Join us on the Kim Monson Show as we delve into the latest news in politics and world affairs. This episode welcomes Brad Beck, co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters, who shares with us the importance of engagement and understanding a free society’s role in public conversations. Hear about Kim Monson’s personal journey with empowering educational initiatives and their first in-person guest, John Eastman, a constitutional expert known for his insightful perspectives.
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It’s the Kim Monson Show, analyzing the most important stories.
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I find that it takes work to get your brain around these ideas, and it takes work to engage in these conversations.
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The latest in politics and world affairs.
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With what is happening down at the Statehouse, I used to think that it was above my pay grade to read the legislation, and it’s not.
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Today’s current opinions and ideas.
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I see big danger in as much as we will be giving an unelected bureaucrat the power to make rules about what we inject into our bodies.
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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, strive 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. It is Thursday. Producer Joe.
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Happy Thursday, Kim.
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Happy Thursday. And it’s a great Thursday because in studio with me is my good friend, and that is Brad Beck. He is a co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters. It’s great to have you here.
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It’s always a pleasure.
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And we’ve got a jam-packed show.
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We do.
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We’ve got a lot going on. There’s a lot. We’ve got some good news, I think. And we’ll find that out here in just a few moments. Check out the website. That is Kim Monson. That’s M O N S O N.com. Make sure you’re signed up for our weekly email newsletter and we’re getting prepared to roll out our daily digest as well and sign up for that. We will not automatically sign you up for that because that comes out every day and we don’t want to bombard your inbox, but we would love to keep you informed. And also after three years of work, We’ve created the Kim Monson Community and the Kim Monson Newsroom. We call it the three presses, which we add into the broadcast. And the newsroom is writing these excellent news stories with great journalistic integrity. And we’re really excited about all that. So join us. We will be rolling out our first… It is online. It will be interactive. And our first guest, Brad, is John Eastman, who was Trump’s attorney. He’s a constitutional expert. And he’s really a happy warrior in all of this that’s going on, Brad.
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John is just incredible. His wife, Elizabeth, as well. And John is one of those people that you can never learn enough from. I mean, it’s amazing. The first time I met him was at a casual event at somebody’s backyard. And he just talked about the court and the law and the Constitution. And I was just sitting there going, wow, this guy is amazing. And what has happened to him? over the last few years is unconscionable. So I’ve been a supporter of John’s and what he’s been doing, trying to clear his name, and it’s a good name because he’s a good man.
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He’s a good man, and it’s a good name. The first time that I had interaction with him, I had heard him pretty regularly on the Hugh Hewitt Show, and I was on city council, and I was struggling with this vote on… funding the Southeast Light Rail Extension. And one of the reasons was is because they were estimating the cost for, I think it was 2.3 miles of over $200 million. But $90 million plus was coming from the federal government. And that didn’t seem right to me, to get that grant. But Obama and his administration, they were putting out these New Starts grants. And this was part of this whole… movement to try to really take away our freedoms, our freedom of mobility. So Obama administration had all these New START grants. And initially, and I did a head nod yes on this. The mayor pulled each of us aside and said, hey, this is really good. This will be great for economic development. We’re going to apply for this. And I was pretty, I was brand new. And I said, okay, great. But as I learned more and looked at it, I thought, this doesn’t seem right to me. And so I reached out to John. He was on national news and asked him about it because in the Constitution, the General Welfare Clause has been really used. to do all kinds of things. And what he said was that the General Welfare Clause means that it’s for everybody. He said that there was a president that had actually vetoed funding for a road in the Cumberland Gap that Congress had approved because he said that was not for the general welfare, that was for the region. But he said that he approved the funding for lighthouses along the eastern seaboard because that commerce was good for everyone. So I ended up using that and citing him in my no vote on the southeast light rail extension. So that was my first interaction with him.
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It’s always amazing when you have a good expert that can help you out, clarify the idea in your mind, and then be able to articulate it to somebody else. And John is excellent at that, especially on the birthright citizenship issue. John is the best at it, and he can explain it to where a person like myself can understand. And one of the things that John is really good at, he knows… the background, the history, and understands where the originalist idea, the concepts from the folks that put those ideas into place. John knows that.
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I know, and so that’s going to be our first in-person town hall.
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Unbelievable.
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And you’ve joined at the Mount Vernon level. I have. It’s great to have you.
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It’s good to be a member, and I’m looking forward to it.
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And then our first class, so that’s on the 21st of April. On the 23rd, we start our first class, and Ellen Thomas will be teaching this, and it’s a 10-week class. If you miss it, last night the girls were over, and Meg said, hey, I’m going to be traveling today. Said, no worries, everything’s going to be archived online. But 10 weeks on the first half of the Federalist Papers and how they’re relevant to today.
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And Alan’s a good person to learn that from.
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He is a real student of that. So we’re so excited. So join us. The first 250 people to join us at the Mount Vernon level will be noted as founding patrons. I’m going to weave into the show our word of the day, our quote of the day, because we’ve got a lot to talk about. On the line with us is Karen Gorday, and she is a great sponsor of the show. She’s an entrepreneur and owner of Radiant Painting and Lighting. But she’s also with this team. They have did this special election, a referendum, on the upzoning that the city council, so the politicians in Lakewood, the city council, the bureaucrats, which would be the city manager, and interested parties. There was a lot of money that came into this, too. So those PBIs were very involved in this. We think there’s good news. I talked to Karen yesterday. She said she wasn’t calling it yet, so let’s see if she’s calling it now. Karen Gorday, welcome to the show.
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Good morning, Karen, and I sure am calling it now, yes.
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So the grassroots citizens were victorious. We were.
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We were, and it’s absolutely amazing. The final uncertified results came out around 1, 1.30 this morning. Ironically, I went to bed. I was in bed by 7.15 last night. I was absolutely exhausted. I know I missed going to see the girls at your house last night, but I just couldn’t stay awake. But something woke me up around 1.30, and at 1 o’clock, the final unofficial results were posted. And so before I talk about percentages… on the actual vote, about 32% of the electorates came out to vote. Wow. So for a special election, that’s actually pretty darn good. The last time we had a special election was in 2019, and 36% turned out. That’s when we had the Strategic Growth Initiative. When our mayor was elected, 44%, I’m sorry, 44,000 people voted in that election. In this election, like I said, it was 32%, but 35,478 people, so almost 35,000 people actually voted in this election. And, of course, the language is tricky. And you had to vote yes against, no, kept the ordinances they passed, Yes against repeal them. We won 63% to 37%. That is amazing. It’s absolutely amazing. We have an incredible team of volunteers. They raised almost $300,000. We raised right over $42,000. So this was truly David versus Goliath, and we won. That’s so great. It’s just unbelievable. And the people of the city are rather happy right now.
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Oh, that is so exciting. Before we, and we’re going to bring Mary Jansen, who’s a fellow board member for Cut in, in the next segment. But the thing about it, as volunteers, we all have families and businesses to run. And all these volunteers spent a lot of time, and you did as well as you were heading this up. So let’s move over here and talk just a little bit about Radiant Painting and Lighting. And you’re ramping up for exterior painting at this time, yes?
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Yes. So we’ve got a couple more interior jobs. You know, I’m waiting for us to get more snow because we haven’t had much, as you know. So we have not started our full exterior season yet because I’m just… I’m afraid to do that because the moment we do, we get snow, we get cold, and so… You need to start that because we need the snow, Karen, okay?
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It’s like washing your car.
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Okay, we do need the moisture, yes, yes. But we do have interior projects going on right now, and obviously we are doing estimates for exteriors right now as well as we begin getting ready for exterior season. So… Full service painting company using premium products. Great customer service. To your point, Kim, we strive for excellence in everything we do. And I’m actually kind of happy that I get to start focusing a little more on my business. There is that.
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Well, and thank you to all of you who stepped forward on that, Karen Gorday. How can people get more information, reach out to you, get an estimate, get guidance on what to do? What’s the best way?
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www.paintwithradiant.com. There’s pictures of our work. There’s a form you can fill out, and we’ll get in touch with you regarding the estimate.
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Fantastic. And that again is Karen Gorday, paintwithradiant.com. Karen, stay on the line. We’re going to bring Mary Jansen in. We’ve got Brad Beck in studio and we have all these great discussions because of our great sponsors, such as Radiant Painting and Lighting. And another great sponsor is the Roger Mangan State Farm Insurance Team. And Roger has been in business for over 50 years, soon to be 51 years, taking care of his clients and his family and and giving to the community, and they’ve been able to save many of you. I’ve heard from you money on your insurance, and that’s real money in your pocket. Give them a call. That number is 303-795-8855. Like a good neighbor, the Roger Mangan team is there.
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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 wanted to say thank you to our gold sponsor, Laramie Energy. It is reliable, efficient, affordable, and abundant power from naturally occurring hydrocarbons such as oil, natural gas, and coal that powers our lives, fuels our hopes and dreams, and empowers us to change our own personal climate. And if you’re having any challenges with your own personal climate, reach out to Ben’s Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling. Also, the USMC Memorial Foundation is having their big fundraiser. It’s their golf tournament. And that is on May 14th at The Ridge at Castle Pines North, 8 a.m. shotgun start. So get your foursome together. Register at usmcmemorialfoundation.org. And Brad Beck is in studio. And this is really great news regarding Lakewood.
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Congratulations, Karen. That’s just amazing what you folks have accomplished.
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And Karen has stayed on the line with us. And we’re adding in Mary Jansen, my fellow Cup board member. Mary Jansen, you were involved in this as well with Karen. Welcome.
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Oh, thank you, Kim. Good morning, Karen. Good morning, everybody. Yes. And yes, the 1.30 thing did happen to me, too, last night.
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Were you? Well, then both of you, you probably couldn’t go back to sleep, right, Mary? Correct.
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Yes.
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And it was like, Oh my gosh, I’ve got to go speak to him today. And it’s like, who can I call at one 30 so that we can, so Mary, you were, uh, one of the watchers at the polls. Tell us a little bit about that.
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So I was the very first watcher that showed up and I got to see the process and, um, you know, I’m, I’m not going to say it was perfect. I’m not going to say, you know, it was wrong, but there were things that I thought I could do better. Um, And I noticed a lot of the undeliverables. And that’s one thing I think we can do better, right? That’s something I think that shouldn’t happen. And I was just thinking about all the costs that Lakewood spent to make those ballots and to send them out. And here they are sitting there.
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Okay. So how long did people have to get these ballots back? And when we talked yesterday, you said that you guys had organized watchers that were there throughout the whole process, right, Mary?
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Yes. The watchers were amazing, and everybody knew what to do. And we all reported on what we saw and heard and wrote back, reported back, so everybody knew that was going in. they could keep track of where the ballots were going, how many were here, and we could, we can pretty much keep track of the count. It was a smaller room. It wasn’t like when you’re in Jeffco and you just can’t figure out where everything’s going. So we were able to watch the boxes, the flats and the ballots and where they were going. So it was a very good, well-organized group of people. I’m going to suggest that we start a business, you know, Watchers United or something. I don’t know.
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I think you should do that. Karen, this team that you worked with was really remarkable. All volunteers, yes?
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A hundred percent. All volunteers. We had in total about 84 volunteers. all doing different things. And that’s something about leadership. You get the right people, find out what they’re good at, and you put them in the right place. So we had canvassers. We had a team that would go. I would give a list, and they’d go put the yard signs in the yard. We had people making phone calls. You name it. Everybody had their strengths, and we played to their strengths. And it was like a well-oiled machine by election day. That’s not to say we didn’t have a hiccup here or there, but 84 volunteers by the time we were all done.
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And these volunteers were across the political spectrum, correct, Karen?
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Yes, 100%. It was Republicans, Democrats, everything in between at all ages as well. And we could not have done it without our volunteers.
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Okay, talk to me about the money, Karen.
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So they raised almost $300,000. We raised just over $42,000. So this is a lesson in you don’t have to have all the money to be able to win. It wasn’t just the money as well. They had endorsements from Phil Weiser, Michael Bennett, Brittany Peterson, Andy Kerr, who is the Jeffco commissioner. Mary, who am I leaving out? Because it seemed like every, oh, Ed Perlmutter. Ed Perlmutter, yeah. Every active and retired politician that was important to Lakewood was endorsing their campaign, and voters saw through that. AARP, don’t forget that. Yep, they had sponsorships from AARP, ACLU. It was really all the big names to the point that you get a flyer in the mail and it’s like, oh, well, which company is sponsoring this one? You know, and people saw through it and said, we are tired of what feels like Lakewood being sold out. And so it is unbelievable. There is one thing I do want to say, because the other side has already started the narrative that this was a low turnout election. So at least Three city counselors have posted to social media since yesterday, and it was in a couple of news articles that this was a low turnout election. And so, like I said, the last special election was in 2017 when we did the SGI, and we had 36% of the electorate come out. This time we had 32%, but here’s the thing I want to point out. On all four questions, We had over 22,000 people voting to repeal this. And this is important because our mayor was elected in an off year election where only, um, just under 45,000 people voted. But when she was elected, she only received 47.13% of the vote. which equates to 21,136 voters, more people voted to repeal this ordinance than voted for our current mayor.
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Goodness. So Mary Jansen, what’s the next steps now? What happens now?
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I think we’re going to take a little break, but then we’re going to just kind of keep going. I think, I think, There’s a lot of things we can do. Karen can tell you what’s going on because my life is very chaotic at the moment.
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Oh, that’s true. You’ve got a lot going on. So, Karen, next steps.
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So, there’s some talk. There’s a couple different things the community wants to do. To Mary’s point, we’re going to take a break for a couple weeks. The city council cannot bring the zoning up for six months. So, our hope is that during those six months that they’re actually having… meaningful thoughtful conversations with the voters of lakewood about the zoning there are two things that people want to potentially do one is a charter amendment like littleton did and we have to look into that because that was the original plan but as you know there’s been so many bills at the state level how do you how does that now have to be crafted the other thing that the chatter has gotten It’s been there for several months, but it’s gotten particularly loud over the last several weeks as this campaign has gone on, and that is recalls. And in order to do recalls, yes, we’re organized enough to get the signatures done. We know that, but do we have good candidates to replace those in office right now? That’s the key. That is the key. And so more to come on what path forward is for Lakewood. But we’re not going to just sit quietly and say we want to go away. There’s too many people involved now. They’re no longer complacent. And so we all need a rest for a couple of weeks.
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Yeah, you guys all worked really, really hard. And Mary, we were going to talk about a couple of different bills. And I want to give a shout out to our fellow board members on CUT, Colorado’s Union of Taxpayers. And that’s Steve Dorman, Greg Golianski, Russ Haas, Bill Hamill, Rob Knuth, John Nelson, Wendy Warner, Marty Nielsen, Ramey Johnson, Mary Jansen, Dave Evans, Corey Onizorg, Paula Beard, and Ray Beard. This team is doing amazing work. We’ve rated 144 bills, but there’s just a couple that let’s just hit real quickly. One is Senate Bill 139, Local Education Provider Workforce Housing, and cuts a strong no on this one, Mary Jansen.
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Oh, yeah, this is another doozy. And to me, it is, and the safety clause, they use that, and it’s just, we can’t bring it back up and get rid of it. As a people, as a whole, we can’t do what we did in Lakewood. You know, they’re shutting us down. They’re shutting down our voices. And it’s just not the proper role to fund workforce housing, especially when we’re drowning in, you know, drowning in where are we going to get the money from? Well, we all know where we’re going to get the money from, the taxpayers. So, yeah, this thing is just not a good bill. It needs to, somebody needs to, I don’t know how we’re going to get rid of this.
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I know, and it’s Senate Bill 26139, and the sponsors on this are all Democrats. Excuse me, Jeff Bridges, Senator Dylan Roberts, Representative Katie Stewart, and Megan Lukens. The other one that we wanted to mention was the Healthy School Meals for All State Education Fund. This is House Bill 26, 1351. And they talked the voters into voting for, I have this in air quotes, healthy school meals for all. But now they’re taking some of the money from that and they’re moving it around, Mary.
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Oh, yes, the big shell game. It’s a big shell game. Where are we going to take the money? We’re going to hide the money and move it over here, right? But we promise we’re going to do good things with it. Right.
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Right. And it’s always for the children. And Representative Kyle Brown and Emily Sirota and Democrat Senator Judy Immobile and Jeff Bridges have their names on that. And again, it’s it’s dishonest. It’s disingenuous to do this. But, Mary, as I looked at the bills and the team looked at the bills this week in preparation for what’s called a long bill, which is the budget, all kinds of moving money around. And unfortunately, there’s Republicans that have put their names. On some of these very bad bills as well, Mary.
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Yes. And, you know, this is an election year. So I hope they know they put their names on this. They’re going to get called out.
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Yes.
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And there needs to be a cut accountability because this is a socialist program. Yes. It’s just not a good thing. Not a good thing at all.
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Okay, and we will continue to do that. Join us at coloradotaxpayer.org. It’s $25 a year. Brad, you’re a member of that as well. I am.
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I’m very happy to be one.
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And that’s less than $2.08 a month, which is less than a cup of coffee most places. But we’re up against a break. Karen Gorday, entrepreneur, owner of Radiant Painting and Lighting, congratulations.
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Thank you, Kim. And again, I couldn’t do it without the team at Lakewood because it truly, truly was a team effort.
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And that’s for sure. And Mary Jansen, fellow Cup board member, thank you to you and all the volunteers as well, and congratulations.
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Oh, thank you, Kim, and thank you, everyone, and all the citizens. It’s time to wake up. Just like spring, time to wake up.
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You got it. And again, that’s Karen Gorday, Radiant Painting and Lighting, and Mary Jansen, fellow Cupboard member. And these discussions happen because of our great sponsors. For everything residential real estate, talk to Karen Levine.
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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.com. And the Masters starts today, the Masters Golf Tournament. And so our quote of the day, I went to Bobby Jones, and we’ll be recording an interview with Colonel Rutledge for America’s Veterans Stories for this Sunday regarding Bobby Jones. He actually was older during World War II, and he… He signed up to serve, which is pretty amazing. So we’ve got that angle, and then we’re going to talk about the Masters. But he was born in 1902. He died in 1971. He was an American amateur golfer and one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport. He was also a lawyer by profession, and he founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club and co-founded the Masters Tournament. And the innovations that he introduced at the Masters have been copied by virtually every professional golf tournament in the world. And he said this, he said, in golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play. And our word of the day is decorum. It’s D-E-C-O-R-U-M. And it could be appropriateness of behavior or conduct, propriety. Or number two, the conventions or requirements of polite behavior. Or number three, the appropriate, I’m having trouble with it. Being appropriate, I’ll say that, as an element of an artistic or literary work, such as style or tone, to its particular circumstance or to the composition as a whole. So the word of the day is decorum, D-E-C-O-R-U-M. Challenge is to use that in a sentence today. And Brad Beck, we used the word of the day. I copied this from Liberty Toastmasters.
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You did. And, you know, when you’re in any kind of situation, when you’re going to court, When a judge enters the courtroom, you rise. There’s a decorum there. You don’t have outbursts. You speak when you’re asked a question. So there is a decorum in our law. There’s a decorum in Toastmasters where we have rules. As I always like to say, you’ve got to learn the rules before you break them. So if you come to something like a Toastmasters or you go to a courtroom or if you’re doing art, there are rules. There’s ways of doing things. And you learn that. And then once you learn it, you can take liberty with it.
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And one of the things, Brad, that I have learned at Liberty Toastmasters is to never leave the lectern behind. open. And I see many times, you and I both go to a lot of different events, there will be a speaker and they will leave the stage and there’s this empty spot. And the decorum is that you stay there until the next speaker comes up. And that’s really critical. And I’ve seen people that are national speakers that don’t understand that decorum.
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It’s an excellent thing to do because one, there is a tradition there of keeping the lectern covered, and when nobody’s there, there’s a weird transition. And so when you greet somebody, you shake their hand, and then they take over the lectern. And we call it a lectern, which is the appropriate term, When you have a standing piece of furniture in front that you have your notes on, on the ground, it’s a lectern. When it’s on a stage, it can be called a podium. But today we’ve become lazy and we call it, whether it’s on the ground or on a stage, a podium. Well, there is a decorum, a history, a tradition that we follow. And we lose so much of this tradition because we become lazy. We don’t insist. People learn the rules. And then it’s just like a parliamentary procedure in any kind of meeting you have. You’ve got to know the rules. You can call for the question. You can make a statement, point of order. But you’ve got to know it. And that’s one of the things that keeps order in our society.
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Well, the other thing regarding lectern and podium, our friend, I don’t know if you were at that Liberty Toastmasters meeting, but our friend Ben Martin, this was one of the things he wanted. He’s very good on decorum. And all of a sudden, somebody said something about the podium. He went up, he took the lectern, turned it over on its side, stepped on it, and he said, now it’s a podium. And so podiatry, it’s feet. You’re standing on a podium, but you stand behind a lectern. And that was a lesson that I learned, but it was a visual. I almost couldn’t believe that he did it, but I learned something from that.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, you’ll be happy to hear that yesterday I was at an initial meeting for Liberty Toastmasters Colorado Springs. Really? So we’re restarting that. A group of folks down in the springs, Ruth and Paul Prentance, are putting together a a new organization. Actually, they’re taking over a club that was not going to continue, and they’re calling it Liberty Toastmasters. So Rick Rome, Helen Raleigh, and Marshall Dawson and I went down there for their first meeting yesterday. So you can go online and look them up, Liberty Toastmasters Colorado Springs. And if you’re interested in getting better at public speaking, oral communication, leadership skills, look them up. And when will they be meeting? They’re meeting on Monday. Let’s see, what was yesterday? Wednesday. They’re meeting on the first and I think third Wednesday of the month from 8 till 9. So they’re meeting twice a month. And you can find all their information, their location on their website.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. And I’ve not been getting any attendance awards because of life. Although I am going to change that. Although I will not be able to make the next Liberty Toastmasters Denver. But it was good to be back and to… I have much to learn. And as I’ve said, you helped, you and the other co-founders of Liberty Toastmasters helped me get my voice back because I crashed and burned. But the great thing about it is, is we can pick ourselves up. And Liberty Toastmasters has been really great for that. So Denver meets when?
SPEAKER 21 :
Denver is the first and third Saturday of the month from 10 to 12 at the Independence Institute. And this Saturday in Longmont, we have Liberty Toastmasters North. And that meets up at the VCR headquarters, Boulder County Republican’s office, up off Ken Pratt on Bramwood. In Longmont. In Longmont, yeah.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. Well, you have helped, you and your team have really helped a lot of people find their voices. And this is another thing that’s really important is the table topics. And we have… That on the show once a month where our fellow Liberty Toastmasters have two to three minutes to take a topic and talk about it. But that is so important for training, for speaking at school board meetings, at city council, down at the state house. That is so important. And that is another great skill that we have. People learn.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, so many people say, what can I say in two to three minutes? And I often remind them, well, Abraham Lincoln did an incredible job with Gettysburg Address in about two minutes and 10 to 15 seconds. We don’t know the actual time, but we know the way he spoke, his cadence, and we understand the words. So powerful. We remember him there. We remember him today. We don’t remember Edward Ebert, who was the keynote speaker of that day at Gettysburg. And he spoke for? Like two hours, a little under two hours, from 50 pages of notes. And Lincoln basically recited something that was not only poetry, but he understood. He took pieces from the Bible. He took pieces from just poetry, literature, the ancients, from the Greeks. And he talked about things that resonated with people that they could write it down and remember. And he was so short in his presentation because it was just a few remarks of the dedication of the soldiers’ new cemetery there in Gettysburg that the photographers only had time to take a picture of him coming off the platform that day. And the only reason we know that, there was a guy with a top hat coming down the stairs. But they thought he was going to be speaking for hours because oratory at that time went on and on and on. And they just had Edward Everett there. When Lincoln was done with his speech, it’s recorded that he said to Secretary Hayes, he said, that didn’t scowl, meaning it didn’t turn up the dirt. It didn’t make a difference. But in actuality, it did. So if you practice a very cogent, clear, precise speech in two to three minutes, you can really have impact.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, absolutely. And country Western stars get a lot done in two to three minutes in their songs, too.
SPEAKER 21 :
So you can do a lot. Lose your wife, lose your dog, lose your truck.
SPEAKER 15 :
Run into a train, the whole thing. So let’s go to break. When we come back, I want to talk about this piece that we will publish this weekend. A tiny mark carries significant weight. And it’s so appropriate for what’s happening. I know that many people think that Colorado is lost. But I don’t think it is.
SPEAKER 21 :
No, it’s on the map. We know where it is. It’s in the middle of the country, and it matters.
SPEAKER 15 :
It matters a lot. And this thing with what happened in Lakewood and, of course, Littleton. And you know what? Let’s make that point before we go to break that you made during the break, though.
SPEAKER 21 :
One thing, I was listening to Karen and Mary, and I thought, you know, They should take a break, they well deserve victory, but don’t go to sleep in that area and start talking to your neighbors in the communities around Lakewood, because if it happens in Lakewood, it’s gonna happen all around you. And they’ll find a weak spot, a city, a municipality, where they’ll try to insert it. I see it happen up in Boulder County all the time with Boulder or Louisville or Lafayette or Erie, any of the communities, Longmont, something won’t work in an area So they’ll try it in another community close by. And they’ll get their foot in the door. And it’s so hard to dislodge them. So what happens in Lakewood, great. Celebrate it. But talk to those folks in those communities around because it’s coming back.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, it is. And one of the ways that it happens, and again, I learned this when I was on city council, is there’s something called the Metro Mayor’s Caucus. And they get together. And what has happened is these electeds are in a vacuum. uh, and they’re all talking to each other. I had a city council candidate reach out and wanted to have coffee. And, um, Really, it was a great conversation, and I’m going to reach out to the other two candidates as well. But what I realized is people are pretty happy in our little city, and so they don’t hear from we the people, and they get into this vacuum. So they get into these meetings like the Metro Mayor’s Caucus, and these ideas come up, and that’s how they push them out. And so that’s very good advice to be organizing and talking to the surrounding communities.
SPEAKER 21 :
You know, we can let off the gas a little bit, but we can’t take it off all the way. And, you know, our elected representatives will go to things like Dr. Cog and they’ll get ideas. And you start seeing transportation issues. And, look, there are people that need transportation. But I read something yesterday with that train to nowhere in California that Gavin Newsom has been promoting. dumping money on and it’s still not finished. And if you took the money that they’re proposing to finish it, you could have transportation for probably a hundred years for people that need it in some kind of Uber setup. And, you know, it’s just unconscionable that much money goes down the drain. We have no accountability in California. Well, guess what? They’re talking about a train here. They already have a name for it. It’s a cute little name, Cocoa. Do we really need a train or can we buy or figure out a way to have transportation for those that need it in vehicles that we can come up with some kind of partnership or work with you, Uber or Lyft or one of those organizations that are already there, companies, and provide transportation to those that need it.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and also that money. I talked about water yesterday. How about some desalination plants? and in california so that way they don’t have the demand on the water coming down the colorado river that’s going to help everybody upstream we need to be working on real solutions so instead of money for a train to nowhere in california and a train to nowhere basically here in colorado Let’s demand that our elected representatives roll up their sleeves and solve these problems. And so we’re going to go to break. We’re talking with Brad Beck. He is a co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters, but did want to mention Hooters Restaurant. It’s a great place to watch the Masters. And Saturdays at Hooters Restaurant is for kids. And what happens there is, let’s see, I think… Here we go. Saturdays at Hooters are for kids because kids eat free with the purchase of an adult entree all day every Saturday. So you can watch the Masters and have Hooters do the cooking and the dishes. And we get to have these discussions because of all of our great sponsors and for everything regarding mortgages in all states except New York. But people are moving out of New York, so Lauren Levy can help you with your mortgage there. And that’s Lauren Levy for Everything Mortgages.
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SPEAKER 15 :
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 each of us have unique goals for our lives. With over 25 years of experience and the credentials of an accredited investment fiduciary, Jody Hensley and her team at Mint Financial Strategies can help you create a strategy-first wealth plan built for you. So whether you’re preparing for retirement, planning for education costs, or navigating major life transitions, Mint Financial Strategies will design a customized plan to help you invest confidently and move forward with clarity for your life. So give them a call. That number is 303-285-3255. to embark on your journey to financial freedom. Also wanted to mention the Center for American Values, which is located in Pueblo. They’ve got a couple of great events coming up on April 11th. Barney Barnum, who is a Medal of Honor recipient, the Navy will be commissioning the future USS Harvey Barnum. It’s a destroyer, and they will be streaming that. That’s on April 11th at 7.50 a.m. And then on the 15th, they’ll have an On Values program presentation that will be both in person and online, and Lieutenant Colonel Alan West will be presenting on that. So all the information, AmericanValueCenter.org. Brad Beck. A tiny mark carries significant weight. I just want to think about Karen, Mary, all these people. So this is your essay. Walk us through it.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, you know, I’m curious. And I’m always looking at the dictionary, a thesaurus. I’m listening to podcasts. And I was just curious one day, why is there a dot on the top of an I or a J? You know, a lowercase I or J has a dot on there. And I thought, well, let me look that up. So, you know, I went to Perplexity and asked the question, wrote it in, and it came up, and there’s a term for it, and it’s called a tittle, T-I-T-T-L-E. I went, wow, I never knew it had a name. And I started going down this rabbit hole of, are there other names for other pieces of literature or letters or ideas? And I started thinking, you know, there’s these little dots that make the difference on how you pronounce something. And then I started thinking about, well, how does that work with our 250th anniversary of America? There’s these little pieces, little dots above situations about events that one created or worked with another and built on another and built on another. And pretty soon you had these writers and thinkers and debaters coming together in almost a perfect storm to create a punctuation in the American founding. Wow. And maybe it was just a weird thought. I don’t know. I think maybe a little differently than people. But it struck me. And I said, you know, there’s something there. And I started to investigate a little bit more. And taking this idea of a tittle, you know, in our Declaration of Independence, most people focus on the idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Well, I started to think about we mutually pledge our life together. our fortunes and our sacred honor. To me, there’s a term for that. It’s a tricolon. It’s a what? Tricolon. T-R-I-C-O-L-O-N.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 21 :
And those words mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and sacred honor to me is more palatable. It’s more, it’s like the tittle. It makes significance. And at the end, to remind us that we all have a responsibility to Happiness is a word that’s used all the time, but we think of it today as something of almost hedonistic, you know, brings me good feelings. But back in the day when people were really using it, the American founding, happiness meant self-restraint. It meant you had to work for something, and over time, it would pay off in whatever you were trying to invest in. It wasn’t necessarily money. Maybe it was a farm or a new piece of equipment you saved up for. And so this idea of happiness comes from self-fulfillment, but it also comes from… making sure that you’re just not taking advantage of things. It’s not a hedonistic type of event. So when people are talking about their sacred honor, which they don’t talk about, it’s something in your character that you can’t take away, that you have to go on, and it’s part of you. And I think that’s one of the things that’s missing. People today don’t look at words or don’t look at the significance, and that’s why I love your word of the day, decorum. It’s a perfect example. that there is a decorum in the way we do things. When we go down to the state capitol, we await our turn to make an announcement or to give our cause. But you don’t just, you’re not up in the gallery yelling. That breaks the decorum. And then, of course, it brings the wrong kind of attention to people. So I sort of think about this idea. And, you know, one of the things I did, Kim, and I suggest to everybody, is get a copy of the Declaration of the Constitution, a pocket version of it, and sign your name to it, and then ask your friends to sign it, to give a commitment to those ideas, those little tittles of information, those words, scribed on a piece of parchment, And put their name to it and say, you know what, I’m going to honor this with my sacred honor, my fortune. Because if we don’t, we’re going to lose it. And so this morning, I’d like to get you and Joe to sign my declaration. I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a little pocket version of it. And to me, it honors me, but it also honors the idea of the American founding. You know, that famous line that Mrs. Powell asked Benjamin Franklin, Mr. Franklin, what have you given us? And he said, a republic, if you can keep it. And he meant it. You know, you look at the Declaration, there’s not a mention of democracy in there. The founders abhorred democracy because they knew it was mob rule. We live in a constitutional republic. And so when somebody says to you or me or anybody in conversation, well, our democracy, and I like to say, well, can I just remind you we live in a republic? And a republic means it’s a representative form of government where the proper role of government is to protect our rights, not to give us things or to break them down and to put us into factions. The founders warned us about factions. And so it’s important to politely say, well, we really have a republic and democracy was not in the Declaration nor in the Constitution.
SPEAKER 15 :
Brad Beck, I am honored to sign this. And I have been emceeing the U.S. Constitution Week for a number of years up in Grand Lake. It is a great event. And one year after, we had a get-together with all the volunteers, and Mark Auvil pulled out a declaration and asked us to do that as well. And so I do. I pledge my life, my fortune, and my sacred honor to pass on liberty to the next generations. And thank you for all that you do for Colorado, contribute, all you do here at the show. We really appreciate you.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, I appreciate everything you do and all your sponsors and all the people that listen that make a difference because we all have that little tittle. We can all do that little mark that has significance.
SPEAKER 15 :
And we are here by divine appointment. And we have work to do. So thank you, Brad Beck. You’re going to stay in studio? Yeah, happy to. Our quote for the end of the show, love this, by Bobby Jones. He said, some people think they are concentrating when they’re merely worrying. 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. God bless America. Stay tuned for our number two.
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With what is happening down at the Statehouse, I used to think that it was above my pay grade to read the legislation, and it’s not.
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SPEAKER 15 :
I see big danger in as much as we will be giving an unelected bureaucrat the power to make rules about what we inject into our bodies.
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SPEAKER 15 :
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SPEAKER 14 :
Happy Thursday, Kim.
SPEAKER 15 :
And happy Thursday out in Lakewood. Congratulations to Karen Gorday and Ramey Johnson and Mary Jansen and the whole team out there because they were victorious in this special election. Brad Beck, co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters. It is a tiny mark carries significant weight.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yes, it does. And they just proved it down in Lakewood. And I’m reminded as I look out this beautiful view of the window here in the studio and the American flag, we are the luckiest people in the world. And the minute we forget that we’re going to lose it all. And even in Colorado, where there’s so many things going wrong. We’ve got allies, we’ve got ideas, and we’ve got the opportunity to really make a difference in this state. So people need to get involved, and they just proved it down in Lakewood.
SPEAKER 15 :
They really did, and it does seem daunting. When you take a look at the city council, and they went through this litany of all of these Democrat politicians. that came out and endorsed this up-zoning and the amount of money over three hundred thousand dollars and in fact we did a really excellent story at the kim Monson newsroom uh… regarding research on the money and seventy five thousand came from a guy in Texas, a billionaire, that was to support this upzoning, so to support the PBIs, politicians, bureaucrats, interested parties.
SPEAKER 21 :
He couldn’t have been a developer, could he?
SPEAKER 15 :
I don’t know for sure, but there were developers that were involved in that. But he was a former Enron executive and a billionaire in Texas. He put $75,000, or one of his entities put $75,000 into that.
SPEAKER 21 :
I’m not surprised. And that happens all over the place.
SPEAKER 15 :
It does.
SPEAKER 21 :
And what’s amazing to me is that we have our lives that we’re living. And we’re not aware of things until about a week or two before an election. And what Karen and Mary and Ramey have proved is that you’ve got to keep your eye on the ball all the time. Yes, celebrate your winnings and then take a week off or two. But then you’ve got to come back and start thinking about what are they going to do next? When are they going to do it? What about the people around their community? Are there other entities that are… and trying to figure out how are we going to get this passed elsewhere so we can get it into Lakewood. So keep your eye on the ball. And I know this from living in Boulder County for over 20 years. I’ve seen it over and over and over.
SPEAKER 15 :
And it can seem daunting, and that’s one of the reasons why we do the show, is we search for truth and clarity. And what happened out in Lakewood is it took a lot of time. It took a lot of research for them to get through all that, but they got to the truth, and they were able to speak with clarity. And in doing so… Truth won the day. And that’s why we do the show, is to help people get to the truth and clarity on these issues. And our litmus test is freedom versus force. And there’s all kinds of force words. And control is part of force. And I was thinking about these water restrictions. We’re clearly in a drought. Where clearly, though, the PBIs have not planned for this. It’s like it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out there will be years that we’ll have a drought. So plan for it. They didn’t plan for it. And so now we have water restrictions. And I’m thinking we need to every all these Democrats and this these Democrats are not the Democrats. This is not the Democrat Party of JFK. Your grandpa and your grandma. These are people that are socialists. Communists want control of our lives. And they talk about equity all the time. Well, you know what? If we’re going to have equity, how about these data centers? If we’re going to have to be rationed, they have to be rationed, which means they will not be able to operate, which means they will not be able to surveil us.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, we want data centers. We want to be the leaders in AI. The question you have to ask yourself. is, you know, this is not a new thing. You just mentioned it. Seven years of feast, seven years of famine. Where did that come from? You know, we don’t have, we’re not teaching biblical literature just from a historical standpoint. And people don’t have that cultural reference anymore. So they’ve got to understand that when you have somebody running for office, ask them the questions and then listen. Spend the time listening and then coming back and say, well, why is that? Why is that important to you? Why do you think that we need to do that now? What planning are you doing? Who’s going to be paying for? Excellent. You know, things of that nature that gets the elected representatives or the PBIs, as you call them, get some thinking because now, you know, it’s just not going to be blowing smoke up your nose. You’ve got to have the right answers at the right time with the right people. And if they don’t answer you in a way that you think is effective, maybe somebody else should be running for that office.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and I was thinking about this after this candidate had reached out, and I really appreciated it. We had a really great conversation. Sure. Because I kind of stepped back after I got off of city council because the mayor always wanted a –
SPEAKER 12 :
Unanimous vote.
SPEAKER 15 :
And it’s like, I thought we were supposed to debate these ideas and try to get to the best outcome on this. What I also learned is by the time you get to the city council meeting, much of this stuff is already decided. You think? Yeah. And so what we need to do, this is going to be the challenge for each of us, is to reach out to our elected representatives and invite them for coffee and and help them understand that they’re representatives of the people because they get into this bubble, and all they hear is all the information from PBIs. So we have to be responsible and reach out to them as well.
SPEAKER 21 :
That’s why your cut scorecard, as well as your feedback mechanism, You have on the website.
SPEAKER 15 :
The cut and gauge.
SPEAKER 21 :
The cut and gauge. I love it because even though it’s not as strong as writing a handwritten letter, it is something that goes into their inbox. They see it and then they know somebody has a different opinion because oftentimes elected representatives will say, well, nobody’s ever said anything against that bill or against that idea. But if they see their mailbox full of somebody with a different opinion, maybe they’ll take that into consideration.
SPEAKER 15 :
So we’re all busy, and many of us don’t have the time to go down to the Capitol or to sit on Zoom. And I have to say, Gammy is amazing. She is writing on these bills. She is testifying. And I need to give her a shout-out because it’s an enormous amount of time, and I appreciate that. Many people busy with families and lives, their jobs, they can’t do it. So last night I did Cut Engage for this week. There’s five bills there. I was able to make my voice heard in just a little over four minutes. Everybody has four minutes. Get off your phone. Well, stay on your phone and go to Cut Engage. Stop scrolling. Yeah, stop scrolling, go to Cut Engage. But someone that has been very involved in public policy from a properties rights standpoint is a great sponsor of the show. She’s been a sponsor since before the Kim Monson show, and we just started… recently our eighth year of solo broadcasting. So she’s, and we’ve been friends. I’m not going to say for how long, because then you’ll start to do the math and figure out how old we are. Karen Levine, Remax Realtor. Welcome to the show. Good morning, Kim and Brad.
SPEAKER 21 :
Good morning.
SPEAKER 15 :
We were talking about your conversation. We were talking about you and it is the spring selling season. So what is going on regarding the real estate market?
SPEAKER 09 :
It’s busy. It’s very busy. And I think the people of Colorado or the American people have said, you know, interest rates are what they are. Prices are what they are. And we want to be homeowners. So we’ve figured it out and they’ve jumped in the marketplace and It is a little bit astounding to see homes are getting multiple offers again. So getting pre-qualified through Lauren Levy and making sure your financing is in order is key. And then contacting a realtor, hopefully me, to get you positioned well so that you can act in a strong manner and be successful is also an important step. piece of it. So it’s exciting out there and wanted to give a shout out to one of my listings and a strong listener of the Kim Minson Show. We’ve talked about this property once before, but it’s at 9000 West Jewel and it’s a unique opportunity for someone to live and work on this property. It’s 1.8 acres with a late 1800s Victorian home, and then a barn that was built in 1902 that’s converted into a photography studio. And we’re actually seeing people who are seeing the vision and wanting to come out and check out that property. And so that’s exciting that there are people who are considering wanting to do what the Janssens have done over the last 30 years. It is a beautiful property.
SPEAKER 15 :
It is. And the negative is that they’re going to move. I talked to Mary about it, and I said, oh. That it is a beautiful property. And if people are, well, a couple of things. We had Lorne on yesterday. And with the Iran war, interest rates are jumping around a lot. And they had actually come down. And I asked Lorne if you could lock in a rate. And you can. So Karen, you and I talk on a regular basis, striving for excellence, being prepared. So talk to Lorne. about your goals and have him watch for these interest rates and you can get something locked in and then reach out to you, Karen Levine, and you can go through your checklist so that then you have the tools to be watching for what people want. And sometimes they don’t even know what they want and need until you do that checklist.
SPEAKER 09 :
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SPEAKER 21 :
I’m grateful and I’m always pleased to write another essay for you because it clarifies my thinking.
SPEAKER 15 :
It does. And I did find it, the catalyst for this piece was you were wondering why there was a dot on an I and a J. That’s never crossed my mind, but good one on that one.
SPEAKER 21 :
That’s what happens when you work at home and you have, you know, some downtime in thinking. Well, why is there a dot there? I don’t know.
SPEAKER 15 :
I love it. I love it. And during the break, we were talking about free speech in Colorado. And there is an assault upon free speech. But our next two guests have some commentary, some good news. And that is Greg Veeder. He is a mental health expert and Dr. Steve Broman, who is a family doctor. Greg Veeder, welcome to the show.
SPEAKER 08 :
Good morning. How are you?
SPEAKER 15 :
It is. I’m well. It’s good to have you. And Dr. Broman, great to have you as well.
SPEAKER 05 :
Thank you, Kim. Appreciate being here.
SPEAKER 15 :
So, Greg, you and I met in person at an event that, well, Rami Johnson had. And Rami said you’ve got to talk with Greg because you are in this arena regarding, you do a variety of things, but you are in this arena regarding the transgender gender dysphoria. So explain that a bit to our listeners. Sure.
SPEAKER 08 :
Sure. I spent a career dealing with sex offenders as the founding mental health professional on the Sex Offender Management Board. And then I retired in 2014. But a few years back, I had a granddaughter, have a granddaughter, who went through fully transitioning. And in December of 24, she had a double mastectomy at the age of 20. She’s a the perfect example, if you will, of rapid onset gender dysphoria. And I thought, okay, I’ve got to get back into this because this is a new form of child mutilation that should be a crime. But I’m not hearing that from my fellow mental health professionals because in 2019, a law got passed in Colorado that said if you’re not, if you’re a mental health professional and a kid comes to you with any kind of gender questioning concerns, You have to promote gender affirming approach or gender affirming medicine, which essentially means you have to encourage them to change their gender to whatever way they so desire, which is bad health. Should I just go roll right into sort of my little two minute talk? Yes, please do. Okay, then I will. Since free speech has yet to be fully removed in Colorado, here is my opinion. Do not send your child to a Colorado mental health professional unless you know for sure that the child will not discuss anything having to do with personal identity. This is absurd. Virtually everyone who goes to therapy talks about their identity, including aspects of their sexual identity. Remember, all forms of medical transitioning harms the health of a child, and essentially all medical transition is preceded by social transition. Thus, Logically, a protective parent is going to resist maintaining distorted pronoun use in the home. A protective parent does not want to ease their child into medically harming themselves. The problem with this protective parent stance is that the child has to do is claim abuse or that the home is an unsafe environment because of dead naming and wrong or wrong pronoun use. then there’s a good chance social services will remove the child from the home. And I have seen that happen. Like public schools in Colorado, mental health associations in Colorado are committed to supporting child mutilation or at least have to be going along with it. They don’t call it child mutilation, though. They call it gender affirming. So, since seemingly all of the institutions in Colorado are actively or practically supporting support minors medically transitioning, individual therapists are loathe to do anything but go along with it. Hence, do not send your child to a Colorado mental health professional. Now, this conclusion, of course, creates a huge problem. What should parents do for help with the many other mental health needs a child may have? This bind is a natural result of removing free speech from the mental health profession and the child’s home, which is just what you’re talking about. While the above is offensive to read or hear, it is reality. Whether we are speaking of professional training schools or direct mental health providers, they’ve all sold out. By the way, this ugly reality applies everywhere. to the Christian professional counseling training program. They are not clamoring as they should about the many Colorado laws that harm children and force counselors to provide unhealthy, rather unhealthy and unethical therapy. It is worth noting that if you have a child, you carry the risk every day of the week that your child will become ideologically captured and that your child will be taken away from you If you, the parents, fail to support gender-affirming medicine. But in my opinion, the real villain in this social myth is the mental health profession. There are no laws stating that the mental health profession is not allowed to complain in public about the existing laws. They just won’t do it because they’re afraid of whatever, like they’ll hurt their referrals. So there you go. Thank you for letting me travel on for a few minutes.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. And that was Greg Veeder, mental health professional. Dr. Steve Broman, you are a family practitioner. Yes, ma’am. What is your interest in all of this?
SPEAKER 05 :
My interest parallels Greg’s in that I am utterly disgusted with my profession, which has actually turned their back on the Hippocratic oath that we took at medical school to do no harm. Gender dysphoria does exist. It is real. It’s a mental illness. It’s delusional. It lives in the world of unicorns and leprechauns and Disney World. The treatment for this is competent psychotherapy and not drugs or surgery. What I am concerned with is the transgender industrial complex in this country. which is made up of practitioners, unfortunately some of whom have gone through medical trainings like I did. But this industrial complex consists of the pharmaceutical companies who, once they have a child, will have them on medications for life, the providers who provide those prescriptions, the providers who do surgeries on children, and the hospitals and the clinics who are all making money. We follow the money on this. This is evil. This is Marxist. How do I know that it’s an evil situation? Because this transgender industrial complex is what I term it. They prey on the most vulnerable of our communities. Any resistance or problems, they’re cast off like garbage. What you need is to see a competent physician, a competent psychotherapist like Greg, And basically, because our treatments are patient-centric, if you have a complication, we are there. We will go through this with you, and we will get it corrected.
SPEAKER 15 :
Are you taking any new patients, Steve? Dr. Broman?
SPEAKER 05 :
To be honest with you, I’ve actually retired after 40-plus years in primary care, but I am volunteering at a free clinic, and they do take patients, but a lot of patients we see are Medicare, and so they don’t have this issue. In all my practice, to be honest with you, I’ve never written a prescription for cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers. I’ve never referred any patients for surgeries, and this all came up right at the end of my career, and I was winding down, and now this is taking off. very, very, very adamant about getting us back on the right track. Greg is doing a great job. I think we need to get the medical community on board as well.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. Well, we’re going to continue this discussion. Brad Beck is in studio. We’re talking with psychotherapist Greg Veeder, Dr. Steve Broman, a retired family practitioner. These discussions happen regularly. because, and we are an independent voice on an independent station, which what that means is, is I buy my airtime. So nobody tells, there’s no corporate, nobody telling us who to have on, what subjects to have on. And that’s how we get to the truth on these things. And one of those great sponsors, we talked with her in the first hour, and that is Karen Gorday, owner of Radiant Painting and Lighting.
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SPEAKER 15 :
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 dot com. And Little Richie’s is your local neighborhood spot where you can get authentic New York style pizza and pasta. They’re locally owned and they have restaurants in. parker and in golden and tuesdays are for families kids eat free after 4 p.m monday you buy one pizza you get a second pizza half off and on saturdays it’s calzone day you buy one calzone get a second calzone half off they have the best calzones in the world so be sure and check out little richie’s that is in parker and in golden brad beck is in studio with me he’s a co-founder of liberty toastmasters and We have on the line Greg Veeder. He is a psychotherapist and Dr. Steve Broman. He has retired from family practice, but is volunteering. Brad, you had a good question for Greg and Dr. Broman.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, I was just curious because, you know, you said something, Dr. Broman, at the end of your sentence or your thoughts there about this happening at the end of your practice. And so I’m just curious, what are your gentlemen’s thoughts about why this has all happened in the last few years? Do you think it has anything to do with our school system and the indoctrination that’s going on?
SPEAKER 05 :
Go ahead, Greg.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I’ve identified basically seven what I’d call very destructive forces that have gotten us into the mess we’re in. I also want to save time on this to talk a little bit about the outcome of the Kaley Childs versus Salazar Supreme Court decision, if we may. So one of the first biggest force is our tendency simply to let things happen. Secondly, there is a process of how social media grabs our kids. And then thirdly, there is the Colorado Legislature which has been passing over 30 laws that are destructive to family-child relationships. And then, of course, you’re right. The schools, like social media, are a promoter. And all you have to do is go see Art Club, the movie, it’s on YouTube, with Aaron Lee’s product. Another interesting force is the hijacking of the LGB community by the queer activists. And that takes some discussion to get into that. And then there’s word names, linguistic warfare. And then it’s what Steve was referring to, the overarching drives that are about money and political agendas. So there are a number of convergence forces coming to bear to reduce this problem. It’s not just one.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay, Dr. Broman, I went to my political caucus, which is just a community meeting. And it’s the process to ultimately then push issues and choose candidates. And it was at a local high school. This high school is in a county that is considered conservative. And in the classroom, there was no American flag there. For us to say the Pledge of Allegiance. But there was a big flag. It was the pride flag. And it had the words A-L-L-Y on it. And so I looked it up afterwards. So this is prominent. These kids are in this school room probably five days a week looking at this flag on a regular basis. I looked up ALLY, and that is for straight kids that are supporting the LGTBQ movement. So the transgender agenda. And so here our kids are, we’re sending them to school and they’re getting this indoctrination. And in Colorado, because of the legislature, they are, they question, you know, kids question different things. And so to be able to go to a mental health professional like Greg Veeder, And the legislature has put in place different laws that says that he can only affirm. He cannot affirm this gender thing. But my point is, here our kids are indoctrinated five days a week. And it’s no surprise that kids are going to ask questions, right, Dr. Broman?
SPEAKER 05 :
Correct. That is correct. And that’s exactly what happens. They’re not getting educated. They’re getting indoctrinated at this point. And it’s time for, well, the parents really should be in charge of all things affecting their kids. But Greg is approaching this from his profession, and I’m approaching it from my profession, too. We have members of our professions who are silent. They’re afraid to speak up, even though they know this is wrong. The studies on this type of gender-affirming care, and I use air quotes for that, are shoddy. They are not reproducible. And in fact, in 2024, Hillary Cass had a review in the UK, and as a result of that, and basically she did a study of all the outcomes of gender clinics in the UK, and as a result, Most countries in the EU have now closed their gender clinics because the science and the experiments do not support what they’re doing. The United States, conversely, is staying open, and what we’re trying to do is to get us in compliance with what’s going on over in the EU, who seem to be ahead of us on this one.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. Well, let’s talk a little bit about, you mentioned, Greg, the Supreme Court decision that just came down regarding a mental health professional. And you were on the show several months ago to talk a little bit about it. But the decision came down in favor of free speech. So for people that don’t know about this Supreme Court decision, walk us through this, Greg Veeder.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. A, I’m not a lawyer. I’m going to do my best. But now we’re on the… You and I, last talk, it was… We’re now on the other side of the Supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court decision was an 8-1 decision in favor of Child’s suit against the Department of Regulatory Agencies, Patty Salazar. And the basic conclusion was that… that a free speech violation or a violation of free speech was and has been taking place in Colorado. But that victory, if you will, for free speech is very much undefined and up for grabs still. And it is being remanded back to the lower courts for new rulings based on new evidence or reconsideration of the existing evidence in light of this Supreme Court ruling. But the therapists in Colorado at this point, I do not believe, have any more freedom today than they did prior to the Kaylee Child Supreme Court decision. So we’re now in the process of having to build a voice for free speech so that whatever new ruling takes place in the lower courts is in favor of free speech in the processions. Our work is not done.
SPEAKER 15 :
Not at all. And this legislature, first of all, there are interested parties that are basically bringing forth legislation. They shop it with different legislators. So the interested parties are writing it. The legislators bring it up or will sponsor it. And this is not representative government whatsoever. Right. But there is a bill, and I imagine both of you are aware of it. I’ve got to find it here. Hold on just a second. Is it 1322? Yep, 1322, House Bill 26-1322. And as I was looking at that, going through the bills for Colorado Union of Taxpayers, what this does is call Civil Actions for Conversion Therapy Survivors. And the sponsors on this are all Democrats, Representative Alex Valdez. Representative Karen McCormick, Senator Lisa Cutter and Senator Kyle Mullica. Basically, it moves all this over into civil court. Right, Greg?
SPEAKER 08 :
No, it opens up the civil court as another way of controlling people. I wouldn’t say it moves it over. It’s we’re now it’s just a it’s a new process. side, a new arena in which free speech is being attacked. It would be wrong to say it moves it over as if it moves out of the arena of Dora. Now it’s in two arenas, if you will.
SPEAKER 15 :
Right, and so this is the bill summary. It says the bill establishes a cause of action for claims of injury caused by sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts against a mental health professional and allows the cause of action to be commenced at any time without limitation even if the person dies. these, um, um, family or the survivors can still bring a lawsuit. This is chilling for free speech, Dr. Steve Roman.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, it certainly is. And, uh, I tell you, it’s, uh, it’s something that, uh, we, we’re, we’re going to try to marshal our, uh, our forces together and, and, uh, we will, uh, be making, uh, um, presentations, uh, and, uh, testimonies down on the, uh, down at Capitol Hill. But I tell you, yeah, this is, uh, Something that, again, I mean, this is out of George Orwell. This is crazy. This is 1984 stuff from Brave New World. It’s absolutely crazy.
SPEAKER 15 :
It really is. Brad, did you have a comment?
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, you just remind me of what former U.S. Representative Bob Schaefer always talks about, that it’s the parents that have the primary fundamental right and responsibility to direct the education and upbringing of their children. And the state keeps wanting to get involved with that. And there’s a place for the state for abuse. But when parents are not even allowed to discuss this with their children and their health care providers aren’t allowed to talk to their children about an alternative, we’re at a place where it is 1984 and speech is controlled by the opposition.
SPEAKER 08 :
That is correct. Yeah, that’s correct. I think the role of a parent is a breeding tube. That’s it.
SPEAKER 20 :
That’s what the left believes it is. That’s what the left believes, right. Exactly.
SPEAKER 15 :
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SPEAKER 15 :
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 dot com. And a couple of things. Wanted to mention the Center for American Values located in Pueblo. They’ve got a couple of great events. The first is on April 11th. There is the commissioning. The Navy is commissioning the. Harvey Barnum Destroyer, and that is in honor of Harvey, Barney Barnum, good friend of Drew Dix’s, and he’s a Medal of Honor recipient. And then also on the 15th, in person will be Lieutenant Colonel Allen West. That will be available online as well. You can get all the information on that at AmericanValuesCenter.org. And then the USMC Memorial Foundation is having their big fundraiser, May 14th, 2026, at the Ridge at Castle Pines North. It is a shotgun start, so get your foursome together and sign up at usmcmemorialfoundation.org. Brad Beck, co-founder of Liberty Toastmasters, is in studio. It’s great to have you.
SPEAKER 21 :
It’s always awesome to be here.
SPEAKER 15 :
And Greg Veeder, who is a mental health professional, is on the line as well as Dr. Steve Broman. Dr. Broman, I’ve got a personal thing that I wanted to mention. And I just recently went through all my physical stuff. And I was at a medical practice that the person that was checking me in was, I’m pretty sure, was transgender. Yes. And I thought about it. Under Obama, we now have all these online records. And, of course, with AI, if something is input incorrectly, it’s going to be difficult to change it. But I thought about it. This person has total access to all of my medical records. And I thought, gosh, I’m not sure I’m real comfortable with that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, any person who’s in a medical office does have access to all your records. And so it doesn’t make a difference what their gender identity is, but it is out there. And that is a concern for a lot of people. And I’m not real sure where we can put safeguards around keeping it so private that not even the people in the offices are going to be able to access that. That’s actually a good question. I’ll have to think about that.
SPEAKER 15 :
Well, and I say the reason that I’m uncomfortable is because we have been at the forefront here on shedding light on this. In fact, Aaron Lee, who you mentioned earlier, Greg Veeder, she broke that whole story on the Kim Monson show. And I’d been down at the Capitol, and there are those in that arena that are very active. I’ll just say that. Correct. So very concerned about that. One other thing, Greg Veeder, this was yesterday. One of our listeners had a daughter that’s really smart and is in the medical field. And she decided to change into a different field in the medical arena because of all this gender mutilation. And she said that some of the other people in that field, industry were bent out of shape when gender mutilation was suspended. And so many of our medical professionals have been indoctrinated, Greg Veeder. Yes. Greg?
SPEAKER 08 :
We didn’t lose him, did we? They’re seen as heretics if they don’t sustain the faith, which is what you’re talking about.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. Okay. So one other thing regarding medical records, Dr. Broman, as president of Colorado Union of Taxpayers, I look at all of the legislation that is scheduled for hearing for the next week. And there’s a bill. I don’t know which number it is, but it’s a bill regarding podiatrists have to make sure that they maintain the privacy of medical records. And I thought. That was just crazy. I’ve been in this experience. You should say everybody in the office has access to our medical records.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, you’re exactly right because I don’t know why they limit it to a podiatrist. They should be secure for everyone. And the front desk staff, there are laws to protect patient information. So if you are an employee and you’re spreading private health information, then that is a crime. You can be fined and you can lose your job. So they try to regulate that. And unfortunately, there’s no absolute safeguards that’s going to prevent all information from staying private.
SPEAKER 15 :
But I do find it ironic that HIPAA statements, remember those? That was supposedly keeping our medical records. The only people that didn’t know anything about it was me, it seemed like.
SPEAKER 12 :
Right.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay, Greg Veeder. You said there’s 30 laws that have been put in place in Colorado regarding the mutilation of our children. And this is a big deal regarding the Supreme Court decision. However, this House Bill 1322 has put in place actions, civil actions that are into perpetuity regarding mental health professionals, doctors. So what’s the next steps? What do we need to do? Greg Veeder?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I think we have to create voices and a collective of people who care about this, who could see the need to protect free speech and find ourselves organized and then present ourselves to the governor, essentially, and say, look, we are a collection of stakeholders and we want to discuss this because things have gone way out of whack. And the otherwise, I would know that Colorado is a state where money from other states comes because it’s a smaller state. It’s a place where things get tried out. Yes. I was in a meeting just last night with people from California, which is famously in the same camp And we were in a debate as to which state is the worst when it comes to free speech, and Colorado won. So your show and all platforms that can be conceived of, what we’re talking about needs to come together. I know I and Steve are just getting rolling on trying to create such a gathering of voices, a broad range of stakeholders. to look at the evidence and start forcing our state to be evidence-based in how it handles medical and mental health issues. Okay. Because we’ve lost that completely.
SPEAKER 15 :
We really have. And Greg, your final thought, and then Dr. Broman, we’ll go to you for your final thought.
SPEAKER 08 :
Sure. I guess my final thought is we have free speech is something that is losable or losing it And we have to fight to regain it. And we have to find each other to do that. If anybody wants to talk to me, you can tell them how to do so.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. That is great. That’s Greg Veeder. Thank you, Greg. Dr. Steve Roman, your final thought.
SPEAKER 05 :
My final thought is actually a couple of shameless plugs. Partnersforethicalcare.com. Partnersforethicalcare.com. Detransitioners are going to be speaking out on Sunday, April 19th. Tickets are available on that website. And the other thing is be sure to support the three petitions that PKC, Protect Kids Colorado, got on the November ballot. Vote and vote yes on all three petitions to help protect our kids.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay, very good. Thank you, Greg Veeder. Thank you, Steve Broman. And those are going to be on the ballot. And, again, 3,500 volunteers. This goes back to your piece, Brad Beck, that we’ll be publishing, A Tiny Mark Carries Significant Weight.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, we preserve our liberty by honoring our sacred honor. And that has significance in that we have to have the personal responsibility to be aware, number one, to understand the issues, and then to look for the virtuous path rather than the path of least resistance, which we become in our modern life. You know, I look at what goes on now in the world and the war in Iran, and there are very few people that take their oath to the Constitution or military or police or fire laws. our first responders, but the rest of us don’t do that on a job or a daily basis. And we need to do that. We need to be aware.
SPEAKER 15 :
We definitely do. And we have a responsibility. Our founders put their lives on the line, their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to pass on liberty, which is the responsible exercise of freedom to the next generation. We cannot stand by and let our children be mutilated. We have a responsibility to step forward. So this great work that they’re doing and this partnersforethicalcare.com is important. And I’m aware of this event on the 19th. In fact, we’re going to have one of the organizers on next week. And so check all that out. And Brad, as always, it’s so fun to have you here.
SPEAKER 21 :
As you always say, Kim, onward. Onward. We’ve got to keep moving forward.
SPEAKER 15 :
Definitely. And our quote for the end of the show is Bobby Jones, because the Masters begins today. And he was a great amateur golfer. He said, some people think they’re concentrating when they’re merely worrying. So my friends 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 12 :
Maybe.
SPEAKER 22 :
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