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Re: “A history of Colorado Springs' secret tourism proposal”
"The exasperated folks driving this deal..."
"Their impatience is understandable."
I feel their pain, and there is a name for it: TABOR.
Dealings described above are an attempt by yet another mayor to escape the coffin of TABOR, which destroys the abilities of city leaders to lead and do what they need to do.
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/19/2013 at 12:21 PM
Re: “Your daily dose of doublespeak”
Shades of the old Soviet Union, reporting on the a sports event where the USA won and the USSR came in second.
TASS reported that the US came in next to last and the USSR came in second.
So it goes with Mayor Botch's propaganda ministry.
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/18/2013 at 4:47 PM
Re: “Black Forest Fire 75 percent contained”
It's been almost a week and still NO word on the deceased persons.
What's up with that?
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/17/2013 at 2:11 PM
Re: “More trouble at Colorado's toxicology lab”
So, if the lab did shoddy work and cases are thrown out and convictions overturned, does Colorado re-imburse defendants for what they paid in fines, court costs, legal fees, loss of income, etc? Could get pricey, but seems the right thing to do.
A bit ironic that highly conservative Colorado Springs now contracts for lab work with a firm in highly liberal Boulder. Gotta love it.
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/17/2013 at 2:05 PM
Re: “Red Rocks' regrettable reminder”
Good article.
Sadly the message will fall mostly on deaf ears given that this city just elected a wife beater for mayor and the "religious" crowd sees women as belonging at home, not out jogging like some uppity liberal.
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/13/2013 at 10:58 AM
Re: “After fleet, city will turn to the Fire Department for more savings”
"...the National League of Cities put out a report saying we've had six straight years of revenue decline," Gilroy adds. "Local governments are still reeling from the impacts from the recession. That always prompts governments to start looking at alternatives, such as going to the private sector."
"Going to the private sector" is no panacea, nor should it be the first/only alternative. Mayor Botch has tried no alternatives, he just jumped into bed with SERCO.
When your "strong mayor" comes into office backed by billionaires whose intent is to destroy as much of government as they can, at all levels, the intent soon becomes clear. Just about every bit of COLO SPGS government will be sold off or contracted out before we can get this maniac out of city hall. I warned about this.
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/12/2013 at 12:43 PM
Re: “Coming soon to city offices: more security”
"... he really got agitated when Council President Keith King called for a motion and second on the security measures vote before inviting the public to comment on the matter...."
YOU in the GOP voted for the "strong mayor" and the wife beater. Shut up, bend over and try not to vote for these jerks next time.
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/11/2013 at 7:11 PM
Re: “Roman Villa”
Always good food at a good price every time we go there. It's small, get there right at 5PM when they open to get a seat. Their house wine is sold by the full Liter, in a carafe, not the overpriced 750ML bottles found in other eateries.