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<v Speaker 1>If you are in HD twenty five, that is House

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<v Speaker 1>District twenty five, and you've not voted yet, perhaps you

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<v Speaker 1>will want to vote for my next guest, George.

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<v Speaker 2>Mama, he wants your vote. George, welcome to the show.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks many thanks for having me. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, give my audience a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>info about where HD twenty five is, just in case

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<v Speaker 1>they don't know their house district understood.

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<v Speaker 3>HD twenty five runs from I seventy south Deckers and

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<v Speaker 3>from a roughly pine junction east to Wadsworth. It jig

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<v Speaker 3>jogs around down in the air Ken Carroll a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit up the bold with a little finger as a

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<v Speaker 3>result of the redistrict team. But and then he goes

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<v Speaker 3>right back down the deckers from there.

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<v Speaker 1>So when's we're really looking at West jeff Coo area,

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<v Speaker 1>right Western jeff.

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<v Speaker 2>Co Yes, Now, okay, George, Why in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you want to go into the House of Representatives

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<v Speaker 1>where Republicans are so outnumbered?

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<v Speaker 2>What inspired you to run?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm running the state representative because of the current

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<v Speaker 3>representative doesn't represent all the people in my district. I

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<v Speaker 3>grew up here, so I'm very big on making sure

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<v Speaker 3>that the people here get a voice, and we haven't

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<v Speaker 3>really had that up here. The current representative is align

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<v Speaker 3>yourself with the far left. She's been an activist and

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<v Speaker 3>a majority of her decisions are not really in the

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<v Speaker 3>interest of the constituents.

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<v Speaker 2>Up here in what respect. Give me some examples.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, the crime and economy are the biggest ones that

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<v Speaker 3>constituents are calling me about. Followed why they want some

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<v Speaker 3>choice for the schooling. You know, they're complaining about the

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<v Speaker 3>fact that the school district is thinking they've got really

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<v Speaker 3>good scores of c's and d's they're academics, which the

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<v Speaker 3>parents say, if I can't get my kids educated the

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<v Speaker 3>way I want, I want to be able to take

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<v Speaker 3>them somewhere else. I get it. The other big one

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<v Speaker 3>right now is can't get insurance in the mountains for

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<v Speaker 3>their homes because of the fire problem. And the roads

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<v Speaker 3>are terrible, and we've got a governor who's decided to

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<v Speaker 3>get sixty back powered buses but not maintain our existing

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<v Speaker 3>roads or do anything to further our infrastructure. So the

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<v Speaker 3>folks in the mountains are calling me, going, how am

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<v Speaker 3>I going to get out of the hills if we're

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<v Speaker 3>not going to maintain the existing roads, Well, you're preaching

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<v Speaker 3>to acquire on all those things.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that those are things that I am extremely

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<v Speaker 1>concerned about.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to kind of touch on that.

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<v Speaker 1>Homeowner's insurance situation because I think we are perilously close

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<v Speaker 1>to having a home insurance crisis along the lines that

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<v Speaker 1>they have in Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd love to know what ideas you have or.

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<v Speaker 1>Avenues you would pursue to manage homeowners insurance as we've

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<v Speaker 1>had some really bad natural disasters here over the last

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<v Speaker 1>few years.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you're right many and one of the things I've

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<v Speaker 3>been making phone calls myself. I've met with the insurance folks,

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<v Speaker 3>both in the hills and out here on the flat,

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<v Speaker 3>and one of the biggest things is we have a

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<v Speaker 3>third party group that determines whether or not you get

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<v Speaker 3>insurance in the fire, and it's based on whether you've

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<v Speaker 3>got mitigation done and a big one is whether the

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<v Speaker 3>county's done their part in the mitigation. So the third

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<v Speaker 3>party group flies drones around and determines whether you do

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<v Speaker 3>or don't get in the insurance. Interestingly, with a number

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<v Speaker 3>of these insurance folks I met with, they showed me

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<v Speaker 3>pictures of a house that's in the forest. You can

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<v Speaker 3>barely see it. They got insurance. The guy out on

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<v Speaker 3>the flat that has nothing around his own didn't get insurance.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's a paragon problem there with how it's determined,

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<v Speaker 3>and so we've got to work together to do with that.

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<v Speaker 3>The other thing I'm finding is the insurance companies are

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<v Speaker 3>flat walking out of Colorado. Yeah, and that's even a

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<v Speaker 3>bigger problem. I had a family call me this past week.

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<v Speaker 3>They're an older couple. One they're having enough problems paying

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<v Speaker 3>their taxes, property taxes, but the house is paid off,

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<v Speaker 3>and they they're not going to carry insurance at all

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<v Speaker 3>because they can't afford it because they were denied four

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<v Speaker 3>times with insurance.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wow, that stinks. I mean, that really stinks big time. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's awful. Okay, So that is not very heartening.

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<v Speaker 1>And I do think, George, that this is a serious problem.

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<v Speaker 1>What are some of the other issues that you've heard

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<v Speaker 1>as you've walked around the district that people are concerned

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<v Speaker 1>about in Colorado right now?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, Anny, I'm calling the criminal problem or

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<v Speaker 3>crime problem with the economy, and the easiest way to

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<v Speaker 3>relate it is the folks down here near my home.

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<v Speaker 3>At the Safeway store are concerned about the fact that

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<v Speaker 3>they're not allowed to pursue the guy who walks in

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<v Speaker 3>and walks off with a grocery cart full of groceries, right,

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<v Speaker 3>So then they call law enforcement. Law enforcement says, well,

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<v Speaker 3>that's been dumbed down by the legislature to a misdemeanor crime.

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<v Speaker 3>It's no longer a felony, so we can make a

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<v Speaker 3>death report. The clerk then says, well, I don't have

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<v Speaker 3>the time for that, so the report goes unreported. The

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<v Speaker 3>district attorney then says, well, crime's down, but it really

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<v Speaker 3>isn't down, it just hasn't been reported. And to go

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<v Speaker 3>along with the same thing, the legislature took qualified immunity

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<v Speaker 3>for law enforcement. Right, so law enforcement officers no longer

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<v Speaker 3>do proactive police work. They wait for a call to

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<v Speaker 3>come in.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 3>So the complaint from my constituency is I never see

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<v Speaker 3>a police part and I get it having been a

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<v Speaker 3>cop for forty five years. This is going to be

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<v Speaker 3>the biggest problem for law enforcement in the state of

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<v Speaker 3>Colorado in the future, because if we're not going to

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<v Speaker 3>do proactive work, we're not going to solve the crime problem.

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<v Speaker 3>Thus the cost of living goes up because the corporate

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<v Speaker 3>folks raise the prices because they're not getting reimbursed for

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<v Speaker 3>the folks and there's no consequences for the person who

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<v Speaker 3>commissed the crime.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that. I just went to a.

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<v Speaker 1>Public safety forum in Douglas County, and Douglas County is

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<v Speaker 1>in a much better situation because they don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Have staff issues. The citizens love them.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody in Douglas County is talking about defund the police.

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<v Speaker 1>What could you do at the state level to help

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<v Speaker 1>restore the respect and dignity of that job and to

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<v Speaker 1>make it an attractive profession for people who want to

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<v Speaker 1>serve Again.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, one of the biggest things I lobby down there

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<v Speaker 3>in two seventeen was built, so to speak, by my

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<v Speaker 3>opponent being one of those folks. When they took qualified

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<v Speaker 3>immunity away, a number of things happened. The folks that

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<v Speaker 3>did good law enforcement blessed, and now we can't get

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<v Speaker 3>officers to apply for the job. So what ends up

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<v Speaker 3>happening is we lowered the standard. When you lower the standard,

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<v Speaker 3>you get a bigger problem because those folks are going

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<v Speaker 3>to be more inclined to cause a problem down the

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<v Speaker 3>road or have a problem, which now we end up

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<v Speaker 3>paying out that and so the public then sees, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>the cops really are bad when they weren't bad to

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<v Speaker 3>start with, right, thing on stuff that happened outside of Colorado.

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<v Speaker 2>So what do we do to fix that?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we've got to get qualified immunity number one install back. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>if we're to play the qualified immunity game, then should

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<v Speaker 3>we take qualified immunity from the judges and the district

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<v Speaker 3>attorneys and nurses and anybody else that could cause the problem? Right,

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<v Speaker 3>it's just not right. And you're putting these folks on

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<v Speaker 3>the front line making and they have to make a

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<v Speaker 3>decision to do something right away, and then you're going

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<v Speaker 3>to punish them for whatever the decision is. So until

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<v Speaker 3>we can back that off a little bit and boost

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<v Speaker 3>the crime level back up, you know, get it to

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<v Speaker 3>where we had it, so there's consequences for the crime,

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<v Speaker 3>we're not going to solve this.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree. I agree wholeheartedly, George.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's the last day, but I'm reminding people

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<v Speaker 1>it's not too late to vote. If you're in HD

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five, you could give George your vote.

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<v Speaker 2>George, why should people vote for you? Make your pitch.

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<v Speaker 3>Well right now. Many. My whole deal is to be

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<v Speaker 3>the voice of this community. I've been there voice for

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<v Speaker 3>forty five years. My whole career in law enforcement was

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<v Speaker 3>in Jefferson County, and I built the juvenile Assessment Center

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<v Speaker 3>that took people who didn't ever want to talk together.

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<v Speaker 3>We came together, built the Juvenile Assessment Center, became a

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<v Speaker 3>federal model. We dealt with our juvenile issues in a

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<v Speaker 3>positive way, and we had positive results. We became the

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<v Speaker 3>federal model for assessment centers across the country. I want

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<v Speaker 3>to bring that back to my constituents in twenty five

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<v Speaker 3>and make sure that they can feel that they can

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<v Speaker 3>pick up the phone and call me. Interestingly enough, the

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<v Speaker 3>phone number that I have is the same phone number

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<v Speaker 3>I started as a policeman with and talk to any

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<v Speaker 3>of those cops. You can still pick up my phone

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<v Speaker 3>and I still answer it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, George, Mama, I appreciate your time. Best of luck

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<v Speaker 1>to you Tomorrow. Hopefully we'll have some good news, because

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<v Speaker 1>if we don't do something about these super majorities the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats have in the House and the Senate, the state

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<v Speaker 1>is just going to keep having issues that are all

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<v Speaker 1>related to policies that have been passed by that same legislature.

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<v Speaker 2>George, Mama, thanks for your time today, thanks for having

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<v Speaker 2>all right, have a great day.