July 2, 2025 • 32 mins
In the second hour of today's edition of the show, Steve Reams fills in for Dan Caplis and reacts to the left's claims about "Alligator Alcatraz"
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Of the show with welcoming Shriff Steve Reams as your
guest host today. And as I've been saying over the
last few days, I want to try to get as
many governor candidates on as we can, and I know
that we've had some hits or misses with some of
these folks. The guy we had on yesterday, Jason Clark,
was definitely an entertaining character. But you know, I think
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it's important we keep talking about we want to see
things come back in the state of Colorado. We want
to make sure we get a candidate out there that
can represent us and maybe bring some normalcy back to
this state. So it's important to give these guys a platform,
and that'll be our transition to our next guest, which
is Bryson Garrison. He's a candidate for governor and he's
also a fire chief out of Brighton. Bryson, how you
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doing doing great?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Srif Raams. Thanks for having me on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
You bet, And you know, normally I take a few
swipes that my brothers who are on the fire services,
but today you're you know, you're on here for a
different purpose. So I want to ask you for your chill,
your recipe or anything. We'll just ask you. I appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
I want to ask you for the doughnut resident.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
That's perfect, that's great. I don't like to share it. Bryceon.
So obviously you're a fire chief down in the Brighton area.
But what made you decide, Hey, I think I'm gonna
throw my hat in this competition for governor. And what
do you bring to the table.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Yeah, I certainly appreciate the question. You know, the why
behind what we do is always really important for me.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Of course, I.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Loved my fire service career and I still have some
distance to go there. But what I'd really like to
do is serve more people. That's what we do in
public service. We're here to serve others and to help
in times of need. Those are the things that come
to mind for me when I say, you know the
reason for the governorship is I've got some great skill sets.
I look at Colorado almost in a state of emergency
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at times, and you know exactly what that looks like.
And when you've got these emergencies, you've got to have
somebody that knows how to handle them, put them in
order to prioritize what needs to be done sometimes recognize
some of the most important things are what are we
going to stop doing so that we can stop this
problem from getting worse and then work through the remediation
process of finding ways to improve it. So I bring
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some of those skill sets to the table. But in reality,
you know, what drives me is just family. I have
a lot of family in the state. We have a
lot of friends in the state, as all of us do.
And I think what we're seeing is something where the
state's becoming unrecognizable for a while, a lot of us
came here or grew up here.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
I think about that.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I picture what Colorado used to be and it's changed dramatically.
I'd love to bring that back for today's generations.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah I can't, I kind of help, but think I know,
you know, through my travels in law enforcement, I'm seeing
things now that are just their gut punch, you know,
for the way Colorado has become versus where it was,
I have to believe that you're seeing the same thing
in the emergency service aside on the fire on fireside,
What does that look like in the day to day
life of what you do and kind of how does
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that propel you to move forward?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Well, it certainly is a motivator for me. You know,
there's things that I can share with you. For example,
with Colorado being a sanctuary state, and if we don't
follow some of the government federal government guidelines, we're not
receiving grant money that impacts every single community in Colorado.
If your emergency services don't have some of the federal
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funds that have helped us along the way to provide
the services that we provided, we're not going to be
able to meet those missions, the mission in the public
of really taking great care of people. So that's one
thing I think about. You know, from a state legislative side,
we've seen the state legislator have some emergency sessions and
an effort to find ways to reduce the taxable burden
on our citizens, which is a great thing, but they're
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doing that in a way that's also compromising some of
the emergency services ability to respond in the field. So
those are a couple you know, more professional concern that
I've got. But you know, I think there's a lot
more to it than that. I think we're you know,
we're seeing things that you know, just from Colorado, where
we have a lot of trouble with losing some economic
freedom in general for our businesses and especially law enforcement
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because we're partners and everything we do out in the field.
And I see law enforcements hands getting tied to be
able to do the right thing and make our community safe.
I think that's a big, a big negative impact for
our communities and a place where we could certainly do
things to make our community safer by untying that those
hands are law enforcement to get out there and do
what they're meant to do.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I think one thing that the average citizen doesn't understand
the person who's not the first responder. And I'm sure
you see it in the fire services as well, the
impact of the legalization of marijuana and then the openness
of drug use in this state, the reduction of penalties
on drug use in this state. You know, my deputies
are constantly responding to overdose calls as well as I'm
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sure your fire service guys are, and you know, while
you may bring that person back, or you may get
them the emergency tree they need, you don't get all
of them. And at the same time that's impactful to
the people who are responding, it's traumatic to those people
who are saving those lives as well.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
Yeah, you know, we call it moral injuries. You know,
the firefighters, the police officers, everybody that's out there that's
trying to help people in the community, and they're trying
to make an impact, but we aren't stopping the main
source of the problem. We're going to put a Fennel
machines out in public for people to go use satanel
as needed or nar can excuse me, just to overcome
these overdoses, But in reality, we need to do things
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further upstream than that they stop that problem from happening.
We want a society that doesn't rely on drugs to
find their satisfaction. I think we all agree with that,
and we know there's a lot of reasons why that happens.
But I think in reality what we want to do
is probably you and I both we want to go
further upstream as legislators and make some changes that would
be able to enforce the laws to stop people from
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using drugs that don't impact and make a positive, a
positive impact in their family or their community, or you know,
as far as as far as US as responders will
certainly always go out and help those.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
That are in need.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
That will never change. But I think what that what
that means is we need to go further upstream to
help those folks that are in need.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Sure, well, you've outlined some of the some of the
tenets of your of your of your campaign, but what
would you consider the major platforms that you're running on.
I mean, what makes you different from the other candidates
in the race.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
That's a that's a great question. And part of it is,
you know, I don't know enough about some of their
campaign platform two to say that. But what I what
I could share with you is a couple of things
that are just important. So for example, I've heard some
things out there that we're going to eliminate the state
income text, which is a great thing if we were
able to do that, But but that requires a lot
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to make that happen, and maybe there's a pathway to
get there. But but if that's the campaign, and I'm
not saying that to everybody's but that you know, those
are those things I think about that's not a reality
of today. Or even eliminated property taxes, I think is
a great thing. We should try and find ways to
reduce that burden, the taxable burden on our communities. But
we also have to make sure we're supporting the services
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that take care of them as well. But I think,
you know, I've had a few things just to say.
We've got to start with kind of restoring some economic
freedom in the state. We've got some of the highest
regulations in the state. We've got to find ways to
attract the good paying jobs to Colorado's We've got to
be able to start businesses in Colorado so that people
want to live and work here. Of course, to do that,
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we've got to fix some of the housing prices, which
you know, some of that has to do with some
of the red tape that's being put out there. You know,
some of that is just that we've got a lot
of young people that are really struggling to figure out
how to get in a home ownership. We've got to
help that group out as well. I've kind of shared
I would love to see communities that are safe to
be in again that people don't feel like that it's
dangerous for them or their children will be out in
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the streets. And I think we've got some of that
in Colorado. And then, of course, I think education is
a place where we could always do a little bit
of reform. I know some folks that are in they're
doing a great job, but I think there's some things
that are in the education system that really don't belong there.
And I think refocus, refocusing, reprioritizing on teaching things that
are really actionable and usable for our youth would be important.
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And then the Colorado has got just some great things,
our open spaces, protecting our water is important. But at
the same time, we've got some great resources with oil
and gas in Colorado that we also need to support
them because I'll tell you what, they do a great
job of supporting this state. And I think those are
a lot of things that I think about of what
we could start doing in Colorado to make a difference.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
You bet We've got Bryson Garrison On as a guest today.
He's running for governor in the state of Colorado. Background
is bright and he's a fire chief in Brighton. Bryson,
you know, to get to the finish line. I mean,
even to win the primary in this state, it takes
a lot of cash. How do you how do you
get out there to the voters? How do you how
do you get your message out? And what's your plan
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for overcoming how much money those Democrats are going to
throw at their various races.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yeah, you know, it's you know, I've been to a
couple events and there's some pretty pretty staggering numbers thrown
out there. What it's going to take to win this
race in Colorado. So so one things like your opportunity.
You know, Shaffing's having me on here. It's just this
is great to get a chance to reach the audience share.
You know, I would love to be your governor to
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do that. It's going to certainly take some funding for
us to get there. That's with any of the candidates,
and it seems like there's a few more even still
entering the race. I think what I what I would
like to share is as I make connections with different groups,
different county GOP parties, they're they're finding pathways to create resources.
I know the state gops reorganizing and finding ways to
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collectively help the group with some of their resources and funding.
And I'm very fortunate that there are some people that
I think, when they're ready and they kind of get
a good idea of what's out there, that they'll be
looking to support the right candidate. I know for a
few of those folks on that right candidate. So I've
got some some things I'm working on in the background
to get those resources to support the campaign. But you're right,
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this is no small mountain to climb.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
No, it's not something you just write a check for
like Governor Poulis did. Most of us don't have those
means to do that. So if the listeners want to
go out and find out more about you, if they
want to find you on social media, where do they go.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Well, that's a great question. And what I'm working on
is building the campaign website as we speak. So I
don't have that up and running just yet, but I'll
get it out there. I'll get it to everybody. I
think you can look for me at some of these
local events. You'll start seeing me. We'll be talking, and
I really I kind of like the face to face discussion.
I'm not a person that puts out yard signs or
makes T shirts. I what I am is I'm a
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face to face kind of person that loves to share
the message and hear what's important to the voters in
Colorado and champion those causes because that's who we inevitably
work for, is the people that we're serving. It seems
like it's kind of gone a little stuwid at times
in Colorado. But I will work on in that campaign.
Website finalized up and finished up so I can get
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it out there, so it's a finished product. But anyway,
that's where I'm at on that part of it.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Okay, Is there an event coming up that people could
could kind of plan for if they want to meet
you or ask you some questions in person?
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Yeah, we just had a couple events in Well County.
There's another one that'll be coming in some of the
next few things will be in and there's smaller events
and local committees. But there's another one coming up in
September that'll be downtown Denver. Where'll we come a forum
where you can do some Q and A. And I apologize,
I don't have that date offhand. I'm trying to find
it quickly so I could share that. But but but
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there are some events that are coming up, and once
we get those, well, I think what's really going to
be helpful is if we start accessing that that goop website.
Are trying to get some of that code in one place,
but we don't have it all just yet put together.
So but I would share that I'll be attending as
many of these local groups meetings as possible so that
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I can at least share the message, get to meet
the folks here what's important, and see how much a
candidate that resonates with the.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Voters sounds good. Well, I'm sure most of those groups
know that if they want to find you, the Secretary
of State's website provides some contact information, which is how
I reached out to you. So at least there's that
out there, and hopefully as time goes on, you get
that website put up, and we just appreciate you coming on.
I hope you had an opportunity. I am glad you
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had an opportunity to put a little bit of information
out here, and good luck to you as you continue
on down this pathway.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
I definitely appreciate the time and the opportunity to kind
of reach some of the folks out there. I'd love
to have that follow up conversation and we'll make some
of those ability to have that contact put out there
pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
So all right, great, Well that was bryceon Garrison. He
is a candidate for governor, current Brighton fire chief, and
we'll see how this all plays out. That's one more
in the race and one more that you've got to hear.
With that, we'll go to break and when we come back,
we'll kind of do a little bit of clean up
before we have another governor Canada. On at five thirty six,
you're listening to the Dankaplas Show here with Well Kenny
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Sheriff Steve Riams as your guest host.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
And now back to the Dan Tapless Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Today and Brian, thanks for playing that song. Coming back
in for a break fourth of July weekend. What could
be more patriotic than Lee Greenwood singing that song? And
I've had the pleasure of seeing him sing that in
person a couple of times, whether it was at a
Trump rally, I think there was one when Mitt Romney
was running for president, But regardless, it was still cool
to hear to hear Lee Greenwood belt in that song
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out and even though he's getting older, he still does
a pretty darn good job with it, So thank you
for that.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Ryan.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
You know that he's the same age as Joe Biden.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Right, Wow, boys, some people age better than others.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
William Shatner was on Cape.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Yeah I heard him. I heard him. Yeah ninety four. Yeah,
that's great and sound sixty four. Yeah, he's crisp as
could be. He brount circles around me. I'm not asking
him to be a guest on the show. While we
were away at break, We've got a couple of text
messages come in. One I really want to get to here.
I don't know if I can answer it accurately, but
the question was, I'm not considering one of those burn
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up pepper spray launchers since the new can still carry
law went into effect. What are the downsides of these tools?
And I've never used one. I've researched them a little
bit for some other folks, and I would say that
the biggest downside is, you know, it's the old adage
if you never want to bring a knife to a gunfight,
it's it's close to a gun, but it's not a gun.
So someone's got a gun on you returning fire with
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one of those. You know, it's better than nothing, but
I think you're going to want to get the first
shot off, and they look and sound a lot like
a regular weapon, so that may result in someone firing
back at you. But as a home defense weapon, if
you're not really wanting to go through the hoops of
having to try to buy a gun and some of
the new restrictions that will go into place, those actually
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kick in next I believe September one. But yeah, I
don't know. I mean, I can't, I can't tell anybody
it's a bad idea to figure out a way to
protect yourself. I mean a lot of people carry, you know,
a n eye for our pepper spray or whatever. That's
just one more tool than the tool belt. But a
firearm is always the great equalizer. And that's why I've
said many times over an arms society is a polite society.
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And in Colorado you still can open carry. So depending
on where you're at, you you know, a lot of
times it's pretty it's pretty accepted, but depending on your
particular community, it may not be. If you want to
move to Weld County, we got a lot of we
got a lot of space and we're very accepting of
open carry because it happens all the time and people
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are very accustomed to it. So that I guess that's
my long answer to a short question and one of
these others. I think we're just going to skip over
because I don't want to bring that out on an air.
But you know, as we lead into the fourth of July,
the weekend here, I do want to make a little
public service announcement for everyone out there, for those of
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you that you know, you get ticked off and you
hear fireworks going off in your neighborhood, and you know,
you got that kid that keeps popping, you know, black
jacks out on the corner and all that kind of stuff.
I get it. That stuff's annoying, and it's sometimes it
gets on your nerves. But this is the time of
the year where dispatch centers get overwhelmed, and they get
overwhelmed with those kind of calls. And I'm saying that
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because I'm starting to see it even in my own office,
where you know, our dispatchers are just getting inundated, and
then when those really important calls come in, you know,
a traffic accident with injuries or you know some kind
of in progress emergency that needs law enforcement there. You know,
in an absolute crunch, it's harder and harder for those
those real calls to get get taken care of. What
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I would encourage people to do is go out and
talk to your neighbors if you're not if your neighbor's
doing something you don't necessarily agree with, or lighting off fireworks,
making an opportunity to go out and say hi. And
I know that may sound crazy, especially in today's society,
but don't expect law enforcement to come fix everything. And
I'm saying that as a public service announcement for a
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guy who's worked in law enforcement for almost twenty eight
years now. So many of these issues just get worse
when you ask law enforcement to come fix them. And
oftentimes when we get there, they say, I wish you
had just come over and said something. We just stop
popping them. So take that to heart, take it for
what it's worth. And when we come back, we will
have yet another governor's candidate, mister Greg Lopez, probably the
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most notable candidate in the race so far as far
as name recognition goes. So we'll get back with him
in just a few minutes. But you're listening to Dan
Caplis Show here with well Kenny Sheriff Steve Reims as
your guest host.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
And without further ado, we'll just go ahead and jump
right into this next guest, which is our I don't
know eighth or ninth candidate for governor that we've had
on in the last few few days, and that is
Greg Lopez. Greg has been the former mayor of Parker.
He filled in at the end of Congressman Bucks term
and I guess won the election for that fill in
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spot for CD four and has been a candidate. Now
this is your third time running for governor, and probably
that third time might be the charm. Is that correct?
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Greg?
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Hey, Steve, how are you doing.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
I'm doing well.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
Yeah, you know, actually this is the third time that
I'm seeking the nomination to be the Republican candidate for governor.
So yes, this is the third time I'm seeking the nomination.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Well, you know, more power to you. I don't know how.
I don't know how anybody musters up the strength to
want to do it once yet alone three times, But
here we are. So with that being said, I mean
you've you've obviously been in this fight for a little while.
What makes this candidacy different from the other two.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
Well, look, as you did it earlier. You know, I'm
a former congressman. I have the most name recognition throughout
the state, and people truly understand that I care. Both candidates.
After they lose, you never see them again. You don't
see them back in the battlefield. You know, for the
last seven years, we've seen what a single party control
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can do.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
It's terrible.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
It's terrible, and Colorado's in the crisis. Look, I've been
my wife and I have been here in thirty eight years.
The Colorado that we know and love is being a race.
And I'm here to tell you that it's time for
Colorado to make a comeback, to make Colorado Colorado again.
And the way we do that is we put people
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over politics, and I am going to do that. I've
been traveling the state and this this is what's different,
is that people are truly understanding the severity of what
is happening here in the state of Colorado, and they
are looking for a voice that they've heard before, a
voice that they can fully believe that will never go away.
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As long as we're having to deal with, you know,
our brothers and sisters on the left side that have
seen to be lost and what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
So, what do you think are the major issues you
would address if elected as governor of Colorado? What would
be those things you would focus most focus on.
Speaker 5 (20:33):
Well, let me tell you. Look, you know, Colorado's in
the crisis everywhere you look. But one of the things
that I will do is so this sanctuary state, this
needs to go away. We are not a we cannot
be a sanctuary state. The sec that we are has
raised our crying levels, has caused a lot of have it.
So local control is another thing. I want to give
local control back to the counties, back to the cities
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where the government doesn't tell them what to do or
how to do it, how to live their lives. The
state needs the stay out of local control of regulations.
I'm the former director of the United States Small Business Administration.
I know the importance of small business and how regulations
through DORA is crippling small business, which means we're not
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able to hire people, We're not able to live that
American dream that everybody wants. And so there's a lot
of things crime. I mean, it can go on and
on and on about all the things that are happening,
but local control, sanctuary state, removing regulations, making governments back,
put government back into lane where they belong, and allowing
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everybody to live that quality of life that we can
all be proud of Colorado once again.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
So let me ask you this question. Greg. You know,
there's been a lot of candidates saying I'm going to
eliminate state income tax. I'm going to eliminate this tax
or that tax. You haven't made those comments. But I
don't think Colorado has a revenue issue. I think Colorado
has a spending issue. And when I say spending issue,
it's not that they're spending too much. It's necessary necessarily,
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it's that they're spending things, in my opinion, on stuff
that the voters don't prioritize. I mean, I can't tell
you how many times driving down here to the studio
from Weald County, I've just about rattled my teeth out
of my head. If elected as governor, what would your
priorities be for spending in this state? Where would you
focus the government moneyes too?
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Look, you just said it. Look, transportation infrastructure is what's
going to bring jobs to Colorado. It what it allows
us to get to where we need to go. This
traffic and congestion is unbelievable. Look, when I served in Congress,
I said on the Budget Committee, I sat on the Science,
Base and Technology Committee, and I was also one of
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the first people to sit on the Dose Committee. Government
is spending way too much money. You know, the state
was one point two billion over budget. Did right here
right here to tell you it's going to be worse
next year because they're spending too much money, like you
just said, and nobody's watching it. How can you not
know that you're one point two billion dollars over budget
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until the JBC gets together. I mean to me, that
just shows lack of executive experience, lack of administrative oversight,
and the bureaucrats are just running them up. Well, I
got to stop that.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
And I think there's a lot of pet projects that
on the left side of the aisle likes to feed
and they don't. It's at any cost. I mean, that's
that's my personal opinion.
Speaker 5 (23:35):
So hey, look at the governor. The governor wants to
build a twenty million dollar bridge from the front steps
of the Capitol over to Liberty Park twenty millions. Talk
about these pet projects that you're talking about. The whole
introduction of the wolf, that is a pet project of
Governor Polis.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
And it's cost a lot of mind. Yeah, yeah, you know.
Speaker 5 (23:56):
And they're hurting rule Colorado. They're hurting our ranchers, our farmers,
They're causing havoc up in the western Slope. You know,
I can't even go into the water issue and how
Governor Polish is ignoring our water issues. I mean, she's
out to lunch. And a governor that truly understands the
importance of how to be an executive administrator and put
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people in for the politics.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Well, I got a challenge one of the points you made.
You said that Colorado isn't a sanctuary state. All right,
you said it is a sanctuary state, but Governor Polis
keeps saying it's not. So how can those two things
be the same?
Speaker 5 (24:35):
Well, look, I would say you this. I know it's
legal to smokes here in Colorado, but I think he's
looking way too much of it because we all though
you know.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
That it is absolutely yeah, you know.
Speaker 5 (24:48):
So he's just trying to mislead the voters. And I'm
here to tell you that the voters are now recognizing
that a lot of stuff that he says it's not true.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Well, and I won't limit this to one party. I
think you have to be careful. You know, politicians of
both walks have been guilty of just making outlandish statements
and boldface lies. But I've not seen a governor who
just so willingly will just tell you something and pretend
as if it's the truth. Is what Governor Polus does.
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And I hope that that's not anything we see from
any of our Republican candidates. That just can't be a
tenant of anyone who's running to be a Republican candidate
for governor.
Speaker 5 (25:29):
I totally agree with you. And look, you know, you
know me, what you see is what you get. I
haven't changed my messaging, I haven't changed where I stand
on my issues. You know, I'm a veteran. I would
just say, well that, you know, and we are in
a war. We're in a war in Colorado for a worldview,
and the worldview that they have had is on in
the last seven years. It's not the worldview that most
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colorado want to see. And that's why it's time for
a comeback. We've got to make Colorado Colorado again. And
that's exactly what I'm going to do, is I'm going
to make Colorado a state that we can all be
proud of.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Well, so to that point, you said, you haven't changed
your messaging, You're still the same Canada that you've been before. Well,
with that being said, how do you get that message
to resonate differently than maybe it has in the first
couple of campaigns? And how do you get that message
out to a broader spectrum? You know, I don't want
to see I don't want to see you go the
same path and not become the candidate. How do you
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get there? How do you how do you get over
that finish line?
Speaker 5 (26:27):
Well, here's the difference, right, The difference is that you
know what we're now because we are very well recognized
and people across the nation are a where what I'm
doing here in Colorado? We are now focusing on the
urban corridors. Look, you just know, sure, if that it's
the urban corridor, that's where the battle is. The battle
is in the urban corridor. As if it chains to
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the vote. Sure, they focused on twenty one counties and
they throw away forty three. They throw them away because
they don't need the vote. You know of the other
forty three counties. Be the former president of the Denver
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, being on the board of the
Martin Luther King Awards Committee, and being the director of
(27:08):
Fault Business. I've been in the urban corridor talking to
the voters, listening to their concerns. Two weeks ago, I
was at the Lote Riders show at the Complex and
they were like, we're so glad you're running. And I
would tell them, look, I'm a Republican and they're like,
we could care less who you are, whether you're a
(27:29):
Republican or Democrat. We like what you're saying. You're one
of us. We're going to vote for you.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
I got you, Okay. So if you're if you're a
listener out there, If if we got a listener out
there that wants to find out more about your campaign, Greg,
where do they go? What's your website? What are your
social media platforms? Where do they find out more about you?
Speaker 3 (27:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (27:49):
Look, they need to go to Greg Lopez dot c
O just like Colorado not an m Greg Lopez dot
c And here's where I'll tell everybody. The next governor,
it's going to be the forty fourth governor that this
state has ever had. So I'll encourage everybody go to
my website make a forty four dollars contribution every month.
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For anything lower than forty four dollars, it really doesn't matter.
Look at the end of the day, we are going
to be the next owner of this state because the
people deserve a new chapter and I'm going to write
it alongside with them, because it's time to Colorado.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
Made that comeback, and now back to the Dan Kaplas
Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
It always flies by so fast, and the whole week's
gone by fast. It's been a pleasure to be here
with you filling in for Dan as he does his
trial prop I just want to read a few text
messages as we close out the show, a couple of
little points of feedback from some of our governor's candidates.
One of them here says, mister Lopez is right. Everyone
else has been one and done when they run for office.
He's been representing the people at various levels for several
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elections cycles. I appreciate that he's been there consistently. I'd
vote for him as governor if he maintains, I'll be
promoting him for sure. And here's another one. This is
probably geared at Bryce and Garrison. I would assume it
always worries me when a candidate for governor jumps in
the race and does not have a website or a
Twitter or Facebook or any anyway for someone to reach
out to them. Just makes me a little worried. And
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then my favorite text of all of the day, Steve
has cut out to be a full time host. Awesome job.
That person must be a family member or something, and
they just don't want me to be home very much,
or they think there's some kind of hour like midnight
that needs to be filled on some obscure radio station.
But either way, I appreciate the feedback. And it's always
(29:42):
good to have the listeners dialing in or texting in
to the show and letting us know that you're paying
attention out there. Again, you know, as we roll into
the fourth of July holiday, and this is my favorite.
This is the one where people get to let their
hair down a little bit, celebrate the celebrate our country.
You know, remember what's important about our freedom here and
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it's unlike anything else anywhere else. You'll find in the world.
Fourth of July is just it's a phenomenal way to
celebrate our nation's independence and for kicking some button, having
our own country. And now we're rolling into the two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of this country. I think President
Trump's going to be in Iowa. He was either there today,
(30:24):
I don't know. He should have asked him Ryan when
he was on earlier how his trip to Iowa was
shaping up all that being said, miss it, Yeah, you know, opportunities.
But I think you know, this next year is going
to be full of some exciting stuff as we get
ready to celebrate the two hundred and fifty year anniversary.
And I'm looking forward to what Fourth of July will
look like next year, as obviously there's going to be
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a grand, a grand celebration I would assume in Washington,
d C. With President Trump being in office. And most importantly,
I want to think Ryan and Kelly behind the glass,
who made sure I didn't make a complete full of
my just a partial fool of myself, but important that
you do the partial fool. Yeah, you know, you got
to have a little bit of fun, you know. Kelly
set up Greg Brox Greg George Brockler to come on
(31:10):
yesterday afternoon, and that guy and I probably shouldn't sit
next to each other at any event that we're at.
In fact, we usually are separated because we act like
school kids. But it's always fun having him on the
show and cutting it up with him a little bit.
Yesterday afternoon was good, and you know, Kelly made that happen,
so again, thanks Kelly. And I've been told that I'm
going to get some kind of dinner because of because
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of my distaste for one of Kelly's restaurants.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
You we've never been to a cheriscaria, You've never been
to Texas Day Brazil, so we got to take you.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
We're going to make that happen. Well again. That's wrapping
up day three of this two hour show and it's
just been a pleasure to fill in here for Dan Kaplis,
and I look forward to seeing you sometime in the
near future. Well, Kenny Sheriff Steve Reams signing off,
This is Dan Capless and welcome to today's online podcast
edition of The Dan Caplis Show. Please be sure to
give us a five star rating if you'd be so kind,
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Of the show with welcoming Shriff Steve Reams as your
guest host today. And as I've been saying over the
last few days, I want to try to get as
many governor candidates on as we can, and I know
that we've had some hits or misses with some of
these folks. The guy we had on yesterday, Jason Clark,
was definitely an entertaining character. But you know, I think
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it's important we keep talking about we want to see
things come back in the state of Colorado. We want
to make sure we get a candidate out there that
can represent us and maybe bring some normalcy back to
this state. So it's important to give these guys a platform,
and that'll be our transition to our next guest, which
is Bryson Garrison. He's a candidate for governor and he's
also a fire chief out of Brighton. Bryson, how you
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doing doing great?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Srif Raams. Thanks for having me on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
You bet, And you know, normally I take a few
swipes that my brothers who are on the fire services,
but today you're you know, you're on here for a
different purpose. So I want to ask you for your chill,
your recipe or anything. We'll just ask you. I appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
I want to ask you for the doughnut resident.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
That's perfect, that's great. I don't like to share it. Bryceon.
So obviously you're a fire chief down in the Brighton area.
But what made you decide, Hey, I think I'm gonna
throw my hat in this competition for governor. And what
do you bring to the table.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Yeah, I certainly appreciate the question. You know, the why
behind what we do is always really important for me.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Of course, I.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Loved my fire service career and I still have some
distance to go there. But what I'd really like to
do is serve more people. That's what we do in
public service. We're here to serve others and to help
in times of need. Those are the things that come
to mind for me when I say, you know the
reason for the governorship is I've got some great skill sets.
I look at Colorado almost in a state of emergency
(02:00):
at times, and you know exactly what that looks like.
And when you've got these emergencies, you've got to have
somebody that knows how to handle them, put them in
order to prioritize what needs to be done sometimes recognize
some of the most important things are what are we
going to stop doing so that we can stop this
problem from getting worse and then work through the remediation
process of finding ways to improve it. So I bring
(02:21):
some of those skill sets to the table. But in reality,
you know, what drives me is just family. I have
a lot of family in the state. We have a
lot of friends in the state, as all of us do.
And I think what we're seeing is something where the
state's becoming unrecognizable for a while, a lot of us
came here or grew up here.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
I think about that.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I picture what Colorado used to be and it's changed dramatically.
I'd love to bring that back for today's generations.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah I can't, I kind of help, but think I know,
you know, through my travels in law enforcement, I'm seeing
things now that are just their gut punch, you know,
for the way Colorado has become versus where it was,
I have to believe that you're seeing the same thing
in the emergency service aside on the fire on fireside,
What does that look like in the day to day
life of what you do and kind of how does
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that propel you to move forward?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Well, it certainly is a motivator for me. You know,
there's things that I can share with you. For example,
with Colorado being a sanctuary state, and if we don't
follow some of the government federal government guidelines, we're not
receiving grant money that impacts every single community in Colorado.
If your emergency services don't have some of the federal
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funds that have helped us along the way to provide
the services that we provided, we're not going to be
able to meet those missions, the mission in the public
of really taking great care of people. So that's one
thing I think about. You know, from a state legislative side,
we've seen the state legislator have some emergency sessions and
an effort to find ways to reduce the taxable burden
on our citizens, which is a great thing, but they're
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doing that in a way that's also compromising some of
the emergency services ability to respond in the field. So
those are a couple you know, more professional concern that
I've got. But you know, I think there's a lot
more to it than that. I think we're you know,
we're seeing things that you know, just from Colorado, where
we have a lot of trouble with losing some economic
freedom in general for our businesses and especially law enforcement
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because we're partners and everything we do out in the field.
And I see law enforcements hands getting tied to be
able to do the right thing and make our community safe.
I think that's a big, a big negative impact for
our communities and a place where we could certainly do
things to make our community safer by untying that those
hands are law enforcement to get out there and do
what they're meant to do.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I think one thing that the average citizen doesn't understand
the person who's not the first responder. And I'm sure
you see it in the fire services as well, the
impact of the legalization of marijuana and then the openness
of drug use in this state, the reduction of penalties
on drug use in this state. You know, my deputies
are constantly responding to overdose calls as well as I'm
(04:53):
sure your fire service guys are, and you know, while
you may bring that person back, or you may get
them the emergency tree they need, you don't get all
of them. And at the same time that's impactful to
the people who are responding, it's traumatic to those people
who are saving those lives as well.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
Yeah, you know, we call it moral injuries. You know,
the firefighters, the police officers, everybody that's out there that's
trying to help people in the community, and they're trying
to make an impact, but we aren't stopping the main
source of the problem. We're going to put a Fennel
machines out in public for people to go use satanel
as needed or nar can excuse me, just to overcome
these overdoses, But in reality, we need to do things
(05:34):
further upstream than that they stop that problem from happening.
We want a society that doesn't rely on drugs to
find their satisfaction. I think we all agree with that,
and we know there's a lot of reasons why that happens.
But I think in reality what we want to do
is probably you and I both we want to go
further upstream as legislators and make some changes that would
be able to enforce the laws to stop people from
(05:57):
using drugs that don't impact and make a positive, a
positive impact in their family or their community, or you know,
as far as as far as US as responders will
certainly always go out and help those.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
That are in need.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
That will never change. But I think what that what
that means is we need to go further upstream to
help those folks that are in need.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Sure, well, you've outlined some of the some of the
tenets of your of your of your campaign, but what
would you consider the major platforms that you're running on.
I mean, what makes you different from the other candidates
in the race.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
That's a that's a great question. And part of it is,
you know, I don't know enough about some of their
campaign platform two to say that. But what I what
I could share with you is a couple of things
that are just important. So for example, I've heard some
things out there that we're going to eliminate the state
income text, which is a great thing if we were
able to do that, But but that requires a lot
(06:48):
to make that happen, and maybe there's a pathway to
get there. But but if that's the campaign, and I'm
not saying that to everybody's but that you know, those
are those things I think about that's not a reality
of today. Or even eliminated property taxes, I think is
a great thing. We should try and find ways to
reduce that burden, the taxable burden on our communities. But
we also have to make sure we're supporting the services
(07:09):
that take care of them as well. But I think,
you know, I've had a few things just to say.
We've got to start with kind of restoring some economic
freedom in the state. We've got some of the highest
regulations in the state. We've got to find ways to
attract the good paying jobs to Colorado's We've got to
be able to start businesses in Colorado so that people
want to live and work here. Of course, to do that,
(07:29):
we've got to fix some of the housing prices, which
you know, some of that has to do with some
of the red tape that's being put out there. You know,
some of that is just that we've got a lot
of young people that are really struggling to figure out
how to get in a home ownership. We've got to
help that group out as well. I've kind of shared
I would love to see communities that are safe to
be in again that people don't feel like that it's
dangerous for them or their children will be out in
(07:51):
the streets. And I think we've got some of that
in Colorado. And then, of course, I think education is
a place where we could always do a little bit
of reform. I know some folks that are in they're
doing a great job, but I think there's some things
that are in the education system that really don't belong there.
And I think refocus, refocusing, reprioritizing on teaching things that
are really actionable and usable for our youth would be important.
(08:13):
And then the Colorado has got just some great things,
our open spaces, protecting our water is important. But at
the same time, we've got some great resources with oil
and gas in Colorado that we also need to support
them because I'll tell you what, they do a great
job of supporting this state. And I think those are
a lot of things that I think about of what
we could start doing in Colorado to make a difference.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
You bet We've got Bryson Garrison On as a guest today.
He's running for governor in the state of Colorado. Background
is bright and he's a fire chief in Brighton. Bryson,
you know, to get to the finish line. I mean,
even to win the primary in this state, it takes
a lot of cash. How do you how do you
get out there to the voters? How do you how
do you get your message out? And what's your plan
(08:56):
for overcoming how much money those Democrats are going to
throw at their various races.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yeah, you know, it's you know, I've been to a
couple events and there's some pretty pretty staggering numbers thrown
out there. What it's going to take to win this
race in Colorado. So so one things like your opportunity.
You know, Shaffing's having me on here. It's just this
is great to get a chance to reach the audience share.
You know, I would love to be your governor to
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do that. It's going to certainly take some funding for
us to get there. That's with any of the candidates,
and it seems like there's a few more even still
entering the race. I think what I what I would
like to share is as I make connections with different groups,
different county GOP parties, they're they're finding pathways to create resources.
I know the state gops reorganizing and finding ways to
(09:43):
collectively help the group with some of their resources and funding.
And I'm very fortunate that there are some people that
I think, when they're ready and they kind of get
a good idea of what's out there, that they'll be
looking to support the right candidate. I know for a
few of those folks on that right candidate. So I've
got some some things I'm working on in the background
to get those resources to support the campaign. But you're right,
(10:04):
this is no small mountain to climb.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
No, it's not something you just write a check for
like Governor Poulis did. Most of us don't have those
means to do that. So if the listeners want to
go out and find out more about you, if they
want to find you on social media, where do they go.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Well, that's a great question. And what I'm working on
is building the campaign website as we speak. So I
don't have that up and running just yet, but I'll
get it out there. I'll get it to everybody. I
think you can look for me at some of these
local events. You'll start seeing me. We'll be talking, and
I really I kind of like the face to face discussion.
I'm not a person that puts out yard signs or
makes T shirts. I what I am is I'm a
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face to face kind of person that loves to share
the message and hear what's important to the voters in
Colorado and champion those causes because that's who we inevitably
work for, is the people that we're serving. It seems
like it's kind of gone a little stuwid at times
in Colorado. But I will work on in that campaign.
Website finalized up and finished up so I can get
(11:04):
it out there, so it's a finished product. But anyway,
that's where I'm at on that part of it.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Okay, Is there an event coming up that people could
could kind of plan for if they want to meet
you or ask you some questions in person?
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Yeah, we just had a couple events in Well County.
There's another one that'll be coming in some of the
next few things will be in and there's smaller events
and local committees. But there's another one coming up in
September that'll be downtown Denver. Where'll we come a forum
where you can do some Q and A. And I apologize,
I don't have that date offhand. I'm trying to find
it quickly so I could share that. But but but
(11:40):
there are some events that are coming up, and once
we get those, well, I think what's really going to
be helpful is if we start accessing that that goop website.
Are trying to get some of that code in one place,
but we don't have it all just yet put together.
So but I would share that I'll be attending as
many of these local groups meetings as possible so that
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I can at least share the message, get to meet
the folks here what's important, and see how much a
candidate that resonates with the.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Voters sounds good. Well, I'm sure most of those groups
know that if they want to find you, the Secretary
of State's website provides some contact information, which is how
I reached out to you. So at least there's that
out there, and hopefully as time goes on, you get
that website put up, and we just appreciate you coming on.
I hope you had an opportunity. I am glad you
(12:28):
had an opportunity to put a little bit of information
out here, and good luck to you as you continue
on down this pathway.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
I definitely appreciate the time and the opportunity to kind
of reach some of the folks out there. I'd love
to have that follow up conversation and we'll make some
of those ability to have that contact put out there
pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
So all right, great, Well that was bryceon Garrison. He
is a candidate for governor, current Brighton fire chief, and
we'll see how this all plays out. That's one more
in the race and one more that you've got to hear.
With that, we'll go to break and when we come back,
we'll kind of do a little bit of clean up
before we have another governor Canada. On at five thirty six,
you're listening to the Dankaplas Show here with Well Kenny
(13:08):
Sheriff Steve Riams as your guest host.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
And now back to the Dan Tapless Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Today and Brian, thanks for playing that song. Coming back
in for a break fourth of July weekend. What could
be more patriotic than Lee Greenwood singing that song? And
I've had the pleasure of seeing him sing that in
person a couple of times, whether it was at a
Trump rally, I think there was one when Mitt Romney
was running for president, But regardless, it was still cool
to hear to hear Lee Greenwood belt in that song
(13:43):
out and even though he's getting older, he still does
a pretty darn good job with it, So thank you
for that.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Ryan.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
You know that he's the same age as Joe Biden.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Right, Wow, boys, some people age better than others.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
William Shatner was on Cape.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Yeah I heard him. I heard him. Yeah ninety four. Yeah,
that's great and sound sixty four. Yeah, he's crisp as
could be. He brount circles around me. I'm not asking
him to be a guest on the show. While we
were away at break, We've got a couple of text
messages come in. One I really want to get to here.
I don't know if I can answer it accurately, but
the question was, I'm not considering one of those burn
(14:19):
up pepper spray launchers since the new can still carry
law went into effect. What are the downsides of these tools?
And I've never used one. I've researched them a little
bit for some other folks, and I would say that
the biggest downside is, you know, it's the old adage
if you never want to bring a knife to a gunfight,
it's it's close to a gun, but it's not a gun.
So someone's got a gun on you returning fire with
(14:42):
one of those. You know, it's better than nothing, but
I think you're going to want to get the first
shot off, and they look and sound a lot like
a regular weapon, so that may result in someone firing
back at you. But as a home defense weapon, if
you're not really wanting to go through the hoops of
having to try to buy a gun and some of
the new restrictions that will go into place, those actually
(15:03):
kick in next I believe September one. But yeah, I
don't know. I mean, I can't, I can't tell anybody
it's a bad idea to figure out a way to
protect yourself. I mean a lot of people carry, you know,
a n eye for our pepper spray or whatever. That's
just one more tool than the tool belt. But a
firearm is always the great equalizer. And that's why I've
said many times over an arms society is a polite society.
(15:26):
And in Colorado you still can open carry. So depending
on where you're at, you you know, a lot of
times it's pretty it's pretty accepted, but depending on your
particular community, it may not be. If you want to
move to Weld County, we got a lot of we
got a lot of space and we're very accepting of
open carry because it happens all the time and people
(15:47):
are very accustomed to it. So that I guess that's
my long answer to a short question and one of
these others. I think we're just going to skip over
because I don't want to bring that out on an air.
But you know, as we lead into the fourth of July,
the weekend here, I do want to make a little
public service announcement for everyone out there, for those of
(16:08):
you that you know, you get ticked off and you
hear fireworks going off in your neighborhood, and you know,
you got that kid that keeps popping, you know, black
jacks out on the corner and all that kind of stuff.
I get it. That stuff's annoying, and it's sometimes it
gets on your nerves. But this is the time of
the year where dispatch centers get overwhelmed, and they get
overwhelmed with those kind of calls. And I'm saying that
(16:31):
because I'm starting to see it even in my own office,
where you know, our dispatchers are just getting inundated, and
then when those really important calls come in, you know,
a traffic accident with injuries or you know some kind
of in progress emergency that needs law enforcement there. You know,
in an absolute crunch, it's harder and harder for those
those real calls to get get taken care of. What
(16:52):
I would encourage people to do is go out and
talk to your neighbors if you're not if your neighbor's
doing something you don't necessarily agree with, or lighting off fireworks,
making an opportunity to go out and say hi. And
I know that may sound crazy, especially in today's society,
but don't expect law enforcement to come fix everything. And
I'm saying that as a public service announcement for a
(17:12):
guy who's worked in law enforcement for almost twenty eight
years now. So many of these issues just get worse
when you ask law enforcement to come fix them. And
oftentimes when we get there, they say, I wish you
had just come over and said something. We just stop
popping them. So take that to heart, take it for
what it's worth. And when we come back, we will
have yet another governor's candidate, mister Greg Lopez, probably the
(17:33):
most notable candidate in the race so far as far
as name recognition goes. So we'll get back with him
in just a few minutes. But you're listening to Dan
Caplis Show here with well Kenny Sheriff Steve Reims as
your guest host.
Speaker 4 (18:01):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
And without further ado, we'll just go ahead and jump
right into this next guest, which is our I don't
know eighth or ninth candidate for governor that we've had
on in the last few few days, and that is
Greg Lopez. Greg has been the former mayor of Parker.
He filled in at the end of Congressman Bucks term
and I guess won the election for that fill in
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spot for CD four and has been a candidate. Now
this is your third time running for governor, and probably
that third time might be the charm. Is that correct?
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Greg?
Speaker 5 (18:36):
Hey, Steve, how are you doing.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
I'm doing well.
Speaker 5 (18:39):
Yeah, you know, actually this is the third time that
I'm seeking the nomination to be the Republican candidate for governor.
So yes, this is the third time I'm seeking the nomination.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Well, you know, more power to you. I don't know how.
I don't know how anybody musters up the strength to
want to do it once yet alone three times, But
here we are. So with that being said, I mean
you've you've obviously been in this fight for a little while.
What makes this candidacy different from the other two.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
Well, look, as you did it earlier. You know, I'm
a former congressman. I have the most name recognition throughout
the state, and people truly understand that I care. Both candidates.
After they lose, you never see them again. You don't
see them back in the battlefield. You know, for the
last seven years, we've seen what a single party control
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can do.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
It's terrible.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
It's terrible, and Colorado's in the crisis. Look, I've been
my wife and I have been here in thirty eight years.
The Colorado that we know and love is being a race.
And I'm here to tell you that it's time for
Colorado to make a comeback, to make Colorado Colorado again.
And the way we do that is we put people
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over politics, and I am going to do that. I've
been traveling the state and this this is what's different,
is that people are truly understanding the severity of what
is happening here in the state of Colorado, and they
are looking for a voice that they've heard before, a
voice that they can fully believe that will never go away.
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As long as we're having to deal with, you know,
our brothers and sisters on the left side that have
seen to be lost and what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
So, what do you think are the major issues you
would address if elected as governor of Colorado? What would
be those things you would focus most focus on.
Speaker 5 (20:33):
Well, let me tell you. Look, you know, Colorado's in
the crisis everywhere you look. But one of the things
that I will do is so this sanctuary state, this
needs to go away. We are not a we cannot
be a sanctuary state. The sec that we are has
raised our crying levels, has caused a lot of have it.
So local control is another thing. I want to give
local control back to the counties, back to the cities
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where the government doesn't tell them what to do or
how to do it, how to live their lives. The
state needs the stay out of local control of regulations.
I'm the former director of the United States Small Business Administration.
I know the importance of small business and how regulations
through DORA is crippling small business, which means we're not
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able to hire people, We're not able to live that
American dream that everybody wants. And so there's a lot
of things crime. I mean, it can go on and
on and on about all the things that are happening,
but local control, sanctuary state, removing regulations, making governments back,
put government back into lane where they belong, and allowing
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everybody to live that quality of life that we can
all be proud of Colorado once again.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
So let me ask you this question. Greg. You know,
there's been a lot of candidates saying I'm going to
eliminate state income tax. I'm going to eliminate this tax
or that tax. You haven't made those comments. But I
don't think Colorado has a revenue issue. I think Colorado
has a spending issue. And when I say spending issue,
it's not that they're spending too much. It's necessary necessarily,
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it's that they're spending things, in my opinion, on stuff
that the voters don't prioritize. I mean, I can't tell
you how many times driving down here to the studio
from Weald County, I've just about rattled my teeth out
of my head. If elected as governor, what would your
priorities be for spending in this state? Where would you
focus the government moneyes too?
Speaker 5 (22:28):
Look, you just said it. Look, transportation infrastructure is what's
going to bring jobs to Colorado. It what it allows
us to get to where we need to go. This
traffic and congestion is unbelievable. Look, when I served in Congress,
I said on the Budget Committee, I sat on the Science,
Base and Technology Committee, and I was also one of
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the first people to sit on the Dose Committee. Government
is spending way too much money. You know, the state
was one point two billion over budget. Did right here
right here to tell you it's going to be worse
next year because they're spending too much money, like you
just said, and nobody's watching it. How can you not
know that you're one point two billion dollars over budget
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until the JBC gets together. I mean to me, that
just shows lack of executive experience, lack of administrative oversight,
and the bureaucrats are just running them up. Well, I
got to stop that.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
And I think there's a lot of pet projects that
on the left side of the aisle likes to feed
and they don't. It's at any cost. I mean, that's
that's my personal opinion.
Speaker 5 (23:35):
So hey, look at the governor. The governor wants to
build a twenty million dollar bridge from the front steps
of the Capitol over to Liberty Park twenty millions. Talk
about these pet projects that you're talking about. The whole
introduction of the wolf, that is a pet project of
Governor Polis.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
And it's cost a lot of mind. Yeah, yeah, you know.
Speaker 5 (23:56):
And they're hurting rule Colorado. They're hurting our ranchers, our farmers,
They're causing havoc up in the western Slope. You know,
I can't even go into the water issue and how
Governor Polish is ignoring our water issues. I mean, she's
out to lunch. And a governor that truly understands the
importance of how to be an executive administrator and put
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people in for the politics.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Well, I got a challenge one of the points you made.
You said that Colorado isn't a sanctuary state. All right,
you said it is a sanctuary state, but Governor Polis
keeps saying it's not. So how can those two things
be the same?
Speaker 5 (24:35):
Well, look, I would say you this. I know it's
legal to smokes here in Colorado, but I think he's
looking way too much of it because we all though
you know.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
That it is absolutely yeah, you know.
Speaker 5 (24:48):
So he's just trying to mislead the voters. And I'm
here to tell you that the voters are now recognizing
that a lot of stuff that he says it's not true.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Well, and I won't limit this to one party. I
think you have to be careful. You know, politicians of
both walks have been guilty of just making outlandish statements
and boldface lies. But I've not seen a governor who
just so willingly will just tell you something and pretend
as if it's the truth. Is what Governor Polus does.
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And I hope that that's not anything we see from
any of our Republican candidates. That just can't be a
tenant of anyone who's running to be a Republican candidate
for governor.
Speaker 5 (25:29):
I totally agree with you. And look, you know, you
know me, what you see is what you get. I
haven't changed my messaging, I haven't changed where I stand
on my issues. You know, I'm a veteran. I would
just say, well that, you know, and we are in
a war. We're in a war in Colorado for a worldview,
and the worldview that they have had is on in
the last seven years. It's not the worldview that most
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colorado want to see. And that's why it's time for
a comeback. We've got to make Colorado Colorado again. And
that's exactly what I'm going to do, is I'm going
to make Colorado a state that we can all be
proud of.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Well, so to that point, you said, you haven't changed
your messaging, You're still the same Canada that you've been before. Well,
with that being said, how do you get that message
to resonate differently than maybe it has in the first
couple of campaigns? And how do you get that message
out to a broader spectrum? You know, I don't want
to see I don't want to see you go the
same path and not become the candidate. How do you
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get there? How do you how do you get over
that finish line?
Speaker 5 (26:27):
Well, here's the difference, right, The difference is that you
know what we're now because we are very well recognized
and people across the nation are a where what I'm
doing here in Colorado? We are now focusing on the
urban corridors. Look, you just know, sure, if that it's
the urban corridor, that's where the battle is. The battle
is in the urban corridor. As if it chains to
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the vote. Sure, they focused on twenty one counties and
they throw away forty three. They throw them away because
they don't need the vote. You know of the other
forty three counties. Be the former president of the Denver
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, being on the board of the
Martin Luther King Awards Committee, and being the director of
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Fault Business. I've been in the urban corridor talking to
the voters, listening to their concerns. Two weeks ago, I
was at the Lote Riders show at the Complex and
they were like, we're so glad you're running. And I
would tell them, look, I'm a Republican and they're like,
we could care less who you are, whether you're a
(27:29):
Republican or Democrat. We like what you're saying. You're one
of us. We're going to vote for you.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
I got you, Okay. So if you're if you're a
listener out there, If if we got a listener out
there that wants to find out more about your campaign, Greg,
where do they go? What's your website? What are your
social media platforms? Where do they find out more about you?
Speaker 3 (27:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (27:49):
Look, they need to go to Greg Lopez dot c
O just like Colorado not an m Greg Lopez dot
c And here's where I'll tell everybody. The next governor,
it's going to be the forty fourth governor that this
state has ever had. So I'll encourage everybody go to
my website make a forty four dollars contribution every month.
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For anything lower than forty four dollars, it really doesn't matter.
Look at the end of the day, we are going
to be the next owner of this state because the
people deserve a new chapter and I'm going to write
it alongside with them, because it's time to Colorado.
Speaker 4 (28:26):
Made that comeback, and now back to the Dan Kaplas
Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
It always flies by so fast, and the whole week's
gone by fast. It's been a pleasure to be here
with you filling in for Dan as he does his
trial prop I just want to read a few text
messages as we close out the show, a couple of
little points of feedback from some of our governor's candidates.
One of them here says, mister Lopez is right. Everyone
else has been one and done when they run for office.
He's been representing the people at various levels for several
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elections cycles. I appreciate that he's been there consistently. I'd
vote for him as governor if he maintains, I'll be
promoting him for sure. And here's another one. This is
probably geared at Bryce and Garrison. I would assume it
always worries me when a candidate for governor jumps in
the race and does not have a website or a
Twitter or Facebook or any anyway for someone to reach
out to them. Just makes me a little worried. And
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then my favorite text of all of the day, Steve
has cut out to be a full time host. Awesome job.
That person must be a family member or something, and
they just don't want me to be home very much,
or they think there's some kind of hour like midnight
that needs to be filled on some obscure radio station.
But either way, I appreciate the feedback. And it's always
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good to have the listeners dialing in or texting in
to the show and letting us know that you're paying
attention out there. Again, you know, as we roll into
the fourth of July holiday, and this is my favorite.
This is the one where people get to let their
hair down a little bit, celebrate the celebrate our country.
You know, remember what's important about our freedom here and
(30:03):
it's unlike anything else anywhere else. You'll find in the world.
Fourth of July is just it's a phenomenal way to
celebrate our nation's independence and for kicking some button, having
our own country. And now we're rolling into the two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of this country. I think President
Trump's going to be in Iowa. He was either there today,
(30:24):
I don't know. He should have asked him Ryan when
he was on earlier how his trip to Iowa was
shaping up all that being said, miss it, Yeah, you know, opportunities.
But I think you know, this next year is going
to be full of some exciting stuff as we get
ready to celebrate the two hundred and fifty year anniversary.
And I'm looking forward to what Fourth of July will
look like next year, as obviously there's going to be
(30:47):
a grand, a grand celebration I would assume in Washington,
d C. With President Trump being in office. And most importantly,
I want to think Ryan and Kelly behind the glass,
who made sure I didn't make a complete full of
my just a partial fool of myself, but important that
you do the partial fool. Yeah, you know, you got
to have a little bit of fun, you know. Kelly
set up Greg Brox Greg George Brockler to come on
(31:10):
yesterday afternoon, and that guy and I probably shouldn't sit
next to each other at any event that we're at.
In fact, we usually are separated because we act like
school kids. But it's always fun having him on the
show and cutting it up with him a little bit.
Yesterday afternoon was good, and you know, Kelly made that happen,
so again, thanks Kelly. And I've been told that I'm
going to get some kind of dinner because of because
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of my distaste for one of Kelly's restaurants.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
You we've never been to a cheriscaria, You've never been
to Texas Day Brazil, so we got to take you.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
We're going to make that happen. Well again. That's wrapping
up day three of this two hour show and it's
just been a pleasure to fill in here for Dan Kaplis,
and I look forward to seeing you sometime in the
near future. Well, Kenny Sheriff Steve Reams signing off,
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