SOMETIMES we the people WIN!! (no kum n go in colorado springs neighborhood)

[niyad]

Kum And Go Will Not Be Built

Locals are calling it a big win. Wednesday, a gas company decided a new station will not be built in Old Colorado City. "This is really good news for Old Colorado City and the west side," Cucuru Gallery Café owner Guillermo Alvarado said.
&quot I’m) just happy to see them go, that's all," Front Range Barbeque owner Brian Fortinberry said


The community was outraged when Kum and Go announced it would build a new gas station on Colorado Avenue between 23rd and 24th Streets. It would have been where the Discover
Goodwill building stands now. Locals started to put up signs, held protest rallies and started petition drives. Wednesday the company scrapped its plans to build.
"It felt good we didn't have to worry about a boycott and other things we had planned," Alvarado said.

Kum and Go spokeswoman Traci Rodemeyer told us on the phone that several factors went into the final decision, but she said they absolutely took into account the push back from the community.
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http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Gas-Station-Will-Not-Be-Built-222455491.html

[L0oniX]

1. At first glance I thought this was going to be about a whore house. My bad. n/t

[niyad]

3. a brothel would at least be in keeping with the actual history of this area.

[NuclearDem]

2. Well, yeah, expected that.

It's Colorado Springs. Fairly conservative place, I can't imagine they'd be thrilled over a glo--

Oh, it's a gas station?

[niyad]

4. yes, a gas station. as I told another poster, at least a brothel would be in keeping with this

area's history.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. OK, I'll bite: Why don't they like Kum & Go ?

[MADem]

7. I think the name alone is tasteless in the extreme! nt

[niyad]

10. as witness some of the comments here, and elsewhere.

[niyad]

8. because this is a neighborhood with a great history. because there are EIGHT gas stations within

two miles. because the name is offensive. because they tried to sneak it past the community. because we don't want the blight of a 10-pump, 24-hour monstrosity in this neighborhood.

would YOU like a 10-pump, 24-hour, 5000 sq. ft. gas station right across the street from you (the same question I asked the city planners)? if so, I can hook you up with some property for sale across the street from their OTHER planned location less than a mile away.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. That's understandable but I don't think I'd want many of the mentioned alternatives near me either.

Big gas stations also tend to move in where there's a lot more traffic than I'd like near me.

[kentuck]

6. Yay!

[niyad]

9. relieved, here, and pleasantly surprised.

[backscatter712]

11. I don't know why that chain keeps that name. Sounds like a chain of drive-thru brothels. n/t

[Brickbat]

12. Pump-n-Munch has its eye on it now.

[niyad]

14. is that for real?

[Brickbat]

15. Yep. And as someone who lives in the land of Kum-n-Go, I can tell you the name doesn't even

register anymore.

[niyad]

18. that is kind of sad

[seabeyond]

16. good. and i hope they receive that reception everywhere they go. there is no reason they should

be allowed to get away with their crude in a public environment just cause they think it is cute.

yea co springs.

[niyad]

17. the victory is just this neighborhood. there are already 10 of these disgusting things in town, and

plans for another one less than a mile from here. but, yes, would be nice if others could do the same.

[seabeyond]

19. bummer. they named it to offend. i hate for people to be successful when they suck as people. nt

[niyad]

20. I know, it really annoys me. but, the whole campaign of lies to get them into this neighborhood

really pissed me off. listening to the guy from goodwill touting the benefits of this disgusting company to our neighborhood made me sick. the ONLY benefit would have been to goodwill--and, since I had just learned about how little they pay some of their employees, and how much free labour they get from community service, etc, was truly sickening.

[SoCalDem]

21. I once had a team on my league who kept wanting to name their team

Mothertruckers

Every time they wrote it on the bowling score recap I ignored their request. Every week they asked why I did not put it on our league sheet.
After week #4, I GAVE then a name.. "Unacceptable Name Request".

They KEPT that name

[seabeyond]

22. ha ha. see, that is cute. and it worked for them. i cuss up a storm.

i also know there is a time and a place. public is not the place. i cuss all the friggin time, but for whatever reason, i am able to manage not to in public without effort.