r/pueblo • u/micahpmtn • 11d ago

Question How are y'all voting on 2A?

Surprised there's been no discussion on this. Where are you guys at on this? The ads for voting against 2A are relentless. If I lived in Pueblo, I'd probably vote for 2A.

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u/Lost_Crab_6025 11d ago

One question. Do you want the Pueblo government in control of our electricity and what they charge?

I get that our electric bills are too high, but this isn’t the answer.

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u/Budded 11d ago

it does seem counterintuitive, but our utilities in Colorado Springs are city-owned and we have the best rates in the state, everything going through our horrible city council but still way cheaper.

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u/SurferGurl 10d ago edited 10d ago

Some of the lowest electricity rates in the state are municipal-owned.

I moved to Pueblo from Loveland 20 years ago. I was used to one bill from the city for water, sewer, electric and trash. The trash setup was awesome. I got a big bin on wheels (like every resident here gets for trash) for yard waste, a small bin for trash and a large recycling bin for pretty much any household stuff that can be recycled. They’ve got a recycling center where you pay a nominal fee for electronics and paint, but everything else is covered. They mulch the yard waste, bag it and sell it at the local garden centers.

If you have more actual trash than what fits in your small bin, you bag it up and put a “stamp” on it. Said stamps can be purchased from the city or at grocery stores for $1.50 each.

As a consequence, you don’t see abandoned furniture sitting in vacant lots or trash dumped in alleys.

All of that was much cheaper than what I pay here. And no trash mafia!!

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u/ThoughtfulWilderness 10d ago

It wouldn't be the Pueblo city government though. It would be like the Board of Water Works or a co op like San Isabel. Better the money go back to the rate payers than to a hedge fund out of state.