Nickel and doomed

by J. Adrian Stanley

Allegedly, it was constructed with care. But upon contact with the courts, Colorado Springs' downtown solicitation ban sank like the Titanic. It seems there was an oversight — or a few oversights — that went unnoticed for a long time. Consider: It's…

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