HOW SELF-RELIANCE AND TIGHT BUDGETING GOT COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH THE RECESSION: “This is a mainstream media piece using the word ‘libertarian,’ so we should assume that Colorado Springs residents responded to hard times by resorting to cannibalism and emulating the plot of Road Warrior, right? Not so much. Actually, residents voted down onerous tax hikes that would have been spent on politician-preferred priorities in favor of paying for or providing their own services.”