CHALLENGING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM Rocky Scott of the Greater Colorado Springs Economic Development Corp. recently told the group, "Jobs are needed for the...
Dave, Intelligent and rational politically informed residents all over the state of Colorado have all become painfully aware, in recent years, that our...
Jan, There may very well be some collusion and corruption among politicians, developers and other pro-growth business interests. It does often appear the...
Dave, As you and I have discussed before, you are much more charitable in your comments about our local "leaders" and who they tend to "work well with" than ...
Rocky, Only a fool would pass up an opportunity to learn more about an issue of great personal importance, to meet potential allies or opponents, or to advance...
Let's set the record straight on the source of population growth, clarifying a few facts pursuant to recent correspondence from Rocky Scott of the EDC and...
Dave, Should be a v-e-r-r-r-r-y i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g meeting, eh? Be sure to let us all know how your meeting with Mr. Scott goes, ok? Up here in Teller...
Dave, An important objective of our planned discussion next week, I suggest, is to agree on sources that can provide reliable data for decision making. I...
Dave, I mistated the 2001 population growth estimate for El Paso County in my last email to you, at least according to U. S. Census Bureau estimates. ...
Rocky, So we may be prepared, and to avoid misinforming any who might be following this dialogue: ... An important objective of our planned discussion next...
Dave, "Births do, however -- as I stated -- account for about 16% of GROSS population increase (before subtracting outmigration). If you examine all factors...
Rocky, I'm with you on dropping the distribution list. This issue is more important to the two of us than to them. But I'm not embarrassed at all. I am...
Dave, In case you missed it in today's Gazette, here's an article about crime being up 12% in 2002. And one of the things they attribute it to is *population ...
Dave, Here's another article from today's Gazette about the large number of candidates for the seven open City Council seats. Sounds like Colorado Springs...
Yes, rising crime does come with population growth. Studies show greater population density results in increased aggression. So it's not just more crime in...
Yes. I'm excited. Just think, I might have been tempted to be one of those people! I will be looking closely for the candidates NOT supported by the Housing...
"Urban renewal leads to increased violence," seems to be the message in this newspaper article. I'm not necessarily against all urban renewal, but we do need...
Consider: 1. Population in Colorado Springs grew through the nineties while the crime rate dropped. Dave's stated correlation is innaccurate. 2. Anyone who...
... Absolutely! If the Housing Development industry doesn't support them, they're *exactly* the people that will represent El Paso County/Colorado Springs ...
I choose my battles carefully, and immigration, world population growth, welfare and illegal aliens are all subjects worthy of discussion, but not necessarily...
... Having suffered through advanced statistics and the proper use of the scientific method in my college years, I would just love to observe a discussion...
Dave, Yes, many scientific animal and human studies have been accomplished around population density and aggression. The results of those studies back up what...
Dave, Yes, I remember it well. Not surprising tho. When population growth is artificially manipulated by corrupt politicians, developers,and all of their ...
Jan, Â I don't know you but I do feel deeply sorry for you. Â May you find happiness someday in life, burdened only with the ideas of those with whom you...
Rocky, Intelligent and rational folks do not react in positive ways to manipulative, politically-oriented emotional comments like your's (seen below). So,...
Jan, Rather than continue to be intimidated by your superior intelligence and rationality, I'll check out of this exchange now. It's not particularly ...
Ohhhh, Rockyyyy ... Please don't leave the message board! You present such a marvelous living, breathing example of why El Paso County is rapidly going to ...
More destructive effects of politically manipulated growth (see below). That is, growth that is the result of mutual backscratchings between power-hungry...
Rocky, thanks for sharing this article. Interesting, pro-growth arguments always seem to have one and only one component: money. Money is not always bad, but...
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