In November, 54 percent of Colorado Springs voters voted to allow existing medical dispensaries to sell recreational marijuana within city limits. But following that vote, the Colorado Springs city council voted 7-2 in January to put the issue back on the spring ballot, with Councilmembers Nancy Henjum and Yolanda Avila voting against it.

Colorado Springs will send out ballots for its April municipal election without a question about overturning legalized recreational pot sales after courts invalidated the ballot measure.

The will-they, won't-they recreational marijuana saga in Colorado Springs entered new territory this week. The big picture: A district court judge ruled Monday that the city's recent attempt to ask voters to repeal recreational marijuana sales is unconstitutional,