WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520 This is Dan Caplis 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 --> 00:00:14.480 single day on your favorite podcast platform. 6 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:17.719 A lot of parents with kids in school worried about 7 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:19.719 what their kids are getting a hold of, and a 8 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:22.359 lot of people across the state just know someone who's 9 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:25.440 been affected by fentanyl or a fentanyl death. And if 10 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:27.440 you talk to the law enforcement officials, they'll tell you 11 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:31.160 every single drug in Colorado right now, including marijuana, is 12 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:34.119 being laced with fentanyl. And so that's why I'm very 13 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:37.159 happy to have Senator Byron Pelton on the show with 14 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:40.039 me today. He is sponsoring a very important bill this 15 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:43.719 next legislative session, which starts on Wednesday already to help 16 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:46.600 solve the drug crisis in our state. Welcome Senator Pelton 17 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:47.640 to the Dan Kapla Show. 18 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.280 Christy, thanks for having me. And I have to tell 19 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:54.679 you that introduction for Dan Caplis. Boy, if I could 20 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:57.840 walk into the session with that introduction, that would be awesome. 21 00:00:58.159 --> 00:00:58.320 Right. 22 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.920 It feels like is a fight every time. 23 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:03.079 So true, So try to like pump you up for 24 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:04.359 the fight that's about to come. 25 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:07.120 Exactly. That's correct. 26 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:10.079 Yeah, yeah, Well, I think our listeners would love to 27 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.959 hear about your bill, and I know I'll also ask 28 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:15.599 you about if you have any bipartisan support or how 29 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:18.760 you're seeing you to pass the potential passage of this bill. 30 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:20.400 But first, I guess let's talk about what's in it. 31 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.120 What is in your fentanyl bill? 32 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:26.480 Well, basically, what I'm doing is I am going to 33 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:31.640 take back We're going to make it to zero grams 34 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:36.680 possession and distribution of anyanyl drug, any petanyl at all, 35 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:41.560 which means I'm going after the drug dealers specifically on 36 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:45.359 this bill. If you sell the if you sell any 37 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:48.840 drug at all, that or that if you sell a 38 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:52.680 fetanyl and it kills somebody, it's going to give you 39 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:55.719 a Class one felony drug felony. And then if you 40 00:01:55.879 --> 00:02:01.239 have any possession and trying to distribute that possession of 41 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:03.439 that drug, it's going to be a class four felony. 42 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:06.439 So I'm making it all felony again, and I'm bringing 43 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:09.599 down the amount that you can actually possess on yourself 44 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:12.759 as zero grams a sentinel. So that's what I'm trying 45 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:13.639 to do with this bill. 46 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:15.800 Okay, that's great, and so what would the bill do 47 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.360 for someone who possesses any amount, let's say a small amount, 48 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:23.360 but has no intent to distribute. How would they be 49 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.319 affected by the bill? 50 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:29.520 Well, they would still be affected by the bill because 51 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:33.919 what they've had it where they're possessing the drug. But 52 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:36.120 the thing about it is that that they would be 53 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:42.199 able to if the DA if on the DA's job 54 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.319 to prove that. Yeah, if you can't prove it, then 55 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:48.879 they then they're still going to be able to, uh, 56 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:52.319 still end up with the misdemeanor. But for the most part, 57 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.560 I'm trying to go after the drug dealers with still 58 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:56.599 that's what that's my. 59 00:02:56.599 --> 00:03:00.000 Intent, well, in including the low lever low level drug dealers, 60 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:01.800 because I think that's an issue I've heard from some 61 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:03.759 of the sheriffs is a lot of people want to 62 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.039 target the big drug dealers, and of course we need to, 63 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.639 we want to break up these rings, but it's also 64 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:10.759 the low level dealers who are the ones that a 65 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:14.120 lot of addicts deal with and get their drugs from, 66 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:16.439 and those are at least from my understanding, they're often 67 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:19.719 people who are addicted to the drugs themselves, but sell 68 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:22.199 it to pay for their habit and so are also 69 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:25.319 involved in the rings, but often carry maybe a less 70 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:28.000 amount than the big drug dealers, So sometimes they slip 71 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.360 through the cracks in the laws and you can't really 72 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.520 go after them, right. 73 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:34.759 And the thing about it is is that when they 74 00:03:35.240 --> 00:03:37.639 made everything a this demeanor, they really took away the 75 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:42.240 DA and the law enforcement's power right and negotiate with 76 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.879 these low level drug dealers to get the bigger drugs exactly. 77 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.599 That's the whole point of this bill is to really 78 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:54.639 focus on getting those low level drug dealers to turn 79 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:58.599 in their suppliers. But then the DA and the law 80 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.840 enforcement can go after them, and then these guys will 81 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:04.520 end up with more of a we're going to send 82 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:08.960 you over to We're going to send you over to 83 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.400 getting treatments or that sort of thing, instead of making 84 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.600 you go to jail. If you've hand over the people 85 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:18.480 that are selling you. 86 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:20.240 This drug, that's key. 87 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.519 It's really given the tools to the das and to 88 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:26.279 the DAS into law enforcement to really go after the 89 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:28.720 drug dealers, the big time drug dealers, right. 90 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:30.600 Which is so important because some of them take forever 91 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:33.639 to uncover and if they can have a key piece 92 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:35.800 of evidence in these low level dealers and give them 93 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:39.319 so many more options to stop the spread here in Colorado. 94 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:42.439 And we're talking to Senator Byron Pelton, who's sponsoring a 95 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:46.399 very important bill on fentanyl and drugs here in Colorado, 96 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:50.560 increasing the penalty specifically for drug dealers. Senator Pelton, what 97 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:53.040 does it look like as far as bipartisans support on 98 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:55.279 this bill? What are you expecting to happen in the 99 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:56.240 Senate in particular? 100 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:02.480 Well, I am looking. I'm looking to see if we 101 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:04.879 can get somebody on the bill with me that will 102 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:08.360 be bipartisan. However, right now I don't have anybody. I 103 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:14.480 have corded a few people across the aisle, none of 104 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:17.600 them are very interested in bringing the level down to zero. 105 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:22.199 So apparently the thing that I'm getting is that they 106 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.480 don't want to be caught up and they don't want 107 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.879 people getting caught up in the system, which that is 108 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:31.120 not what my intent is. My intent is to strictly 109 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:34.160 go after drug dealers with this bill to stop the 110 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:37.360 flow of drugs into our communities and the one who's 111 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:40.000 killing our kids, basically is what I'm trying to do. 112 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:42.800 Right Well, and do you know so if they're objecting 113 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:44.600 to your version of the bill, we should obviously make 114 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:47.000 our communities safer and stop a lot of the drugs. 115 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:49.519 Do they have a different version they're bringing or are 116 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:52.879 they ignoring the issue? To your at least to your knowledge, 117 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:54.600 to my. 118 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:58.040 Knowledge, what they feel like is the Fitanel bill that 119 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:02.720 has passed in the past has is doing its job. 120 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:06.279 And I will I have DA's in my district that disagree. 121 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:07.480 Right absolutely. 122 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.399 I'll give you a great example here in Logan County 123 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:13.600 in twenty nineteen, when I was a county commissioner, we 124 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:17.600 had to take all the courts took sixty eight children 125 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:21.000 from their home due to meth antetamy. Oh my, the 126 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:24.879 laws aren't the laws aren't working. And even I know 127 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:27.600 that that bill was passed in twenty one, but it 128 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:32.199 still wouldn't be working. Still today, we had a huge 129 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.279 issue with drugs in the state of Colorado and we 130 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:36.879 got to do something to stop it. 131 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:38.879 Well, right, I totally agree with you, And I mean 132 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:42.240 I was looking recently at fentanyl overdose deaths in Colorado 133 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:44.399 and in twenty twenty three, which is the latest year, 134 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.279 I believe, we have numbers for it was still increasing, 135 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:50.439 and it's been like a four hundred and forty percent 136 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.160 increase in the last five years of fentanyl overdose deaths 137 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.360 nearly two thousand people in twenty three, So no signs 138 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:59.360 at all that it's being reduced after the bill that 139 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:01.720 was passed in twenty one. So it's pretty clear to me, 140 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:03.720 I think in anyone who looks at the numbers that 141 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.279 we have to do more, like your bill would offer. 142 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:09.759 Yeah, that is correct. I mean, we do have to 143 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:13.360 do more. And right now there are a lot of 144 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:17.240 families out there that are dealing with deaths of their children, 145 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:21.759 death of a loved one. Here in Logan County not 146 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:25.399 too long ago, we actually had a mom and a 147 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:31.279 dad overdose on overdose and leave three children as wards 148 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:34.680 of the state. So wow, these are things that communities 149 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:37.680 have to pay for. It hits our pocketbooks. But the 150 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:40.959 most the thing that I'm really, really really searching for 151 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:46.079 is holding somebody accountable for selling those drugs to that 152 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:50.040 injured that individual or victimize that family. And that is 153 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:52.279 really what I'm trying to focus on with this bill. 154 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:54.879 Yeah, well, I think to your point, Senator Pelton, also 155 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.279 having an effective means to turn the low level drug 156 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:01.079 dealers on the big drug dealer, and to do that 157 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.199 you often do have to charge them with a heavier penalty. 158 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:06.079 So they're motivated to cooperate with DA's and law enforcement 159 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.319 and go get the big guys. That it seems like 160 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:11.040 a very effective thing to do that we're not doing 161 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:12.079 in Colorado right now. 162 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:13.720 So I'm glad to hear your bill would do that. 163 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:17.680 Yeah, and that's exactly what we're for. That's exactly what 164 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:20.399 we're trying to do here with this bill. I have 165 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:25.439 a great sponsor in the House by Representative Armags. Yes, 166 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:27.519 he's a great sponsor in the House. He's a big 167 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:30.839 help on the drug issue down there and over there 168 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:34.360 in his district, and I do appreciate all of his work. 169 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:37.639 But so far we can't get anybody across the aisle 170 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:39.120 on the bill with us well, and. 171 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.080 I think that says a lot about them and where 172 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:44.519 they are and not being willing to solve the drug crisis. 173 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:45.919 You know, if they want to bring their own bills. 174 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:47.559 I guess we'll see what happens in a couple of 175 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:50.279 days when the session starts. But what's very clear, I 176 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:52.960 think is that in Colorado, if the politicians aren't going 177 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:54.519 to fix it. We can go to the people on 178 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:56.679 the ballot and get it fixed. So we do have 179 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.360 to take a break. Senator Byron Pelton, I'm so happy 180 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:01.200 to have you on the show. Thanks for joining us 181 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:02.039 and running this bill. 182 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:03.840 Thank you. 183 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.600 All right, we'll talk to you later. I'm Christy Burton Brown. 184 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:08.039 You're on the Dan Capla Show. 185 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:19.240 You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast. 186 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:24.279 News today including Phil Weiser announcing he's running for governor 187 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:27.080 on the Democrat side in a shock to almost no one, 188 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:29.159 and most people in Colorado still don't actually even know 189 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:32.399 who he is. Probably why he's announcing so soon, has 190 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:34.480 a lot of work to do and name ID to 191 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:37.440 catch up on. Also been talking about the news from 192 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:42.039 Jefferson County School District where the chief of schools was 193 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:45.360 let go from his position about a month ago by 194 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:48.759 Jefferson County Public Schools not providing a lot of information 195 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:52.039 to parents, many of whom were questioning exactly what was 196 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:57.399 going on. And then today Washington County in Maryland reported 197 00:09:57.559 --> 00:10:01.240 that he had committed suicide in Maryland while he was 198 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:06.120 with family over the holidays, and Jefferson County Sheriffs also 199 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:09.840 released that he was under investigation for possession of child 200 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.480 sexual assault material also called child pornography, but I think 201 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:15.960 that term for it is much better that the Jefferson 202 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:21.519 County sheriffs are using. So what exactly does the chief 203 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:25.120 of public schools chief of schools do in Jefferson County. 204 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:28.720 He supervises a lot of the positions a lot of 205 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:32.000 this staff. They also have some things to do with 206 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:35.440 the test the kids take and positions like that. But 207 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:40.200 David Weiss was his name, and he also was a 208 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:44.000 former elementary school teacher before he came over as chief 209 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:47.840 of schools in Jefferson County, and very concerning in Jefferson 210 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:50.240 County when you look at what he was charged with 211 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.919 in many parents asking whether or not their kids were 212 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:58.000 involved in his crimes and whether or not they were 213 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.519 victims of anything he was participating in. Those answers haven't 214 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:04.600 been disclosed yet. Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, to my knowledge, 215 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:07.799 is still investigating exactly what was going on. 216 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:09.919 But as we talked about earlier. 217 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:12.000 In the show, is the concerning pattern going on in 218 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:17.399 Jefferson County public schools where para professionals counselors, social workers, 219 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:20.120 and other people who are working with the children in 220 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.679 the schools are being arrested time and again. This was 221 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:28.080 the fifth time last year for sexual assault on children 222 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:31.480 by person in place of trust or possession of child 223 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:35.519 sexual assault material. So a very concerning pattern in Jefferson 224 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:38.720 County public schools, and I think one of the ways 225 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:42.360 that some of the details have been uncovered and released 226 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:45.200 in Jefferson County public schools is the work of parents' 227 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:48.360 rights groups in the area. This is why if you're 228 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:50.840 a parent who sends your kid to a neighborhood public school, 229 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:54.000 it's very important to be involved, to know what goes on, 230 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.840 to talk to other parents, and to not accept no 231 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:59.720 for an answer when they say you can't access to 232 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:02.679 the material that your kids are being shown in the classroom, 233 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:05.000 or the speakers that are coming to the assembly, or 234 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.720 the books that are in the library. I've had parents 235 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.080 ask me that what do you do when they just 236 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:11.679 tell you no, and they say they don't have the 237 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:14.480 book list for you, and they act like it's difficult 238 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.679 for them to provide information to you. And basically my 239 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:20.240 answer is that you don't take no for an answer. 240 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:21.000 You're a parent. 241 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:24.159 You have the right to demand access to the information 242 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:26.879 that your child is being given, and you have the 243 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.799 right to pull your kid out of a class if 244 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:32.240 you don't like that they're being taught particular material, and 245 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:33.720 you have the right to object. You have the right 246 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:36.240 to ask for your child to be assigned a different book. 247 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:39.679 I think it's very important for parents to know how 248 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:42.639 exactly they can exercise their rights if you do choose 249 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:45.879 to send your child to a neighborhood public school. Personally, 250 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:49.120 if I live in Jefferson County, I would definitely question 251 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:51.919 whether or not my child should go to the neighborhood 252 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:55.240 public schools in that county and school district in particular, 253 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:59.240 when they're having this many issues with children being preyed 254 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:03.639 upon by adults in positions of trust. That's deeply, deeply concerning, 255 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:05.639 And if I were a parent in Jefferson County, I 256 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:08.519 would definitely be looking into charter schools, homeschooling, private schools, 257 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:10.759 whatever I could do to get my child out of 258 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:15.200 the neighborhood public schools right now until these situations are resolved. 259 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:17.720 Thankfully, I don't live in Jefferson County. 260 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:20.519 I live in Douglas County, which I think is proof 261 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:23.279 that some neighborhood public schools can be very well done 262 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:26.360 and can look out for children. So, you know, I 263 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:28.720 think it's important as conservative when we're talking about school 264 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:31.559 choice and education, that we have a balanced approach and 265 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:35.000 say that, you know, public education is how most children 266 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:38.159 are going to get educated in our country. We need solid, good, 267 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:42.320 accountable neighborhood public schools. But when we see issues, and 268 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:46.000 when we see problems, whether it is with kids reading 269 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:48.840 scores and math scores, or whether it is with them 270 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:51.919 literally being preyed upon by adults and positions of trust, 271 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:54.080 we need to consider taking our kids out of those 272 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.519 school and putting them into better schools that actually take 273 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:00.720 care of our children, produce better results, and accomplish the 274 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:02.639 goal that we all should be here for, which is 275 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:06.399 educating our children and setting them up for success. I 276 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:08.279 just got elected to the state Board of Education in 277 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:12.480 Colorado in November and will be sworn in next Wednesday. Actually, 278 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:16.000 so I'm very interested to see and learn all the 279 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:18.240 things that we talk about on the state Board of Education, 280 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:20.840 all the things we hear about from schools across the state. 281 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:23.080 But I think most people across the state don't even 282 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:25.759 know there is a state Board of Education. Colorado is 283 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.519 one of a handful of states across the nation that 284 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.919 elect their members on the state board. In many many 285 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.399 states they're appointed by the governor. But here in Colorado 286 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.759 you actually get someone who represents your particular congressional district. 287 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:42.039 We'll certainly hear some charter school appeals, accountability issues, also 288 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:46.759 license your issues. When teachers licenses are suspended or pulled. 289 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:49.919 It is the state Board of Education that actually here's 290 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:52.919 that situation and approves the license to be poled. 291 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:54.440 Or suspended or not. 292 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:57.279 And from the information I have gathered, you would be 293 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:00.840 very surprised to know how just how many people working 294 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:05.320 in schools have their licenses under consideration of suspension or 295 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:08.360 removal for what they're doing in the classroom or what 296 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:11.000 they're doing on official school time. A lot of times 297 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.440 it's involved substance abuse, not always as dire of a 298 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:18.840 situation as Jefferson County is encountering right now. If you 299 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:21.720 have thoughts or information, I've had someone message me while 300 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.679 I've been on the radio giving me more information about 301 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:26.600 the Jefferson County situation. If you know more want to 302 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.559 talk about it, you can call eight five five four 303 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:31.840 zero five eight two five five or text Dan to 304 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:33.519 five seven seven thirty nine. 305 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.480 Let's also play this clip. 306 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:38.639 I just want to remind you of exactly who Phil 307 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.360 Wiser is if you missed an earlier segment. This is 308 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.240 one of the main reasons I don't think Phil Wiser 309 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:45.639 a has any chance to be governor in Colorado. But 310 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.480 b why we should absolutely make sure he's not governor 311 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:51.200 is due to his position on crime. This is a 312 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:54.480 clip from him back in twenty twenty two talking about 313 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:57.000 how we should deal with auto theft. 314 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:03.799 So after someone commits a third or fourth car theft 315 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.639 in say three months, they should be kept in with 316 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:09.840 a really high bond, because you got a sense they're 317 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:11.519 gonna get out, they're gonna commit more crimes. 318 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:14.919 Okay, So let's Pilwiser, Attorney General at the time running 319 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.879 for reelection, acting like he's been very, very strong and 320 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.440 bold on crime to say, let's keep these guys in 321 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:24.440 jail after they've stolen three or four cars. 322 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:26.440 I mean, they don't deserve bail or bond at all 323 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.200 at that point. 324 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:30.360 With in reality, anyone who knows anything about the situation 325 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:33.879 of auto theft or crime in Colorado understands that people 326 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:36.799 who steal cars when they're released on pr bonds, the 327 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:39.519 first time they steal a car, they get back out 328 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:41.840 and they steal a car again the same exact day. 329 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:44.720 What law enforcement officials have shared with me in my 330 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:47.559 position at Advanced Colorado when we talk about future ballot 331 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:50.759 initiatives to deal with crime here in our state, they 332 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:53.399 say that, in fact, people who steal cars are some 333 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:57.000 of the most dangerous criminals to law enforcement officers. They 334 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:59.320 are willing to run them over with cars, They're willing 335 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:01.600 to assault them, They're willing to do anything it takes 336 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:04.720 to get away to get back associated with their car 337 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:07.279 theft ring and steal more cars. 338 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:09.519 So for anyone who wants to dismiss it as. 339 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:12.720 Well, auto theft is just a property crime. We've lowered 340 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:15.279 the rates in Colorado. Well a lot about you, but 341 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:17.480 I don't think lowering from number one state in auto 342 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:20.079 theft to number four state in auto theft is a 343 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:22.799 position we should be proud of at all in Colorado. 344 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:26.920 But it really goes far beyond property crimes because they 345 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.440 extend it to assaulting the police officers violently who are 346 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:32.799 trying to detain them, trying to arrest them, and then 347 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:35.160 what a lot of the judges in Colorado do let 348 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:38.319 them out on personal recognizance bonds, their word that they'll 349 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:40.920 show up in court. That's what we're dealing with, still 350 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:43.319 with auto theft in Colorado, and Phil Weiser has no 351 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:46.440 concept of how dangerous of a situation. This actually is 352 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:48.960 what law enforcement are actually saying on the ground. You 353 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:51.559 should definitely not be governor. I'm Christy Burton Brown. You're 354 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:53.359 on the Dan Kapla Show. You can call in over 355 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:56.079 the break eight five five four zero five eight two 356 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:14.920 five five or text Dan to five seven seven three nine. 357 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:19.519 And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast. 358 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:24.279 Text your thoughts to Dan at five seven seven three nine. 359 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:28.559 The Louisiana Attorney General had suggested that the Sugar Bowl 360 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:31.880 should be postponed until Friday. Was originally scheduled to be 361 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:36.640 played on Wednesday, between Notre Dame and Georgia. Louisiana did 362 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:39.799 postpone it until today, but it's actually just about to end. 363 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.119 It looks like the score is Notre Dame twenty three, 364 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:44.960 Georgia ten. There's a few seconds for remaining in the game. 365 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:48.440 But the Louisiana Attorney General did clarify and say the 366 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.319 reason she thought it should be postponed until Friday was 367 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:54.160 because people in New Orleans needed more time to grieve 368 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:57.920 and deal with the attack that left fifteen people dead 369 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:00.759 and at least thirty five injured, and she said that 370 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:04.160 they were still actually, at least at some point today, 371 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:08.400 still cleaning up bodies off the street. Hours after that, 372 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:10.759 I think before the Sugar Bowl, Bourbon Street did open 373 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.519 again in New Orleans, and obviously the majority of people 374 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.640 in the state, or those making decisions anyways, decided to 375 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:19.880 keep the Sugar Bowl and keep it on going. And 376 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:23.960 I think that's always the American debate when we talk 377 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:28.440 about terrorist attacks on our nation, is keeping our country 378 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:32.000 going how we're used to doing things, and not closing 379 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:35.160 down everything and not letting terrorists think that they can 380 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:38.799 control what we do and what we celebrate and where 381 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:41.279 we go and how we live our lives. I think 382 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:44.680 that commonly becomes the American position is to say, you know, 383 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:47.079 maybe for twenty four hours, we'll shut something down. We're 384 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:49.319 definitely going to investigate, we're definitely going to catch you 385 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:52.519 and take you down, but we're not going to let 386 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:55.519 you stop our way of life. You know, I think 387 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:58.839 the attorney Chantal had a perfectly reasonable position to say that, 388 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:01.200 you know, give give Louise, give the state, give the 389 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:04.160 people twenty four more hours, and postponed by two days. 390 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:06.039 But that's not what they ended up doing, and so 391 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:09.359 the Sugar Bowl is probably ending as we speak right now, 392 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:11.039 with Notre Dame winning. 393 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.599 When we talk. 394 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:15.200 About sports, everyone who ever listens to me knows that 395 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:17.880 Dan is far more an expert on sports than I am. 396 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:20.039 But on New Year's I've actually got to go to 397 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:24.079 an Avalanche game with my husband. He got some tickets 398 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:26.079 from someone he works with, which was really really great 399 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:28.640 because actually the guy who had the tickets has had 400 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:32.359 thirty year season tickets with four seats down the ice 401 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:34.920