!!! Jan Martin wants to SPEND, SPEND, SPEND and in order to spend all the money she wants....she is willing to raise EVERYONE’s taxes!!!

Where did that “anti-money-spending, vanguard of citizens money” who “instigated” the 2003 recall against County Commissioners Tom Huffman and Chuck Brown for securing COPs to fend-off a serious jail/courthouse situation - go???? Where is the Jan Martin who wanted to save all of the people of El Paso County so much money these days??? Well, that Jan Martin does NOT exist - nor has she EVER.

Welcome to reality, Colorado Springs. Jan Martin will spend money (on City Council) as fast as she can get her hands on it.

Do we really want a “free-wheeling, fast-spending” City Council member who has no problems spending your money as fast as she can get it???

NO!!!

Do NOT elect Jan ("spend at her whim")Martin to City Council. Not now. Not ever. Fiscal conservatism - it really “fits” this City/County/area and ALL of the (potential) leaders therein. And, we will NOT have that with Jan Martin.

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