Strapped City Cuts and Cuts and Cuts
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Like many American cities, this one is strapped for cash. Tax collections here have fallen so far that the city has turned off one-third of its 24,512 street lights.
But unlike many cities, this one is full of people who are eager for more government cutbacks.
The town council has been bombarded with emails telling it to close community centers. Letters to the local newspaper call for shrinking the police department and putting the city-owned utility up for sale. A commission is studying whether to sell the municipal hospital
- The Wall Street Journal
I really hate this town, and the people in it.
Lamar account executive Jeff Moore says he won’t approve an ad “if I have to explain it to my 4-year-old or my grandmother.”
Really, Colorado Springs, REALLY? Like four-year-olds and grandMOTHERS don’t know what titties are? Come on now.
throw ya hands in the a-ir if you’s a true playa
(academy & austin bluffs)


