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The city's doubling down on public-private partnerships. And as history shows, they are a gamble

by J. Adrian Stanley

They were supposed to save the city. But not just save it; save it without sacrificing any of Colorado Springs' treasured conservative principles. Save it without a tax increase, without an expansion of government, without any debt, and without a dreaded "fee."…

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The city's doubling down on public-private partnerships. And as history shows, they are a gamble

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