by John Hazlehurst Published: August 6,2009
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Got $300,000 sitting around to invest in downtown real estate? Like fine old historic properties? How about the long-vacant downtown Chicago post office, once the world’s largest such facility? As the New York Times reported on Tuesday, it’ll be going up for auction on Aug. 27, and the minimum bid is $300,000. The building, constructed [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: July 31,2009
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Who’s the smartest guy on the block? Not Bill Gates — Microsoft is the past, not the future. Not Warren Buffett — he managed to lose plenty during the world financial meltdown, even though he knew it was coming. Not Nobel laureate/New York Times columnist Paul Krugman — he writes eloquently and convincingly, but he’s [...] [...]
by Staff Writer Published: July 31,2009
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“And it ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: July 17,2009
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“I wonder about you sometimes, Henry. You may fold under questioning.” — Joe Pesci to Ray Liotta in “Goodfellas,” 1990. Enduring myth: by consolidating city/county governments, we’ll get cheaper, more efficient service delivery. As taxpayers, we’ll save — as residents, we’ll gain! Everyone wins, except the greedy, dog-in-the-manger politicians and bureaucrats who have stalled such [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: July 10,2009
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In a lengthy article in the New Yorker earlier this month, Dr. Atul Gawande pondered a single, simple health care question. Why, he wondered, is McAllen, Texas, one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country? “Only Miami — which has much higher labor and living costs — spends more per person on health [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: July 3,2009
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Historically, local recessions have been times of ferment and change in Colorado Springs. During the 1970s, business and political leaders focused on economic development and created the Economic Development Council. One of the first such organizations in the United States, the EDC was amazingly successful in recruiting companies and creating primary jobs. The EDC’s success [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: June 26,2009
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July 1 marks the 146th anniversary of one of the most significant battles in American history, one which dominated our national consciousness for many decades. Yet the anniversary will pass unmarked, and many remember the battle only for the speech that it inspired. The Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought July 1-3, 1863, marked the [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: June 19,2009
Tags: City Council, John Hazlehurst
We seem to be in the midst of one of our periodic funks — when we worry about our so-called leadership class. “Alas and alack!” we complain. “We have no leadership!! Where are the great, visionary leaders who will lift us from the slough of despond to the shining heights of optimism — and how [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: June 12,2009
Tags: John Hazlehurst, TABOR
How can the city be rescued from its current funding crisis, which will almost certainly worsen during the coming months and years? In considering the problem, city residents seem to fall into several, sometimes overlapping, categories. There is no problem – the city is run by sleepy, incompetent bureaucrats who throw money around with obscene [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: June 5,2009
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Congratulations to us! We were no fools – instead of saving our money and putting aside $500 a month to buy shares in the bluest of blue chips, the Dow’s anchor and Detroit’s pride, we spent the money on gambling, carousing and riotous living, hoping that everything would work out for the best. And did [...] [...]
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