Learn more about Katherine (Kat) Gayle, candidate for one of three at-large city council positions in the April 4, 2023 Colorado Springs city election.
Shelly Roehrs teamed with Sixty35 Media Executive Editor Bryan Grossman to have this conversation. Sixty35 Media fact-checked every interview; see the results below. Candidate’s website
This is one of the 23 interviews conducted with candidates for mayor and city council (two were unavailable). We published them all on March 10 (ballots will be mailed to voters on March 10).
FACT-CHECK:
Candidate says “One of our first problems is our wages for police and first responders across the board are very, very low compared to the rest of the front range of Colorado.”
CS ranked 5th at both fire and police salary out of 9 Front Range cities. The average range for firefighter at Pueblo at $59,955 and Boulder at $65,514 and Colorado Springs at $63,541. Police average at Pueblo at $58,110 and Boulder at $63,500 and Colorado Springs at $61,700.
We’ll follow up with episodes replaying five candidate forums hosted by LWVPPR. A special thanks to the Sixty35 Media for partnering with us on these episodes, and for streaming the candidate forums. Attend the forums in person, view the livestream, or view/listen later to them as episodes of Making Democracy Work wherever you get your podcasts. Find the forum schedule and livestream links here.
This interview is offered as a public service. All legally qualified candidaes were offered equal opportunity to present their views in this interview series without charge. The views expressed are those of the candidates.
Candidate responses were not edited. League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region and Sixty35 Media endorse no candidates.
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