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So much for quality of life On Feb. 10 there was an article on the front page of The Gazette entitled “City Council reduces parkland requirement for developers.” The council voted 5 to 4 to decrease parkland requirements from 7.5 acres to 5.5 acres per 1000 residents. The vote was not supposed to happen for another two weeks and Richard Skorman had requested a delay for six months since the parks planning process is going to determine funding in the upcoming months. But five members of our city council voted to give developers another break. Colorado Springs has the least amount of parkla...

How we got to where we are What occurred at the U.S. Capitol was absolutely wrong. Inexcusable. The perpetrators should be arrested and punished according to the law. President Donald Trump’s comments earlier that day were also inexcusable. His boorish behavior over the last four years has mutated to a new, unacceptable level since November. I say this as someone who voted for him not because of his personality, which I often detest, but because of his policies. As president he supported life in all its forms, protected religious liberty, respected personal freedom, and built a strong econo...