Richard Skorman
Richard Skorman was a member of the Colorado Springs City Council, representing District 3. Skorman assumed office on April 18, 2017. Skorman left office on December 31, 2021.
Skorman ran for re-election to the Colorado Springs City Council to represent District 3. Skorman won in the general election on April 6, 2021.
Skorman resigned on December 31, 2021, to focus on his private sector job.[1]
Biography
Skorman owns several businesses in Colorado Springs: Poor Richards, Ricos, and Little Richards.[2]
Elections
2021
See also: City elections in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2021)
General election
General election for Colorado Springs City Council District 3
Incumbent Richard Skorman defeated Arthur Glynn, Olivia Lupia, and Henry McCall in the general election for Colorado Springs City Council District 3 on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Richard Skorman (Nonpartisan) | 59.5 | 9,650 |
| Arthur Glynn (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 3,078 | ||
| Olivia Lupia (Nonpartisan) | 17.7 | 2,874 | ||
| Henry McCall (Nonpartisan) | 3.8 | 611 | ||
| Total votes: 16,213 | |||
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2017
The city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, held elections for city council on April 4, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 23, 2017.[3] Richard Skorman defeated Chuck Fowler in the Colorado Springs City Council, District 3 general election.[4]
| Colorado Springs City Council, District 3 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Richard Skorman |
57.79% | 9,077 |
| Chuck Fowler | 42.21% | 6,629 |
| Total Votes | 15,706 | |
| Source: Colorado Springs, Colorado, "April 4, 2017 Municipal Election Results," accessed April 18, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Richard Skorman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Skorman's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[5]
Trails, parks, and open space
- Excerpt: "Parks and open spaces connect us, help keep us healthy and boost the value of our city to new residents and businesses. I will fight to keep them maintained, keep our urban forest healthy and see that new facilities and trail connections are built and special open spaces are protected in the future."
Economic growth
- Excerpt: "I’ll push to retire the Drake Power Plan sooner rather than later so that part of downtown can be developed into affordable housing, an Arts District and a water park amenity at the confluence of Fountain and Monument Creeks. We can follow Denver’s successful model in the South Platte and Cherry Creek confluence development."
Public safety
- Excerpt: "I will advocate to bring our public safety personnel’s salaries in line with median pay for cities our size. We currently lose 4 in 10 police officers that we train to other cities."
Fires, floods, and landslides
- Excerpt: "Our wildland-urban interface presents a huge fire and flood risk to our community. We are rated as a top risk in Colorado and one of the biggest risks in the US. I want to create a regional, voter-approved, mill levy-funded Fire, Flood and Landslide Protection District."
Homelessness
- Excerpt: "I want to create a homeless service portal that would provide one-stop information about services and support for people in the most need (especially families, vets, children and teens). We currently have many agencies and churches out there doing the heavy lifting, but most of them don’t communicate with one another or are duplicating services while many needs go unmet or remain inaccessible."
See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado Springs, "President Pro Tem Richard Skorman Offers Resignation from City Council," November 5, 2021
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Richard Skorman," accessed March 8, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Springs, Colorado, "Election Candidate FAQ," accessed January 24, 2017
- ↑ Colorado Springs, Colorado, "April 4, 2017 - Ballot Candidates," accessed January 25, 2017
- ↑ Richard Skorman campaign website, "Issues," accessed March 8, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Colorado Springs City Council District 3 2017-2021 |
Succeeded by Stephannie Fortune |
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