Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s first veto is creating a divide between what he believes is his authority as mayor versus the city council’s authority regarding recreational marijuana sales tax revenue.
Mayoral vetoes in Colorado Springs have been rare, but they do happen.
The mayor’s recent statement gave four reasons for the veto, but the main reason was that he believes the application review committee created by this ordinance usurps his administrative duty to issue grants…