Colorado Springs Cuts, Cuts, Cuts

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Colorado Springs, Colorado (CNN) -- If you come to a neighborhood park in Colorado Springs, plan on bringing your own trash bags.

To save money, the city has removed the trash cans.

Need to catch a bus? Don't try on evenings or weekends. The city has cut that service, too.

And when the sun goes down, Colorado Springs is going to look a little bit dimmer. Crews are removing a third of the city's streetlight to save money on electricity and light bulbs.

Watch city's PSA on streetlight deactivation

It's this conservative city's way of closing a $28.5 million budget gap.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/25/spellman.colorado.springs/index.html

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/25/spellman.colorado.springs/index.html

And let me guess, they are raising taxes......

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And let me guess, they are raising taxes......

Unlike tax and spend New York, they're NOT going to raise taxes. They CAN'T without taxpayer approval...

Other governments are considering higher taxes to avoid such cutbacks, but in the state of Colorado, there is a taxpayers' bill of rights. It prevents state and city governments from raising taxes unless such a measure is approved by the voters.

"We put it on the ballot last fall, and they said 'no,' " said Paige, a Republican. "They declined to write the city a blank check, and they said, 'City, tighten your belts. We're tightening ours. You need to do the same.'

"We're going to respect that," he added. "I'm not going to cry about that."

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Wow , I like that deal. In NY you just hear we are going to cut PD, FD, DPW, Board of ed, double the rates of Permits and oh yeah 9 1/2 percent property tax increase. Of course there is a load of other ridiculous increases.Sorry for the rant.Just had enough of the BS.

Edited February 28, 2010 by fjp326

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You're not alone Frank. Problem is no one will vote the idiots in Albany out. If 50% of them lost their next election, the rest may get the message.

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You're not alone Frank. Problem is no one will vote the idiots in Albany out. If 50% of them lost their next election, the rest may get the message.

No they wouldn't get the messege. They would just wait for the new crop of bulls**ters to get elected and indoctrinate them into the ways of being a politician where cash is king especially for them.

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They have also sold one of two Helicopters from the PD. The other is currently up for sale.