basically, what this means is that colorado springs is a beautiful city, full of morons. and also, to make things even wierder, on top of the Right wing christian extreme movement, there is also a huge military presence (Norad is located in colorado springs, if you didnt know that). So basically its about 95% conservatism. and this slants the news and such. a lot. i dont mind 50/50, but when its that much in any direction it can drive just about anybody insane. btw, if you want to know what Focus on the Family is all about, check out their website at http://www.family.org . they like to protest everything, its fun. they bused in (not joking) about 200 people to protest when a Palestinian speaker came to a local college. she came to discuss future peace, but hey, who cares, lets ignore the facts and yell and hold up signs!
as far as current, horrible happenings in this city. the newly elected mayor, as his first order of business, decided to eliminate all benefits for same sex couples, something that the people had fought very hard for. according to them, it was costing way to much money (4 thousand dollars of our 58 million dollar budget). yah, so that pissed a lot of ppl off, and pleased the pope greatly.
oh, and you ask about the cafeteria thing, well....Palmer highschool is the oldest highschool in Colorado springs (often considered the "ghetto" highschool, but thats just cuz its downtown, we actually score the highest of any other highschool in grades.) It also happens to be the most populated. about 6 or 7 years ago the entire 3rd floor, which used to be a huge cafeteria, was converted into more classrooms. as a result, we are allowed to go off campus for lunches. and this kicks ass because it is right down town where all the good restaurants etc are. of course, the campus is spread across 4 city blocks anyway, so kids were usually off campus anyway.
as far as current, horrible happenings in this city. the newly elected mayor, as his first order of business, decided to eliminate all benefits for same sex couples, something that the people had fought very hard for. according to them, it was costing way to much money (4 thousand dollars of our 58 million dollar budget). yah, so that pissed a lot of ppl off, and pleased the pope greatly.
oh, and you ask about the cafeteria thing, well....Palmer highschool is the oldest highschool in Colorado springs (often considered the "ghetto" highschool, but thats just cuz its downtown, we actually score the highest of any other highschool in grades.) It also happens to be the most populated. about 6 or 7 years ago the entire 3rd floor, which used to be a huge cafeteria, was converted into more classrooms. as a result, we are allowed to go off campus for lunches. and this kicks ass because it is right down town where all the good restaurants etc are. of course, the campus is spread across 4 city blocks anyway, so kids were usually off campus anyway.