In this episode of The Kim Monson Show, we dive deep into the complexities of legislative processes and tackle crucial issues like the early childhood taxing district. What does it mean for the public and who really benefits? Join us as we unfold surprising insights about policies that might be pulling the wool over taxpayers’ eyes. Special sections will explore this week’s state of freedom vs. force, and we will also discuss the ongoing discussions around fairness in business and governance. Don’t miss Kim’s passionate take on the issues that matter most to our community.
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It’s the Kim Monson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
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An early childhood taxing district? What on earth is that?
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The latest in politics and world affairs.
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I don’t think that we should be passing legislation that is so complicated that people kind of throw up their hands and say, I can’t understand that.
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Today’s current opinions and ideas.
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And it’s not fair just because you’re a big business that you get a break on this and the little guy doesn’t.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Indeed, let’s have a conversation, and welcome to the Kim Monson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You’re each treasured, you’re valued, you have purpose. Today’s drive for excellence, take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body, my friends. We were made for this moment in history. And thank you to the team, that’s Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Friday, Producer Joe.
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Happy Friday, Kim.
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You’re having a Monday on a Friday. I’m so sorry, Joe. I hate that when that happens.
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You know, this is what we call a God’s two by four.
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Well, we’ll get through it. We will figure this out. So a little car challenges this morning, right?
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Exactly. And, you know, you’re supposed to learn something from it. So I will learn something from it.
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Okay, just stay tuned. Let me know what you learn, okay? But we’re here and we’re ready to go. Check out the website. And while you’re there, make sure that you are signed up for our weekly newsletter. And even if you are signed up for our weekly newsletter, sign up for our daily digest. This is something new. It’s been three years in the making to get to this point where we have daily news stories that we’re writing them with great journalistic intent. facts, both sides of the story, then my commentary. But we’ve also started the Kim Monson community. And we’d love to have you join us. There’s three different levels. The Montpelier level is $50 a year. The Monticello is $100 a year. And the Mount Vernon is $200 a year. And the first 250 of you that join at the Mount Vernon level will be known as founding patrons of the show. And you can go to the website, and up in the right-hand corner it says join, and that’ll show you all the things that you get with each of the levels. And we’re going to be kicking everything off right after, I guess it’ll be mid-April is when we’re going to be starting the classes, as well as our online town halls. We will have in-person town halls as well. And join us. This is a place, it’s a modern salon where we can converse and connect and contemplate what’s going on there and make a difference to reclaim our state and our country. And so be sure and sign up for all that. You can email me at kim at kimMonson.com. The text line is 720-605-0647. Thank you to all of you who support us. We are an independent voice on an independent station searching for truth and clarity by looking at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. Something’s a good idea. You should not have to use force to implement it. And on the show, we focus on the issues. And we’ll mention the people, but we try to stay out of the personality stuff. But my friends, it’s never compassionate to take other people’s stuff, whether or not it’s their rights, their property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, childhood, or lives via force. And that force could be a weapon. We know that. But it could be policy, unpredictable and excessive taxation, fees, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation. The agenda of the World Economic Forum and globalist elites, which we see playing out all the way to municipal government, school districts, special districts, and that’s why we’ve got to relearn these principles and reclaim our great American idea. I always like to say thank you to our great sponsors. One of those is Hooters Restaurants, and they have locations in Loveland, Westminster, and in Aurora. And on Saturdays, kids can eat free with the purchase of an adult entree. And so let Hooters actually do the dishes, do the cooking, and also this is March Madness weekend, so what a great place to do to get together, and the kids will eat free. So be sure and check all that out. I also wanted to say thank you to Laramie Energy for their goal sponsorship of the show because it’s reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant power from naturally occurring hydrocarbons that powers our lives, fuels our hopes and dreams, and empowers us to change our own personal climate. And if you are having any challenges, it seems like right now in March, you might need your air conditioner. If you don’t know if your air conditioner is working, reach out to Benz Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. That number is 303-995-1636, 303-995-1636. I’m pleased to have in studio with me my good friend, Kathy Russell. She is the president of Liberty Toastmasters North. It’s Liberty Toastmasters Day. Great to have you here.
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Kim, it is so great to be here. I wish there was a camera on you so that people could see your stipulations and your energy.
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It’s amazing.
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Well, and you’ve been on an adventure. Yes. Yes, you went on a trip.
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Yeah, I went to South Padre Island. And the highlight, crazy as it will sound, is we went on a canal boat ride to see industry going in. to Brownsville and it was amazing because there’s a new thing where they have this new energy part that they’re building with taking all the new natural gas. to send it out to the rest of the world. So it’s very exciting to see that growth there. And then we saw SpaceX, which is a dream.
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Well, and you were a scientist. So this is like right down your alley, all this stuff.
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And then seeing the dolphins. Oh, my gosh. They’re just dolphins like crazy. Jumping in the wake of the boat. Yeah, it was a wonderful trip.
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Oh, that’s great. And I want to say thank you to you and Marshall Dawson, who guest-hosted the show while I was away. So thank you for doing that.
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Yeah. Well, it was all to Marshall. He drove the show.
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He drove the show. Okay. Well, we’ll give him all the credit then. Okay. So let’s see. Let’s get here to in the spirit of Toastmasters, because at every meeting we have a word of the day. And the word of the day today is fervent. It’s F-E-R-V-E-N-T. And thank you, Mark, for suggesting this. It’s having or showing very warm or intense spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, ardent, passionate. Number two, it could be hot, burning, glowing. This is from Random House Webster’s College Dictionary. And it’s a great word. The founders had a fervent love of liberty. How’s that for a sentence?
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Oh, that’s perfect.
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Okay. Our quote of the day on Fridays, we go to the Medal of Honor quote book that you can purchase from the Center for American Values, which is in Pueblo. They do, well, they’re really doing several things, but continuing education programs for K-12 kids focused on these foundational principles of honor, integrity, patriotism, honoring our Medal of Honor recipients with their beautiful portraits of valor. And then Drew Dix and Brad Padula, the co-founders, have started a really good podcast called Words from the Silo. You can get all of that by the book by going to AmericanValueCenter.org. But this is a quote from Leroy A. Petrie, United States Army, Medal of Honor, born 1979, and his actions were during the War on Terror. And this is his citation for his Medal of Honor. It says, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, Staff Sergeant Leroy A. Petrie distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy in the vicinity of Patya, Province, Afghanistan. on May 26, 2008. And Kathy, that’s the day before my birthday. And I’m thinking 2008, I was just living my life on May 26, 2008. And here’s this young guy and has his life on the line. And we take for granted this freedom that we have and these blessed lives that we have, Kathy.
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Totally, yeah.
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So my question to all of you is where were you on May 26, 2008? But anyway, as a weapons squad leader with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Staff Sergeant Petrie moved to clear the courtyard of a house that potentially contained high-value combatants. While crossing the courtyard, Staff Sergeant Petri and another Ranger were engaged and wounded by automatic weapons fire from enemy fighters. Still under enemy fire and wounded in both legs, Staff Sergeant Petri led the other Ranger to cover. He then reported the situation and engaged the enemy with a hand grenade, providing suppression as another Ranger moved to his position. The enemy quickly responded by maneuvering closer and throwing grenades. The first grenade explosion knocked his two fellow rangers to the ground and wounded both with shrapnel. A second grenade then landed only a few feet away from them. Instantly realizing the danger, Staff Sergeant Petrie, unhesitatingly and with complete disregard for his safety, deliberately and selflessly moved forward, picked up the grenade, and in an effort to clear the immediate threat, threw the grenade away from his fellow Rangers. As he was releasing the grenade, it detonated, amputating his right hand at the wrist and further injuring him with multiple shrapnel wounds. Although picking up and throwing the live grenade grievously wounded Staff Sergeant Petrie, his gallant act undeniably saved his fellow Rangers from being severely wounded or killed. Despite the severity of his wounds, Staff Sergeant Petrie continued to maintain the presence of mind to place a tourniquet on his right wrist before communicating the situation by radio in order to coordinate support for himself and his fellow wounded Rangers. Staff Sergeant Petrie’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 75th Ranger Regiment, and the United States Army. It’s remarkable, isn’t it?
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It is.
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It’s remarkable. And this is his quote. He said, do something today to better others and yourself.
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Beautiful.
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Every day. And that is Leroy A. Petrie, born 1979, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient. Our bill of the day. And I always like to say thank you to our Colorado Union of Taxpayers board members. And join us. It’s only $25 a year. And you will get the email that we send out to the legislators on Monday and the governor with our bill positions. But this bill is House Bill 26-1269 called Transit Access. Sponsors are Representative Niketa Ricks and Representative Junie Joseph. And this is our commentary. The bill mandates, there’s your force word right there, that RTD and its services implement measures to improve transit access for all riders. This includes offering low-income fare discount programs, partner pass programs, which provide free six-month transit passes to the homeless, and alternative restroom access on routes over three hours if onboard facilities are out of service. Cut unanimously voted no on this bill. RTD is already highly subsidized with only 5% supported by fares. Bathrooms at every stop and free passes will turn stations into homeless camps and increase homeless day camping on public transportation. Cutts’ opinion is that regular ridership will decrease and that taxpayers will be funding this forever. And that is House Bill 26-1269. A big N-O on that one. You think? Yeah. My gosh. Yikes. And, yeah, it’s money, money, money, money, it seems like, down there at the Statehouse.
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And it’s not helping the homeless. It’s making them dependent and losing their dignity. It’s awful.
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You’re right. Absolutely right. And so House Bill 26-1269. And if you, so every week on Mondays, we are posting three to five bills on Cut Engaged at the website coloradotaxpayer.org. And it’s where you can make your voices heard on those particular bills. And so many of us, we care what’s happening. We’re busy. Got families, work, all that. We don’t know what to do. Well, you can make your voices heard on those bills. And on this Monday, I did the, and they’re in chronological order as we were putting them up. I was able to make my voice heard on those five bills in four minutes and seven seconds. Wow.
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Congratulations.
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So I’d recommend that all of you. Yeah, perfect. Yes, I’ll try that. And I see as you are, I get an email when you have done this on Cut Engaged, and I’m seeing more and more of you using this. And if many of us are, and who this will go to, it’ll go to the prime sponsors on the bill, and then you can add in if you want it to go to your senator or legislator. It is so cool. That’s awesome. What we’ve built. And Mary Jansen suggested it, so I so appreciate her. Great. And I didn’t give everybody’s name yet, did I? I want to say thank you. That’s Steve Dorman, Greg Golianski, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, Marty Nielsen, Ramey Johnson, Mary Jansen, Dave Evans, Corey Onizorg, Paula Beard, and Ray Beard. That’s our board members. When you see them, say thank you. They are spending their weekend going over this legislation. Let me just take a quick look, because on Friday afternoons, I have to go through all of the bills scheduled for hearing, and I just dread this. I’ve looked at some of these already, but I have to go through all of them. As of right now, there’s 179 scheduled for hearing for next week.
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Kathy just fell off of her chair. So we’re going to go to break. We have these discussions because of our sponsors, and one of those is the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance Team. And Roger and his team want you to feel safe and well-served and to understand your insurance coverage. Their office will respond to your call or text 24 hours a day. So for that 24-hour peace of mind, call Roger Mangan at 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, the Roger Mangan team is there.
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It is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Check out our website. That’s Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And also check out the website for the USMC Memorial Foundation. They are preparing for their golf tournament, which is in May, one of the first ones out of the chute for golf tournaments. It’s going to be out at, I think it’s the golf tournament out in Castle Pines North. And so check it out, get your foursome together, and get registered at USMCMemorialFoundation.org. And in studio with me is my friend Kathy Russell, president of Liberty Toastmasters North.
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Yeah, great to be here and watching your fervent action.
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Yes, you think I’m part Italian, right? And on the line with us is Molly Lamar. She had been a candidate for the State Board of Education. She has a deep love for the children of Colorado, and she is keeping us up to speed. on what has been happening with the toxic environment at the administrative offices in cherry creek but before we get to that molly lamar i know something happened this week that you are very happy about and that is the protect kids colorado all three of those ballot questions are going to be on the ballot you’ve worked really hard on it and i want to say congratulations oh thank you so exciting really for um just all the kids in colorado and the families that
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you know, have children and grandchildren and just grateful to everyone who worked on getting that across the finish line. So, you know, now they have to campaign for it to get it to pass. But I think, you know, This is a very important first step.
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Well, it is. And yes, we’ve got a lot of work to do, a lot of conversations to have, Lolly Lamar. But what’s happening over at the Cherry Creek administrative offices?
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Oh, boy. Oh, boy. So, you know, we’ve been promised transparency and open investigations. But what we’re getting is a PR campaign and more locked doors and meetings behind closed doors. It’s not funny, but every week the interim superintendent sends home this weekly… It’s a cheerleading email touting sunshine and good news and all the things that are wonderful over there. And not that… Cherry Creek doesn’t have wonderful things happening. But we’re also seeing massive financial and policy decisions being made in the dark. And you have an entire community that is hungry for information, paying attention, and to not address the situation and just send home these emails that essentially say you know oh look over here this is so wonderful meanwhile over here we’re misbehaving um it’s not a good it’s not a good look um people are getting quite frustrated last week molly you said before spring break a number of teachers were informed that they were not going to have jobs what’s the situation on that has anything changed Well, so they’re receiving notice that they’re losing their jobs for next year. I’m getting direct messages on social media from teachers and paraprofessionals begging for help. The area that’s being hit the hardest, is our special education teachers and paras. Those positions are particularly hard to fill. And so that’s really shocking. Apparently our special education department is about $20 million over budget due to the fraud and corruption that the administrator that was in charge of that department Tony pool, he is on leave for insubordination, but you know I just can’t. figure out why our students and our teachers are bearing the brunt of the administration’s guilt and greed, frankly. They’ve blown up this administration. We have declining enrollment, and yet we have administration that continues to grow. And we’re not just growing in an administration, the cost of the administration is huge. And so, for example, they wrote this contract. We have another executive that needs to go. We talked last week about that contract where we have these fraudulent signatures on an administrator’s contract. When going through this employment contract that they’ve provided. They’re giving him a month’s salary, even if he’s fired for misconduct. I mean, no teacher gets that. You did something wrong, we fired you, and now we owe you money? Why is that a term in this contract? And that’s only a part of your contract if your best friend is writing it. You know, I think that speaks to the nepotism and the conflict of interest and the toxic work culture that we have going on over there. If you are a friend of Brenda and Chris Smith, you are very well taken care of. If you’re not, your job is on the line. And unfortunately, that’s still… that culture still exists because all of the people that were at the top under Chris Smith are still there. We’ve unfortunately, we have contracts that obligate us to keep these people or get rid of them at such a high cost to taxpayers that the district is stuck between a rock and a hard place. But all of this money should be in the classroom.
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$20 million. I wonder how many special education teachers there are. I wonder how many special education students there are, and I wonder what that total budget is. That would be somewhat telling. And then also to peel out what that administration is, as you and I have talked before, it seems that transparency is a challenge over at, it’s not just Cherry Creek School District, but it seems like transparency is a real issue.
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Yeah, well, just for example, last Friday, they had another closed-door meeting, and then they came out and announced… They didn’t come out. It was announced that they were adding a member to the audit committee. Did they announce it in a letter home to families? No. We had to find out through Channel 7, who posted a story about a seventh member being added to this formed audit committee. Meanwhile, parents and stakeholders and staff said, wait a second, they’ve formed an audit committee? We’re still waiting to hear the process of applying for this audit committee. People are engaged. They want to be a part of this. And the district went ahead and appointed these people. They’ve already met. We have no idea who’s on the audit committee. There’s no public announcement. It’s not on the public calendar. There are no meeting minutes. Yes, a huge transparency problem. And then you have the superintendent that’s sending home sunshine emails. Why was this information not included in that email?
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And this is the interim superintendent that’s sending home these emails out, right? Yes.
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But, you know, even you brought up seeing how many teachers would be in special education and what the overall budget would be. I am more than happy to do a Colorado Opens request for that information. Here’s the thing. We’ll send a CORA. Transparency shouldn’t have a cover charge. When we’re seeking information that we should already have or that should be readily available to us, the district should not be charging fees. And we’re not just talking about $50. The district is trying to charge, one, the Denver Gazette, they’re trying to charge them $1,200 for travel expense records. They’re trying to charge Denver 7 over $3,000 for records regarding consultants, contracts and e-mails. And then they’re even trying to charge little old me $200 to see the employment contracts of these district administrators. And frankly, these aren’t fees. These are delayed tactics designed to keep the truth out of the hands of the people.
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Okay. So, Molly, that’s your homework. How’s that? You’ve got homework. I know. I wrote that down. Let’s talk about that next week. But it’s so great that the Gazette is involved, Channel 7. We’re talking about this regularly here. So thank you, Molly Lamar. Keep up the great work, and we’ll talk with you next week. Thank you, Kim. Have a great weekend. And these important discussions happen because of our great sponsors. And your financial freedom is shaped by more than numbers. It’s shaped by planning for the realities of your life. At Mint Financial Strategies, Jody Henze and her team help you assess your current reality while planning for your future. Additionally, Mint Financial Strategies helps you navigate through your emotions regarding the economy, your career, and the market. And they encourage you to evaluate family dynamics because that can also affect your financial well-being. And so give Mint Financial Strategies a call at 303-285-3080. Again, that number is 303-285-3080 to develop a plan that fits your life. And another great sponsor of the show, we’ll talk with him in the next hour, is Teddy Collins with Spartan Defense.
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It is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And it is Liberty Toastmasters Day. When I talked to Fred Clifford, he said, Kim, you keep changing the day. And I said, well, it just kind of happens with the schedule. But he said, sure, I’ll do that. So we’ll talk with him in a little bit. Kathy Russell is in studio. She is president of Liberty Toastmasters North. And you know how to do all this, right? Mm-hmm.
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I’m getting there. Well, great to be here, Kim. Yeah, so there are two Liberty Toastmasters. Groups. One in Liberty Toastmasters North in Longmont and the other in Denver. And I would like, oh, today we are talking about table topics and the theme today is no right to violate rights. And our first guest is Rick Rome from Liberty in Denver. Hey, Rick.
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Well, thank you, Kathy, Kim. I’m reminded of, well, this company I work for, it’s a big company, I don’t want to name the name, but they were embracing this newest technology with AI, and they sent out a survey and talking about what would make you more comfortable working with this glorified spell checker. And my response, of course, was, had I not read George Orwell’s Animal Farm when I was in the seventh grade. The story tells us a discrete tale that we’re seeing play out in today’s world where we have, for all intents and purposes, some animals are more equal than others. And that’s played out. One of the main characters was Napoleon. He had his hit squad of dogs that he raised in silence to go out and terrorize the local populations. Any voices of dissent would be executed, murdered, or otherwise removed from the farm’s common good. And again, this notion that some animals become more equal than others. It plays directly to this notion of the right to violate rights and how they provide justification for it. For me, it comes down to something far more basic. It’s easy to distill in a crucible. Wants versus needs. If it involves an involuntary taking a good, a service, I have to see a doctor. Well, no, you have a right to pursue health care and health services, but you don’t have a right to take someone else’s skill, knowledge, and ability. That’s an involuntary taking. That is a want. It is not a need. It is not a right. If it breaks the big three, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, I mean, we can debate abortion rights all day long as to when life becomes life. We can debate when AI becomes sentient, whether or not it has a soul and has a right to certain rights. And then we have to once again grapple with this notion of more equal rights than others. But, you know, for me, Kim and Kathy, it really is something along the lines of They sell it on the idea of public safety. You need to sacrifice some of your rights for public safety. And George Bush did a horrible disservice with the Patriot Act and, of course, the TSA. And now we have agents who are federal agents, can’t get paid, not offering a service that they say is an absolute need, but it really doesn’t constitute a right because it involves that taking responsibility.
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Great. Well, thank you, Rick.
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Oh, sorry. Yeah, of course. I was going to say, I’d like to close with this notion of when do we reach the point where we recognize that these rights are valuable and these rights are worth preservation and making the language appropriate to this notion of having true rights and what is worth preserving.
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We’ll contemplate on that. Rick, good stuff. This is such an important subject. And thank you, Rick Rohn. We appreciate it.
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Yeah, thank you, Rick. And next on the line is Greg Morrissey from Liberty Toastmasters North. Hey, Greg.
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Good morning, Kathy. Good morning, Kim. How are we doing?
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Well, so what do you think about this? No right to violate rights.
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Well, the biggest thing I think, Danu, you can ask a lot of people about it. What is the Bill of Rights? I tell people one of the places you should go to is the billofrightsinstitute.org. Get an education in what your Bill of Rights are, the people who brought them into being, and how important and how strictly important they are in your life today, and how the reason you have the quality of life you have and the rights you have goes back to our founders. The Declaration of Rights was written by George Mason. as well as other English documents such as the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights. And people need to know the history and understand why the Bill of Rights, they were written way back then, and how important are they still today to keep our rights, to have your sense of freedom, to be able to be the best you can be. Don’t expect someone to come out and say, give you something for free. These Bill of Rights weren’t given. They were earned by a lot of people, a lot of hard work. I’d encourage everyone to know your constitution, your state constitution, and your federal constitution. You can take a state constitution course online. Know what the whole system is based on, and then you can have a very good discussion with your politicians, especially what they’re doing in Colorado right now more. They’re passing so many laws It’s unbelievable. I don’t believe they have the budget to even force them all.
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They don’t, Greg.
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They don’t. They’re making these rules up, the rules, rules, rules, rules. You haven’t got a budget to pass them. Why don’t you enforce the basic rules, have a good educated populace, and make Colorado a good educated place to live?
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Yeah, we need to reclaim that. Greg Morrissey, over Christmas break, I had a plane trip. And in the spirit of what you have recommended, I decided I was going to read the Constitution. And I was able to read the whole Constitution during that plane trip. And I would really encourage, as you have on a regular basis, all of us to read our Constitution and know what’s in there. Yeah. As always, Greg Morrissey, thank you.
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Yeah, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Yeah, I love your historical perspective. Thank you. And next on the line is Fred Clifford from Liberty Toastmasters Denver. Hey, Fred.
SPEAKER 21 :
Good morning, Kim. And by the way, I agree with Greg on getting to know the Constitution, getting to know the Bill of Rights. I think that’s absolutely a good idea for everybody. Personally, right now I’m reading a book by Jonathan Turley. It’s called… Oh, I can’t remember the name.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s something about rage, right?
SPEAKER 21 :
Right. Rage and Revolution. The continuation of the American Revolution. And I heard him speak at the retreat a few weeks ago. And when I got home, I downloaded the book. I don’t buy paper books. So I bought the book on e-book when I got home. Anyway, what I was going to say about violating other people’s rights… The first thing it makes me think of is law enforcement. And if somebody is shoplifting, they’re violating the rights of every person that shops in that store. And when a company that owns a grocery store decides not to pursue the shoplifters, they’re violating all of our rights too. And I remember the story of the, I think Stephan Tubbs had, had a story where there was a security guard that worked at a grocery store that followed a shoplifter to their car and asked them to return their stolen goods. And then the security guard got fired. So I don’t think that’s a good idea to fire a security guard who just tries to prevent somebody from violating other people’s rights. And for a while there, a few years back, they were not prosecuting car thieves. And so whoever makes that decision, they’re violating, the thief is violating other people’s rights, but the person that makes the decision not to arrest the car thief, they’re violating the rights of the person that, not only the person that gets their car stolen, but they’re violating the rights of every person that pays for car insurance.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. Because car insurance rates go up because of that.
SPEAKER 21 :
Absolutely. Right now, I go to a King Soopers, and not every day, but we have a security guard that checks people’s receipts when we walk out the door. We used to have a security guard that just stood there for visibility, and so basically I was paying for my groceries, I was paying for the shoplifter’s groceries, and I was paying for the fake security guard. But they made it a little bit better. They checked the receipts. So when they check my receipt, I tell them, thank you for being here. I wish you were here every day. But they don’t do it every day. I don’t know why they don’t do it every day, but at least they’re doing that. I’m not sure what they do when somebody doesn’t have a receipt. And then the other thing I think of is the welfare state. In principle, maybe the welfare state’s a good idea, but not the one we have. The one we have now basically keeps people poor. And I don’t really have a solution for that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I think what we need to do, Fred, is get government back in its proper role, and it’s not the role of government to take from one person to give to another.
SPEAKER 21 :
Absolutely. Absolutely. Right. And, you know, I’ll give you one other example. When County Commissioner Andy Kerr, and he had other commissioners at the time, when they decided to cut the sheriff’s budget by $10 million so they had to close the whole, one whole floor of their jail, they violated the rights of every person that lives in their county and every person that maybe, you know, not just their own county, but every person that, was a victim of crime in that county. So I didn’t vote for that person.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. And that was out in Jefferson County. Fred Clifford, thank you so much.
SPEAKER 21 :
All right. Thanks for your time. Bye now.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, Kathy, who’s our next Liberty Toastmasters?
SPEAKER 07 :
Our next Toastmaster is Ross Klopp, who is from Liberty Toastmasters North.
SPEAKER 06 :
Or Denver. Or Denver, yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
Hey, Ross.
SPEAKER 15 :
Hi. What I’d like to talk to you about today is violating rights. Obviously, there’s lots of groups and organizations that do that. There’s the criminals that Fred talked about, and also governments can violate new rights. In one area that they’ve been doing that… that doesn’t seem to get a whole lot of media attention is inflation. And our federal government actually, one of the allowed purposes of it is to basically prosecute counterfeiters. There’s a big problem, though, when the counterfeiting is coming from the federal government because they’re printing so much money. And that’s what inflation is. It basically reduces the value of all your money. So that’s a taking. On top of that, which makes it even worse, is it increases everybody’s taxes. And where it increases your taxes is your property tax because your value of your home goes up, so your property tax goes up. Your sales tax goes up because you have to spend more on all your groceries and goods and so on. And then your… Income tax will usually go up because usually you’re making more money, and you could even get put into a higher tax bracket on top of that, so you get double whammy on your income tax. And then your capital gains tax goes up because you’re paying capital gains on all this inflation, which isn’t really a capital gains. It’s just keeping your money at the same value it was before. So you just get… creamed on taxes when inflation is high. And there are a couple of things out there that could help. The Doge idea was great, but unfortunately it didn’t last. And I think Congress needs to start up. They could call it like Doge 2 and just get all the waste out of the government. And it’s pretty much every department just go through and cut the waste out and then the second thing that could help is there’s a convention of the states going on i think there’s like 24 states signed up and that would add a balanced budget amendment and that could be helpful as well but there’s right now it’s a huge problem doesn’t really matter who’s in power that much just the deficit goes through the roof And, yeah. So, yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Your point, Fred, or excuse me, Ross, is that inflation is a silent thief, basically, and it’s government-induced inflation is a silent thief, and then taking people’s property is a violation of their rights. So that’s a great dot to connect. Ross, as always, thank you.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, thanks.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Check out our website. That’s Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And I’m very excited to welcome Radiance Power. Now, not to be confused with Radiant Painting and Lighting as a new sponsor of the show. Radiance Power specializes in providing expert electrical solutions for your home, Their licensed electricians excel in electrical installations, ensuring your systems are safe and efficient. And they offer comprehensive panel upgrades to enhance your electrical capacity, reliable generator installations to keep your home powered during outages, and custom lighting installations to illuminate your space beautifully. They’re Colorado-owned, and they can offer better pricing for your electrical needs because they have less overhead than the big guys. So check them out. That’s radiancepower.net, radiancepower.net. In the studio with me is my friend Kathy Russell, president of Liberty Toastmasters North, and we have Liberty Toastmasters North in Longmont. and in Denver. And Denver is meeting tomorrow. Love to have guests. People can go to Toastmasters International, put in Liberty Toastmasters and find us. But it’s at 10 o’clock at the Independence Institute on Saturday. But Kathy, it’s really an interesting subject that we’re talking about this Table Topics where we do this every meeting where people can volunteer and you have, what, is it two to three minutes to talk about something? And the subject today is what?
SPEAKER 07 :
The subject today is the right to violate rights, question mark, or no right to violate rights.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. And our next guest is the president of Liberty Toastmasters in Denver and also a member of Liberty Toastmasters North. And that is Marshall Dawson. Hey, Marshall.
SPEAKER 16 :
Hey, good morning. That’s right. I am a member of both clubs. I got… You know, double the abuse when I show up for meetings. But, you know, thinking about this, I believe the idea of confiscation and violation of natural rights is easy for most listeners to understand. I want to try to go a layer deeper, and I’m going to try to be very brief because I really want to hear what Dave will have to say here in just a moment. But this is often argued on compassion, but I think that it tends to foster dependency. Look, when I was running for office in 2022, I was at a debate and there was one candidate, not my opponent, but one candidate fervently bragging at how much federal money this candidate had brought into Colorado. I guess, obviously, now it’s a sitting congressperson. And, you know, it was just extolling the virtues of all this money coming in. And I remember thinking, I’m really glad that they didn’t ask me how much money I was going to take out the pockets of other citizens in the United States and bring to Colorado. In fact, in 2024, the Boulder Daily Camera sent me a survey and asked me about the bipartisan infrastructure law and what would you do to secure more funding for infrastructure products in Colorado’s second district. Well, now the truth can be told, I waited until the last moment on this and I had not analyzed the bill for specifically what it would do for CD2. But here’s a part of what I responded with, just a part. I said that most of the program was neither vital nor urgent, yet the deficit spending drives inflation even higher, so we shouldn’t treat it as virtuous. I would also suggest that we begin challenging the paradigm that money from the federal government is somehow free. No, Coloradans pay for it alongside other states’ voters. Why would we want to send our money to Washington only to have them charge a management fee before redistributing it? And I think about what this looks like in real life. We’re often encouraged to and we’re kind of rewarded for relying on the government. This leads to building trust that the government is going to take care of us, which we know is not going to be the case necessarily. I’ll skip over some of my examples, but this is not just a left-wing problem. We have a problem with it on the Republican side, too, with some of our core, some of our base. And all the time, politicians use a sleight of hand to treat it like free money. If you don’t believe me, look at what your city council says, what your county commissioners will say. Hey, we have these grants. We have to use them. It’s not free money. And so here’s the nut of it. When government conditions us to demand money and programs, that leads to a dependency mentality. And that’s one more way that government will strip its citizens of self-sufficiency and will violate our natural rights.
SPEAKER 06 :
Excellent points, Marshall Dawson. And then also you use the word, it takes away dignity, Kathy Russell. Marshall, thank you.
SPEAKER 07 :
Thanks, Marshall.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and our next guest is from Liberty Toastmasters North, and it’s Dave Walden. Hey, Dave.
SPEAKER 18 :
Good morning, guys. Hey, let me be brief. I’m going to make a suggestion, Kim. The subject of individual rights, there is nothing more important politically than understanding what they are and what they are not. For example, individual rights, I would argue, is redundant because only an individual has them. So if I were you, the subject being as important as it is, I would have a show somehow devoted to understanding what individual rights are, what they are not, and why they are the crucibles. of the founding of America. So I know you’re short of time, so that’s all I’ll have to say on the right to violate rights. Anyway, enjoying the show.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, Dave Walden, you don’t realize it, but you just have obligated yourself to be a featured guest at some upcoming show soon. So I’ll be checking in with you to see how we can get that scheduled.
SPEAKER 18 :
I’m flattered.
SPEAKER 06 :
Great, I’m looking forward. Okay, Kathy, Russell, how would you like to wrap this up?
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, I’ve been thinking a lot about this whole issue and I look at it as an inherent, there are many people, good-hearted people, most of my friends who are liberals, and they believe in what I will call the pirate bias. They believe that anybody who has wealth, massive wealth, got it by stealing, looting, plundering, or enslaving other people. And what they don’t understand is how capitalism works, is that you can become incredibly wealthy by serving other people. So I told this to my cousin the other day, who’s very liberal, hates capitalism, and I mentioned this distinction between the pirate bias and the creator bias. And it clicked with her. I think she really got it, that in the name, what we would call cronyism is what many people think of as capitalism. And so the light bulb went off in her. So I feel like if we make this distinction between pirate bias and creator mindset, that maybe we can get people back to understanding that it is not okay to steal other people’s stuff in the name of compassion.
SPEAKER 06 :
you’ve nailed it right there and i think many of these people are well-meaning, but they think that capitalism is, as you say, it’s cronyism. And cronyism is where big government, big business, they all get in bed with each other. And ultimately that gets to communism, socialism, and then you have the people at the top and then everybody else at the bottom. But the great thing about capitalism is if you create value and trade value for value. Exactly. you can make money. So Kathy, we’re going to wrap this up. It’s great to have you here and you’re going to stay for the second hour. Yes. Yes. All right. And our quote for the end of the show is from Vincent Van Gogh. He said, for great things do not just happen by impulse, but are a succession of small things linked together. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you’re not alone. God bless you. God bless America. Stay tuned for our number two.
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I know. When we have Liberty Toastmasters Day, you need extra hands and arms, right? But great job. Pulled it off.
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SPEAKER 07 :
It sure is. That was just a great table topic session. So thanks to everybody.
SPEAKER 06 :
And at every Liberty Toastmasters meeting, we have table topics. Now, we do give them the suggested subject here, but basically at our meetings, it’s very impromptu. So you really have to think, get your thoughts together, but it’s great information. experience for if you are going to, well, just communicate with people, but if you’re going to testify at a school board meeting or down at the state house, it really helps you hone your skills for something like that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, it’s a great training.
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And people can join us at, find out where the meetings are, Liberty Toastmasters, or go to Toastmasters International and put in Liberty Toastmasters. And Denver meets the first and third Saturdays, Longmont the second and fourth Saturdays. And it’s a great deal. Let’s get to our word of the day. And that is fervent. It’s spelled F-E-R-V-E-N-T. Thank you, Mark, for the word. And it’s having or showing very warm or intense spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, ardent or passionate. Number two, hot, burning and glowing. And so that is our word of the day. Our quote of the day, and we gave the complete citation, the Medal of Honor citation for Leroy A. Petrie, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, born in 1979. I’m taking this from the Medal of Honor quote book from the Center for American Values. And you can order that by going to AmericanValueCenter.org. That is AmericanValueCenter.org. But he said this, do something today to better others and yourself. And that’s Leroy A. Petrie. And if each one of us did that, Kathy, we would not have the problems that we have in our society.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, not at all. Yeah. And that’s, you know what, that is what I love about the conservative movement, that people really want to be useful, like every day.
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Industrious, helpful, create value.
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And you weren’t always… No.
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I’ve been incubating in these crazy thoughts for years. And I was just, I mean, for the last 20 years, I’m like, what is going on? What is wrong with everybody?
SPEAKER 06 :
But you were, would you say you were a liberal?
SPEAKER 07 :
I thought, yeah, I was liberal, but in the classic liberal sense. And I realized, I had this major epiphany last week. why i had a not very nice stepfather who is republican and so i kind of associated all republicans with being like him nasty and greedy and unpleasant okay and i think i think that contributed to it okay but how did you move in to you are a fervent conservative now when and when i say conservative that means somebody that wants to conserve and preserve this great american idea Yeah, I think from studying evolution and looking at great ideas of the past create a better future, and that’s how evolution works. You have a new variation introduced, And then the best ones survive. And so to be a conservative, you have to conserve the best of what happened before. And also as a scientist, when you look at the past, I mean, with society, we don’t have Petri dishes, but we do have the past. And we can look back in time and see what worked and what didn’t work. And what’s crazy about schools is you don’t learn about history.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah.
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History. I mean, I learned so little history. It’s just, it’s embarrassing.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, it is.
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It’s a crash course.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, and you are a scientist and one of those really brainy ones, which, what is it?
SPEAKER 07 :
I don’t know if I’m brainy, but I’m curious. I’m very curious.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. But what’s your…
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evolutionary microbiology is what i studied i studied horizontal gene transfer and how genes are really information that swaps around just like memes that’s what we’re doing we’re swapping memes right now cultural information interesting okay well let’s uh let’s talk to teddy collins teddy is uh the owner of spartan defense which is a family-owned firearm store in
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Colorado Springs. I think it’s the largest. Great sponsor of the show. And he is running for Colorado Senate as well. Teddy Collins, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 20 :
Good morning. How are you doing?
SPEAKER 06 :
Doing well. So give us an update. What’s going on? How’s the campaign going? I know you’re watching legislation down at the Statehouse. I should mention our bill of the day from CUT. It’s House Bill 26-1269. It’s called Transit Access. Sponsors are Representative Niketa Ricks and Representative Junie Joseph. Basically, it says the bill mandates that RTD and its services implement measures to have free programs, bathrooms, all kinds of stuff. Cuts a hard no on this. But there’s all kinds of, I’m going to say wacky stuff down there, Teddy, just wacky.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, well, there’s no such thing as a free lunch, right, Kim? So nothing’s free in my opinion. So, yeah, no, it’s a disaster up there. It’s why we need good conservatives to get elected to go up to the Capitol in a clean house.
SPEAKER 06 :
And so give us an update on the campaign.
SPEAKER 20 :
Absolutely. So campaign’s going great. You know, I’m running for Senate District 4. That’s Mark Baisley’s former seat with his endorsement. And that’s eight counties. That’s Chafee. That’s Lake Park, Teller, Fremont, Jeffco, Dubco, and Jeffco. It’s a lot.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, portions of Dubco and Jeffco.
SPEAKER 20 :
It’s a big one. I was just out in Chafee two days ago, so it’s a big district.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. And I know one of the things you’re really focusing on is the Second Amendment, our right to keep and bear firearms to protect ourselves against bad actors. And give us an update on what you see down at the Statehouse right now.
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, we’ve got three bills that passed their second reading yesterday. They put them on the schedule late the night before so that no one would notice and so that it was hard to organize people to show up and testify against. they also cut our testimony time down from three hours to two hours uh ending testimony cutting people off literally where they were waiting there to testify and come down to spend their day there and we’re not able to so we’re going to need to we’re going to need to see about that and see what was legal about that and how that was done because i don’t believe it was done in the correct way and i think there may be some uh trouble for the democrats on this one But at the end of the day, we’ve got to get more conservatives elected up to the Capitol. The only way we can protect our rights and take back our state is to do that. So it’s very imperative that people start supporting conservative candidates and start looking at that. People looking to flip seats like LaVon Stilson, like Danielle Lamont, like myself. I’m not flipping a seat. I’m holding a seat. But I do have a Democrat challenger to make sure we support good 2A candidates and support good Liberty candidates out there.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Teddy, do you happen to have those bill numbers at your fingertips?
SPEAKER 20 :
I don’t. Let me check real quick. Give me one sec. I don’t want me to make him. Sorry, I’m in the car. But there’s been tracking about 25 bills this session. So it’s been a lot.
SPEAKER 06 :
I know it’s hard to remember which ones.
SPEAKER 20 :
3D printing was another one. And red flag expansion laws was the third one.
SPEAKER 06 :
OK. OK, well, how can people get more information about Spartan Defense?
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, so they can go to SpartanDefense.com or just stop by the store next time they’re in the Springs area.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, and that’s on the east side of the Springs. And what about your campaign? How can people get information?
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah, just visit CollinsForColorado.com. That’s Collins with two L’s, four spelled out, Colorado.com.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, Teddy Collins, thank you so much. We’ll talk with you next week.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yes, ma’am. I’ll see you next weekend. Thank you so much.
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Indeed, it is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. And Little Richie’s in Parker and Golden is your neighborhood spot where you can get authentic New York-style pizza and pasta. They’re locally owned, and they’ve been serving Parker and Golden for over 20 years. Tomorrow, it’s March Madness, and they’ve got TVs there at Little Richie’s. And you can, let’s see, Saturdays, you can buy one calzone and get the second calzone half off. So take advantage of that at Little Richie’s in Parker and Golden. They have the best calzones I’ve ever had. So be sure and check that out. Kathy Russell is in studio with me. She is the president of Liberty Toastmasters North. And I just I love it when you’re here.
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Thank you, Kim. It’s great to have you. And on the line with us, you know her. And that is Karen Gorday, a wonderful sponsor of the show. She’s an entrepreneur and owner of Radiant Painting and Lighting. But we have been talking with her on a regular basis. She and a number of colleagues in Lakewood, just everyday people, have come together to… To put a question to people. I called them Lakewoodites to see whether or not they want to. Well, whether or not the city council and the city manager can basically up zone the whole city of Lakewood. So there will be denser neighborhoods, less parking, all kinds of stuff. Karen Gorday, welcome to the show. Good morning, Kim. Thank you for having me. And also on the line is Diana Solomon, and she is one of the grassroots people working on this with Karen and everyone. Diana, welcome to the show. Thank you. Glad to be here. Well, it’s great to have you. And Karen, if people are not familiar with what is happening in Lakewood right now, give us the cliff notes on this.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay, the cliff notes, August through October, the city council passed a series of four zoning ordinances and essentially blanket up zones, the entire city, like you said, Lakewood was one of the cities that was already meeting the state requirement of high density along the transit corridors. And Essentially, the people said, hang on, we think you’re wrong. We had to run four referendums. In January, they determined we had a sufficient number of signatures and that led to the special election. And of course, they played with the language. And so in this case, yes means no to repeal. The zoning ordinances and no means yes past the zoning ordinances. So our work is cut out for us. To get the word out and we have. You know, all along we’ve had people step up and volunteer. And what we’re seeing right now, we’ve got 40, just around 40 people canvassing the city of Lakewood, hanging door hangers on doors. We should be done hopefully by this weekend.
SPEAKER 06 :
So it’s amazing. Well, and this is really a grassroots effort that is across party lines, correct, Karen?
SPEAKER 14 :
That is correct. This is not a partisan issue. We have everywhere from progressive Democrats to Republicans, everything in between. It’s also not one age. We’ve got young versus older. We’ve got homeowners and renters that are against this. And it’s really amazing to have a coalition like that for any issue. The politics… are not the topic of conversation with us.
SPEAKER 06 :
This is really about people’s property rights, I would say. Diana Solomon, welcome to the show. And tell us, you are one of the volunteers. And what is that website again, Karen Gorday, so that people can check that out? LakewoodCitizensAlliance.org. Okay, got it. So Diana Solomon, tell us a little bit about you.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, Kim, I’m a Denver native. My family has been here for over 100 years, and I grew up in Englewood and Littleton, and I’ve been in Lakewood, my home in Lakewood, for 24 years. I’m retired. I was a corporate downtown slogger back and forth every day for 35 years. Now I am just retired. I’m doing all things outdoors. And I stumbled into this via a golf friend who also lives in Lakewood, and she invited me to sign her petition and I just got deeper and deeper into it and I was a petitioner and have been hanging door signs and yard signs and I just believe strongly in it, and I can tell you more if you want to know.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, definitely. And the fact that this is really not a political party issue, this is really a people issue because you’re seeing this as well. People from all different political persuasions are coming together on this, correct?
SPEAKER 1 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yes, it has never even come up. And in my outside of the zoning world, I’m quite partisan, I have to tell you. But we have never discussed it, the volunteers and I, the petitioners and I, just very respectful of each other’s beliefs and privacy. And so I have literally no idea about my fellow petitioners, where they stand, but we all are very united in this repeal. and initially to even get it on the ballot. So we’re very united in a nonpartisan way.
SPEAKER 06 :
And even though you don’t all talk about that, you said you’re very partisan. Is that to the right or to the left? To the left. To the left. Okay. Which I think this is so interesting that everybody’s coming together because it’s an issue really about people. So tell us a bit more about why you think this affects people, everyday people, Diana.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I think what the city pitched strongly on was affordability. And I think that that’s really a false narrative. I don’t think for one instant that it’s The zoning will change affordability. It will not affect it. There’s no mandates in the ordinances. There’s no definition of affordability in the ordinances. I think that the increased density move will just change Lakewood forever without affecting affordability. That’s my position. That’s why I’m a strong, strong yes voter.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, and a lot of people are getting their exercise, Karen Gorday. You said about 40 people are out there putting out yard signs and door hangers, yes?
SPEAKER 14 :
Yes, absolutely. And every day we’re getting one or two more say, how can I help? Can I help get the word out and walk? And we’re like, yes, absolutely. Let’s get you set up. We’ve got an app and we’re assigning people to specific precincts and getting the word out.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, Karen Gorday, address the messaging for those that voting yes means that you are voting yes to keep Lakewood as Lakewood and to keep your single family neighborhoods and not the upzoning. So as you say, yes means no. And so just address what’s going on out there with all that.
SPEAKER 14 :
Right, so the way it’s going to appear on the ballot is yes slash against the ordinance, and against the ordinance is in parentheses. So it’s yes against the ordinance, and you have to do that four times because they split this into four separate ordinances from the original one ordinance. So it’s yes against times four. And repeal this, and let’s go back to the drawing board.
SPEAKER 06 :
figure out what the right path forward is and you’re going to have a debate now i did listen in you had a a recent forum with the league of women voters which i thought was quite interesting there was you for the yes side and then and then an opponent on the no side i thought it was very informative but you’ve got another one coming up karen
SPEAKER 14 :
That is correct. So this Sunday at 1130 is at the Lakewood United Church of Christ, which is located at 100 Carr Street in Lakewood. It’s another educational forum slash debate. It’s myself for the yes side. and Sophia Mayotte Guerrero for the no side. And you need to understand Sophia was a city councilor last year. She does not run for reelection. So she is one of the city councilors that actually passed this zoning. We both get 15 minutes to present to the people that are in attendance. And then we are taking live question and answers from people in attendance. So it should be a very good forum. And the hope is that people that have not been paying attention or not involved will come out and listen and be informed so they can make an informed decision when they vote. Okay. And again, the details on that? It’s Lakewood United Church of Christ, which is located at 100 Carr Street in Lakewood. That’s 1130 this Sunday, March 22nd.
SPEAKER 06 :
OK, very good. Well, let’s go to break. We’re talking with Karen Gorday and Diana Solomon. They are grassroots volunteers that are working diligently on this special election. This is pretty historical of these this group coming together and making this happen. And we’ll continue the discussion in the studio with me is Kathy Russell, who is the president of Liberty Toastmasters North. This is this is really fascinating to see everyday people doing this, Kathy.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, it’s so heartwarming to see them do this.
SPEAKER 06 :
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SPEAKER 14 :
Good morning. It’s Radiant Painting and Lighting. And I’m going to… I’m just going to have to say, Kim, I’m not sure how you’re going to keep us separate.
SPEAKER 06 :
I think it’s cool. It’s radiant power and light. No, it’s radiant painting and lighting and it’s radiance power. And so I will work diligently to keep those things separate, Karen. Okay, sounds good. And Karen, you introduced me to Diana. And Diana, is this your inaugural live radio interview? Have you ever done one before? No, I never have. Well, you’re doing really well. And lots of times people say they’re very nervous. And I said, no, it’s just a conversation. And this word affordability, Diana, I am learning that under the word affordability, there’s all kinds of things that are happening that are undermining everyday people’s rights, their property rights. And that’s really what has brought you to the table on this, correct?
SPEAKER 12 :
It is. It is. If there was anything… that I could see a way that these ordinances would help affordability. I could get on board, but I don’t see developers taking a hit. I don’t see realtors taking a hit. I don’t see property taxes taking a hit. I think the only people that would take a hit are Lakewood residents who would have… Our whole beautiful Lakewood changed forever. It can never be undone.
SPEAKER 06 :
you said you’ve been there for what 25 years yeah 24. okay and and the weather is nice as all of you are out there you said diana that you have you ever done um walking door hangers like this before have you been politically active no i have not i just really stumbled into this but i i feel the the longer i’ve been in it the more
SPEAKER 12 :
the stronger I feel about it. And when they say, hey, can you do this? I say yes. And that’s what I’ve been doing.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow. And Karen Gorday, you’re seeing a lot of that, yes?
SPEAKER 14 :
Absolutely and we couldn’t do it without the volunteers stepping up and it’s been really amazing how everybody’s just stepping up and we’re finding something for them to do if they’re not able to walk you know next week hopefully we’re getting a daily report and we’ve got people ready to make phone calls etc. to chase ballots and get these votes in because it’s really going to come down to turnout for this election.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, so let’s talk about ballots. Did every voter in Lakewood get a ballot in the mail, Karen?
SPEAKER 14 :
They should be, yes. So ballots were mailed out on Monday. I know some folks have started getting those in their mailboxes yesterday. I have not received my ballot, but I would imagine it will be in my mailbox today or tomorrow. Do you know how many ballots they sent out? I do not, and I’m doing this from memory. There’s a hundred and, oh, I don’t know. I want to say a hundred and… 60 voters, 160,000 voters in Lakewood. I know there’s close to 67,000 individual addresses. It’s not a small number, put it that way.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. And then the process is people can return them via mail. Is there drop boxes? You know, what does all that look like? There are drop boxes.
SPEAKER 14 :
There are drop boxes around the city. They can drop them in the mail and they can vote up until 7 p.m. on April 7th. And my understanding is they’re going to start counting ballots April 6th, April 7th, and then they will wait for the overseas ballots to get in. And I think the final count is April 15th.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, and does each side have people that will be watching the counting, or what does that look like, Karen Gorday?
SPEAKER 14 :
So every registered issues committee can have election watchers. In fact, I am finishing filling out my half of the forms and have an appointment with the city clerk this morning. My understanding, as of a few days ago, we are the only registered issues committee that will have election watchers. No one else has contacted him. Now, that could have changed in the last… 24, 48 hours, but we will have somebody present every day there are election judges on site.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. How many drop boxes are there?
SPEAKER 14 :
Oh, she would ask me that. I have one at the top of the head, seven or eight, throughout the city of Lakewood. And they are Jefferson County ballot boxes. They are not specific to Lakewood, so it’s the regular Jefferson County drop boxes And, in fact, I had to drive out to the Lakewood Library last night because someone was like, there’s no Dropbox there. But I was able to find it, but it does say Jefferson County. And so we’ll update our website by Sunday to say you’re looking for a regular Jefferson County Dropbox, not something that says Lakewood specific.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. And will there be cameras on those Dropboxes? Do you know?
SPEAKER 14 :
I don’t know. Someone asked me that yesterday, and I’ve got a list of questions for the city clerk when I see him this morning.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. And then will it be a hand count, or how will they tabulate the votes?
SPEAKER 14 :
So they have a machine and the machine was actually delivered March 5th. And my understanding is they will test the machine before and after the actual counting. And I did send, you know, I got that information from the city clerk because a few weeks ago I sent him an email. What’s the process going to be? How are they being counted? Are you renting a machine? They have actually hired someone from the Colorado Municipal League to come in and run the elections. She’s run multiple elections around Colorado. So and she’s overseeing the calibration of the machine, the election judges, etc. And again, we will have election watchers in there for every day that the judges are there.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. And so you will have electronic tabulating machines, then that’s how the vote’s going to be counted? That is correct, yes. Okay. OK, it sounds like you guys is there. This is somewhat monumental. I can’t recall that I’ve ever been, you know, this closely informed about a special election. So this is any other questions that people should know that that you’re asking out there, Karen?
SPEAKER 14 :
Yeah, there’s a lot happening behind the scenes. I know when I talked with the city clerk, he’s like, well, no one else has asked about election watchers. And I think the folks from our side have asked, do we get to have watchers? And right now, the trust… The city is broken as far as the yes supporters go. And so from what I explained to the city clerk, it’s not that don’t necessarily trust you, but there is a level of trust that, you know, city council passes, the city’s running this election. And so we want people in there watching because we’re fighting city hall. And, you know, the old saying is you can’t fight city hall. But yet the citizens of Lakewood are fighting City Hall.
SPEAKER 06 :
And City Hall is going to be in charge of, well, it’s good they brought in somebody from Colorado Municipal League, so at least that’s outside. So that’s a good thing. Diana Solomon, what other questions should I ask you about this? I’m looking at the LakewoodCityCitizensAlliance.org, and it says the new zoning. which you need to vote yes to keep the old zoning, but the new zoning would eliminate single family zoning, eliminate parking minimums and occupancy maximums, reduce setbacks, allow multi-unit structures and single family neighborhoods. And it says open space does not equal green space. What else should people know about this? Because I think it’s fascinating that it’s across party lines. People are not talking about that. They’re talking about the issue, which I think that is so cool, Diana.
SPEAKER 12 :
I do too, and I’ve met some really nice people, and we’ve just had some really collegial discussions. And as I said, I knew nothing about this to begin with, so I’ve been learning from different folks along the way. And as you can tell, Karen is a very strong and knowledgeable leader, and there’s others in her realm as well that have really done remarkably to get us all together. together and to do this grassroots. um movement and it’s really it’s been awesome i would just one thing that you didn’t mention that i might is that these ordinances don’t have not taken into account infrastructure at all there’s nothing to account for parking uh utilities um fire police uh that’s that’s been one thing that the petitioners have been strongly trying to get that information out that Lakewood’s not prepared infrastructure wise to have this go forward either.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s a really important point, Diana. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Karen, wrap this up for us then. And again, you’ve got this debate on Sunday at a church at 100 Carr Street, 1130 on Sunday morning. Wrap this up. And Diana, thank you so much for joining us. We really appreciate it. Well, thanks for having me. Good to be here. Okay. And Karen, your final thought.
SPEAKER 14 :
Final thought, if you want to help Canvas, if you’d like to get out and walk, we’ve got some more areas of Lakewood we need to cover by this weekend before people start turning ballots in. We will take more volunteers. We’ll get you a map on our little app that we’re using, and we can use it. You just go to lakewoodcitizensalliance.org. Fill out the form and someone will be in touch with you. And for the Lakewood residents, we call them Lakewoodians, vote yes again four times. Okay. On or by April 7th.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Karen Gorday, Radiant Painting and Lighting, thank you. Diana Solomon, thank you. And Karen, we’ll talk with you next week.
SPEAKER 14 :
All right. Sounds great. Thank you.
SPEAKER 06 :
Kathy, fascinating, huh?
SPEAKER 07 :
Very fascinating. Yeah, it’s happening in Boulder. Well, yeah, we were talking. It’s everywhere.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, this upzoning, this upzoning. And then you’re seeing also at the state, they’re trying to do all this upzoning. Somebody has to ask him why. I think it’s an assault upon private property rights is what it is.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, Boulder a few years ago, the voters said, no, we don’t want higher density. And then the day of the election, the city council members, well, we’re going to do a workaround. And sure enough, they did it. They got the state to do a workaround. Do a workaround. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s why we have to stay on top of this. That’s for sure.
SPEAKER 07 :
Some democracies are better than other democracies.
SPEAKER 06 :
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SPEAKER 06 :
It is Friday. Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And we are just blessed to work with a lot of really great clients. And one of those is Mint Financial Strategies. And Jody Henze and her team can put together a plan that will help you sleep at night during these tumultuous times and also to achieve your financial freedom. And so give them a call at Mint Financial Strategies. That number is 303-285-3080, 303-285-3080. And then also check out the website for the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo. I’d shared the quote from the Medal of Honor quote book. You should have that on the shelf of your Freedom Library at home. You can buy that by going to AmericanValuesCenter.org. In studio with me is Kathy Russell, president of Liberty Toastmasters North. It’s always great to have you here.
SPEAKER 07 :
So great to be here, Kim. Thank you.
SPEAKER 06 :
And it’s election season, and any candidate that reaches out to me, I will get them on the air. And we have Brandi Bradley, Representative Brandi Bradley, on the line. She represents House District 39. Brandi, welcome to the show. Good morning, Kim. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. You’re running for re-election for State House, Brandi, and the question is why?
SPEAKER 10 :
That’s a great question, isn’t it? You know, because I believe in fighting for the people of HC39. I’m a small business owner, a mom to four boys, and I’m struggling with the same thing that the constituents are struggling with, with increased property taxes, inflation, a very high, right now in the state of Colorado, crime, property theft. All of the things that, you know, make my life a struggle, I know is making the constituents of HC39’s lives a struggle.
SPEAKER 06 :
And right now we are in the thick of it with the Colorado State Legislature. I had just taken a look. As of right now, Brandy, looking at Bill Track 50, which cut the Colorado Union taxpayers’ uses, there’s 534 bills or resolutions that have been introduced this is not governing brandy there is no way that our representatives can go through all of those bills read them think about the far-reaching consequences of those bills this is not the way that it’s supposed to work in a representative government
SPEAKER 10 :
You’re absolutely right. I hope that the people are waking up to this. We’re starting to live more in, I believe, communism, tyrannical rights being forced on us. Our Second Amendment, First Amendment rights being stripped. We spent 13 hours debating three gun bills. We were told how long we could debate each gun bill, three hours for the first one, three hours for the second one, two hours for the third one. We already have over 30 anti-gun legislation, and that’s gotten us the seventh most violent state and the United States. So these anti-gun bills are doing nothing for the law-abiding citizens but disarming us.
SPEAKER 06 :
And crime is significant here in Colorado as well, and it’s because of public policy. And I think people do need to connect the dot and realize that this one-party rule of – it’s radical activist Democrats. This Democrat Party is not the Democrat Party of your grandpa and your grandma or JFK. These are radical activists down at the statehouse and in the governor’s office.
SPEAKER 10 :
Correct. These are people that want to defund the police. They want to abolish ICE. They do not want prisons. They do not want to give money to the Department of Corrections. They believe that criminals should be free to roam the streets. They just killed my child rape bill again just the other day in Senate Judiciary. And we don’t want to put people that sexually assault multiple children in our state to just take probation eligibility off the table. This is what we have put in office in the state of Colorado.
SPEAKER 06 :
I don’t think that a lot of people know this. Now, tell us a little bit more about this particular bill.
SPEAKER 10 :
Senate Bill 26111 was a revamp of House Bill 251073, bipartisan bill. In our state, in Colorado, you can rape multiple children as long as it’s only one time and receive probation. In fact, 70% of these offenders get probation only. And the defense attorneys came and argued that probation is worse for these criminals and they should not go to prison for life. And we know they don’t. We know the longest serving person in our DOC is about 23 years, and that’s because he violently raped raped multiple children, and then did other things that accumulated that prison time. Well, but your bill died in committee, correct? Yes, four to three. The man, Senator Heinrichson, who was going to decriminalize prostitution was one of those votes.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, so tell us about that. Yeah, tell us about this. This was crazy. It was proposed to decriminalize prostitution here. That bill has been postponed indefinitely, correct?
SPEAKER 10 :
Correct. It’s postponed to the end of session, which is very confusing for a lot of people. People are like, well, they’re just going to bring it back. No, it’s postponed until the end of session, which means it dies on the calendar, essentially.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, as I said to Mary Jansen, which means they’re going to bring it back next year.
SPEAKER 10 :
Very facetiously. Well, I think it will be worse, Kim. I think they will bring back minor attractive persons. I mean, the governor in his state of the state always says, in Colorado, you’re free to love who you want to love. Does that mean children? I mean, what is the next step? What is too much for them? Because I don’t believe there’s any ceiling for what they will bring into the state. Well, and we look at these…
SPEAKER 06 :
really pornographic books that are in libraries and the radical activists left in our school libraries want to keep these books. And that, I think, Brandy, is grooming children to potentially be victims for all this.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, I agree. I mean, you won’t even, my bill was going to go after people in a position of trust that sexually assault. How many times do we see on an almost daily basis in Colorado, another teacher being arrested for sexually assaulting a child in our school system?
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s heartbreaking, and there’s a lot of wonderful teachers there, but there is also this situation. What else do you want people to know about you, Brandy Bradley, and how can people get information?
SPEAKER 10 :
that I’m a fighter, that I’m not going to straddle the fence. There’s a line in the sand that has been drawn by the Democrats. They are chipping away at every right that we have. They are taking children away from parents. They are strangling our small businesses. And I’m going to go to the well no matter how tired I am, and I’m going to fight. We fought for 13 hours yesterday. I don’t have any big visions of… Um, any more, um, opportunities that I want to go after the house district that I support 39 and that I represent is where I need to be. It’s where God has called me to be. And I’m going to fight like I would want anyone else to fight for me. And what’s your website? How can people get more information? It’s brandybradley, F-O-R-H-D 39.com, and you can follow me on all the major social medias. Just type in Brandy Bradley. Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
Brandy Bradley, Representative Bradley, representing House District 39, running for re-election. Thank you so much. Thanks, Kim. Thanks, Kathy. Have a blessed weekend.
SPEAKER 07 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, Kathy Russell, comments about the show? We covered a lot of information today.
SPEAKER 07 :
That was amazing. You’re just incredible. I love to watch you in action. So many great people, great ideas. I’m so glad we’re getting all this information out to people.
SPEAKER 06 :
And we have added in our newsroom. And we’re going to talk about it. I’m going to show this to you afterwards. But go to KimMonson.com and click on news. And you will see these amazing articles. But and join us. This community that we are creating will be interactive where we can. It’s a modern salon to connect and converse and and contemplate these important ideas. And we’d love to have you join us and be part of the community. And we will be. uh… kicking everything off with the classes i think that will be on the twenty third of april alan thomas who is a student of the federalist papers will be teaching a ten week course on the federalist papers uh… the first half of the federalist papers and how they are are relevant to today our first Online town hall will be that previous Tuesday. So that’s on a Thursday. And I’ll be kicking this off on Tuesday. And you get different things at the different levels. It’s either $50 a year, $100 a year, or $200 a year. And the first 250 people that join us at the Mount Vernon level, $200 a year, will be noted as founding patrons of the Kim Monson Show. So if you like that designation, you need to beat everybody else to the punch on this. So, Kathy, it’s always really good to have you here. These discussions are so important, and it really is based on searching for truth and clarity and talking about freedom versus force, force versus freedom. And as we say, if something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it, Kathy.
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Great idea.
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I know. And Liberty Toastmasters Denver will be meeting tomorrow at the Independence Institute at 10 o’clock. And love to have guests. I think it’s going to be a big meeting. I think Brad Beck is the toastmaster. And so be sure and join us. We love to have guests. And then Liberty Toastmasters North meets the second and fourth Saturdays of each month in Longmont. Yeah. Well, it’s good to have you here. And our quote for the end of the show is from Vincent Van Gogh. And he said, for great things do not just happen by impulse, but they’re a succession of small things linked together. And you just think about what’s happening out in Lakewood with Karen Gorday and with Diana Solomon, Mary Jansen, Rami Johnson, all these people out there that are making this happen. And it’s little things that are coming together. So, my friends, we can’t give up. Today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
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like a new moon rising fierce through the rain and lightning pouring out into this great unknown I don’t want no one to cry but tell them if I don’t
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