When Obama was here in town a number of years ago the entire North side from Garden of the Gods to Baptist, I25 to Union was absolute gridlock for a couple hours after graduation.
The effect was staggering.
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I was trying to taxi for take off when he was in the Springs. It was a total cluster. As it ALWAYS is when Air Force One is near you. The Thunderbird F-16 crashing didn't exactly help.