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Bloomberg has an interesting article today on the (apparently) impending real estate disaster in Miami. Here’s an excerpt:
“In the middle of the biggest glut of condominiums in more than 30 years, Miami developers keep on building.
The oversupply will force prices down as much as 30 percent, the worst decline since the 1970s, and help […]

Hiring employees with Development Disabilities is good for business.
Today in Acacia park Mayor Lionel Rivera proclaimed July 20 as development disability day for Colorado Springs.
The event will be going on all day, closing with a community dance from 4 to 7 p.m.
The Antlers Hilton Hotel was honored with a community servant award as the large […]

In my July 13 column, I wrote about the Western Strategies Center getting started and suggested that they make sure there weren’t good people doing similar things somewhere else in town.
Well it turns out there is a possible duplication of activity.
A group called the Citizens for Effective Government was formed last year to research and […]

Interesting story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution about how non-smoking ads are backfiring. It appears that rather than decreasing teen smoking, the ads are actually encouraging rebellious behavior — such as smoking.

Our often-embattled congressman, Doug Lamborn, has apparently chosen to be the spear-carrier for bills which have little chance of passing, but are sure to infuriate the newly ascendant Democrats. His most recent bill, which would have stripped all funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting follwed a similar bill aimed at the National Endowment for […]

Along with assorted media types, toured the FAC’s new addition yeasterday morning. The architect, David Owen Tryba, was on hand, as were miscellaneous FAC bigwigs-Mike DeMarsche, Buck Blessing, Carol Kleiner,Chris Jenkins, just to name a few.
As some of you may know, I have a long history with the FAC. My grandfather was a […]

Interesting Junk Science story today on Foxnews.com about the Low Carbon Economy Act, or as the author, Steven Milloy, calls it “The Trillion Dollar Giveaway and Wealth Redistribution Act.”
I’ve never really bought into the whole “global warming” frenzy — especially given how cold things were last winter. My theory, for what it’s worth, is […]

Friday night I attended my first Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. Some of you may ask why after being in the Springs for four years is this your first rodeo? Well, I don’t have a good answer for you, but I guarantee I will be making this a family tradition in future years.
The community support […]

The Church of Rome’s Los Angeles Archdiocese agreed to a $660 million mega-bucks payout over the weekend to settle more than 500 cases of alleged clergy abuse.
From a business model perspective, this can’t be good. I’d always thought that organized religion, and the Catholic Church in particular, had done a remarkable job through the years […]