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Colorado Springs' Do-It-Yourself Government


 

Colorado Springs has low sales taxes and gets almost no revenue from property taxes. So the city has been hit especially hard by the recession. Rather than raise taxes, citizens have instead opted for drastic cuts in municipal services. Photos by David Kidd.


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