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By On October 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, AP, Business/Labor, Colorado Springs, KRCC News, Legal Affairs, Politics, Round-Up, Taxes

The Colorado Springs E-Town Hall meeting about the 2010 city budget…King Soopers warns employees of a possible lock-out…and, questioning President Obama’s nominee for Colorado’s U.S. attorney.

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Library of Congress
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