As the city sharpens its focus now on the final few days of this municipal election, which wraps up on Tuesday, the suspense begins to grow. How will the six district races reshape the structure and personality of City Council? Will incumbents continue to have control, or will newcomers change the chemistry enough to create [...]
Continue reading …Patients with severe chronic disease are eager to gain access to a new class of medications known as “biosimilars,” which are less expensive imitations of “biologic” medications, yet have proven highly effective at treating a wide range of debilitating diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, many types of cancer, psoriasis and lupus, among others. Right [...]
Continue reading …During a recent conversation, Col. Chris Crawford described a common experience in his role as commander at Peterson Air Force Base, talking with civilians in Colorado Springs who know surprisingly little about what goes on at the installation that leases most of its real estate from our airport. The colonel wasn’t being critical. He simply [...]
Continue reading …Yesterday a conversation with the executive director of a nonprofit organization reminded me of many similar conversations over the years. “Nonprofit leadership is really, really hard. Why is that?” she pleaded. “I’m not sure if my board or staff really understand how much I struggle trying to run this organization. Was it meant to be [...]
Continue reading …Tough times for City Council Council is slowly and strategically being silenced as we see the promotion, support and abuse of authoritarian leadership. The people voted a Council-Mayor form of government to have a separation and a limit of powers. City Council is meant to be a deliberative, Republic body. Short-term successes are being achieved [...]
Continue reading …At the beginning of the year, you likely made a resolution to [fill in the blank]. Odds are that resolution has long since gone by the wayside. However, if your goal was to find a more rewarding career, now is a great time to revitalize that mission. Holidays and summer are slow hiring seasons, when [...]
Continue reading …Wow. Despite the weather, February was another great month for the Colorado Springs housing market. There are positive numbers all across the board. Local residential real estate prices have now increased for 12 straight months on a year-over-year basis, indicating a greatly increased consumer confidence in home buying. To illustrate that, here are some highlights [...]
Continue reading …We’re not the only city and state torn by whether, or how much, to join the national game in economic development — offering hefty incentives to would-be major employers dangling thousands of high-paying jobs. If you ask most government leaders in Colorado Springs and at the state Capitol about their philosophy, the answer probably will [...]
Continue reading …There are numerous circumstances in which obtaining a person’s covenant not to compete would be beneficial. However, Colorado, like many jurisdictions, renders covenants not to compete void, except in limited circumstances. Covenants not to compete are considered restraints on trade, and public policy favors granting citizens the right to seek employment and to compete without [...]
Continue reading …As our nation’s leaders in Washington, Denver and Colorado Springs deal with various versions of the fiscal challenges that grip our country as it emerges from recession, it’s important to remember what works. And in the United States, in Colorado and in Colorado Springs, public post-secondary education works. Education works to provide individual benefits I [...]
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