Colorado Blog

In a personal injury action where the plaintiff was allegedly injured in Colorado, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York denied the defendant’s motion to transfer the case to Colorado. In Blake R. Boyle v. Anheuser Busch, Inc., Judge John T. Elfvin found that a number of factors, including the fact that the plaintiff lives in New York and received all of his medical treatment in the state, weighed against transferring the case. Personal injury action This action stems from injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Blake R. Boyle, when he crushed his wrist while working as a contractor at a facility owned by Anheuser Busch, Inc. Boyle is a resident of New York but worked on an Anheuser Busch facility that was located in Ft. Collins, CO. Anheuser Busch is a Delaware corporation and has facilities throughout the country. [...]

Fifteen years ago, Springs voters narrowly approved two tax reduction/tax limitation charter amendments, both sponsored by a then-obscure anti-tax activist, Douglas Bruce. After a prolonged local recession, highlighted by the utter collapse of the local real estate market (remember when the Wall Street Journal referred to Colorado Springs as “the foreclosure capital of America?”), the voters were looking for someone to blame. And who better to blame than city government? Hadn’t the feckless city council bulled through a massive tax increase a few years before, claiming it was just a temporary levy? [...]

For the fifth consecutive year, Rainsberger Wealth Advisors has received national recognition from Bloomberg’s Wealth Manager Magazine as one of the nation’s premier wealth management and consulting firms. In the July/August issue of the magazine, RWA ranked as the top firm in Colorado Springs and one of top 10 in Colorado. Nationally, it placed 297th. Bud Rainsberger, principal of RWA said doing what’s right for the client is what sets his firm apart from others. Rainsberger provides fee-only financial planning, retirement and investment management guidance for high net worth individuals and business owners. [...]

For 2006, home builders reported that 35 percent of their buyers moved to Pueblo from out of town, while 65 percent of buyers were local residents. One explanation for the high number of out-of-towners is that Pueblo, with its affordable housing, is attracting buyers who work in Colorado Springs. Yet, the dueling for workers between Colorado Springs and Pueblo goes both ways. Employers from the north are actively recruiting Southern Colorado employees, and in turn, local employers are searching in Colorado Springs to find the skilled employees they need. Jeanne Cotter, spokeswoman for the Pikes Peak Workforce Center, would not call it a trend for the two Southern Colorado neighbors. [...]

Colorado’s mountain casinos posted record revenue in July, according to figures released Thursday by the Colorado Division of Gaming. The Gaming Division also announced that Colorado’s limited-stakes gaming industry distributed a record $100.1 million in taxes for historic preservation and state and local governments in fiscal year 2006, which ended June 30. The distribution beat the previous high from last year when the industry generated $92.9 million, said Gaming Division spokesman Don Burmania. Since gaming started in 1991, $969.7 million in gaming taxes have been distributed. Expenses for the division and the Limited Gaming Control Commission, which regulates the industry, totaled $8.7 million in fiscal 2006. [...]