WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Capless and welcome to today's online podcast 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:05.719 edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to 3 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:08.240 give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind, 4 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.599 and to subscribe, download and listen to the show every 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:14.400 single day on your favorite podcast platform. 6 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:17.519 Well, hello everyone, I am not Dan Caples. 7 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:20.359 It's Heidi Ganoll here filling in for Dan while he's 8 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:23.480 working a trial and hosting with Christy Burton Brown. 9 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:25.160 This is going to be a lot of fun. Christy. 10 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:27.679 We have so much to talk about, we do, and 11 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:30.000 it's so fun doing this with you. I'm glad that 12 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.399 we get to be here together, and for me personally, 13 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:33.359 I'm just happy to be back. 14 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:36.679 We're very excited about your win on the State Board 15 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:37.799 of Education. 16 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:38.920 Tell me a little bit. 17 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:40.759 About how that's going to play out, the timeline for 18 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:41.640 when you get going. 19 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:44.159 Yeah, I'm super excited about the State Board of Education. 20 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:46.840 I'll get sworn in on January eighth, along with several 21 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:49.920 other new members. The board's actually significantly changing its membership. 22 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:52.159 But you and I were talking about a little bit 23 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:54.240 about this a little bit before we started and CD 24 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:57.399 eight Yasmin Navarro, who won for the Republicans. 25 00:00:57.840 --> 00:00:59.200 That is the bright spot on the board. 26 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:00.960 That is why we're going to be able to keep 27 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:03.399 a proch harder majority on the state board. So I'll 28 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:05.640 just be a piece of it. But some really great 29 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:07.719 people got elected and I'm excited. 30 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.959 Well, and shout out to Douglas County School Board for 31 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:15.640 approving a new potential charter school, John Adams, which is 32 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:19.760 a classical school. They elected to release it to CSI, 33 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:22.599 which is kind of like an independent school district for 34 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:26.040 charter schools, and they were just a little worried about 35 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:28.400 the swings in Douglas County on the school board and 36 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:31.319 how politically that can change so quickly, so they thought 37 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:33.200 it was best to go straight to CSI, and of 38 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:35.719 course the Democrats on the board did not like that, 39 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:39.680 but kudos to Ellie Reynolds and Kim gil Martin for 40 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:41.799 getting that across the finish line. They were released to 41 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:44.640 CSI last night. So there's a good chance we're going 42 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:49.319 to have an amazing classical school in Sterling Ranch and 43 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:51.599 it'll eventually be K through twelve. It's going to start 44 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:55.159 as K through six, I believe, but really really exciting. 45 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.840 It went till almost midnight last night in typical school 46 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.680 board fashion, but you're getting to the trenches. 47 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:01.959 You're going to be on the front lines. 48 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:06.079 And thank goodness that there's still a little opportunity to 49 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:08.960 get charter schools open here in Colorado, because I don't 50 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:12.159 think the numbers have gotten much better on achievement rates, 51 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:13.120 have they, Christie? 52 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:15.520 No, they haven't. And that's definitely something we looked at 53 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:15.879 a lot. 54 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:18.120 Last year when at Advanced Colorado we were running the 55 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:21.719 school choice measure. Is you know what the parents need, 56 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:23.879 what our family's looking for in Colorado, and so many 57 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:26.400 of them want better options like the charters you're involved in, 58 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:29.000 and Kim and Ellie and all these people parents who 59 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.639 are stepping up and trying to start charters. It's because 60 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:34.000 kids are still performing at only a forty percent rate 61 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:36.360 on average, Only forty percent of our kids in neighborhood 62 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.599 traditional public schools can read and do math a grade level. 63 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.199 Whereas you see seven of the ten top high schools 64 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:43.400 in Colorado are charters. 65 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:48.080 That's wild, I mean, that is not okay. Our public 66 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:51.479 education system is broken. And I don't think any of 67 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:55.479 us are against public traditional schools, no, but I do 68 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:59.039 think competition will improve results, and I'm really interested to 69 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.879 see how it plays out with the Department of Education 70 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:05.520 and Linda McMahon, and she's said very clearly they're going 71 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:08.280 to send the money back to the States in order 72 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:11.960 to have control over the education and Colorado hasn't done 73 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:13.879 such a hot job. But I think with you on 74 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.479 the board and Yasmin is that her name, yeah, yeh 75 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:19.639 Yehenna of Asman, I think it's going to be really 76 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:22.719 exciting to see things change. One of the things we 77 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.199 wanted to talk about today, I know, is some of 78 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.759 the bright lights from the elections, some of the successes 79 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.039 that happened, and there were quite a few across Colorado. 80 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:34.400 What is one of your favorites. Oh that's a good question, huh. 81 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:36.000 I think there's a lot to choose from. 82 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.560 I think for me, it's the movement that we saw 83 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:43.439 in key constituencies in Colorado towards Republicans or conservative values, 84 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:45.319 either way you look at it. And we see this 85 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:48.520 specifically in Adams and Pueblo County, where we have a 86 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:53.400 heavy Hispanic majority or composition of the citizenry there. And 87 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:55.560 I think you see you saw this nationally, a lot 88 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.719 of Hispanics moving to Donald Trump, moving to the Republicans. 89 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:00.520 But you saw it happen in Colorado, and I think 90 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.479 a lot of people doubted it because they're like, oh, well, 91 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:05.360 Hispanics in Colorado can be different than Hispanics in Florida. 92 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:07.759 We have a lot more people of Mexican heritage here 93 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:10.159 in Colorado, whereas they have a lot of Cuban heritage 94 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:10.680 in Florida. 95 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:13.360 And yet we still saw those key counties. 96 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:15.159 And that's what helped put Gabe Evans over the top 97 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:17.920 in CD eight, That's what helped Yasmin Navarro, and it's 98 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:19.360 what made actually. 99 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.040 Pueblo now has a Republican DA. 100 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:23.879 It's things like that that are key changes that are 101 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:27.360 gonna make Colorado safer and bringing more people into the 102 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:28.160 Republican Party. 103 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.120 You know, I'm really excited about Pueblo. 104 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:32.079 I've got a lot of friends down there, and the 105 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:34.120 Road to Red project I'm leading is doing a lot 106 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:35.879 of work down there. So we've gotten to know the 107 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:40.720 grassroots groups and there's some really amazing people leading the 108 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.920 charge down there. And in fact, Pueblo now has the 109 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:46.800 majority on the County Commissioner board. Paul em feeders one 110 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.360 down there and replaced a pretty horrible Democrat that was 111 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:53.279 doing a lot of damage. And so we've also got 112 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:55.680 a Republican mayor. We've got. 113 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:58.360 A Republican woman. 114 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:02.959 Da Now they had ninety one percent turnout for Republicans 115 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:05.639 down on publicad that's so good. They set the bar 116 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:07.279 for the rest of the state, and so I see 117 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.759 Pueblo as a model for the rest of the state. 118 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:13.079 And also Pickin County, which is a shocker. 119 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:15.680 That's what it's interesting is you have to tell me 120 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:17.439 about this. I haven't looked so much at Pickcan. 121 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:19.680 I usually, you know, write them off as a lost cause, 122 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:20.639 but apparently I'm wrong. 123 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:23.800 So I just got a text from John Kelly, who's 124 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:25.959 the head of the GOP up there, and he did 125 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:29.680 a fantastic job. They swung seven point six points to 126 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:32.639 the right present for President Trump. It was the largest 127 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:34.879 red shift in the state. And he says they did 128 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:37.839 it through a lot of legworks, seventy five hundred calls, 129 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:42.079 seventeen hundred texts and postcard endorsements, and multiple email reminders. 130 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:46.720 They also targeted Republican leaning independence as well as Republicans, 131 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:50.120 and their estimates were that they significantly increased their share 132 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:53.120 of votes by subtracting the Republicans from the count so 133 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:57.600 they actually grew a lot with independence up in Aspen, Colorado. 134 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.240 Yeah, that is that's quite the accomplishment. Kudos to them 135 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:01.879 and John Kelly. I think I got to meet him 136 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:05.160 a little bit before I left as chairman, So that's incredible. 137 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.000 And this is Christy Burton Brown Heidi Ginaal today on 138 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:10.399 the Dan Kaplis Show. If you have bright spots in 139 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:12.199 the election or anything you want to share, you can 140 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:14.439 call us eight five five four zero five eight two 141 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:17.680 five five or text Dan to five seven seven three nine. 142 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:19.839 But Heidi, I think when we talked about all these 143 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:22.399 grassroots activities, this is what's you're big on. It's which 144 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:26.839 you've built so well since ending the governor's race, and 145 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:28.720 you've you haven't left, You've carried it on. 146 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:30.160 And I think there's a lot of people. 147 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:34.399 Seeing effectiveness in those grassroots efforts. What what are you 148 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:37.560 finding most people want to know or are engaging in. 149 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:41.519 Well, one of the things about the governor's race was 150 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:44.560 how much I learned about where the gaps were, what 151 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:47.079 was working, what wasn't, and I just kind of took 152 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:51.439 it all in and I decided one of my passions 153 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:54.519 would be going forward is really helping the grassroots become 154 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:59.319 more organized, more activated, more engaged, and learning how to 155 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:03.079 be more effective on the ground. And so the Road 156 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:05.680 to Red Project has about one hundred grassroots groups around 157 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:08.279 the state that we're helping and supporting with good technology 158 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:12.000 and data and marketing support, and we're getting them to collaborate. 159 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:16.600 So I suggest that everybody start as local as you can, 160 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.720 like in your own neighborhood, find out who your precinct 161 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:22.160 chair is, reach out to them, tell them you want 162 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:23.839 to be put in the game in the off season. 163 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:26.959 They'll probably give you a walk list and tell them. 164 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:29.000 They'll tell you to reach out to your neighbors, have 165 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.759 a barbecue, have a coffee. Just start in your own neighborhood, 166 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:34.800 get to know them, and then also start attending your 167 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:37.120 county commissioner, your school board, and your. 168 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:38.000 City council races. 169 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:39.720 You don't have to speak unless you don't want to, 170 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.480 unless you want to, But that's really critical too. What 171 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:44.480 else do you can you think of that people should 172 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:46.600 do on a local basis, Well, you. 173 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:48.120 Know, I think one thing that the things you're talking 174 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.160 about lead to those conversations with your neighbors and people 175 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:54.600 in your area lead to issue focused discussions, and I 176 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.560 think that's so helpful, especially in the off years before 177 00:07:57.600 --> 00:07:59.720 candidates have been identified, and obviously that's what or now 178 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:00.360 lead into. 179 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:02.079 There's never a break into political cycle. 180 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.000 But just I was just talking to someone today who 181 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.360 was saying, every person I talked to in my area 182 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:08.560 brings up public safety. 183 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:10.199 That is what they are most concerned about. 184 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:12.199 It's what they want to hear from their elected officials, 185 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:14.759 it's what they want to see them deliver on, and 186 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:18.600 affordability being the next issue in this particular area of Colorado. 187 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:20.759 And I think that's what we find out, and it's 188 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:24.759 really beneficial to our candidates. It's beneficial on ballot measures, 189 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.879 on groups like Advanced Colorado that are going to be 190 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:29.600 running more ballot measures in twenty six to know what 191 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:31.480 are people talking about, what do they care about, and 192 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:34.320 are you that trusted person in their neighborhood or they 193 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.320 can say, you know what, this person is the expert, 194 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:36.600 and then you. 195 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.120 Could make voting recommendations, you can connect them to candidates. 196 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:42.000 So I think it's just so key making that groundwork 197 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:42.879 happen in the off year. 198 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:46.759 I think that's that's great. Those are wonderful suggestions. I 199 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.399 was pretty shocked to see that a rule or a 200 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.879 law passed in twenty two is going to into effect 201 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:57.279 January first, where illegal immigrants will have the opportunity to 202 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:01.159 be provided free healthcare, free taxpayer paid healthcare, so our 203 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:04.480 tax dollars are going to support people who are here illegally. 204 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:07.559 It was pretty shocking, and I think one of the 205 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:11.039 things that's happening that's waking people up is what about 206 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:14.159 Americans who are struggling. What about Colorado's who are struggling, 207 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:17.240 And what about the single moms who can't make it 208 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:20.919 on two jobs, three jobs and they have to do 209 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.080 it the hard way, the old fashioned way, And a 210 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:26.279 lot of people don't think that's fair. And one thing 211 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.559 that I've recognized about America and Colorado is I think 212 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:32.480 Americans care about things being fair. And I think that's 213 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:36.240 why President Trump got a lot of grace from a 214 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:37.919 lot of people who voted the other way before. 215 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:39.360 They thought it wasn't fair how he. 216 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:42.000 Was treated, how he's still being treated, and so they 217 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:43.519 decided to stand up for him. 218 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:46.000 No, I think you're right, And I think one thing 219 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:47.360 we should talk about when we get back from the 220 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:50.720 break is exactly what Polis and the Democrats of the 221 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:53.320 legislature are considering cutting from the budget in order to 222 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:55.320 pay for all these microants coming into Colorado. 223 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:56.519 I think it's to be very concerning to. 224 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:58.200 A lot of people you're with how to get all 225 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:00.240 on Christy Britton Brown on the Dan Kapli Show. 226 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:04.639 And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast. 227 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.360 Ryan, I'm always reminded of how good you are at 228 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:08.080 picking songs. 229 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:09.000 Thank you, thank you. 230 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:11.559 I'm glad I forgot that for a few months and now. 231 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:14.919 I know again. Welcome back, thank you. I'm Christy Burton Brown. 232 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:17.679 Heidigan All is here at the real host today of 233 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:18.960 the Dan Capitalist Show. 234 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:20.360 While Dan's in. 235 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:22.440 Trial, we get to be sisters on the show and 236 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:23.399 talk about every day. 237 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:25.879 No, don't let me sing on the radio. That's not good. 238 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.960 I can tune out quickly. Yeah I can't. I know 239 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:30.399 the words. 240 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:32.360 I can memorize well, but if you ask me to 241 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.679 count the beat, like no, no, no, I'm. 242 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:35.840 So terrible that I can't do it. 243 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:36.559 Now. 244 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:39.200 My husband and kids were literally on the campaign show. 245 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:41.159 Anytime I'd start to dance or saying, they'd be. 246 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:47.440 Like sty I identify with that that makes sense for 247 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:51.519 me too. I saw an interesting poll actually now about 248 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:53.799 a month out from the election, fifty four percent of 249 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:56.799 Americans say that they feel hopeful about the direction of 250 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:57.240 the country. 251 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:59.840 I mean, hey, like usually a country's split fifty to fifty. 252 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:02.320 Like if we get fifty four, like, I'll take it 253 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:05.360 and we can build from there. But in the same poll, 254 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:07.919 I said that thirty four percent of Americans identified the 255 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:10.360 economy as the biggest thing the country needs to fix, 256 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:13.679 and twenty one percent said the border and immigration. I 257 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.240 think you know, in states like Colorado, we see even 258 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:19.000 more people naming immigration. It was actually the either the 259 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:24.000 first or second issue throughout the election. Until election data, 260 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.000 that's what the majority of people were staying was immigration 261 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:28.919 one of the top I believe two issues here in Colorado. 262 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:30.840 So it sort of state by state, but I think 263 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:34.080 it's interesting to see that, and we definitely see it 264 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:36.000 coming home to roost here in Colorado when we look 265 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:39.759 at the budget and the shortfall that they supposedly have, 266 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:41.440 I mean, I believe them, but that they have in 267 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:42.879 the Colorado state budget, how much. 268 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:43.159 Did you say? 269 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:47.240 It was like a billion dollars? Like one billion dollars. 270 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:51.759 No, that's nuts. And I was just talking to a 271 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.279 representative elect today. 272 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:54.879 It was giving me a few details about some of 273 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:57.360 the discussions that you know, they're having on the JBC 274 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:00.559 and other representative senators, the governors off involved in these 275 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:02.960 discussions trying to decide, Okay, what do we have to cut, 276 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.200 which I mean should be a question government constantly ask 277 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:08.000 themselves what should we cut? But I think one thing 278 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:11.840 they're considering cutting is funding for IDD in Colorado. 279 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:12.639 I didn't know what that was. 280 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:18.559 It's intellectually and developmentally disabled people, and the kickers not 281 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.440 only do they are they considering defunding those people, but 282 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:26.159 they're considering moving the funding over to migrant people, immigrants, 283 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.879 many of theom who are here illegally, and funding their 284 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:29.960 health care instead. 285 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:32.639 If they do that, twenty twenty six is going to 286 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:35.039 be a very good year for conservatives in Colorado. 287 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:35.840 That is nuts. 288 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:40.000 I mean, that is unbelievable. It's just it's heartbreaking to 289 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:41.279 me that they would think of doing that. 290 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:42.360 I think so too. 291 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:45.120 I mean, talk about a population that the government actually 292 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:48.039 should be taking care of is people who are vulnerable, 293 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:51.080 who don't have the ability always to fully take care 294 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:51.879 of themselves. 295 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:53.399 And you know, There's a lot. 296 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:55.279 Of things I think government has no business doing, but 297 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:57.879 taking care of truly vulnerable populations is one thing the 298 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:00.919 government actually should do. And instead of choosing their own 299 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.720 citizens who are in a vulnerable spot and need actual help, 300 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:08.840 State of Colorado's currently considering funding people here here illegally instead. 301 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:09.440 Yeah. 302 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:13.120 I think I think this ties to another article or 303 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:16.639 stat that came out yesterday that the state GDP or 304 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:20.200 economic growth, that's how they measure it. We were fifth 305 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:24.240 about fifteen years ago. Yeah, and now we are forty first. 306 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:25.639 Oh, what a fall? 307 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:28.279 And that means what does that mean? It means that 308 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:30.720 businesses are going to move out of Colorado. It means 309 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:33.759 an entrepreneur may not start a business. It means that 310 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.039 it means that people can't get jobs here. And one 311 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.480 of the other stats in here was talking about the 312 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:45.639 labor force and how let's see where is that stat. Basically, 313 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:50.559 white collar jobs, like professional jobs, high paying jobs, is 314 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.600 still positive, but it's going down sharply from past years, 315 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:57.519 and that includes like engineers, lawyers, accountants. It said that 316 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:02.279 job gains were skewed to it's lower paying sectors like government. 317 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:06.360 Why do you include government jobs in the job break rankings. 318 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:10.559 I don't know, but if this pans out, it's going 319 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:14.600 to be the worst stretch for job creation in the 320 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:18.600 the white collar sector since the Great Recession in Colorado. Wow, 321 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:21.720 that's troubling other than twenty twenty during the pandemic. And 322 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:26.600 it also means that personal incomes aren't growing as fast 323 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:29.440 as they have in the past. So if you're feeling 324 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:33.240 that Colorado, it's real. Why is that happening? Why is 325 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:37.320 that happening? I think it's the overbearing regulations, the heavy 326 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.519 hand of government, the increase in taxes and fees. 327 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.679 What do you think, Christy? Yeah, I think you're right. 328 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.480 And actually, if fitting in a few listeners have ideas, 329 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:47.399 you should call us eight five five four zero five 330 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:50.360 eight two five five or text Dan at five seven 331 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:53.120 seven three nine. I actually was reading an article the 332 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:55.720 other day, Heidi. I know sunder Lundberg was one of 333 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.080 the authors. I'm so sorry I cannot remember the other author, 334 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:00.320 but they were actually writing about regulations to your point, 335 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.879 and how it was strangling businesses in Colorado and making 336 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:06.879 our economy worse, and basically saying, like how the Chevron 337 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:10.000 decision Severn doctrine was overturned earlier this year by the 338 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:10.960 US Supreme Court. 339 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:13.200 That means to extend down to the states. 340 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:16.080 We need to get rid of basically the state level 341 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:19.440 Chevron doctrine, where state agencies are allowed to put all 342 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:22.919 this rule making all this You know, they won't share licenses, 343 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:24.279 Like you have a license in another state, but you 344 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.240 can't come here and use it in Colorado without paying 345 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:27.559 the state more and going through all this. 346 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:28.919 Testing and all this training. 347 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.480 And I get that sometimes that's important, but more often 348 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.080 than not, it's not. If you can cut hair in 349 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.679 one state, I think you can probably cut hair in 350 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:38.840 the next state. And it's just overbearing regulations that we 351 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:41.600 have more people leaving Colorado than moving in, and that 352 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:45.559 says something about the economic standpoint that's affecting families. 353 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:47.840 Well, I'm really excited. 354 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:50.080 One of the things I'm most excited about the President 355 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:54.159 Trump agenda is Doge and Elon Musk and vent Back 356 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:58.320 taking what they call a sledgehammer to the bureaucracy. And 357 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:00.320 one of the things I ran on for governor was 358 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.320 reducing the size of the bureaucracy by ten percent every 359 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:05.240 year in my first term, so forty. 360 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:07.759 Percent, and people thought, how on earth are you going 361 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:08.279 to do that. 362 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.559 And if you're following Vivec and Elon on Twitter on 363 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.320 x they're giving you examples every day of the waste 364 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:17.200 and the overbearing regulations. 365 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:19.000 And we could do that in Colorado too. Oh yeah, 366 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.679 maybe I. 367 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:23.279 Will start doing I like that idea, but I truly 368 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.159 think one of the ways back for Colorado, and we're 369 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:28.799 going to play governor for a day later and what. 370 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:31.399 We would do. But one of the things I would do. 371 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:35.320 Is doge in Colorado and just really reduce the size 372 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.279 of government and the size of the bureaucracy here. 373 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:39.480 Oh absolutely. I mean I think you can find that 374 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:41.919 at every level of government. There's probably some local governments 375 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:43.799 actually in Colorado, all granted, that actually do a really 376 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:46.879 good job of returning money to their citizens and spending 377 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:49.919 on public safety and actual things that people need. 378 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:54.120 But at most big levels of government, there's so much waste. 379 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.080 And how do you actually have a caller? Why don't 380 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:00.559 we take Mike from Westminster? Welcome to the Capital Show 381 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:01.320 with Christine Heidi. 382 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:04.799 Hello, Hey, what are you thinking today? 383 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:09.519 I have said this for years. If you do not 384 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:14.200 fix immigration and cut it off, I mean cut it 385 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:18.759 off at the bud You cannot fix anything else. Number one, 386 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:23.319 you can't fix education because it's overwhelmed. Number Two, you 387 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:26.359 can't tax health care. It's impossible. 388 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:26.960 That is. 389 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:29.200 All it does is put more and more burden on 390 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:34.160 the tax thing citizen. That's I mean for just the 391 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:37.759 wife and I and we're retired. Health insurance is one 392 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:43.200 of our biggest costs. It's horrendous what we're paying. It's 393 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:48.480 absolutely insane. And then of course transportation. You know, we 394 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:51.359 happen to have a governor that thinks that I shouldn't 395 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:53.920 be able to drive it to my wherever I go. 396 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:56.160 I should take a bus or light rail which I've 397 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:58.759 never been on in my entire life bike, or I 398 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:01.519 should rine it by at seventy some years old. Yeah, 399 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:06.119 that's not gonna happen. So no, that these are the 400 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:10.240 stupidest ideas that we're I've lived here all my life. 401 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:15.319