Face The State's Brad Jones and Kate Melvin look at the week in local Colorado news. The city of Colorado Springs can spend upwards of $40k a month watering public parks - why not try astroturf? The town of Basalt has new "welcome" signs," posted directly above scary-looking "warning" messages, and Weld Co. spends $100+ thousand for defense of D.A. Ken Buck and Sheriff John Cooke in a lawsuit brought by the ACLU.