Author: Dan Nordberg
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GUEST OPINION: Rooted in community: Local still matters in banking
In an era defined by consolidation and scale, it’s easy to assume that bigger is always better. Publicly traded financial conglomerates dominate headlines, boasting national reach, sophisticated platforms, and shareholder returns. But as someone who has spent a career in public service and community banking, I believe there’s a deeper story worth telling—one rooted not…
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GUEST OPINION: Losing Space Command stings — but new opportunities exist
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Sept. 2, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. Space Command headquarters will move from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Ala. For our community, the decision is disappointing and difficult. Aerospace and defense aren’t just part…
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GUEST OPINION: Time to restore order, opportunity in downtown Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a business leader who staffs people downtown, I believe in the values that built Colorado Springs: free enterprise, personal responsibility, property rights and a limited but effective government. Today, those values are being tested…
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Good news for small business this year | Guest column
As we approach the end of 2019, major economic indicators show once again that pro-growth policies are working and have helped put millions of Americans back to work in communities all over our country. The November jobs report showed a remarkable 266,000 jobs were created in November — exceeding median expectations of about 185,000. To…
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GUEST COLUMN: Support our small businesses
Every year after Thanksgiving, Americans kick off the holiday shopping season with big stores advertising deal after deal. Not long ago, Americans during the holiday season typically would visit locally owned small retailers in a downtown area to purchase their gifts. Business owners would decorate their shops with lights and ornaments or create elaborate window…
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GUEST COLUMN: Tax reform continues to power small business growth
Recently, I was shopping at our local store and was amazed that holiday merchandise was already on the shelves. What happened to the tradition of launching the Christmas selling season right after turkey time at the end of November? Little did I know, the holiday shopping season now starts with Halloween and runs straight through…
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Point/Counterpoint: Has anti-Republican rhetoric become especially vicious?
Dan Nordberg It’s time to pose publicly the question being asked around millions of the silent majority’s dinner tables: Whatever happened to decorum in the year 2017, particularly from the liberal left? As a father of two little girls, logging into my social media feed to see Kathy Griffin hoisting a mock, severed head of…
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GUEST COLUMN: Fighting a deluge of bad business bills
If there is one recurring theme in the state Legislature, it’s the division between Republicans and Democrats over the role of government. Serving in my third term as a legislator, I have been in countless debates over this issue and am always surprised how often Democrats are willing to inject more government into private sector…
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GUEST COLUMN: Democrats’ “business” agenda is hurting Colorado
As ranking member on the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee, I often hear my Democrat colleagues touting their ideas to help Colorado’s economy and labor force. However, while I share their goal of economic growth, the deluge of anti-business legislation coming from the left side of the aisle has done more to hurt than…
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Lifting ban on crude oil exports boosts security
Protection. It’s a powerful motivator. It’s why we fund defense and intelligence to keep us safe from those in the world who don’t share our values and wish us harm. It’s why we lock our doors at night to provide confidence and comfort for our loved ones. It’s the motivation behind keeping us from exporting…