This episode of The Kim Monson Show covers a wide range of issues impacting Colorado and the nation—from local legislation and grassroots engagement to national policy concerns and personal freedoms.
Kim highlights a controversial Colorado bill that would tax vacant land at a higher rate, raising concerns about government overreach and unequal treatment under the law. Citizen advocate Mike Rolick breaks down how this policy could reshape property rights and local development.
The show also features Melissa Ogburn of United Community Leaders of Colorado, sharing opportunities for grassroots involvement and ways citizens can take action in their communities.
Later, automotive expert Lauren
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It’s the Kim Monson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
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The socialization of transportation, education, energy, housing, and water. What it means is that government controls it through rules and regulations.
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The latest in politics and world affairs.
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Under this guise of bipartisanship and nonpartisanship, it’s actually tapping down the truth.
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Today’s current opinions and ideas.
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On an equal field in the battle of ideas, mistruths and misconceptions is getting us into a world of hurt.
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Is it freedom or is it force? Let’s have a conversation.
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Indeed. Let’s have a conversation. And welcome to the Kim Monson Show. Thank you so much for joining us. You each are treasured. You’re valued. You have purpose. Today’s drive for excellence. Take care of your heart, your soul, your mind, and your body, my friends. We were made for this moment in history. Thank you to the team. That’s Producer Joe, Luke, Rachel, Zach, Echo, Charlie, Mike, Amanda, and all the people here at Crawford Broadcasting. Happy Wednesday, Producer Joe. Happy Wednesday, Kim. And it is Wednesday. So it is wings day at Hooters restaurants and their locations are Loveland, Westminster, and Aurora. You buy 20 wings, you get an additional 10 for free. They are famous for their wings and that’s for to go or to dine in. And a great, great way to have them handle most of the cooking. And Hooters restaurants is a great sponsor of both the Kim Monson show and America’s veteran stories. Uh, they’ve been sponsors since before the Kim Monson show. And, uh, Got to know them when I was on city council because there was an issue regarding PBIs, politicians, bureaucrats, and interested parties trying to tap down freedom and free markets and capitalism. And that is how I got to know them. And they are great sponsors of the show. And I greatly appreciate Hooters restaurants. They also have great fish and chips and nachos for their specials Monday through Friday for lunch. And then a great happy hour as well. Check out the website and join us. The community is open. After three years of work, we have opened up the other two presses. We call it the three presses. We have the broadcast show. We’ve got the community. And many of you are joining us. There’s three different levels, $50 a year, $100 a year, or $200 a year. And it’s a place where we connect and communicate and converse and contemplate these important ideas. It is a modern salon. and it is amazing. Zach has really built this, and I thank him for his vision on this. This is really amazing. So join us. Our first town hall is this coming Tuesday, the 21st, with John Eastman. We’ll talk about birthright citizenship. He is a constitutional expert. He was also Trump’s attorney. I’ll talk about the conversation that he had with trump and mike pence on january 4th before january 6th and it’s interactive as well and so join us to partake in that and then our first class will open next thursday the 23rd alan thomas who is a student of the federalist papers will be teaching a course on the federalist papers the first half of the federalist papers and how they’re relevant to today and so join us and um I’m really excited about this. Make sure while you’re at the website also, even if you are signed up for our weekly email newsletter that goes out on Sundays, sign up for our daily digest that we’ll be starting that probably the first part of May. We’ve just been busy with other things. But do check out the articles because we are writing extensively on major issues. And this is with great journalistic integrity, showing both sides of the issue, giving you our sources, the editorial component. You know that that’s it. That’s my opinion. And so make sure you’re signed up for the Daily Digest, but check out our news articles as well. You can email me at kim at kimMonson.com. The text line is 720-605-0647. Last segment of the second hour. Trent Luce is our guest, but we will be taking Collins that last segment about 747. So you can give us a call at 303-477-5600. And I thank all of you who support us because we are an independent voice on an independent station searching for truth and clarity as we look at these issues through the lens of freedom versus force, force versus freedom. If something’s a good idea, you should not have to force people to do it. And it’s not compassionate nor altruistic to take other people’s stuff, whether or not it’s their rights, their property, freedom, livelihood, opportunity, childhood, or lives via force. And obviously it can be a weapon, but we see it with policy, unpredictable and excessive taxation, fees, fear, coercion, government-induced inflation, legislation, the World Economic Forum and globalist elites and their agenda that It plays out at the U.N., but all the way to municipalities and school districts as well. And then we see it big time down at the Colorado State Legislature and with this governor as well. On this show, we focus on the issues. We’ll mention the people behind the issues, but we stay out of all the personality infighting that happens in politics and with 8th grade girls. Next thing, Colorado Union of Taxpayers, we have created something for you to be engaged. It’s called Cut Engaged. And you can go to coloradotaxpayer.org, click on the Cut Engaged tab at the top, and you can make your voice heard to the bill sponsors and your senator and your representative on typically four to five bills that we have selected to rate each or to, excuse me, to take positions on. each week and yesterday I went through and made my voice heard on five bills and from the time that I logged in or got to the website to when I had made my voice heard on all of those and I just I did not add in commentary I know that Meg does when she does that but I did not add in commentary because we already have the cut commentary there and And I was able to make my voice heard on those five bills within four minutes and four seconds. Everybody, everybody has five minutes to make your voice heard. And we’ve invested in this to help you be able to do that. Now, I did want to give a shout out to Gammy because she takes the time to read all the bill, many of the bills. She reads them. She takes positions. She makes her voice heard. And she’s kind of one in a million on that. And I thank her for doing that. We all, not all of us can do that. So that’s why we have CUT engaged. And see if you can do, have your voice heard in less than five minutes. That’s your challenge. And I want to say thank you to my fellow CUT board members. That is Steve, and these are all volunteers. Steve Dorman, Greg Liansky, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, Marty Nielsen, Ramey Johnson, Mary Jansen, Dave Evans, Corey Onozorg, Paula Beard, and Ray Beard. It is amazing what this group of people are doing to watch legislation, to inform you, and join us. It’s only $25 a year. so that you can have your shortcut to understand what is happening down at the state legislature. And we are blessed with great sponsors, and Laramie Energy is a goal sponsor of the show, and they are also a goal sponsor of the Kim Monson Community and Newsroom. 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Hello, how are you doing today?
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Yeah, so a lot of homes usually don’t have adequate lighting when it was built. You’ll get the occasional light around the front, the garage, and then the back porch, but a lot of times houses need more than that, whether that’s from putting additional lighting on extended balconies and wraparound porches, accent lighting on walkways from the house to any External garages or shops or things like that, as well as illuminating long driveways, gate entrances and stuff in that category.
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Well, and I know that people… think a lot about conserving energy, conserving power. However, I do think that lighting really is, is good for security. In fact, I saw something on next door just the other day that they said that there was a car driving around looking for houses that were dark. And then they were concerned that they were going to be broken into or something. So I think that lighting is a good investment in, For security.
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Yeah, and especially with LED light being so popular now, lighting doesn’t take nearly the electrical draw that it used to. So having lights on at night or while you’re away from the house should no longer make a significant impact on your electric bill as well.
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Okay. And light bulbs. You mentioned the LED light bulbs. And I became frustrated when I think people should have choices on their light bulbs. And when the government got involved in telling us which light bulbs we could have, I’m like, I don’t know that I like that. And I didn’t really like the LED light bulbs initially. Remember the Curly Q1s? And they said you had to be careful about how you disposed of them. But they’ve improved a lot since then, yes? Yes.
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Yes, and that’s actually a different style light bulb. That is what’s called a compact fluorescent, which is what older style bulbs used to see in stores and restaurants and things like that, the long tubes. They had made that accessible for residential use. LED light bulbs that are out now are actually a different style bulb. where the diode is directly on a board and shines a light, versus the compact fluorescent was a lot like the traditional incandescent in the fact that it was an actual filament that could expire or go bad in a much quicker timeframe. But I do agree the compact fluorescent was never a good alternative. And we tend to shy away from using fluorescent as well as the company.
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Okay. Next thing, I’m kind of a lighting snob, if you will, and I like warm light. And a lot of the LED bulbs seem to be much starker. So are there options in that arena?
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Yeah. So there’s actually four or five different warmness options for LED bulbs. A lot of times the standard bulb will come with a higher setting, which a lot of people tend to not like. The lower the setting or the option, the more traditional the warmness looks coming out of the bulb. I find that a lot of times what you have to do is spend a little bit of extra money on the bulbs themselves to either get a color selectable option so you can choose which of the colors work best for that environment, whether it be like a bathroom or a kitchen or a living room, or just to make sure that you’re buying LED bulbs that are the style that you would like.
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Okay. And I didn’t realize there were different kind of levels of that. If I like warm lighting, what would be the level I would be trying to look for?
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So the range is from 2,700 K to, to 6,000K, the higher the number, the more fluorescent or blue the look is going to be. So traditionally around the 3,000 to 4,000 is the most popular, 4,000 being kind of that middle ground between good modern bright lighting and the traditional warmness. When you get down to around 3,000 or 2,700K, That’s going to be the very gold, yellow, traditional look of a light bulb.
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Okay. Gosh, that’s really great to know. Now, Carl, you do so many things at Radiance Power. So obviously lighting, but you do electrical panel and service upgrades, generator installation. How can people schedule a complimentary appointment if they are in need of any of these services?
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And that website is radiancepower.net. Carl, thanks so much. We’ll talk with you next week.
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Yeah, that sounds great.
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Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. I blew right through the quote of the day. It’s from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and I selected it because the quote at the end of the show is from Jenny, one of our great listeners. But Longfellow was born in 1807. He died in 1882. He was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems Paul Revere’s Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely translate Dante’s Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England. He said this, he said, it takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong. And our word of the day is from Dave, another great listener, and the word is vouchsafe. It’s V-O-U-C-H-S-A-F-E, and it is to guarantee a safe, to grant as a favor, to bestow, or to concede. And we need to vouchsafe our children’s futures. And one of the ways to do that is to become involved. And I’m pleased to have on the line with me, Melissa Ogburn. She is the founder and president of United Community Leaders of Colorado. She’s got an event coming up. Melissa, welcome to the show.
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Good morning, Kim. Thank you for having me. It’s always a joy to speak with you and your listeners. So I really thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to listen to me this morning. And I’m really excited to talk about United Community Leaders of Colorado or UCLC because that’s a lot easier to write. So we call it UCLC a lot. UCLC is a 501c4 organization here in Colorado. And I just want to give you a little background on it. I started this organization about four years ago because for even longer than that, I was very frustrated with the direction our state was going. And I bet some of your listeners are feeling the same way. We’re not defending life or faith or family or freedom in Colorado. It’s been a trend in the wrong direction. And I finally got to the point where I thought I can no longer just sit by the sidelines and watch what’s happening. I need to get involved. And I started meeting some amazing people doing really amazing things in our state, just like your show is. And you inspired me. And I thought that there are people in Colorado who are fighting for life, faith, family, and freedom right here in our state. But really, United Community Leaders was born of the idea that we needed a forum where we could work together. So we now have this organization where we support these grassroots organizations. We bring people together to share ideas, to share resources, but we all need help. You know, we work with a lot of organizations who are fighting for parental rights in Colorado. We work with organizations who are fighting to defend life in Colorado. And all of these organizations that we’re working with need help. So we have an event coming up on this Saturday, Saturday, April 18th. It’s from 2 to 4 in the afternoon at Moore Coffee House in Greenwood Village. And the idea for this event, we call it a meet and mingle. So this is an opportunity for the public to get involved. We have members there representing different organizations. So if you are interested in what can I do in Colorado to help move us back to the right direction that our state needs to move, this would be a great opportunity to see what other organizations are doing and to get involved. It’s free of cost, so no worries on cost. We do have a ticket lease site just for an RSVP. If you don’t have time to RSVP, it doesn’t matter. We want you there. We will have some food and drinks, so we thought it would be helpful to RSVP just so we have enough stuff. But really, we just want people there. So again, it’s this Saturday. two to four in the afternoon at more coffee house in greenwood village and how do you spell more is it m-o-o-r-e or or nope just m-o-r-e like i need more coffee okay so yeah great And we also have a website, unitedcommunityleaders.org. You can find us on there.
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Okay. Unitedcommunityleaders.org. Melissa, thank you so much. I have got another event and I’m not going to be able to make it. If I didn’t have that going on, I would be there. So thank you so much. Oh, thank you. And thank you for your time this morning. Absolutely. And let’s jump over here to Mike Rolick. Mike Rolick, you know him. He is with Ralston Valley Coalition. He’s an engaged citizen. And Mike Rolick, what do we need to know that’s going on right now?
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Kim, good morning. Well, I just found out today we wanted to talk about smart water meters and such. But today, House Bill 26-1119 is going to be heard in the House finances. committee. I don’t know if you’re familiar with this one, but this smacks of using taxes to shape behavior.
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Okay. Let me see if I’m not real. Okay. So tell us about this and let me see if cut took a position on that. I don’t know if we did or not.
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Okay. Yeah, no, I’d love for you to check that. So basically what they’re looking to do, this bill would allow the state to allow county land assessors to do a split mill levy rate if you have improvements or not or don’t have improvements on your land so they want to tax vacant land at a higher rate to suggest that you might want to build on your land and actually use it and they say that it’ll cut down on land speculation however i think the other problem here is if i bought my land and i’m not ready to build on it yet you’re going to penalize me because it’s empty And I think that there’s a real problem with punishing somebody with a higher cost because they weren’t able to do something with their land yet. They say that they’ll exempt mining and agricultural land, but agricultural land is pretty ill-defined. And as we’re seeing throughout these new comprehensive master plans and zoning, you’re starting to lose the agricultural zoning classification in certain areas, but agriculture will be a sub category of say rural residential. So I, you know, this is an interesting problem as well, beyond just the using taxes to shape behavior is they’re using definitions that might not exist in the local realm anymore because you’re not, like I said, you’re starting to lose a glance, but it, It’s a very interesting problem here because they talk about how – I’ll read directly from the bill. Split-rate property taxation incentivizes more efficient land use and development patterns by encouraging construction on vacant lots and field development and higher-density construction in areas with existing infrastructure, thereby reducing urban sprawl, lowering per-unit land costs, and minimizing environmental impacts. associated with development on the urban fringe. Research and experience from jurisdictions have implemented split-rate property taxation to demonstrate that this policy can meaningfully boost housing construction while simultaneously reducing tax burdens for the majority of property owners who have invested in improving their land. And then they talk about Harrisburg. And what I find is really interesting here, too, if we get down to it, they mentioned economist Joseph Stiglitz, And they put him in the same category with Milton Friedman and Adam Smith. And then Paul Krugman is linked in there as well. So what I find very, very disingenuous about mentioning Milton Friedman in here is he had mentioned, and I’ll read the quote, that split rate mill levies are one of the least bad taxes. And he went on in this same speech in 1978 to espouse for actual flat rate tax as well. So to use Milton Friedman by saying he supports this, just by saying it’s one of the least bad taxes, it doesn’t really denote support at all. Yeah, did you happen to find the cut position on this? I did.
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So we took a position on this, and you can find that at our website. And this is our commentary on it. It says, although cut board members did not have a 100% consensus, the majority were in opposition to this bill. The concern is this bill would, in effect, manipulate the real estate market by creating a tax structure favoring high-density projects. It creates a separate lower mill levy to be assessed on land that has improvements. It also places unfunded mandates on local governments to track and have different mill levies on the land and structures separately. The Colorado Assessors Association has issued a police kill to this bill. And Mike, I remember several years ago that my city, Lone Tree, was requiring that vacant land be registered. And I thought, well, that’s odd. And so we need to be paying, and I’ve not been paying as much attention to local government as… I kind of stepped away and I’m not going to do that anymore. In fact, I’ve we’ve got an election coming up and I have reached out to the candidates. I actually had one candidate that reached out to me for coffee and I thought I need to know what the competitors are up to as well. So I’m having coffee with these candidates today. And I thought this is the way, and this, I think this is probably because I’ve had so many conversations with you is you have been non adversarial on, uh, you know, speaking with electeds and, uh, bureaucrats on these different issues. And, uh, you’ve worked out, you’ve worked to have relationships with them. And that’s how I think you’ve gotten results. Mike Raleigh.
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Well, well, sure. Yeah. I mean, uh, Look, people’s brain patterns are different by nature. Being adversarial does not solve anything. I’m always going to see something differently than everybody else, right? We’re all unique humans. But how do we work together to say, these are the things that bother me or disturb me. Can you see a little bit of my point in here? And where in the framework of freedom am I allowed to coexist with you and or anyone else who sees something slightly differently. And that’s what’s so fascinating about this. And being non-adversarial and fact-driven and showing holes in a situation, I think, is a really good way to go. And I’ll give you a quick example here regarding data centers. When speaking to Nevada City Council, both individually and at the public comment time, They have a setback of 300 feet from residential zone districts. Not bad. Data centers and the noise and the 24-7 type of hustle and bustle of a data center and homes probably should be separated so people can have good health and what have you. But it says residential zone districts. All their mixed-use districts include residential as a conditional use, but they’re not technically residential zones. there’s a gap. And by bringing up something like that in a noncombatant way, just saying, hey, look, there’s a gap here that could be excluded. Is this what you intended to only have residential zone districts be included in the setback or all residents, wherever they might be, regardless of the type of district that they live in, are they all going to be on an equal playing field and have the equal 300 foot buffer? Things like that. And they’re like, wow, you know, We didn’t know that. We didn’t see that. There’s a lot of code to read through. So instead of assuming that there was a purposeful plan there, it’s just, hey, yeah, that’s a technicality. We missed that. Let’s work on that. But with this type of thing, with taking a tax and saying, gosh, Kim, you bought vacant land and you’re not able to prepare it for five years. Maybe because you’re finishing other financial obligations within your family. Maybe you’re helping kids go through college. Maybe you’re paying for a medical bill that you didn’t expect or something else came up. But during that time, because you’re not improving land, we’re going to punish you at a higher rate, though we do not know. If you’re going through personal economic direct, we’re going to hurt you.
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This is so, so bad. And so you can make your voice heard. That’s House Bill 26-1119. And this is antithetical to the Declaration of Independence that we’re all created equal. That means we’re to be treated equally under the law. And this is not doing that. Mike Rolick, we’re out of time. We’ll talk with you next week. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. And again, make your voice heard on House Bill 26-1119. And these discussions happen because of our great sponsors. We’ll be right back.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N dot com. And as you know, one of the nonprofits that I support on a regular basis is the Center for American Values located in Pueblo. They’re having a great event today on values presentation by Lieutenant Colonel Allen West. And you can attend in person. They are located on the Riverwalk in Pueblo. or online, and to make your reservation or check that out, go to AmericanValueCenter.org. We’re talking with Lauren Fix, and she is the founder of Car Coach Reports, and she’s everything knowledgeable regarding car Our vehicle, she’s nationally recognized as an automotive expert, media guest, journalist, author, keynote speaker, and television host. And she provides an insider’s perspective on a wide range of automotive topics and safety issues for both the auto industry and consumers. Her analysis is always honest and straightforward. Lauren Fix, welcome to the show. Well, thanks for having me back, Kim. And you recently posted something. Minnesota’s out of their minds. But the article is that Minnesota is one step away from banning classic cars. And you said, if you think that this is just some paperwork on legislation, think again. What is going on here?
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Well, this seems to be something that typically you would see in a state like New York or California. No, in this case, classic cars are something that a lot of people have. Like you may have a friend that’s got a Model T or a Mustang or a Porsche or, you know, it could just be a car that’s older. that you only take out every once in a while, something that brings back memories, something you enjoy. It’s an investment in many cases. A lot of people do invest in cars rather than in the stock market. It’s a little bit more fun to drive your investment. Well, Minnesota is about ready to make some changes there. See, what they do is the same thing a lot of states do. Even here in New York, I’m sure Colorado has a program as well. If you’ve got an older vehicle, maybe something that is very special, and you maybe use it a couple car shows a year. Maybe you take it out for a cruise, go for ice cream a couple times. It’s just one of those things you enjoy. It makes you happy. Well, Minnesota’s about ready to change that because you can get special plates, and you’ve seen them. They’re historic, or they say classic. They’re different colors, typically, and you pay a discounted rate because you’re only using them cars a couple times a year. Well, Minnesota decided to rewrite their rule on that, and that’s Minnesota HF 3865. It’s actually taken off because when I posted the story, I thought, well, it won’t do so great. It’s only Minnesota. Only people that live there care. Oh, no. It got to Lato’s Law. It got to a whole bunch of different other websites. It’s got a ton of coverage. And I was surprised because the interesting thing is a lifetime member of the AACA, which is the Antique Automobile Club of America. My husband shows cars at everything from Hershey to Temple Beach, Amelia, all these high-end car shows. People that have these cars will drive certain cars at certain times, but they’re saying, no, no, no. You can only drive them on weekends. Now this is Minnesota’s new rule. And there’s a lot of pushback. You can only drive them Saturday from sunup to sundown, and they can only be driven going to car shows or events. That’s it. Not charity events, not cars and coffees, not to go for an ice cream, but they can only be used for parades and car shows. And again, people are like, well, that doesn’t make sense because people that own these cars, what, what if you replace the brakes and you want to test it? Can’t do that. What if you decide you want to, I want to go to your house. Kim, I want, you’re having a party. I thought I’d drive my 65 Mustang over there. Oh, can’t do that. You know, even if it’s a weeknight, it’s gotta be a weekend and only certain times of the year, because you’re already restricted in a state like Minnesota. You’re not going to drive the car in March. It’s still snow on the ground. There’s still salt on the road. Typically it, it, Maybe we’ll say, depending on where you are in the country, between like April and maybe October. And then you put it away. You put it on a trickle charger and, you know, you keep it for that next special time. But they want to restrict that even too. And the reason is because some genius decided they wanted to rewrite a law that had no problem.
SPEAKER 22 : 40:12
What is the reasoning on this? Is there any reasoning on it?
SPEAKER 05 : 40:18
No. Well… It’s anti-car people is what it really is. But you think, oh, well, that’s only Minnesota. I don’t live in Minnesota. I’m in Colorado or I live in New York. No, no, no, no, no. They monitor each other. When California does something moronic, don’t worry, New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, Colorado, they all follow suit. And exactly what you’re seeing here is you’re seeing if they can get away with it. So you try it in a state where it’s not so obvious unless someone like me reports on it. And then you see what happens. Did we get pushback? Oh, we flipped that one through. Let’s try another restriction that you can’t drive these cars at all. And that’s exactly how they start. They start with something small. Other states watch. It’s typically 17 to 20 states that monitor what other states are doing that is stupid. And this is one of those stupid rules. And upsetting their residents, the people that elect these geniuses or supposedly do, um and this is this is how they start they play this state like minnesota if it works and suddenly california new york new jersey everybody else picks up on this and this is a problem because believe it or not you may not realize this but the collector car industry just people that own everything from a ferrari to a model t um this is billions of dollars a year it it affects even the state of colorado there’s people that make parts and components that do restorations There’s so much, there’s some beautiful museums in Colorado that I’ve been to. But you’re saying that you could never take that car out except for on a weekend. Don’t worry, Colorado’s watching and they’ll be next in line.
SPEAKER 22 : 41:47
As you say, these geniuses at the legislature in Minnesota, meanwhile, back at the ranch. You’ve got the Somali community that has been bilking Minnesotans out of their hard-earned tax money. And this is what the legislators are concerned about. And it comes down to a freedom issue. And to your point, they do not want us to have freedom of mobility to be able to go where we want to when we want to. And so that’s what this is about. This is a big, much bigger issue. This is a freedom issue is what it is. Lauren Fix. You’re correct.
SPEAKER 05 : 42:26
And if you want to follow what’s going on in the Somalia thing, people like Nick Shirley, Project Veritas, O’Keefe Media Group, they’ve been putting out some really great content that’s worth going online and finding that. Typically, you can find it on YouTube or Rumble or on X. It’s interesting to see what they’re up to when they’re losing billions of dollars like that. So how do they make up the difference? We charge the people that live here. We make their life miserable in order to fund some of the losses they’re taking on this so that they can get reelected. You start to think to yourself, this is how they’re getting reelected? Hmm, how is this money getting filtered? Typically, it ends up going to the people that make these stupid rules. And that’s why I’m always so concerned when I see these types of things that you’re talking about. When you restrict people’s freedom, their freedom to move, which is what U.S. is all about, you start realizing why, because I can control you. It’s always about control. And if they can take away your happiness and your freedom, you’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy. Yeah, I think we’ve heard that once before.
SPEAKER 22 : 43:26
I think we heard that from the World Economic Forum. So we’re going to continue the discussion with Lauren Fix. And Lauren, I’ve been thinking a lot about these kill switches and also the control of our movement. And so I want to find out what you want people to know for sure. But I want to talk about the kill switches when we come back as well. And these discussions happen because of our great sponsors. One of those is Lauren Levy for Everything Mortgages.
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And welcome back to the Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is Kim Monson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And go over to the USMC Memorial Foundation’s website. They have their big fundraiser. It will be May 14th. It’s a golf tournament out at the Ridge and Castle Pines. If you’re not a golfer, you can buy a ticket for lunch and support the USMC Memorial Foundation. Or otherwise, if you are a golfer, Get your foursome together and sign up at usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And then also wanted to mention Mint Financial Strategies because your financial freedom is shaped by more than numbers. It’s shaped by planning for the realities of your life. And Jody Hensley and their team can help you assist that reality and plan for your future and help you to navigate through your emotions on the economy and your career and the market. So give them a call. That number is 303-285-3080. It is your step to financial freedom. We’re talking with Lauren Fix of Car Coach Reports. Before we get into all of that, where can people find you, Lauren Fix?
SPEAKER 05 : 47:28
You can find me on all forms of social media at Car Coach Reports. If you prefer to go to the website, you can go to that for carcoachreports.com. On YouTube, all my car reviews are at Carsmart. And that’s plural. And we put up car reviews two to three times a week of what’s new going on. 26 and 27 models already. We’re way ahead. We covered the New York Auto Show. And then, of course, if you don’t like YouTube, some people don’t, you can find me also on Rumble, where I put them all on one channel, including our radio show called The Drive with Lauren and Carl. You can find that also at the Drive Car Show. So we’re busy putting out tons of content depending upon how you like to consume it. Do you like little nuggets or do you need longer videos? We have all of that for you.
SPEAKER 22 : 48:11
Well, and underlying in all this is freedom, the freedom of movement, the freedom to be able to go where you want to, when you want to. And I was driving around the other day. My vehicle is older. I still have a key that I have to put in the ignition. And I want to keep this vehicle for as long as possible because I realize that when you Press that button to start your car. In the conversations that we’re having with data and these data centers, I realize that we need to certainly be, from a national security standpoint, to be a leader in that field. But these data centers aren’t for… national security. They are to watch what we’re doing. And so when you put your finger on that button, there’s going to be all kinds of things that they can read about you and determine whether or not you can start your car, right?
SPEAKER 05 : 49:10
That is true. And also, be forewarned, your phone’s already listening. So why I have older cars also that actually have a key for the door and a key for the ignition, which I have no problem with because those cars are going to be very desired as more and more technology comes into play. And you think, well, this car is monitoring my eyes. Well, my car doesn’t. And yours probably doesn’t either. But I will tell you that the newer vehicles, and I have actually said this in some of my reviews, That you’re tracking your eyes, and it used to be blatantly obvious with a little box that was on top of the steering column. It would see, and, oh, you might want to take a break. You might get a notification. You might want to take a break for a cup of coffee. Well, that’s now built into rearview mirrors, built into the gauge pods, so you don’t see it because it was obvious. And I purposely wear mirrored sunglasses when I review cars, and a lot of times I’ll get notifications, and we kind of laugh about it. They’d say, I can’t see your eyes. Please sit up higher. You’re blocking the vision. So it’s trying to see your eyes. It wants to track that. And you think, okay, well, yeah, I should keep my eyes on the road. That’s a good thing. But what it’s also doing now is listening in your car, so is your phone, tracking your eyes, as you know, and it’s taking this data and deciding whether you’re a safe driver or not. And you think, well, when did that go through? Well, believe it or not, that was the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act under Joe Biden in 2021. If you’d like to look it up, it is section 24220. I’ve been covering this for a long time. Just go on the internet, put in Kill Switch and Lauren Fix, and you will find tons of information. I’ve been on the forefront of this. And I’ve actually talked to people at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They’re going to be required to put in what they’re calling advanced impaired driving technology. Now, this was passed under the guise of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, which has been infiltrated with a lot of people that want to control your freedom. Nobody, and I repeat, nobody wants you driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or anything. That’s not what this is about. That’s how they passed it. But the reality of it is that push button start that you were just talking about is going to be able to detect whether you’ve got alcohol in your system. And if it thinks it does, I wasn’t drinking. I just had my nails done. or I was cleaning paint off a paintbrush, or I don’t know, I was washing my hands with some product that may have alcohol in it, including like those hand sanitizers have alcohol in them. Your car will assume you are under the influence of something and it will not start. And this technology is not 100% evolved yet, but everything else is. The listening, the monitoring, the making decisions, and all that’s done by a computer. It’s not a person sitting in Detroit going, oh, look at that. Kim seems distracted. She’s having a tough day. We’re not going to let her start the car. It’s not that. It’s actually a computer making decisions on you as a driver, whether you will be safe on the road. And if it feels it’s not, your vehicle won’t start. Or if you’re driving and maybe somebody calls you, somebody’s in an accident, something happens and you’re like, oh my gosh, you know, this happens to all of us, right? Oh my gosh, where do I have to be? I’ll be there to help. And then your car puts on its four ways, pulls over to the side of the road and you’re stuck. So what do you do if you’re a first responder, a firefighter, a police officer? It’s going to be everybody. They’re not separating us and them. And this includes everyone. So I was on the Tudor Dixon podcast discussing this, and she asked me, have you followed the money? I said, you know, that’s a really good question. So Congress has directed $45 million so far between 2022 and 2025 to create this type of technology. So I want to know who’s building the technology. Of course, it’s car companies, so they’re getting a little bit of money out of this. But the money flows through NHTSA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, via grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with universities and nonprofit groups. Aha. That’s where the money goes. Why does a nonprofit group need to be getting money off of this? It does not go directly to automakers to install these systems in cars. It’s going to be run through research groups. These are the people, this is just like the Somali thing. Same thing you were just talking about. Where is all of this money going? It’s going to be billions of dollars. This is going to be in the next round of funding. And they go to groups that have names like driver alcohol detection systems LLC, which is basically nothing. Dad’s against drunk driving. Mom’s against drunk driving. Pick a group. Create a group. We can call it the Drivers Against Drunk Driving. We can create any group we want. But right now, the DADDF, whatever the heck these people in their 50-letter acronyms, have received over $100 million in federal funding. All to create passive alcohol detection systems. Somebody just bought a new Ferrari and went on a vacation and we paid for it.
SPEAKER 22 : 54:03
Yes. And how is it that we have roads and highways that are in disrepair? We need to stop these government grants. Okay, we’ve got a couple of minutes left. What can we do about this, Lauren Fixx?
SPEAKER 05 : 54:22
That is the problem. I have tried talking to a lot of different people, trying to get people’s attention on this. Thomas Maskey was working on it. Byron Donald, who’s running for governor of Florida. I hope he wins. He’s been working on this. Senators and representatives trying to get this unfunded. The problem is once the money goes into NHTSA, they can make a decision on where it goes. They can limit the funding to basically nothing. and say, yeah, we’re working on it, but the next administration could go the other direction. What we need to do is strip it out and completely defund it. It has been tried multiple times. A representative out of Pennsylvania, Stephen Perry, has tried. Everyone has tried. And the problem is, is this Mothers Against Drunk Driving group, which has now been infiltrated by a bunch of these nonprofit people, have said, oh, no, no, no, no. We’re going to fund this. And they’ve been infiltrating the auto industry, too, just trying to get people to give positive coverage in their defense. There’s other ways of handling. There are already 35 devices out there that can stop you from drinking while driving or a car just won’t start. You putting it on a new car makes you guilty until proven innocent. So you buy a brand new car. You don’t drink. I don’t drink. And then I get in the car and it says, oh, you can’t. You seem stressed today. What? You know, I need to get to work. And now I’m really stressed. I need to get to the airport. And when you hit those stress levels, you get more and more stressed and your car doesn’t run. It’s like having a flat tire. And the thing is, a car is going to make a decision. So once your car doesn’t start, you think, well, there must be a reset button. Nope. That hasn’t been decided into the software either. So you can’t call the car manufacturer, the police department, the dealership. No one can help you. You have to wait until the car decides to reset. And there’s no set time on that either. But again, we’re funding millions of dollars already into this. Where is the money going and why are we doing this?
SPEAKER 22 : 56:18
Well, I’m particularly asking that question because today is April 15th and hardworking Americans across the country are paying their taxes today. So, Lauren Fix, we’re out of time. We’ll talk with you next month. And thank you for the amazing work that you do.
SPEAKER 05 : 56:36
Thank you very much. I appreciate the support.
SPEAKER 22 : 56:39
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And I chose that because another great listener, Jenny had, um, uh, given me a quote for, uh, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, which I have at the end of the show. But he was born in 1807. He died in 1882. He was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems Paul Revere’s Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely translate Dante’s Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England. And his quote is this, “‘It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong.'” And our bill of the day is House Bill 1119. Mike Rolick mentioned this. This is, let’s see, the sponsors on this are Stephen Woodrow, Democrat, and Nick Hendrickson, Democrat. And this is our statement from CUT. It says, although CUT board members did not have a 100% consensus, the majority were in opposition to this bill. 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And that is Lauren Levy for Everything Mortgages. Lauren, welcome.
SPEAKER 06 : 65:05
Hey, good morning, Kim.
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It is good to have you. And the last few weeks we’ve talked about, I would say volatility in the interest rate market, the mortgage market, and it’s been because of the Iran war. What’s it look like this week?
SPEAKER 06 : 65:22
It looks like more volatility, which, you know, we’re just learning to deal with. I was just reading before I came on, uh, you know, they measure mortgages in the country volume on a weekly basis. And, uh, this past week rates really in the last couple of days have just ticked down ever so slightly, which has created opportunities for people. So I was just reading that, you know, mortgages, it’s not a lot, but you know, week over week and year over year up by just a couple of percent, as far as people being able to refinance, it’s more refinances than purchases. I think some people, on the purchase side, are just a little bit, you know, weary of what might be going on with the economy in general because of gas prices and things, and they’re maybe just slowing things down. But like we talk about all the time, Kim, the opportunity is there to get pre-qualified if you’re interested or to look to see, you know, I was saying, I believe last week I got a call from a listener who just wanted to have a family member be ready. So they sent me their mortgage statement. It’s not a good time for them to refinance, but now they’re on my list and we’re ready to go should rates show themselves. So, you know, that opportunity is always there.
SPEAKER 22 : 66:29
Well, and to be prepared. To do the job right, going back to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and one of the ways to do a job right is to be prepared. So I’m so glad that this listener has called you. They’re on your list as you are watching these interest rates move around. And Lauren, you work with a number of different companies and can help people in 49 of the 50 states, just not New York. I think that is pretty amazing that you have all of this flexibility, all of these different choices for people.
SPEAKER 06 : 67:03
Yeah. And quite frankly, different lenders specialize in different things. Not all people’s loans are the same. Not all people live in the same type of properties. Not all people have the same style of income, whether it be a W2 person versus self-employed person versus someone who primarily has real estate income. There’s different types of borrowers out there. So for that, there’s not a one size fits all lender. There’s a lot of different lenders out there that specialize and have better opportunities or better guidelines that favor certain people. And so that’s the point of having all these different lenders at our disposal is we can listen to the borrower and then find a suitable lender that’s going to get them the best deal.
SPEAKER 22 : 67:40
Well, I think that’s really important. So if people want to get ready to possibly refinance or do a reverse mortgage or buy a new home, what’s the best way for people to reach you?
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The best way is always just give us a call to office 303-880-8881.
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And that’s Lorne Levy for Everything Mortgages. And that number is 303-880-8881. And you and Karen are going to be in studio next week. So we’ll get to see you then.
SPEAKER 06 : 68:09
Awesome. Looking forward to it. Thank you so much.
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SPEAKER 22 : 71:27
And welcome back to The Kim Monson Show. Be sure and check out our website. That is KimMonson, M-O-N-S-O-N.com. And check out the website for the Center for American Values. The center is located in Pueblo, and they do a lot of great things, educational programs, honoring our Medal of Honor recipients, but also doing On Values presentations. There is one today at 4 o’clock, and it is Lieutenant Colonel Allen West will be presenting. And you can RSVP to attend in person, or you can watch it online. The way to sign up or RSVP is to go to AmericanValueCenter.org. That’s AmericanValueCenter.org. And it is Wednesday, so that means it’s a Trent Luce Wednesday. Trent Luce is a rancher from Nebraska who, for… How many years now, Trent Luce, have you been shedding light on the people that feed and fuel us and all the issues that they are facing?
SPEAKER 11 : 72:21
This will be my 147th year.
SPEAKER 22 : 72:28
I thought it was. Congratulations. Thank you.
SPEAKER 16 : 72:33
It’s been a long haul.
SPEAKER 22 : 72:34
It’s a long haul. I thought that actually that you were, never mind, I’m not going to say that. Okay, Trent Luce, first thing, what have you been up to this last week?
SPEAKER 11 : 72:47
Trying to make babies.
SPEAKER 22 : 72:51
Could you clarify, please?
SPEAKER 11 : 72:54
We started our calving season, and so that’s always exciting, and it turns out that we have a big batch of sows and first litter gilts that are farrowing. So it’s springtime. We’re making babies. We’ve made them. Now we’re just bringing them to life, which is 100% about what we do. We enable life and we bring about life.
SPEAKER 22 : 73:18
And those are really the questions every day when we’re looking at politics, when we’re looking at it. And the questions are this, life or death, creation, destruction. These are the things, where do we want to stand? We want to stand on the side of life and creativity and creation because the other side is very, very dark. And so springtime, it is amazing. Birds are singing, the leaves on the trees are singing. Although I hope we do get a snow, which can be hard on the trees with the leaves. But I hope we get one of those big, big snows here soon. Trent Lewis, because it’s a little dry here.
SPEAKER 11 : 73:58
No, that’s an understatement. In fact, just this week, I’m starting to hear people talk about things in a pretty desperate kind of way. And I mean, I got really excited an hour ago. I heard thunder and then we got six drops. on our deck and on the sidewalk. I thought that was really good. But we had a small fire, nothing like the fires that were previous, just north of us, 25 miles last night, I guess. But I talked to some friends who drove down in your old stomping grounds, Quinter and Oak Lake, Kansas, yesterday. The wheat, they said it looks like in that part of the country that if there’s not rain in seven days, the wheat crop’s going to be gone. I talked to three guys this week that not in fire area, but are just dealing with drought and cow country. And if we don’t get rain, we’re going to part with 20, 40 cows. We’re at a very instrumental time right now. And you’re talking about snow, which is needed because that Colorado River is at less than 40%, I believe, of what it should be at this time of year. So There’s a center part of this nation that is in severe state when it comes to moisture. And then I’ve got friends and my family in Illinois and friends in Wisconsin that are trying to figure out how to deal with flooding. So it’s all over the board.
SPEAKER 22 : 75:28
It is all over the board. So we continued prayers for moisture here in the West. Snow, rain, continue to pray for that. although I’ve got to think the good Lord’s a little irritated with all the stuff that we’re doing here in Colorado. When you talk about making babies with the livestock, the idea that here in Colorado that a baby can be… right up until the time of birth. And what happens to that baby is, I don’t think a lot of people understand that they actually dismember the baby many times to do those abortions. This is unconscionable. And I think the good Lord might be a little frustrated with Colorado right now. Trent Luce?
SPEAKER 11 : 76:16
Well, you’ll remember that we had this Supreme Court decision that got everybody all excited about. enabling life and preserving the sanctity of life. And I did not verify this this week, but somebody told me that we had a pretty big bump again nationwide, where we’re close to a million babies being aborted a year in the United States. We get these soundbites from news organizations that lead us in one path or another, and then we don’t follow through. And so it doesn’t do us any good to have some Supreme Court ruling When you’re still killing a million babies in the United States and over 40 million around the world annually. How do we do that?
SPEAKER 22 : 76:59
Well, and we have to continue. We have to engage in the battle of ideas on this. Now, Planned Parenthood has received a grant money for many years. They are in our schools under sex education. And I talked to… Well, actually, young Joe had chimed in. Producer Joe, I said that in the schools, year after year, these young girls are told that if you have an unplanned pregnancy, then your life, your opportunity is over. And Producer Joe said they’re also saying that to young men. So here they’re hearing this, hearing this, hearing this, hearing this, hearing this. And then if they do get to an unplanned pregnancy, then many times pro-life comes in and says, well, don’t abort the baby. But we haven’t been over here in the battle of ideas making the case for life. And I have to ask. So I was driving out of the neighborhood the other day. And I live in an urban area and I looked over and there were some young kids on their bicycles and they were stopped. And I looked over and there was a mama fox and there were four little cubs. Foxes have cubs, don’t they? Isn’t that what they call them? There were four little babies and they were cute as anything and they must have been living in this culvert. And the mother was there looking out, looking over them. And I thought, in nature, and I wanted to ask Trent Luce this question, is there any other species that kills their children? Maybe there are some, but you talk about a mama bear. I saw that fox watching over her little ones. The idea that we have talked women into… aborting their children in America is crazy. And so we’ve got to, we’ve got to engage in this conversation and make the case for life, Trent Lewis. But is there any, any other species out there that doesn’t protect their children?
SPEAKER 11 : 79:04
So we do this every week and it’s funny, a baby fox is by the way, it’s called a kit. Uh, I didn’t know that I’d look it up. Um, You would ask me this question today. How ironic is that? Because we are talking about celebrating life. It could be life of a plant, life of a human, life of an animal. All we harmoniously should work together to promote life, period. So I mentioned that we have a large number of, for us, it’s the biggest glut of sows farrowing this week. The farrowing house is full, like it should be. But I had a gilt farrow yesterday.
SPEAKER 22 : 79:43
Is farrowing, does that mean, is that birthing?
SPEAKER 11 : 79:46
Correct. Yes. Giving birth. And a gilt is a first time litter. A sow is one that has had litters before. That’s the difference. And gilt can sometimes be problematic. And I had this gilt that first litter, she’s never had babies before. And I went in there in the morning. She was doing good. I just kind of ignored her and went back. And she had laid on a few, which happens from time to time. By the end of the day, she had killed five of her own pigs. And I thought, well, she’s just reckless because sows have to be careful when they lay down. And some of them are very good and never lay on a pig. And some of them just are very haphazard and do it. But when I picked up those dead pigs, which is just never an easy thing to do, which is why I can’t get my mind around abortion, taking care of a million, literally a million pigs in my life and still Yesterday was so disheartening. But two of those pigs that I thought were laid on actually were bitten. And one of them I took a picture of because the sow ripped it apart. Sows are the other species that will kill their own.
SPEAKER 22 : 81:01
Okay. But that’s about it then, yes?
SPEAKER 11 : 81:05
The only ones that I know of other than studs are horrible at that as well. And a stud will sometimes kill a colt at birth.
SPEAKER 22 : 81:20
But a stud is not the mom, right?
SPEAKER 11 : 81:24
Right. That’s correct. Stud bred the mare. The mare has the colt. And a stud will sometimes kill the colt at birth. But that is part of nature as well because the stud, doing what a stud does, has instinctively learned that that mare will cycle and heat and he’ll get to breed her quicker if that colt is dead, which I find is an amazing thing of evolution within a species. But I don’t know of any other species that kills their own, but pigs do. Pigs and people, which proves that people are pigs.
SPEAKER 22 : 82:07
I didn’t know that we were going to connect all those dots on that, Trent Luce. Next question. Colorado, we are out of our minds. And what they couldn’t do at the ballot box to try to shut down the commercial fur industry, they now are trying, Polis and company, they’re trying to do this. Via bureaucrats going through the Colorado Department of Wildlife. Are you aware of that at all? I am. Okay. Talk to me about that.
SPEAKER 11 : 82:46
It’s going to continue to come time and time again. It’s no different than the ballot initiative in Oregon. We had a ballot initiative in Colorado, which we got killed. And then last year we had two ballot initiatives. One was statewide. One was just, I believe, Jefferson County alone, the Denver area. And we want to believe that this is all about animal rights. And for 20 years, really, animal rights is what spurred me to do this 26 years ago, which you asked me earlier. It wasn’t actually 147 years. It was 26 years ago. It was animal rights. And my initial thought was that these folks are just coming at us because they love animals and they don’t want us to own animals. And now I recognize that’s not it at all. They are funded by global interests who want to eliminate ownership of all things. And going after fur-bearing animals, going after fur, period, it’s an easy way to generate sentiment to put the camel’s nose under the tent. And when you eliminate fur being sold in Denver, when you introduce wolves into… the Rocky Mountains, and you put a financial hurt on the cattlemen, you chase them out of business, which means you don’t own anything. We are so fast advancing down this path of eliminating ownership, it’s mind-boggling. And so it’s not Polis. Polis is responding to some bigger, well-funded entity that’s tied to the World Economic Forum And I put this in the context of my column this week is about the big money that continues to support alternative protein substances like cell-cultured meat and all of the fake proteins that we’re talking about today. That investment has accelerated significantly, and it’s from people that I can get every single one of them tied back to the World Economic Forum and the whole concept of You will own nothing and be happy.
SPEAKER 22 : 85:00
Well, we talked with Lauren Fix about that as well regarding in Minnesota, there’s legislation to, it’s an attack upon classic cars. And I think that they really are doubling down on this right now because people are starting to pay attention. So we’re going to continue the discussion with Trent Luce about you will own nothing and be happy about it. I don’t think so. And that’s why we need to have conversations regarding all of this. And we have them because of our great sponsors. And we talked with a new sponsor today. And it’s Carl Jones with Radiance Power. And it is evident that he, too, strives for excellence.
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SPEAKER 22 : 88:03
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SPEAKER 11 : 90:20
Well, it just leads to corruption. And I’m probably going to want to talk about it in greater depth next week because I just had a guy contact me that I’m going to go sit down with and put on a broadcast tomorrow. And he had the opportunity for a grant from a state government development corporation. And He got an email from the individual that coordinates that that specified, I’m willing to give you this, whatever, $2 million grant as long as you personally refund me X percent back to me.
SPEAKER 05 : 91:01
Really?
SPEAKER 11 : 91:02
He has the email. I will have possession of that email tomorrow. And that’s where I’m going to leave it until I see it with my own eyes. But that is an example of what I believe takes place all across this country. And I asked every single county commissioner, every single state legislator, every single… I moderated a panel discussion, a forum this week for candidates. There was probably 17 total candidates there. And it was in Nebraska. And I asked them all. I said, show me… I didn’t ask the sheriffs because there were three people vying for sheriff’s office in Howard County, Nebraska. But I asked the rest of them, show me where in the Constitution it says the role of government is to supply any kind of economic development at any level, whether that’s grants or anything. How is government’s role in economic development taking shape? And it’s about controlling everything, about picking winners and losers. And when you have government grants going out, you have accelerated consolidation and there are fewer people in the business because that’s what government does.
SPEAKER 22 : 92:18
Absolutely. And when I was on city council, everybody loves the word economic development because that implies to me initially, thriving, flourishing, prospering, creating, all those things. But then what I learned was that government… And we pay staff. We actually pay healthy salaries to economic development officers to play favorites, basically. And… And when I realized that, in essence, it was it could be monetary, certainly, but it could also be streamlining the approval process. So, for example, this House Bill 261001, which was signed into law by the governor, it was the first bill out of the chute here this year. is it would streamline, well, what it does is it says that it will circumvent local housing and zoning and that properties that might be owned by schools or universities or different entities like that, that they could build, and I’ll put this in air quotes, affordable housing, which actually what that is is subsidized housing, in neighborhoods. But it will streamline the process. So I ended up as president of cut channel seven and reached out and wanted our commentary on it. And I explained, this is wrong. This is first of all, taking away the, you know, the neighborhood, the municipalities zoning determinations and putting it with the state that that’s wrong. But the, The developer who would be building some of these projects said that this was going to be really helpful. And I think one of the things he alluded to was they would not have to go through the lengthy process to go through the zoning or the planning commission, that they would be able to circumvent that and they would be able to build those projects faster and possibly cheaper. But he said faster. Well, that’s one of the things that is totally wrong about economic development is not only the money, but the reduction in having to adhere to all these regulations. And so when I was on city council, I said, well, if it’s good for this entity to pay lower taxes or get a tax break and and be able to streamline the process, then it would be good for everybody. So the answer to economic development, Trent Luce, is to lower taxes for everybody, lower regulations for everybody, and let the free market then grow and prosper. And the sky is the limit then in economic development. But the problem is, Trent, is what do the PBIs lose if they do that?
SPEAKER 11 : 95:14
Control.
SPEAKER 22 : 95:15
You got it.
SPEAKER 11 : 95:18
And I have another example to prove your point, because I couldn’t agree with you more on everything you just walked through. In the state of Nevada, the state of Nevada, 87% owned by you and I, the taxpayers of this nation, in other words, federal land. And if you were to… Gold mining is still a thing in Nevada. I’ve been to a gold mine myself. And if you were to find an area where you decided you wanted to build a mine, it would take… five years in studies, environmental impact studies, and cultural heritage studies, and all these other projects to begin mining for gold. My friend Hank Vogler, who is a rancher in White Pine County, but he’s also a county commissioner, has learned that META, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, wants to put 2,252 satellite dishes on federal land in White Pine County that would communicate with aliens. I’m not making this up. And they are already taking bids. They’re doing projects to prepare for this, and it was just proposed six months ago. So here you have an entity who probably is getting taxpayer dollars to do this and working within cooperation, the Bureau of Land Management, going to begin construction on destroying an area that if the gold mine wanted to go in there and start mining for gold would take five years of environmental assessment to see if it was okay. Why do public-private partnerships get a leg up?
SPEAKER 22 : 97:11
And yeah, they’re called PPPs. And that’s another thing straight out of the World Economic Forum. And when I was on city council, I started to hear about these PPPs. And it took me a while to figure it out. But basically, I think that what a PPP is, a public-private partnership, is that the private component of that makes the money The public takes the risk. Do you think that’s a correct assessment?
SPEAKER 11 : 97:43
Oh, I think that’s spot on. And we become poor. Private. There’s your third P.
SPEAKER 22 : 97:53
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SPEAKER 24 : 102:30
Well, first of all, hey, kids. I’m sending y’all big hugs, everybody. Two big points. One, I went to the assembly last Saturday and I saw the same thing you’ve talked about, you know, chaos. But this wasn’t just accidental. There was too much unpreparedness for it to have been an accident. And Mr. M needs to know about no kings, you know, and I posted that everywhere. But that was all the tragedy stuff, right? But what I saw was a ton of the most incredible people who stayed to the bitter end, fought for our rights as a conservative party, you know, keeping the primaries closed and other things. I saw people hug each other and just fight. So even though it looked dreary from the media standpoint, what I saw was a ton of incredible fighters, which brings me to my point.
SPEAKER 22 : 103:33
And Gabby, just to clarify, what you’re talking about is the Colorado State GOP Assembly.
SPEAKER 24 : 103:40
Correct, because I was a delegate as well. And I plastered myself with Tina Peters, free Tina Peters stickers front and back. I looked like a, you know, sticker fest. But I talked to people. I hugged a ton of people. But I’m encouraged by the fact that people did show up, although only half of what should have been there. The whole thing was a mess, but it was a planned mess. And the cyber end of it was out of the park bad, which. is why we know we have to go to all paper, all paper, and use markhookshandcountroadshow.org because that’s where we get control back. And that brings me to what Trent has been saying. It’s not enough to just once in a while speak up. If we don’t locally do the writing, the speaking, the mailing, the, you know, the everything, we won’t take back our individual communities Because like when Wendy Volk was on, oh, I was so impressed with the way she has grown and captured what’s happening. And we have to do the same thing for every state and show our neighbors this is happening in your backyard. And we have to vote it out and we have to communicate with our neighbors.
SPEAKER 22 : 105:06
federal you know congress absolutely gammy and you are you are tireless in doing this and i so appreciate that i had mentioned if you can’t be the warrior that that gammy is and She’s a one in a million. Use cut engaged to at least communicate with the legislature regarding bill sponsors and your senator and representative. But we’ve all got to do something. So, Trench, your comment on that, and then we’ve got Ben Williams on the line.
SPEAKER 11 : 105:41
My only comment on that is that I think that one in a million is probably not even enough. Gammy is a champion like we just all ought to be at some level. Thank you, Gammy.
SPEAKER 22 : 105:54
Yes, thank you. She is tireless, and she’s fearless. Ben Williams with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. What’s on your radar?
SPEAKER 12 : 106:03
Yeah, thank you. Trent, I enjoy listening to you, and I know that you’re very influential. And I’m just curious, what is the pathway or the journey that got you involved in radio?
SPEAKER 11 : 106:18
So, that’s an interesting question. Thank you, Ben. Literally, Kelly and I, my wife and I, we talked about what people didn’t know. They didn’t know where their food comes from. And I just wanted to be that voice to explain, here’s somebody hands-on that explains where food comes from, who the people are that are producing the food, and why it’s important that it continues to be from a domestic supply. And that over time just evolved into where today, you know, spend most of my time, quite honestly, in that same vein, but in protecting property rights, because as we started this conversation, I am feeling the effects on the ground of the people who are paying property taxes, people who are paying their mortgage and cannot decide with their own property what they’re going to do. They have to be told or they have to get permission. And when you have a nation, in fact, I’m going to go back and do a really good analogy of to the Romans and how they taxed people out of the ability to own property. And I can take you to places in Nebraska where people in a five-year period of time are now paying more in property tax than they paid to purchase the land to begin with. So the initial concept was there, and it just evolved into being pulled in. I’ve been very blessed to speak to audiences in 2016 years in 48 states and on four continents, all about the same concept. But right now, and the other thing that gives me a leg up in my mind today is that every morning I start the morning with a live TV broadcast with somebody from a different country, New Zealand, France, Australia, Canada, El Salvador, the UK. And so it allows me to see that what we’re dealing with in Washington County, Colorado, is what the people are dealing with in Australia. And you cannot accidentally stumble upon that. It has to be a coordinated effort. And it all comes back to the World Economic Forum. So I continue to identify the challenges, who was enabling the hurdles that make it tougher to produce a domestic supply of food and fuel, and it continued to grow.
SPEAKER 12 : 108:48
There you have it, Ben. I think that God has put you there.
SPEAKER 11 : 108:53
No question. I mean, I pray every day that I will be done, and I go where the Holy Spirit leads me, which is mad now most days because the phone rings off the wall with people that need some assistance.
SPEAKER 22 : 109:10
Thank you, Ben, with Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling, great sponsor of the show. I am encouraged, but yet this legislature, we talked about this House Bill 1119. Mike Rolick brought this to our attention, and this is a bill that will allow government entities to tax people land at different, vacant land at a higher rate than something that has development on it. And this is a very bad bill, and that is going to be heard this week. Tammy just texted me and said that she’s going to be signing up and speaking on that, and good for her. But this is, it’s just downright crazy, Trent Luce, what is happening.
SPEAKER 11 : 109:58
Yeah, it seems as though people forget, because it would seem today we’re focused on a World Economic Forum. Who is the current chairman of the World Economic Forum?
SPEAKER 22 : 110:10
What is it, Larry?
SPEAKER 11 : 110:12
Larry Fink.
SPEAKER 22 : 110:13
Yeah, Larry Fink.
SPEAKER 11 : 110:15
And we still always attribute these statements to Klaus Schwab. But Larry Fink, I believe, was intended to be the successor. And Larry Fink is the CEO of BlackRock. And every time we go look at a corporate entity, that is causing us harm, harm in that we cannot utilize our properties we see fit, you trace it back to BlackRock, who now has the chairman of the World Economic Forum. So it’s not hard to put those dots all together. It just seems to be harder to figure out, how do I combat one of the wealthiest asset owners in the world?
SPEAKER 22 : 110:57
Well, and yesterday we had Wendy Volk on, and Repsol, who is the Spanish company regarding that Wyoming, well, many of these Wyoming projects, and she’s got this petition for the Wyoming wind wall. I guess she was on a Monday. BlackRock owns just under 7% of Repsol. So just that’s an important dot to connect. Hey, Trent, we are out of time. But we’ll talk with you again next week. As always, learn so much. Keep up the great work. Good luck with all those little baby pigs, those piglets. And we’ll talk with you next week.
SPEAKER 11 : 111:33
What about my calves? Why don’t you like my calves? Why don’t you wish me good luck with my calves?
SPEAKER 22 : 111:37
You didn’t talk about them. So you have to talk about it.
SPEAKER 11 : 111:40
I said we’re into calving season, but mothers don’t typically kill their calves. So you didn’t focus on that.
SPEAKER 22 : 111:46
I miss that. I miss that. So we’ll talk next week. Again, that is Trent Luce. And the quote for the end of the show is from one of our listeners, Jenny. She said, and it’s by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. She said, and the song I found from beginning to end, I found in the heart of a friend. So today, be grateful, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way. My friends, you are not alone. God bless you, and God bless America.
SPEAKER 17 : 112:20
I don’t want no one to cry But tell them if I don’t survive
SPEAKER 02 : 112:47
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