WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Kaplis and welcome to today's online podcast 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:05.759 edition of The Dan Kaplis 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 --> 00:00:14.720 single day on your favorite podcast platform. 6 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:16.239 Yeah, and a really. 7 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:20.079 Important but sad question to ask, how soon until Denver 8 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:24.039 just completely falls apart? And the reason I phrase it 9 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:27.160 that way is we're talking about this very important letter 10 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:29.440 to the mayor of Denver, and whether or not you 11 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:32.920 care about Denver, that the principle applies, right, It's just 12 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:36.799 things fall apart under the left, some sooner, some take longer. 13 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:40.759 But in Denver's case, how long until it all falls apart? 14 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:44.560 Because these very prominent restaurant owners who sent this letter 15 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:45.960 to the mayor, and you're going to want to hear 16 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:48.600 certain parts of it. You know, this isn't a bunch 17 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:51.920 of conservatives, you know, this is a bunch of restaurant 18 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:56.560 owners in downtown Denver, part of the core of Denver, 19 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.039 a critical part of the core of Denver. And those 20 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:03.600 are their words, downtown is completely falling apart. And then, 21 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:07.359 of course we're not darkness cursors. We're candlelighters. So what 22 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:09.879 is the fix? So want to talk about that. We 23 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:12.359 know what the fix is not, which is Denver Mayor 24 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:17.560 Mike Johnston's twenty percent service charge to tackle restaurant woes. 25 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:18.840 And who would be paying that? 26 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:19.000 Oh? 27 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.680 Yeah, I think it's the customers. And yeah, that's going 28 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:22.959 to get more people downtown. 29 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:25.200 Right. So we'll get to that in a second. 30 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:27.599 But Ryan, what would you guess before we get into 31 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:29.239 the meat of this story, pun intended? 32 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:30.840 What would how many. 33 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:33.599 Restaurants do you think have closed since twenty twenty two. 34 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:36.920 That's interesting you bring that up, Dan, because in debt right, 35 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:41.079 I just brought this to the attention of Chris Fusela, 36 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:44.400 who used to run Blake Street tavern right by Corsfield there. 37 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.680 I loved going there after games, and it was real 38 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:48.959 tragedy that he had to close down. A lot had 39 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:51.280 to do with the COVID restrictions in the aftermath of 40 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:54.959 the pandemic U and he just didn't want to go 41 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.799 public with commentary on this. He's kind of laying low 42 00:01:57.840 --> 00:01:59.280 and he wants to keep it that way. That's what 43 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:01.319 he told me. But in addition to that one, Dan, 44 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:02.879 I got to believe it's in the. 45 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:05.239 Dozens four and twenty five. 46 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:08.639 That's four score and seven years ago. 47 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.159 That is a city that's falling apart, and it's falling 48 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:13.680 apart because of leftist rule. 49 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:14.599 It doesn't work. 50 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:16.319 And i'd love and you're going to hear it in 51 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:18.439 this story what one of the restaurant owners said. And 52 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:20.800 again this isn't coming from the right, it's just right. 53 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:24.919 And that is that that, Hey, this isn't a homeless problem, 54 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:28.439 this is an addiction problem. And that's his quote. And 55 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:30.680 it goes back to what I said long before we 56 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:34.879 legalize marijuana. Listen, if you are going to now as 57 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.520 the left, as as the left state widing in Denver, 58 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:42.159 if you're now going to make Denver and Colorado the 59 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:46.639 drug capital of the world, well you know what's coming, 60 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.879 and it's going to be very, very ugly. And that 61 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.319 is exactly what we have going on. So listen to this. 62 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:57.639 I can't read the whole thing. Restaurant tours to cry 63 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:01.319 a downtown that's quote completely falling apart. 64 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:02.520 Downtown Denver. 65 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.879 Restaurant tours say the area is completely falling apart quote 66 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:09.639 unquote in an email letter sent to Mayor Mike Johnston, 67 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:12.759 Jack's Fishouse, an oyster bar owner Dave Query, in a 68 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.960 message co signed by others, it was actually fourteen others 69 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:20.080 big timers ask how many more restaurants and small businesses 70 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:24.159 need to close before your quota alarm is triggered. Quote 71 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:27.479 you ran your entire campaign platform on restoring our downtown 72 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:31.759 Denver business districts, said Query, founder of Big Red f 73 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:34.800 Restaurant Group. Quote it has gotten worse since you took 74 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:39.360 the position of mayor. Query cited unchecked fentanyl use enabled 75 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:43.479 by soft policing legislation has reasons for a declining mile 76 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:47.039 High food scene, which has lost twenty two percent of 77 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:52.599 its restaurants since twenty twenty one. Thirteen other downtown operators 78 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:55.159 co signed Query's letter, including then it goes into a 79 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:58.879 long list of real big timers, including Troy Guard of 80 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:02.719 tag Rush Group. And that's about as big as it gets. 81 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:05.159 So it goes on to say, between the out of 82 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.520 control minimum wage increases, over the top property tax hikes, 83 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:11.599 and the complete loss and seeming care for our valuable 84 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:14.560 and unique business districts, we are struggling for our lives 85 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:20.160 to keep these restaurants alive. Query called downtown's traffic situation 86 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:24.199 a quote catastrophic disaster, and then it goes on from 87 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:25.000 there real quick. 88 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:27.959 Addundant to that, Dan, I also reached out directly to 89 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:31.120 Dave Query, who you were just quoting there by email 90 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:32.800 all with free There you go with. 91 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.160 An interview request to join the program. So I'll keep 92 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:36.160 you updated on that as well. 93 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:38.759 No, I'll look forward to that, because obviously this is 94 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:43.360 nothing political. These are pillars of our community fighting for 95 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:47.040 their economic survival. And what do you think happens when 96 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.160 it reaches the tipping point? And all of that just 97 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:50.279 starts to collapse? 98 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:50.560 Right? 99 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:54.240 And as they write in the letter you got in interviews, okay, 100 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:56.959 the people used to go downtown to restaurants and everything else. 101 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:59.319 Now they're spreading out to other areas. And then they 102 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:02.079 give some grot epic examples and everybody can picture it 103 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:04.920 of some of the horrific things you see downtown. And 104 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:07.879 I love his point that it's not a homeless problem, 105 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:10.160 it's an addiction problem. And that's what the left doesn't 106 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:13.160 want to talk about, right, is they talk about the homeless. 107 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:15.199 And now we've just been one hundred million of your 108 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:17.480 taxpayer money to throw some homeless in a motel for 109 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.279 a few weeks. But what they don't want to talk 110 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:21.920 about is how they got there. And it's the left's 111 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:26.160 addiction to legalized drugs, because the left knows that the 112 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:29.480 more drug depopulation is, the more dependent it is on government, 113 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.360 and the more it's going to vote left. So that's 114 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:37.040 what's unfolding here. Denver, Colorado did something back in twenty 115 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:40.639 twelve that that no other city, I may be in 116 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.240 human history, but but no other city in modern times 117 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:47.720 had done Colorado did in legalizing marijuana the way it 118 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.439 did it. And you then make this state the drug 119 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.319 capital of America and Denver very proudly leading the charge, 120 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:54.399 what haven't they legalized? 121 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:54.560 Right? 122 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:56.439 And the latest was like mushrooms? 123 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:56.680 Right? 124 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:00.279 Yea right to So yeah, so what do you think's 125 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:00.920 going to happen? 126 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.040 And that is what's happening because the drugs aren't going 127 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:06.439 to stop with and even if they stopped with marijuana, 128 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:08.759 it's more like Krakawana now due to the high potency, 129 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:11.079 it's not going to stop there. You're going to get 130 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:15.360 known for being a drug capital, a drug friendly capital, 131 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:17.759 and that's who you're going to attract. And then good 132 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:19.920 people here are going to get green lighted, and they're 133 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:22.040 going to get into all that crap and then it 134 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:25.040 just goes downhill the way it is. So, but Mayor 135 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:28.160 Johnston is a fix. This is the Gazette, and boy, 136 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:31.439 the Denver Gazette does great work. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston 137 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:36.920 floats twenty percent service charge to tackle restaurant woes. Denver 138 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:39.759 Mayor Mike Johnston wants to add a twenty percent service 139 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:43.680 charge to local restaurant tabs and then tax it to 140 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:47.439 help restaurants cope with the city's minimum wage and promote 141 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:52.160 what he calls pay equity among tipped and non tipped employees. Well, 142 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:54.600 that's the thing with the left, right, they're so determined 143 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:56.600 to get equity and they're going to get it because 144 00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:59.600 everybody's going to be poor that that's the equity that 145 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:01.399 they're going to get. And in a lot of ways 146 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.439 that they probably don't mind, because what is the left? No, Ryan, 147 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:06.959 They're not good at many things, but they're good at math, 148 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:10.199 and they know that once people start making more than 149 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:12.519 I think the current number is probably sixty five grand, 150 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:16.040 then a majority are going to vote Republican. So the 151 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:19.759 left has a vested interest in keeping lots of people 152 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:24.399 from prospering. On Monday, Johnston told a Citycast Denver popular 153 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.519 podcast that he has already been discussing the idea with 154 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:30.879 restaurant owners. He didn't say whether they are on board. 155 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:34.720 He also did not discuss if increasing people's dinner cost 156 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:38.680 would decrease restaurant visits. Well, let's think about that for 157 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.680 a second. You're going to increase their dinner costs by 158 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:43.680 twenty percent, and then you're going to tax it on 159 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.319 top of that. You know, I think that's going to 160 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:48.480 cause a lot more people to want to go downtown 161 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:52.680 to eat, right because I mean where else is, say, Ryan, 162 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:56.000 say you go out to the Shooling Estate or you 163 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:58.399 go out to Cherry Creek or somewhere like that to eat. 164 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:03.040 You're not going to get to see naked people running 165 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:06.199 around doing naked people's things outside the restaurant. 166 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:07.680 You're not going to get. 167 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:13.279 To see just like public urination and defecation and all 168 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:15.920 that other stuff. So you're not going to go out 169 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:19.480 to Cherry Creek or Northlands or anything else. You're heading 170 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:21.920 right downtown to pay that extra twenty five percent. 171 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:25.279 It makes no sense whatsoever, and it explains why in 172 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:28.199 the Denveright article and seems like they like doing favors 173 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.160 for Mayor Mike Johnson. I might add that he's backpedaling 174 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.080 off of that and trying to put it on the businesses. 175 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:34.879 They No, I just want to give them the option 176 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:36.960 to do that, and you know, I'm just trying to 177 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:40.120 help and empower them to make that decision and choice, 178 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:42.960 which sounded a lot different than his initial salvo on 179 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:43.759 the issue. 180 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:45.919 But we see so much of this goofiness for him, 181 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:50.320 and I pose this question not with any kind of negativity, 182 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:53.120 just a very fair question. And it's it's kind of 183 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:55.240 like during the campaign when I kept saying to people 184 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:58.120 who said Joe Biden is Joe Bidenett, and I kept saying, 185 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:00.960 obviously he's not going to be there, He's not going 186 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:02.960 to be their candidate and election day and people looked 187 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:05.879 at me like I was crazy. Is it fair right 188 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:11.799 now to ask whether elected officials in cities and states 189 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:17.000 that have legalized marijuana are using Is that a fair question, 190 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:22.519 especially when they say goofy stuff like we're sending the 191 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:26.559 cops out to fight the Feds at the border Tenneman Square. 192 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.120 Yeah, let's just get twenty percent more tax on restaurants? 193 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:31.759 Is that a fair question? 194 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:33.919 I'd like to hear from people three h three someone 195 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.399 three eight two five five text d an five seven 196 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:40.279 seven three nine. I don't know whether Mike Johnston uses 197 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:43.840 THC or not. I truly don't, But is it a 198 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:47.360 fair question when you're mayor of a city where it's 199 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:51.399 legalized and glorified and you keep saying all this bat. 200 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:55.480 Bat playing crazy stuff. You're on the Dankplas Show. 201 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.480 And now back to the dan Kaplas Show podcast. 202 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.000 Did you ever have that happen? Round? 203 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:05.759 What happened? What do you talk to a song? 204 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.679 And how did that song pop into your head? 205 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.240 From the earlier story about the strippers getting ripped off 206 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.279 by their employers allegedly, yeah. 207 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:15.799 Kind of a delayed reaction, but that's okay, better late 208 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:18.120 than never. Yeah, we were talking about this story the 209 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.799 auditor in Denver saying the strippers have been ripped off 210 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:22.159 to the tune of fourteen million. 211 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:23.639 The club's saying absolutely not. 212 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:27.360 Audit are saying strippers have to pay to work there 213 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:30.600 and that that ain't right. So we'll see how all 214 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:34.919 of this unfolds for everyone to see. But at the moment, 215 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:38.480 we're talking about this very prominent group of Denver restaurant tours. 216 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:42.720 We're not talking about some conservative organization just saying it's 217 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:46.840 falling apart, that Denver is falling apart around them, and 218 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:48.559 we have some more quotes from that. But then we're 219 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:51.559 also talking about Mike Johnston's brilliant idea for a fix, 220 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:56.799 which is increase everybody's tax by twenty percent and then 221 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:01.039 text that increase, you know, to help offset some of 222 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:04.159 the revenue loss for the restaurants. And you have to 223 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.720 wonder what school of economics did these lefties study yet, 224 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:10.759 I mean, or is the idea that they're going to 225 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:13.360 pass the law forcing people to go to these downtown 226 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:17.320 Denver restaurants to eat under threat of criminal prosecution, kind 227 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:19.240 of like you have to lie on medical forms now 228 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:22.320 about whether somebody's a male or female, or you're going 229 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:25.960 to get charged under this new bill. Texter says, then 230 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:28.799 I'll get to a will in Evergreen, Dan. I think 231 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.120 you just don't get it, because you cannot think as 232 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:34.279 brilliantly as a liberal does. If they raise taxes and 233 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:38.039 charges enough on everybody, they'll be bringing in huge amounts 234 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:40.360 of revenue and then they can have that money to 235 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:43.320 give back to everybody and we will all have wealth 236 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:49.120 beyond measure. Yeah, now I think you nail that they're Texter, Dan. 237 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:50.840 That just means when I go to eating Denver, I'm 238 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:52.840 not going to bother leaving a tip. It will save 239 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:55.399 me five percent. That's one of the saddest texts I've 240 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:57.600 seen in a long time. I personally think is a 241 00:11:57.639 --> 00:12:00.320 guy who worked for tips as a caddy, as a 242 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.039 bartender and everything else. That it's I really think, don't 243 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.600 you Ryan. It's it's almost the very best money any 244 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:07.720 of us can ever spend. Because the people were tipping, 245 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:10.919 we know they're out there working hard. You know, well 246 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:14.120 at least some of it goes directly to them, So 247 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:16.960 I know that Texter is in jest. 248 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:17.519 Kind of man. 249 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:20.480 They one additional thing to that too, Dan, That made 250 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:23.480 me think about this. If they're tacking on twenty percent, 251 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:25.639 I have no say in it. You know, tip is 252 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:29.320 earned and it's not automatically given, nor should it be 253 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.279 in my view, because, like you, I have worked for 254 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:34.080 tips and busting my rear in and I like when 255 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:37.440 that's rewarded. But if somebody provides less than adequate service, 256 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.840 then I think the consumers should have a right to 257 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.399 either not tip or tip a lower amount as well. Now, 258 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.840 in addition to that, I've had conversations with delivery drivers. 259 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:47.480 I've even spoken to my own brother. 260 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:50.120 Who works for Domino's Pizza Corporate and in Arbor, Michigan, 261 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.360 they're slapping on these delivery fees like three four five dollars, 262 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.240 And I tell the drivers that makes me less inclined 263 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:59.480 to tip on top of that number, because what's going 264 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:01.120 on here. I'm paying for it much. 265 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.399 For the tip as I am for the pizza itself. 266 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:04.919 And a lot of people just can't afford that. 267 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:06.759 But I think what they sense, and I think they're right, 268 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:09.600 is this major shift in society now where so many 269 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.879 of us have been conditioned to paying these enormous fees 270 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:15.559 to have food delivered because then it saves our time, right, 271 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:17.519 And I think a lot of people are just making 272 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:22.360 the calculation that that's worth it. This texture says, but eventually, right, 273 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:25.360 that's going to stop because it's too expensive. You can't 274 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:29.240 do that indefinitely. This texture says no sympathy for the 275 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:32.759 Denver restaurant owners. They voted for it. I have zero sympathy, 276 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:35.000 and it's been years since I've been downtown. 277 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:37.480 I have a ton of sympathy for these Denver restaurant 278 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:39.960 owners because I've never owned a restaurant. 279 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.320 But anybody knows that industry, knows that you won't find 280 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:48.159 harder working people anywhere, and there's such they're so critical 281 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:51.919 just to enjoyment of any area, in this case downtown, 282 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:54.960 And so I've got a lot of sympathy for them. 283 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.279 And they deliver, right, And isn't this America right? 284 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:57.600 Ryan? 285 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.600 If you're a restaurant, if you're a restaurant and you're 286 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:02.879 not the only restaurant in town, you've got to be 287 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:04.879 good and you've got to deliver. You got to keep 288 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:07.039 delivering or you'll be out of business quickly. 289 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:08.960 So I have a lot of respect for these folks, 290 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:12.000 no matter what their politics are. They've been in a 291 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:15.519 dog eat dog business. Hopefully not serving no. No, they've 292 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:15.799 been in. 293 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:19.120 This dog eat dog business and they have made it 294 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:22.240 because they've delivered a good product year after year after year. 295 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.759 But they can't help it. Listen to this quote. 296 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:29.320 This is from the restaurant owner Jax, who led the 297 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:32.360 charge and the other fourteen signed the letter. Restaurant owners 298 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:35.159 talking about how when they started in nineteen ninety six. 299 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:37.360 No one got stabbed on the sixteenth Street mall in 300 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:40.879 nineteen ninety six. We were not cleaning human blank off our 301 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:44.559 patios in front door vestibules every morning. We didn't have 302 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:48.519 fentanyl zombies walking around scaring and threatening our guests and tourists. 303 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:51.840 And that's the reality of Denver. And I got to 304 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.679 tell you, my brother. 305 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:56.639 Then the city responds, well, we're doing this five hundred 306 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:01.360 and seventy million cash infusion downtown. That is wasted money 307 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:03.840 until you get rid of the drug issue. You made 308 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:06.360 Denver the drug capital of the world. Until you reverse that, 309 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:09.639 you could spend five hundred and seventy billion, and you're 310 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:12.440 not going to get people down there. And I've been 311 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.840 talking about that for years, so they can keep deluting themselves. 312 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:19.360 Denials not just a river in Egypt. Will and Evergreen. 313 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:20.720 You're on the Dan Caplis show. 314 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:24.919 Welcome, Good after, Mila Wan, How are you? 315 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:26.840 I am living the dream? How about you? 316 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:31.200 Likewise? My friend? Likewise listen. I want to thank both 317 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.320 you and I and for the coverage of the Jefferson 318 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:38.919 County school debacle. That is, and as a dad of 319 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:42.600 three teenagers that are currently in the Jefferson County school System. 320 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:46.159 Obviously got some concerns, But my question is kind of 321 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:51.679 two part for you specific thanks so much. As you've 322 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:56.360 got a superintendent that serves at the pleasure of and 323 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:59.279 I think if that's an empty word, pleasure of the 324 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:02.840 school board, and then you've got a school board that 325 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:06.399 quite frankly is in the pocket of. 326 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:08.159 The teachers' union. 327 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:11.200 It creates a bit of a conundrum that what I'm 328 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:14.840 calling and wanting to ask of you, sir, is you 329 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:17.919 know what options do we have outside of recalling the 330 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:22.639 school board of essentially holding you know, these officials accountable. 331 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:26.320 You know the the unfortunate nature obviously, and you know 332 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:28.600 the stories that have been coming out recently, and I've 333 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:31.440 been following Mendsey Dato, who's done amazing work. Thank you 334 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:37.039 for providing that is as a concerned parent, again, back 335 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:40.559 to anything short of recalling the school board, is what 336 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:44.320 can we do as parents to start holding these officials accountable? Because, 337 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:46.679 as the cliche goes, the fish stands from the head 338 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.639 to the tail, not the opposite. Yeah, and I just 339 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:52.279 feel powerless as to what's going on right now. I 340 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.840 don't know what options we have. 341 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:57.039 Well, that's a great question. And the good news is 342 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:59.440 I think there's lots that parents can do. The bad 343 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:03.159 news is it's a monstrous amount of work, but it 344 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:05.680 can succeed. And I've got some specific things in mind. 345 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:08.480 I'll get you right after this news break, very concrete things, 346 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:12.279 step by step. But Lindsey Detco and her group have 347 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.680 proven you can succeed out there, right. I mean, look 348 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:19.920 what they accomplished when it came to the mask and 349 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:23.000 that whole tragedy in Jeffco. What was being done to 350 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:27.480 kids out there during COVID. They've succeeded on lots of 351 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:29.920 different issues. But I think there is a roadmap here 352 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:32.960 to success. It's just going to take a ton of work. 353 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:35.400 And in the few seconds we have before this break 354 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.039 or do we have left? 355 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:36.279 Right? 356 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:41.000 Okay, yep, in it, I'm remote, so I'm not hearing 357 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:43.279 the outro music here, so I'll get into some of 358 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:45.799 the specifics after the break. And by the way, we 359 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:48.720 have we have the mother of. 360 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:52.039 That fifteen year old girl who that teacher at Columbine 361 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:54.960 went after and then others in the school helped to 362 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:57.440 have her declared homeless so she could move in with 363 00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:57.960 the teacher. 364 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:00.640 The mother will be in studio with us on Monday, 365 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.720 so please be with us. 366 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.039 And when we come back, step by step concrete what 367 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:05.440 can be done to overcome? 368 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:08.319 And Jeff go, you're on the Dan caps Show. 369 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:13.920 You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast. 370 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:17.480 Well, kid, are we going to see who is on 371 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:20.759 the flights? Are we going to see any evidence from 372 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:23.920 what he recorded? Because he had all of his homes. 373 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:25.319 Wired with recording devices. 374 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:30.799 What you're going to see, hopefully tomorrow is a lot 375 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:32.880 of flight logs, a lot of names at a lot 376 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:38.880 of information. But it's pretty sick what that man did. Okay, 377 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:40.680 well along with his co defendant. 378 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:43.559 Absolutely and he had help, that's for sure. 379 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:47.200 Did Yeah, that's Jesse Waters with Pam Bondi And we 380 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:51.359 expected a lot of Epstein file release today and there 381 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:54.119 appeared to be just kind of a smattering distributed in 382 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:57.200 kind of an awkward way. So Pam Bondi writes a 383 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:00.720 letter to cash Betel's FBI demanding that the full files 384 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.599 be turned over quickly. This is not a cash Ptel issue. 385 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:06.839 This is apparently an issue with some other offices in 386 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:09.599 the FBI. But he's in charge now, so I expect 387 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:12.359 we'll get to the bottom of it. So on Epstein, listen. 388 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:15.680 I think the key is the full truth has to 389 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:18.640 be out there because one of the things, there are 390 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.799 only very few things that can take America down right, 391 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:22.920 and it can only be done from the inside. But 392 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:26.400 if you have if people lose confidence in the justice system, 393 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:29.359 believe there are two justice systems, one for the rich 394 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.039 and powerful, the people on the left, and then the 395 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:34.319 other for the rest of us. That's how a country 396 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:35.119 can fall apart. 397 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.480 Right. 398 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:37.920 The election of Donald Trump for a second term was 399 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.680 part of a pushback against this Banana Republic thing. So 400 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:44.039 the full truth about Epstein has to be told. With 401 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:46.960