by Lon Matejczyk Published: April 3,2009
Tags: 1A, Jobs Now, Leadership, USOC
Why does the business community shoulder so much of the heavy lifting in this community? I was in the business community meeting about bringing AngelouEconomics to town to do the Operation 60thirtyfive study. The idea was to get a blueprint of what we want to be when we grow up and identify specific industry types to [...] [...]
by Lon Matejczyk Published: March 20,2009
Tags: column, Jobs Now, Lon Matejczyk, PTAC
Back in June 2006, I brought up that at any given time there is as much as $1 billion in Department of Defense contracts at the request for proposal stage. I also mentioned that Colorado is one of the few states without a Procurement Technical Assistance Center, and that a PTAC was being formed. Well, [...] [...]
Like spring crocuses, political signs are sprouting up across the city. Flowers they aren’t, especially the dueling, and somewhat misleading signs for and against issue 1A. Proponents: “Vote Yes — Jobs Now.” Opponents: “Fight Corporate Welfare!” Issue 1A asks voters to approve the continuance of a city property tax levy first instituted to repay bonds floated two decades [...] [...]
