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The Dais · Weekly Recaps
El Paso County BOCC
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011C. The System: The Plans, The Planners, and The Platforms
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011B. The Money: Where It Came From, Where It Went, Where It Didn’t.
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011A. The People: Four Rooms, Four Kinds of Showing Up
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010B. The Threads: A Parking Lot Mystery, Seventeen School Districts, and a Deadline Eleven Days Out
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010A. The People: Children. Volunteers. Two People Who Showed Up
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009. The Activity Book
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008. Filter or Foe: Beautiful Empty Rooms and at Least Three Open Chairs
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007. The Paper Trail
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006. The Right Room
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005. The Ordinary and the Unbearable
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004b. Follow the Money
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004a. The Human Stuff
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003. Dead Patients, Empty Seats, and the Train Nobody Asked For
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002. $58 Million and a Mosquito
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001. Roads, a Retirement & a Restaurant That Can't Get Approved
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000. No One Gave You These Orders
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Special Edition · The Dais
The Map
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The Dais · The Map — 1. Where Do the Monarchs Go?
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The Dais · The Map — 2. He Must Have Clicked It Wrong
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The Dais · The Map — 3. He Finds the Handle
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The Dais · The Map — 4. Who Charges for Drainage?
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The Dais · The Map — 5. Three Minutes or More. I.The Rainbow
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The Dais · The Map — 6. Three Minutes or More. II. The Data
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The Dais · The Map — 7. Three Minutes or More. III. Friday Night
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The Dais · The Map — 8. Three Minutes or More. IV. No Applause
Guides
Guide
Assessor-ADA-Compliance for El Paso County, Colorado
Guide
CityJurisdictionChecker-ADA-Compliance for the City of Colorado Springs
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Previous Series · The Dais
The Import Economy
The Import Economy Lessons
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The Import Economy — IV. The Exit Ramp
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The Import Economy — III. The Levers That Work
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The Import Economy — II. The Committee
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The Import Economy — I. The Brochure
Guides
Guide
The Import Economy — Jordan's Worksheets
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Summary. The Full Picture
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Part C. What It Costs to Raise You
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Part B. What Are They Buying?
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The Import Economy — Lesson Part A. Everything Costs Something — Including You
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Reference & Civic Tools
Guides
Guide
Your County Runs on Volunteers
Guide
The Import Economy — Jordan's Worksheets
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Summary. The Full Picture
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Part C. What It Costs to Raise You
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Part B. What Are They Buying?
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The Import Economy — Lesson Part A. Everything Costs Something — Including You
Guide
Nobody Told Laurel How Any of This Works.
Guide
El Paso County — Newcomer's Civic Guide
Guide
El Paso County — how-to-show-up-with-ADA
Guide
Assessor-ADA-Compliance for El Paso County, Colorado
Guide
CityJurisdictionChecker-ADA-Compliance for the City of Colorado Springs
Guide
Who Decides-Guide
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The official county calendar at agendasuite.org/iip/elpaso covers the Board of County Commissioners and Planning Commission but does not include most other boards listed here — including the Board of Health, Community Corrections, Workforce Development, Water Authority, and others. Each of those boards manages its own schedule through its own website or department.

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The official county calendar at agendasuite.org/iip/elpaso covers the Board of County Commissioners and Planning Commission but does not include most other boards listed here — including the Board of Health, Community Corrections, Workforce Development, Water Authority, and others. Each of those boards manages its own schedule through its own website or department.

Episodes

  1. ▶ Nobody Told Laurel How Any of This Works. March 19, 2026
  2. ▶ Your County Runs on Volunteers March 2, 2026
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The Dais is a local civic orientation project from StorySeed Studios — a calm, conversational read of what’s actually on the agenda in Colorado Springs and El Paso County each week. It isn’t journalism, commentary, or activism. It’s someone who read the paperwork, sat with it, and wants to pass along what stood out in plain language. The idea is simple: staying aware of your community shouldn’t require a press pass or a cable subscription. One person paying attention is a ripple. That’s the whole thing.

I have a communications degree. It took seven years. I took Government twice. The second time I earned a D. The people making these decisions took it once and are doing considerably better. We are all learning.

Not affiliated with the City of Colorado Springs or El Paso County government. Not legal, financial, or accounting advice. Built from public records. No invoice attached.

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