Monday, June 17, 2013
Comment Archives: Last 30 Days
Re: “International Watermedia 2013: Legacy”
A definite must see! Not only is the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum worth the visit but this exhibit is like frosting on a wedding cake!
Art from local artists, artists from around the United States, China and Malaysia grace the walls. Give yourself plenty of time, every one is special and deserves a ribbon!
Posted by
Carol Naylor
on 06/08/2013 at 10:59 AM
Re: “Parking fees lead to car alarm in Manitou”
Someone said the other day at lunch in Manitou that the city officials should lead by example. They should take the shuttle or pay for parking instead of having free parking in the back of city hall or on the side.
Posted by
Jax Franklin
on 06/08/2013 at 9:27 AM
Re: “The red, white-haired and blue”
Hey scoots, tell me something. How come liberals are so whiny?
Posted by
siggie
on 06/08/2013 at 8:04 AM
Re: “Burbach, city break from state drug lab”
Re: "More to the story..."
You can make up any story you want if you have that mentality, or you can educate yourself:
Clinical toxicology laboratories are subject to federal law including mandated options
for accreditation (CLIA) and forensic toxicology laboratories are subject to varying levels of voluntary (did you catch that word? "Voluntary") accreditation.
The difference being, if a "clinical" lab performing testing for patient treatment, fails accreditation, they can no longer perform clincal lab testing on patients. That is not the case for forensic toxicology labs, where testing is not for patient treatment.
And yet another fact that may need repeating: People retire after lengthy service to their employer (20, 25, 30 years) for a variety of reasons, such as caring for aging family members, spending time traveling, etc. Should tread lightly when making false assumptions and connecting the dots incorrectly. Only makes you look foolish in the end.
Posted by
MirandaMiller345
on 06/07/2013 at 10:21 PM
Re: “Royale Tea House”
Awesome new place! The teas are wonderful, the staff is open and friendly and the food is great!! Worth getting off the main drag for!! Live music on Tuesdays and I hear they will have open mic nights as well starting this month!!
Posted by
Valerie Baldovi
on 06/07/2013 at 9:45 PM
Re: “City chooses Serco for fleet contract”
I want to know more about councilman Andres Pico's employment with this company. If there is no actual conflict of interest there is at least a HUGE perceived conflict. Doesn't the city have rules about this? Something stink big time.
Posted by
goldsabbath
on 06/07/2013 at 7:04 PM
Re: “The red, white-haired and blue”
Three out of four comments are from right-wing cranks. Typical from our village.
Posted by
ScooterLiddy
on 06/07/2013 at 6:02 PM
Re: “Burbach, city break from state drug lab”
So, who does accredit these labs?
Does this state, or other states, require any accreditation at all of these labs?
It sounds like this state sought accreditation and failed. There's more to this story...
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/07/2013 at 5:43 PM
Re: “UPDATE: Ultra 'not soliciting' offers ... but will 'entertain' them”
The city needs to buy this land AND the mineral rights that go with it in order to control our future destiny. Buy it or take by eminent domain.
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/07/2013 at 5:38 PM
Re: “City chooses Serco for fleet contract”
It all fits into the Koch Bros agenda to destroy public sector jobs.
A British company, yeah, so conveniently close to our city. Not.
Mayor Botch gets an "A" from AFP on this one, and Sean the haircut Paige will personally deliver a pretty piece of paper commending Botch for a (hatchet) job well done.
Now hurry Mr. Mayor and get on with wrecking a decent middle class existence for workers over at CSU! Hurry! Can't let anyone live above minimum wage in Koch Paradise!
Posted by
OldCrank
on 06/07/2013 at 5:36 PM
Re: “Love thy immigrant stranger as thyself”
Hey happy, does your moniker "happyfew" refer to the two brain cells you have left? Tell me something genius, do you really think that the majority of Americans will be voting for another loony liberal after the travesty Obama has made out of the office?
Do you have any idea what is happening right now on the national stage? Your boy is in serious trouble.
Posted by
siggie
on 06/07/2013 at 5:11 PM
Re: “Love thy immigrant stranger as thyself”
teabaggers everywhere are destroying any chance that anyone but old farts, red necks and rich people will vote for repubicans... not that this is a bad thing.
Posted by
happyfew
on 06/07/2013 at 4:56 PM
Re: “City chooses Serco for fleet contract”
Great another company with a documented questionable operating history. Should fit in real well with all the people in this city's government with questionable backgrounds.
Posted by
Hal
on 06/07/2013 at 4:03 PM
Re: “Meet the man who shot Garden of the Gods”
he was drunk. I was there. when asked WTF he was thinking he went from" victim of a misunderstanding" to a threatening douche in 2 seconds. neighbors saw him run and be tackled by the cops, yet they will admit none of this. they, for some reason, where giving him special treatment. gee, that couldn't be because they're all ex jarheads? and he was not shooting in one location. he moved around a lot during that hour in the dark. again, I was there.
Posted by
capn
on 06/07/2013 at 2:15 PM
Re: “City chooses Serco for fleet contract”
Way to bring jobs and support the local economy - outsource to a foreign corporation.
Time will tell if this will realize the intended budget savings or just turn out to be another attempt to divest City employees from PERA.
I do hope the 70 or so affected City Fleet employees all find jobs and do not become the unseen and unreported collateral damage from this business decision.
Posted by
rms
on 06/07/2013 at 2:09 PM
Re: “Love thy immigrant stranger as thyself”
Seems to me what immigrants want is immediate access to what American citizen's have spent their life times creating.
I have benefits as part of a life long participation in and contribution to health insurance, social security, medicare...and all the safety net programs funded through payroll taxes etc.
The benefits are only available to me and to others citizens after 40 quarters of participation and payment. So too it should be for immigrants.
Otherwise it is re-distribution of wealth rather than a national program for the common good of its citizens.
Do we really want to turn America into Mexico?
Posted by
TejonTech
on 06/07/2013 at 1:37 PM
Re: “Love thy immigrant stranger as thyself”
Mc: seems to me the ignorance and hate are coming from you. I'm not a member of the Tea Party, but it is my understanding they are for lower taxes or at least responsible use of our tax dollar and adherence to the constitution. That does not sound like the "antithesis of everything American" to me. From where do you derive your bigoted opinions?
Posted by
siggie
on 06/07/2013 at 12:19 PM
Re: “Bach slams gov for signing fire fighter bill”
Do y'all suppose this was one of the reasons CS Fire Chief Rich Brown "retired" early? Hmmm...
Posted by
Ben Dover
on 06/07/2013 at 11:33 AM
Re: “Pentagon says it 'wouldn't think' marijuana will hurt Colorado Springs bases”
By continuing to focus on a non-issue, some of our so-called local business leaders have drawn unneccessary attention to the supposed perils of pot. Our troops know very well that the consumption of cannibis is verboten and will not endanger their careers or national security if we allow retail sales in Colorado Springs. Regardless of your viewpoint, Amendment 64 was passed by the voters and attempts to undermine it are futile. Even the Pentagon realizes this now.
Posted by
Mike Hunt
on 06/07/2013 at 11:29 AM
Re: “Burbach, city break from state drug lab”
Voluntary accreditation doesn't make sense.
Peoples lives are at stake in capital punishment cases, but also at stake is whether or not a possibly innocent person spends a lifetime in prison, or a person is wrongly convicted of DUI and incurs many thousands of dollars of costs for years to come.
If I were a defense lawyer and my client was being tried on evidence from a lab that FAILED the accreditation process you can bet that I'd insist that the evidence be thrown out.
Voluntary or not, this lab FAILED accreditation!
WHY did it fail? WHY was this "leader" unable to get her lab accredited?
Why should we keep her if her lab FAILED to pass the test and thus assure that high standards are maintained?
There's a scandal here and with her departure there's movement in the right direction.