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My column in last Friday’s CSBJ seems to have caused some healthy discourse. The CEO of some company that I have never met at the dozens of community functions I attend every month says I should get involved in the community. You think?
While the emails are coming in spouting all the good things the C.S. […]

Denver voters recently passed half a billion dollars worth of bond initiatives, including $70 million to pay for reconstruction of Boettcher Concert hall.
So why does Colorado Springs have to moan and groan over even the slightest tax increase?
Everyone around here knows that one of the biggest hurdles to getting any tax increase passed is Doug […]

The Indianapolis Business Journal reported last week that Colorado Springs officials are “in a panic” over losing USA Basketball - and other Olympic governing bodies - possibly to Indianapolis, because the Indiana Sports Corp. is apparently making a “hard run” at USA Basketball.
I have told people around town that Indianapolis is a real contender to […]

Looking out my window here at the CSBJ you can see the smoke and flames of a wildfire near the Cog railroad in Manitou Springs. Local broadcast media is relating that cars are being towed. Manitou’s fire department tells us there are no forced evacuations at this time.
Fire fighting support is coming from […]

It all started as a usual day with a trip to DIA to fly to another newspaper for a visit. This trip is to Boise to visit the Idaho Business Review, a sister paper to the CSBJ.
It all started going awry at castle pines parkway. I25 was closed due to a crash involving […]

I am calling to move the statue of General Palmer out of the middle of the intersection of Platte and Nevada.
There is a perfectly good park (Acacia Park) only a few yards away. Sure, there is probably some historic significance about having him in the line of sight of Pikes Peak, but come on, this […]

As subscribers to the CSBJ daily already know, Will Temby, CEO of the Colorado Springs Chamber is stepping down at the end of August to take a position with the University of Colorado Foundation.
Will is a good guy and I wish him all the best in his future endeavours. Will did tell me he will […]

We have a TV in our office that’s tuned to CNN all day. I recently caught myself yelling at it that “Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan are not news.” I could really care less that the celebrity of the week got a DUI or was going to rehab.
Well, it turns out the general public feels […]

I get a lot of email.
I subscribe to numerous business journals’ daily electronic versions, like the one that you probably just clicked through to read this blog.
And, because I’m in the media business, I tend to get a lot of extra e-mail. Everyone wants something, and everyone sends me press releases. A pet peeve of […]

Call me old fashioned, but I think the City Council should pass an ordinance making it illegal to wear clothes that show undergarments.
I’m sure the ACLU will take issue with this, but there are laws against grafitti and other forms of visually disparaging things, and I think the baggy pants thing is a form of […]