4: Plug In With Jan Martin and Jill Gaebler
Are Jan Martin and Jill Gaebler as “plugged in” to what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region as they were when serving on city council? We try to find out.
Happy 150th Birthday Colorado Springs
General Palmer speaks
Town Square: Banning Lewis – Giving Up Too Much?
Four citizens discuss flaws in the proposed amendments to the Banning Lewis Ranch annexation agreement, and the shortcomings in the process that are giving us this result. Colorado Springs City Council is scheduled to vote in April on this proposal designed to jump-start development. The ranch represents about 20% of the total area of Colorado…
Paving Paradise #3 – Drinking the Pro-Growth Kool-Aid
In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, what keeps us convinced that growth leads to widespread prosperity? It’s a never-ending stream of pro-growth propaganda in the media. Dave Gardner finds a wealth of examples of pro-growth media bias in his local paper over less than a month’s time. Explore this subject further at www.growthbiasbusted.org, and…
Paving Paradise – The Local Growth Machine
How the growth machine games the system in your community. Real estate developers, homebuilders, construction companies and banks are most likely pulling the strings. They use the myth of prosperity from growth to con us, and election contributions to wield undue influence over public policy. The result? The public pays much of their cost of…