Colorado Springs is doing what hundreds of cities across America are doing – trying to come up with either cost savings or revenue sources. One of the discussions that has begun here is the potential sale of the city owned Memorial Hospital system. A citizens committee will be discussing this over the next few months, [...]
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We’ve seen some nice activity in the Colorado Springs real estate market from the current First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit program, but the new tax credit program should be even better. Here is a link to the IRS writeup on the new program. For starters, it isn’t JUST for first timers any more. [...] The results are in, and Colorado Springs voters have taken a hard line against any kind of increase, or even maintenance of city tax revenue. We are a little famous for being very anti-tax here, so in some ways this should be no surprise. However, it does present some ‘interesting’ decisions for the city council, [...] Many cities in the country had Tax Day tea parties yesterday, and Colorado Springs was no exception. Friends who attended the festivities in Acacia Park were impressed with how smooth it all went. Conservatives protesting in the public square isn’t something you see every day, if they had been rowdy about it I guess it [...] One of the questions people often ask, is what do things cost in Colorado Springs, and how does that compare with other places? While I can’t speak for other places, I thought I’d list a couple of common expenses and what they cost here. 1. Gas – yesterday gas was $2.36 / gal at [...] |
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