Having actual enforceable building codes and occupancy standards are enathema to the conservative mantra of "let market forces decide".  It's really tough to compare hotel rooms and rates at 4 in the morning but that's  how Colorado Springs operates.  I guess you could always use the power of prayer to pray away the bugs - still waiting for prayer to solve any of our problems but hope springs enternal.  Colorado Springs is our version of Kansas under their Brownback administration - falling to 50th in every imaginable category.