I’d guess that Colorado Springs budget woes have become famous about everywhere in the country by now. Not that they are actually that much worse than most places (what town is not feeling the pinch right now?), but Colorado Springs is more famous for how decisively the city council has acted. In particular, everyone seems to [...]
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Colorado Springs has a budget problem. Yawn. So does about every city, state and county in the country. The Federal government is about the only entity out there than can just print or borrow money when they are short. For those living in Colorado Springs, there are also some other issues however. 1. Every government entity in [...] 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, [...] 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, [...] |
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