Archive for March, 2009

This is pretty eye opening.  How much is your money worth?  It is directly related to how much money is in circulation – the more money in circulation, the less ‘bang for the buck’ and the greater debt.  The ridiculous amount of spending implemented by President Obama and the Democrat led Congress has been well documented [...]

Yesterday the FasTracks working group of the Metro Mayors Caucus came to the conclusion that it is better to ask for a tax increase now than wait.  The FasTracks boondoggle is in dire straits with in excess of a $2 billion funding shortfall and the mayors have come to the obvious conclusion the project can’t be [...]

I really do try to limit my postings about the FasTracks boondoggle but with so much good ammunition out there, it is hard to resist.  This past week has seen a flurry of stories about the project and how a bad situation is getting worse.  Somehow though, local politicos continue to try to push the [...]

Absolutely amazing.   As I reported earlier, out of the first $500 million of stimulus funds awarded to CDOT, Thornton gets all of one traffic metering light on the ramp from 84th Avenue to I-25.  OUCH.  I was pretty mad about that one but was told the city expected to receive some of the $60 million [...]

Yesterday the markets fell more than 4%, continuing a freefall that really began on Election Day last November.  It is becoming readily apparent that the new admnistration’s open hostility toward capitalism and American business is driving us deeper into the recession.  While I did not vote for him, I had hoped for the best as [...]