CSBJ Daily

The Wits End Comedy Club is planned to open in the in the space formerly occupied by the longtime west side gay nightclub, Hide N’ Seek, at 508 W. Colorado Ave.
Kevin Murphy of Murphy Constructors, which recently completed a $450,000 upgrade to the building, said plans for a new kitchen for the comedy club have […]

For the first time in 13 years, house prices fell in 21 states during the third quarter, according to a government index.
Average home prices fell by 0.4 percent nationwide from the previous quarter, according to the latest Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight House Price Index [730 Kb PDF].
The index tracks homes with mortgages under […]

The El Paso County Assessor’s Office has changed the El Paso County DS056 (Regular Business Form) and DS060 (Lessor Business Form) for the 2008 tax year.
The changes are expected to make it easier for business owners to complete and submit the forms.
Taxpayers owning more than $2,500 in total actual value of personal property per county […]

There are professional trade groups for almost any type of organization. Retailers have the National Retail Federation. Nurses have the American Nurses Association, and so on.
But, now an international group of forward-thinking individuals has created an organization that in some way matters to us all – The World Toilet Association.
While it may sound humorous, the […]

Headlines from this week’s CSBJ:
Two-way Tejon windfall: A big empty promise?
By John Hazlehurst
Far from pumping an additional $100,000 a day into the local economy, the city’s decision to convert Tejon Street to two-way traffic could actually cause a decrease in revenue for downtown merchants.“Planners argue that converting one-way to two-way streets will make them more […]