Some Colorado Springs City Council candidates in the April 2 election have faced restraining orders, financial struggles or both. The Gazette searched El Paso County and 4th Judicial District court filings and other records for cases involving the 11 city council candidates, vying for three at-large seats, and the four mayoral candidates. The following was found during background checks for council candidates Randy Tuck, Regina English, Tony Gioia, Wayne Williams, and Gordon Klingenschmitt and mayoral candidates Lawrence Martinez and Juliette Parker. The rest of the candidates did not have noteworthy local criminal or civil records, The Gazette found. Randy Tuck Tuck, retired after a more than 30-year career in the construction industry, has been taken to court by collections agencies and other companies more than a dozen times in the past decade. Since 2010, judgments or default judgments have been entered against him for debts totaling more than $30,000, according to court records. All of those cases are now closed; however, six of the judgments, worth more than $10,000 total, remain “unsatisfied,” records show. Tuck said he’s still working on paying some of the debts. Two surgeries left him partially immobile and disabled after a work-related injury crushed several discs in his spine sometime before 2013, he said. His family lost a car, nearly lost their home, and “cleared out” their savings account. Bills continued to pile up as he dealt with ongoing health issues, he said. “When you’re disabled and income is fixed, you have to meet your obligations… [Read full story]
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