Colorado Springs Utilities should provide water to the city’s parks for free.
This would save city taxpayers about $25 million during the next decade and it would guarantee we would have green...Full story
It’s a famous story: Mahatma Gandhi was asked what he thought of Western civilization and he replied, “I think it would be a good idea.”
What do you think of economic development?
In Colorado Springs we’d say it sounds... Full story
“Save the clock tower!”
In “Back to the Future,” Marty McFly is approached by a woman distributing leaflets for a campaign to save the clock tower of the local courthouse, which was damaged by lightning many years earlier.... Full story
Some people like to give spare change to panhandlers because it makes the donor feel all warm inside.
Face-to-face charitable giving like that is so personal and satisfying, because the giver can see the smile and the gratitude. There’s... Full story
EDITOR'S NOTE: Barry has updated the original version of his column to reflect City Council developments later in the day Tuesday.
Colorado Springs police and firemen, don’t tell us you’re feeling our pain, because you... Full story
Off with their heads.
By all means, let’s grab our pitchforks and storm the Bastille.
After we lop off the head of the king, we can institute a reign of terror and lop off thousands of more heads. No need to stop with a mere recall of... Full story
If there’s a big fire on the mountain it would cost us a lot of money and we’d be living with the consequences for years.
There hasn’t been a sizeable fire on Pikes Peak since the 1880s. A large fire now would likely take some... Full story
It’s a bad joke: No one has to worry about the city of Colorado Springs going down the drain because voters killed the stormwater enterprise.
City voters delivered an unmistakable message Tuesday, slaughtering an ill-timed and poorly sold tax... Full story
We just got past that spooky time of year.
You know, that horrendous season when historically, the grim reaper reaches out on black Mondays, seizing our prosperity and signaling our collective doom. No, not Halloween: Another October at the stock... Full story
It’s reefer madness.
Colorado Springs isn’t going to launch a sweeping crackdown on medicinal marijuana dispensaries, but city officials — like officials everywhere in Colorado — aren’t really sure what they’re... Full story
When you don’t like the message you can always shoot the messenger.
Many city employees are angry with The Gazette because it published the list of employees’ names with the amount of their salaries.
“You demagogues at the... Full story