Jefferson County Land Grab and Biden’s Border Crisis

On Jan. 12, 2023, Kim Monson examined threats to private property rights from multiple angles: Jefferson County commissioners suing a homeowner to take her land, Colorado’s legislative assault on property through housing and education bills, and the Biden administration’s open border policies undermining American sovereignty. Sen. Mark Baisley discussed the “In God We Trust” license plate initiative. Taralyn Romero shared her battle against government land seizure. Karen Levine provided real estate market insights. Mark Krikorian exposed the deliberately created border crisis.

Real Estate Market Update

Start listening at 64:20 – Hour 2

Karen Levine with RE/MAX Alliance reported encouraging activity in the Denver metro real estate market. After the roller coaster of 2022, where prices skyrocketed through April before interest rate doubles caused market adjustment, buyers and sellers are finding confidence again. Karen described working with a buyer who favorited seven properties for viewing. All seven went under contract that first weekend of 2023, demonstrating strong market activity. Creativity and innovation in financing and sales strategies are helping buyers successfully purchase homes despite the higher interest rate environment.

Biden’s Manufactured Border Crisis

Start listening at 71:22 – Hour 2

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, provided analysis of the Biden administration’s border policies. Over two years, Biden has released approximately 2 million arrested illegal immigrants into the United States, with an additional 1 million “gotaways” evading Border Patrol entirely. This represents nearly 1% of the U.S. population entering illegally, on top of 1 million annual legal immigrants, creating an unsustainable situation.

Krikorian explained that the crisis stems not from lack of resources but from deliberate policy choices. The Obama administration began releasing illegal immigrants with “notices to appear” rather than detaining them, word spread, and numbers exploded. Trump stabilized the border through enforcement, but Biden immediately reversed every Trump policy on his first day in office. The current administration doesn’t believe Americans have the right to control immigration. They view enforcement as immoral, similar to Jim Crow laws.

“Biden isn’t just harming American workers and taxpayers. He’s enriching Mexican cartels that are now making more money off illegal alien smuggling than drug trafficking. It’s safer for them, and the administration stimulated this traffic.”

— Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies

Mexican cartels now generate more revenue from human smuggling than drug trafficking in some cases, taxing smugglers who move migrants across the border. People pay $20,000 to $30,000 by mortgaging property, borrowing from loan sharks or essentially enslaving themselves through indentured servitude arrangements. Biden’s January 2023 “border plan” announced during his El Paso photo op, where the city cleared homeless illegal immigrants from streets so he wouldn’t see them, offers meaningless enforcement coupled with illegal expansion of “parole” authority to admit even more people outside statutory limits.

Jefferson County’s Attempted Land Grab

Start listening at 35:07 – Hour 1

Taralyn Romero, a Kittredge homeowner, joined Kim to describe how Jefferson County commissioners sued her to seize her private property. After purchasing her 0.6-acre mountain property with Bear Creek access, Taralyn discovered that 55 people daily were using her backyard as an extension of Kittredge Park. This use had been permitted by previous owners but was never disclosed during the sale. When she exercised her property rights and closed access, a group calling themselves “Friends of the Park” organized and demanded Jefferson County take action.

Rather than using constitutional eminent domain, which cannot be used for recreational purposes like parks, Jefferson County filed suit claiming adverse possession (squatter’s rights) or attempting to force Taralyn to share her property indefinitely. The county threatened that unless she opened her land to the public while awaiting a judge’s ruling, they would seek an immediate court order. Facing this coercion, Taralyn had no choice but to allow public access to her private property while paying taxes, insurance and bearing all liability.

“Jefferson County already owns land as part of Kittredge Park with Bear Creek access. They could open that land to the public tomorrow. Instead, they’re suing me to take my property because a vocal minority group demanded it.”

— Taralyn Romero, Kittredge Homeowner

Kim visited the property and confirmed that Jefferson County owns adjacent land with identical Bear Creek access that remains closed and unmarked. Despite this, the county has erected multiple sandwich board signs on Taralyn’s property advertising public access after threatening her with immediate legal action if she didn’t comply. The county is using taxpayer dollars to sue a private citizen rather than simply opening the public land it already owns.

Senator Baisley on ‘In God We Trust’ License Plates

Start listening at 21:57 – Hour 1

Colorado State Sen. Mark Baisley discussed his renewed effort to create an “In God We Trust” license plate option for Colorado residents. After Rep. Leslie Harrod intentionally stalled the bill in 2022 by keeping it off the calendar until the last day of session, when there was insufficient time for Senate passage, Baisley is reintroducing the legislation. Twenty-four states currently offer similar plates featuring the national motto.

Col. John Preco, a retired U.S. Air Force officer, originated the initiative after moving to Colorado from Virginia and discovering the option wasn’t available. Baisley noted that even inmates at the state prison in Canon City who manufacture license plates expressed enthusiasm for producing the new design, as it breaks the monotony of stamping identical plates. The license plate would be revenue-positive for the state, with fees covering all costs without directing funds to any particular organization.