On the July 17, 2025 broadcast, Kim Monson explores critical issues affecting Colorado families, including public health deceptions that threaten parental rights, a controversial land grab by Xcel Energy in Elbert County, and Denver Mayor Michael Johnston’s request for $800 million in new debt. Guests Pam Long, Carrie Giblets, and Jason Bailey provide essential information for engaged citizens fighting government overreach.
Carrie Giblets, an Elbert County resident, sounds the alarm on Xcel Energy’s aggressive tactics to seize private property for their Power Pathway transmission line project. Despite the Elbert County Board of Commissioners denying Xcel’s incomplete permit applications on June 25, the utility company continues serving condemnation papers on landowners. Giblets explains that 13 landowners have already been served with eminent domain orders, with 9 or 10 more in limbo.
The proposed 550-mile transmission line would cut through Elbert County with 150-foot-wide easements and towers up to 199 feet tall, some placed less than 100 feet from homes. Giblets notes that existing transmission corridors to the east could accommodate the project, but Xcel refuses to consider alternatives because their route opens the entire eastern plains for wind and solar development within 35 miles of the line. County zoning regulations require co-location with existing infrastructure when possible, yet Xcel ignores these requirements.
“There is absolutely no benefit for Elbert County. Xcel says that we will get some money in fees and taxes, but the costs to Elbert County far outweigh any benefit that we would get in tax revenue.”
Carrie Giblets, Elbert County Resident
Jason Bailey, founder of Citizens for No New Debt, breaks down why Denver Mayor Michael Johnston’s proposed $800 million bond measure makes no economic sense. Bailey, a 40-year business veteran who ran a restaurant near Denver’s City and County Building for 14 years, watched Mayor Michael Hancock accumulate debt that taxpayers must repay at roughly double the original amount.
The Denver City Council will likely approve placing this measure on the November ballot, despite any surface-level pushback. Bailey explains that government debt differs fundamentally from business debt because government produces nothing and can only acquire revenue through taxation. Every dollar paid in interest to banks buys nothing for citizens, making debt a counterproductive way to fund parks, recreation centers, or any public project.
“The thing is, if we don’t use debt, we can buy more parks and more recreation centers and more libraries, and we can cut back on tax money.”
Jason Bailey, Founder, Citizens for No New Debt
Pam Long, a West Point graduate, former Army Medical Service Corps captain, and military director at Children’s Health Defense, exposes the top 10 public health scams that parents must understand before the new school year. Long reveals that doctors and nurses routinely fail to provide informed consent about vaccine risks because financial compensation systems award them up to $400 per child if most patients in a clinic are vaccinated.
Colorado’s minor consent laws, passed under Governor Polis, allow children as young as 12 to consent for contraceptives, abortion, STD treatment, mental health services, and more without parental knowledge. Schools and employers routinely ignore religious exemption rights, despite clear protections in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Long advises parents to know Colorado Revised Statute 25-4-903, which outlines vaccine exemption rights that all institutions must follow.
The Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) database tracks vaccine records from “womb to tomb” for coercive purposes including reminder recalls, home visits, and quarantine enforcement. Long warns that the state aims to connect this registry to a federal database by 2030, linking vaccine status to Real ID for tracking compliance in real time for school, work, and travel.
“This is the groundwork for the surveillance state to create psychological targeting, predictive modeling, social control, and just unprecedented intrusions into our personal freedoms.”
Pam Long, Military Director, Children’s Health Defense
Karen Levine, a REMAX Alliance realtor with over 30 years of Colorado experience, reports that the residential real estate market is shifting toward buyers for the first time in years. According to the National Association of Realtors’ chief economist, the market is moving toward balance, but if mortgage rates drop from around 7% to 6%, pent-up buyer demand would flood back and create multiple-offer competition again.
Levine advises buyers who can handle current interest rates to act now while they have negotiating power on price and terms. Sellers may offer concessions that could fund interest rate buydowns, allowing buyers to refinance later when rates decline. This window of opportunity benefits buyers who understand that waiting for lower rates may mean facing more competition and higher prices.
“And it’s the first time that we have seen the real estate market moving towards what would be defined as a buyer’s market.”
Karen Levine, REMAX Alliance Realtor
Karen Gordey of Radiant Painting and Lighting explains proper home exterior preparation and the importance of quality paint selection. After power washing and hand scraping any remaining peeling paint, her team primes all bare wood with specialized primers that seal surfaces to prevent future peeling. The quality of paint determines how long protection lasts, from five to six years for basic paints up to 10 to 25 years for premium products.
“So my recommendation typically is, if someone is keeping their house that at a minimum they’re doing the paint. That’s going to last at least 10 years, because no one wants to paint their house every couple years.”
Karen Gordey, Owner, Radiant Painting and Lighting
Pam Long proposes a unified GOP slate for 2026. Bob Boswell critiques green-energy costs. Antoinette De La Cruz shares her detransition story.
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