Giving a second inaugural address is an inherently thankless task to which every first-term president aspires. Your speech, however graceful and appropriate, will pale in comparison to Abraham Lincoln’s dark and masterful speech of March 4, 1865. Lincoln needed only 699 words to deliver the second-greatest speech in American history (the first being, of course, [...]

On Jan. 15, the Housing and Building Association announced their picks for council. It’s an interesting list, to say the least, and one which underscores a simple fact: times are a’changin’! The HBA has always been noted for a certain canny parochialism. They want an industry-friendly council, and they tend to support candidates who, if [...]

Incumbent Colorado Springs Councilwoman Angela Dougan has an opponent in the District 2 council race. Army veteran and former firefighter Bill Murray announced his candidacy this morning, stressing his military experience, community involvement and familiarity with city issues. The perhaps overconfident Dougan, who has already raised more than $10,000 for her campaign, told Murray not [...]

With the now-official entry of incumbent at-large councilwoman Brandy Williams into the contest for Council District 3, the race now becomes much more interesting. Williams joins former El Paso County Commissioner Jim Bensberg and former waterbed magnate/ State Representative/State Senator/D-12 school board member Keith King in the quest for a seat on the Council dais. [...]

Yesterday was the first day for City Council hopefuls to pick up and circulate petitions of candidacy. In past years, would-be candidates were asked to complete a sign-out sheet before picking up candidate packages, but that’s no longer the case. “I’m not interested in who’s picking up packages,” said City Clerk Sarah Johnson. “Once they [...]

A growing number of platted and undeveloped vacant tracts of land in the Pikes Peak region, originally scheduled for residential and commercial building, are returning to lenders. The numbers are surprising even to veteran brokers, now charged with listing and selling foreclosed properties for banks and lending institutions. Grubb & Ellis Quantum Commercial Group managing [...]