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Screw-O-Meter reading: Questionable
Your board · Oct 13 QUESTIONABLE
Since January 2025 · scored every meeting

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96 meetings scored since January 2025. As of Oct 13, 2026, the board stands at 3.13, in the Questionable tier.

Screw-O-Meter score after each El Paso County Board of County Commissioners meeting since January 2025.96 meetings from Jan 14 to Oct 13; score moved from 0.25 to 3.13. May 8, 2025: Black Squirrel aquifer plats. Two rural plats were approved over the aquifer district’s quantified objections, filed more than two hundred days earlier, and the county water attorney’s note that the state “did not find adequate water.” Jan 8, 2026: Four 4–1 land use splits. Commissioner Wysong dissented alone on four land use votes, among them a six-lot canyon plat on a single-access road with two waivers of subdivision standards. Mar 26, 2026: $58M Lorson Ranch district debt. The board authorised $58 million of metropolitan district debt that 220 Lorson Ranch households will carry, reimbursing a developer who went unnamed across a 49-minute hearing. May 28, 2026: 88 homesites, fire report open. The wildfire program manager’s finding that a submitted document “is not an actual fire protection report” was still uncleared when 88 homesites passed in one 38-second motion. Jul 23, 2026: Iron Ridge rezone on consent. A rezoning doubling permitted density on 86 acres passed inside a silent consent motion, though seventeen notified neighbours had been told in writing it would be heard. Aug 27, 2026: Buc-ee’s ruling, Monument Hill. The board ruled 4–1 that a 74,000 sq ft, 120-pump facility is allowed by right, so it goes ahead without a rezoning, planning commission review or public merits hearing.PRINCIPLEDQUESTIONABLESCREWED012345Jan 14: 0.25 PrincipledJan 21: 0.25 PrincipledJan 28: 0.25 PrincipledFeb 4: 1.53 QuestionableFeb 11: 1.57 QuestionableFeb 13: 2.12 QuestionableFeb 18: 2.03 QuestionableFeb 25: 1.56 QuestionableMar 11: 1.39 PrincipledMar 13: 3.73 ScrewedMar 18: 3.40 QuestionableMar 25: 3.40 QuestionableMar 27: 3.82 ScrewedApr 1: 3.47 QuestionableApr 8: 3.47 QuestionableApr 10: 3.88 ScrewedApr 15: 3.52 ScrewedApr 22: 3.52 ScrewedApr 24: 3.47 QuestionableApr 29: 3.38 QuestionableMay 6: 3.33 QuestionableMay 8: 3.76 ScrewedMay 13: 3.76 ScrewedMay 20: 3.72 ScrewedMay 27: 3.77 ScrewedJun 10: 3.81 ScrewedJun 12: 3.94 ScrewedJun 17: 3.82 ScrewedJun 24: 3.66 ScrewedJun 26: 3.62 ScrewedJul 8: 3.67 ScrewedJul 22: 3.58 ScrewedJul 24: 3.75 ScrewedAug 5: 3.46 QuestionableAug 26: 2.99 QuestionableAug 28: 3.07 QuestionableSep 2: 3.01 QuestionableSep 9: 2.98 QuestionableSep 11: 3.25 QuestionableSep 23: 3.17 QuestionableSep 25: 3.22 QuestionableSep 30: 3.15 QuestionableOct 7: 3.04 QuestionableOct 9: 3.09 QuestionableOct 14: 3.09 QuestionableOct 21: 3.05 QuestionableOct 28: 3.10 QuestionableNov 4: 2.97 QuestionableNov 13: 3.01 QuestionableNov 18: 3.00 QuestionableDec 9: 2.93 QuestionableDec 11: 2.94 QuestionableDec 16: 2.94 QuestionableJan 8: 3.10 QuestionableJan 13: 3.19 QuestionableJan 20: 3.17 QuestionableJan 27: 3.09 QuestionableFeb 3: 3.06 QuestionableFeb 10: 3.05 QuestionableFeb 17: 2.92 QuestionableMar 3: 3.22 QuestionableMar 10: 3.17 QuestionableMar 12: 3.17 QuestionableMar 17: 3.18 QuestionableMar 26: 3.26 QuestionableMar 31: 3.26 QuestionableApr 7: 3.25 QuestionableApr 9: 3.25 QuestionableApr 14: 3.20 QuestionableApr 21: 3.18 QuestionableApr 28: 3.14 QuestionableMay 5: 3.13 QuestionableMay 12: 3.16 QuestionableMay 14: 3.16 QuestionableMay 19: 3.15 QuestionableMay 26: 3.26 QuestionableMay 28: 3.31 QuestionableJun 9: 3.31 QuestionableJun 11: 3.36 QuestionableJun 16: 3.47 QuestionableJun 23: 3.43 QuestionableJun 25: 3.41 QuestionableJul 7: 3.26 QuestionableJul 21: 3.22 QuestionableJul 23: 3.29 QuestionableAug 4: 3.18 QuestionableAug 25: 3.11 QuestionableAug 27: 3.14 QuestionableSep 1: 3.05 QuestionableSep 8: 3.00 QuestionableSep 10: 3.03 QuestionableSep 15: 3.06 QuestionableSep 22: 3.08 QuestionableSep 24: 3.12 QuestionableSep 29: 3.14 QuestionableOct 13: 3.13 QuestionableTwo rural plats were approved over the aquifer district’s quantified objections, filed more than two hundred days earlier, and the county water attorney’s note that the state “did not find adequate water.”May 8, 2025Black Squirrelaquifer platsCommissioner Wysong dissented alone on four land use votes, among them a six-lot canyon plat on a single-access road with two waivers of subdivision standards.Jan 8, 2026Four 4–1 land usesplitsThe board authorised $58 million of metropolitan district debt that 220 Lorson Ranch households will carry, reimbursing a developer who went unnamed across a 49-minute hearing.Mar 26, 2026$58M Lorson Ranchdistrict debtThe wildfire program manager’s finding that a submitted document “is not an actual fire protection report” was still uncleared when 88 homesites passed in one 38-second motion.May 28, 202688 homesites, firereport openA rezoning doubling permitted density on 86 acres passed inside a silent consent motion, though seventeen notified neighbours had been told in writing it would be heard.Jul 23, 2026Iron Ridge rezoneon consentThe board ruled 4–1 that a 74,000 sq ft, 120-pump facility is allowed by right, so it goes ahead without a rezoning, planning commission review or public merits hearing.Aug 27, 2026Buc-ee’s ruling,Monument Hill20252026 Screw-O-Meter score after each El Paso County Board of County Commissioners meeting since January 2025.96 meetings from Jan 14 to Oct 13; score moved from 0.25 to 3.13. May 8, 2025: Black Squirrel aquifer plats. Two rural plats were approved over the aquifer district’s quantified objections, filed more than two hundred days earlier, and the county water attorney’s note that the state “did not find adequate water.” Jan 8, 2026: Four 4–1 land use splits. Commissioner Wysong dissented alone on four land use votes, among them a six-lot canyon plat on a single-access road with two waivers of subdivision standards. Mar 26, 2026: $58M Lorson Ranch district debt. The board authorised $58 million of metropolitan district debt that 220 Lorson Ranch households will carry, reimbursing a developer who went unnamed across a 49-minute hearing. May 28, 2026: 88 homesites, fire report open. The wildfire program manager’s finding that a submitted document “is not an actual fire protection report” was still uncleared when 88 homesites passed in one 38-second motion. Jul 23, 2026: Iron Ridge rezone on consent. A rezoning doubling permitted density on 86 acres passed inside a silent consent motion, though seventeen notified neighbours had been told in writing it would be heard. Aug 27, 2026: Buc-ee’s ruling, Monument Hill. The board ruled 4–1 that a 74,000 sq ft, 120-pump facility is allowed by right, so it goes ahead without a rezoning, planning commission review or public merits hearing.PRINCIPLEDQUESTIONABLESCREWED012345Jan 14: 0.25 PrincipledJan 21: 0.25 PrincipledJan 28: 0.25 PrincipledFeb 4: 1.53 QuestionableFeb 11: 1.57 QuestionableFeb 13: 2.12 QuestionableFeb 18: 2.03 QuestionableFeb 25: 1.56 QuestionableMar 11: 1.39 PrincipledMar 13: 3.73 ScrewedMar 18: 3.40 QuestionableMar 25: 3.40 QuestionableMar 27: 3.82 ScrewedApr 1: 3.47 QuestionableApr 8: 3.47 QuestionableApr 10: 3.88 ScrewedApr 15: 3.52 ScrewedApr 22: 3.52 ScrewedApr 24: 3.47 QuestionableApr 29: 3.38 QuestionableMay 6: 3.33 QuestionableMay 8: 3.76 ScrewedMay 13: 3.76 ScrewedMay 20: 3.72 ScrewedMay 27: 3.77 ScrewedJun 10: 3.81 ScrewedJun 12: 3.94 ScrewedJun 17: 3.82 ScrewedJun 24: 3.66 ScrewedJun 26: 3.62 ScrewedJul 8: 3.67 ScrewedJul 22: 3.58 ScrewedJul 24: 3.75 ScrewedAug 5: 3.46 QuestionableAug 26: 2.99 QuestionableAug 28: 3.07 QuestionableSep 2: 3.01 QuestionableSep 9: 2.98 QuestionableSep 11: 3.25 QuestionableSep 23: 3.17 QuestionableSep 25: 3.22 QuestionableSep 30: 3.15 QuestionableOct 7: 3.04 QuestionableOct 9: 3.09 QuestionableOct 14: 3.09 QuestionableOct 21: 3.05 QuestionableOct 28: 3.10 QuestionableNov 4: 2.97 QuestionableNov 13: 3.01 QuestionableNov 18: 3.00 QuestionableDec 9: 2.93 QuestionableDec 11: 2.94 QuestionableDec 16: 2.94 QuestionableJan 8: 3.10 QuestionableJan 13: 3.19 QuestionableJan 20: 3.17 QuestionableJan 27: 3.09 QuestionableFeb 3: 3.06 QuestionableFeb 10: 3.05 QuestionableFeb 17: 2.92 QuestionableMar 3: 3.22 QuestionableMar 10: 3.17 QuestionableMar 12: 3.17 QuestionableMar 17: 3.18 QuestionableMar 26: 3.26 QuestionableMar 31: 3.26 QuestionableApr 7: 3.25 QuestionableApr 9: 3.25 QuestionableApr 14: 3.20 QuestionableApr 21: 3.18 QuestionableApr 28: 3.14 QuestionableMay 5: 3.13 QuestionableMay 12: 3.16 QuestionableMay 14: 3.16 QuestionableMay 19: 3.15 QuestionableMay 26: 3.26 QuestionableMay 28: 3.31 QuestionableJun 9: 3.31 QuestionableJun 11: 3.36 QuestionableJun 16: 3.47 QuestionableJun 23: 3.43 QuestionableJun 25: 3.41 QuestionableJul 7: 3.26 QuestionableJul 21: 3.22 QuestionableJul 23: 3.29 QuestionableAug 4: 3.18 QuestionableAug 25: 3.11 QuestionableAug 27: 3.14 QuestionableSep 1: 3.05 QuestionableSep 8: 3.00 QuestionableSep 10: 3.03 QuestionableSep 15: 3.06 QuestionableSep 22: 3.08 QuestionableSep 24: 3.12 QuestionableSep 29: 3.14 QuestionableOct 13: 3.13 QuestionableTwo rural plats were approved over the aquifer district’s quantified objections, filed more than two hundred days earlier, and the county water attorney’s note that the state “did not find adequate water.”May 8, 2025Black Squirrelaquifer platsThe board authorised $58 million of metropolitan district debt that 220 Lorson Ranch households will carry, reimbursing a developer who went unnamed across a 49-minute hearing.Mar 26, 2026$58M LorsonRanch districtdebtA rezoning doubling permitted density on 86 acres passed inside a silent consent motion, though seventeen notified neighbours had been told in writing it would be heard.Jul 23, 2026Iron Ridgerezone onconsentCommissioner Wysong dissented alone on four land use votes, among them a six-lot canyon plat on a single-access road with two waivers of subdivision standards.Jan 8, 2026Four 4–1 landuse splitsThe wildfire program manager’s finding that a submitted document “is not an actual fire protection report” was still uncleared when 88 homesites passed in one 38-second motion.May 28, 202688 homesites,fire reportopenThe board ruled 4–1 that a 74,000 sq ft, 120-pump facility is allowed by right, so it goes ahead without a rezoning, planning commission review or public merits hearing.Aug 27, 2026Buc-ee’sruling,Monument Hill20252026

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