Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams with Colorado State Representative Ty Winter

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, can you Sheriff Steve Raimes as your guest host,
And we've hit a topic today that you guys are
definitely on board with and talking about how screwed up
the state of Colorado is when it comes to the
budget and priorities that carries over to Denver, and how
they're talking about doing layoffs for a lot of city
workers because they're upside down on their budget as well,

(00:20):
and generally just how mismanaged this state has become under
a Democrat control. You know. We were also discussing about
what's this experiment in Washington, d C. Going to look
like when someone comes in with the fortitude to say, now,
we're going to clean up the city, We're going to
enforce the laws, and we're going to hold people accountable

(00:40):
for the laws that are on the books. We've got
one night so far that we've seen this going to effect,
and Caroline Levitt was announcing all kinds of arrest. I
think she said there were eight hundred and fifty officers
that serge DC, and she said something that DC should
serve as a model for the rest of the country.
While I don't like the idea of federalizing officers and

(01:03):
putting them into d C because you know, the city's
upside down. And quite frankly, when I ran for office,
one of the big questions I got asked for and
my especially that first term when I was campaigning for
sheriff as well, if the Feds come in and say
we want to take over this investigation or we want
to do this thing in your county, are you going

(01:23):
to stand against them? And the idea was, well, the
federal government at that time was under the control of
the Democrats under Barack Obama, So the Republicans in Weald
County said, we don't want these people coming in and
taking over Weld County and enforcing things that you know
aren't aren't necessarily a priority for us in Weld County.

(01:43):
So that was whether it was ICE or you know,
the FBI or whomever, there was a push of, hey,
we want we want to make sure that law enforcement
is done by the locals. And I think that's the
way traditionally it should be. But when the locals just
sit on their hands and failed to do their job,
and they let us state go into ruins or let
us city go into ruins, what are you supposed to do?

(02:05):
You know? You just ignore it, just let it happen,
just let it become, you know, a modern de Bay
route here in the United States. I think the answer
is no. And so people are kind of sick of it.
And you know, President Trump is obviously one of those
folks that says, Washington d C Cannot get any worse.
We're going to federalize the police department here, the Metropolitan

(02:27):
Police Department, and we're going to do our job. And
by all accounts, it appears that those of you that
are texting in are calling in are probably supportive of
that idea. Again, you can text in it at five seven, seven,
three nine, start your text with Dan so it comes
to me, or you can call in at three h
three seven one three eight two five five. And we're

(02:47):
going to continue to discuss about this special session that's
happening in the state of Colorado. We had Senator Barb
Kirkmiron that kind of gave her opinion of you know, hey,
our priorities in this state they just haven't been good.
We're funding things that we can't afford to fund, and
quite honestly, the priorities of those those people making the
decisions aren't necessarily based on citizens of Colorado and maybe

(03:12):
for illegals that are in our state. And some of
the criticisms she's gotten in text was, hey, let's not
call them undocumented immigrants, Let's call them what they are, illegals.
There are a couple of you that said that. Another
text here, you know, I was talking about Polish should
be embarrassed into doing or he should be shamed into
doing the right thing. This text kind of hits the

(03:34):
nail on the head. It's the sheriff reemes. Do you
really think police gets embarrassed? Have you seen his posts
on x or Facebook or wherever else? The guy makes
a clown out of himself. Even worse than him trying
to be creative or witty, he shows he is completely
tone deaf to Colorado citizens' real issues, and that is
directly on point. It's entertaining to look at the posts

(03:54):
where he gets completely ratioed. The comments are glorious. Oh,
higher costs are Trump's fault her Polis, But Governor mcpheeme
has caused us to pay about four k more in
fees per year in Colorado. I have more respect than
Bozo the clown than I do for him. I'm sure
that this Texter speaks for a lot of you. He
kind of hits the nail on the hit he or

(04:15):
she hits the nail on the head there. Polis's social
media feeds are just they're embarrassing my oldest son. I
think he was a top follower for Governor Polis there
for a while, just because he was so entertained by
the stupidity that the Polis or whoever his social media

(04:37):
person was willing to put out. And my son is
pretty good about sharing the stupidity that comes across, so
I feel like I raised him well. Another text here,
taking a shot at Barb says doesn't seem to hold
Trump accountable for anything, which is a red flag to
this texture. I'm not sure exactly how that applies to
this situation. I think what Trump was doing with a

(04:58):
big beautiful bill was good for taxpayers, good for the
citizens of Colorado. I can see where that has an
impact on the state budget. But you know, quite frankly,
the state budget is out of control for a whole
lot more than what the big beautiful bill helped enable.
Another one here, This is a long tech so I'm
going to just abbreviate it, but This is a former
doc employee talking about how they work twelve to sixteen

(05:21):
hours at these different facilities. Staffing was a joke. They
have multiple management folks with the Department of Corrections right
now that are under investigation, not only internal investigations, but
criminal investigate investigations. We've talked about that previously on a
show and just talking about kind of what goes on
behind the scenes and how screwed up the Department of

(05:41):
Corrections is under this administration. But the tune here is
they definitely need more money to do the job correctly
and to do it to the job, to do it
to the extent that Colorado needs. And we'll kind of
end on this one for a little bit. City layoffs
start next week in the city of Denver. Until you
see the chaos and some of these very important services,

(06:03):
and I think this texture hits the nail on the
head there too. Instead of saying, hey, where can we
afford to take some where can we afford to tighten
our belt? What it seems that Democrats tend to do
when they have to tighten their belt or they have
to cut the budget, they do it in the way
that most impact citizens because they want you to feel
bad for the situation that they've put us in. They
want you to feel like it's your job to increase

(06:25):
your taxes and bail them out. And so I wouldn't
be surprised if we see police layoffs. I wouldn't be
surprised if we see city workers being laid off instead
of some of those superfluous one time departments that have
been stood up either under the city or under the state,
you know where we could make a big difference. Instead,
what we'll get is, yeah, yeah, we're going to make

(06:46):
this painful for all the taxpayers so that when we
come back and ask you to fund a tax increase,
you'll be happy to do so, you'll vote for it
because you know we know what we're doing and you don't.
And that tends to be the liberal policy towards all this. Again,
if you want to challenge me on any of that,
feel free three o three seven one three eight two

(07:07):
five five, or you can text in. Start your text
with Dan at five seven seven three nine. You know,
I'm curious what you guys think with this idea of
federalizing the Metropolitan Metropolitan Police Department. That just doesn't roll
off your tongue. Are you supportive of the idea because
it's gotten so bad, Are you supportive of the idea
because we have a Republican in office? Or are you

(07:28):
just you know, are you one of those folks that says,
you know there should be a separation of powers. This
is one of those lines that you know, I'd rather
see not crossed. Uh, But maybe I understand it in
this particular situation. I think that's where I'm at. I'd
rather see this not have to happen. But it wasn't
going to happen any other way. And if you've been
to Washington, d C. In the last I don't know,
a couple of years, it doesn't feel safe there. It

(07:49):
feels like walking around downtown Denver in many places. And
if I'm out there as the president of the United States,
which we know is never going to happen, I can
understand why you get sick of the environment you're in
and say, you know, we've got to fix this, and
here's the way we're going to fix it. The locals
won't do it, so I'm going to show him how,
just like you did with the border. You can say

(08:10):
all you want about President Trump and all the things
that he's done or hasn't done. But the southern border
is secure, and it's been it's secured in a way
that I don't think anybody believed was possible. I mean,
it's just it's fantastic. We'll read a couple more of
these text before we go to break, but one of
these is we were talking about Rhodes, and this particular

(08:31):
texter says, I've driven extensively over Nebraska. They're great, Wyoming's
are great, Kansas is great, Texas is great. New Mexico
is great. That backs up Tim. That's Frandy apparently, big
time horse showing horses, and it has been all over
the southern part of the United States. Another one here says, Hey,

(08:52):
with some of these National Guard folks going into action
in d C, do you think some of these juveniles
are going to get I'm going to clean it up
a little bit, but do you think they're going to
get straightened up and get the whoop in that their
father never gave them?

Speaker 2 (09:08):
Well?

Speaker 1 (09:08):
I hope it doesn't get violent. I hope they figure
out the best way to deal with this. But I
think there's a point to that of some of these
kids need some parenting and maybe it'll be the National
Guard that gets it done. And one last more O
one more here says hey, I wrote a Ducatti for years,
but I gave it up when I moved to Colorado
because the riding in Colorado sucks due to the roadways here.

(09:31):
And that goes to that two twenty five debate that
Kelly and Ryan were having in the previous show on
Ryan Shuling Live about this giant hump in the road
that exists down on two twenty five that I believe
has been credited for like seven accidents, some of those
being fatal. When we come back from break, I'm going
to play some sound and then hopefully we'll get a

(09:52):
little reaction from you guys about, Hey, are the roads
so dangerous in Colorado that they're not even safe to
drive on for the motoring public? And to listen to
how some of this stuff gets digested at the state level,
it's just disgusting. When we come back, you'll hear that
sound and we'll have a discussion. You're listening to the
Dan Caflis Show here on six thirty K How with

(10:12):
Well Kenny Sheriff, Steve Roams Well Kenny Sheriff Steve Riams
setting in as the guest host. And of course, you
know anytime I host the show, there's always a listener
or too out there that sends in a narky post
or two. So we'll get to those also, So why
not have a little fun with that right now. This one,
this first one, is talking about the fact that let's see,

(10:33):
how did they word this here? Let me let me
find it again. Sorry, I got a There's so many
that have come through. You guys have been great. You
can text in at five seven, seven, three nine, start
your text with Dan. This one says travel all summer. Question, question,
what about Weld County Sheriff? And you know my response
to that is yes, I am the sheriff of Weld County.

(10:54):
I do make sure that I'm taking care of law
enforcement in Weld County. I have a staff of four
hundred and fifty people. I'm not a sole guy out
there in a patrol car providing all the law enforcement
services to four thousand square miles. I have good people
that work for me. I have great staff. I have
a very competent under sheriff that covers when I'm not
in the area. And you know my vacation time has

(11:19):
equal to about three weeks this summer, and so I
feel very comfortable that I've given enough service to take
those three weeks of vacation. Everything else I've done would
be in the normal course of a weekend. So if
your upset that I went to Sturgis, and you're upset
that I took a trip to Hawaii, sorry, that's how
it goes. Another one here says Donald Trump raped a

(11:41):
woman and defamed his victim twice per a jury, a sheriff,
and a talk show lawyer approved rape. Apparently, I'm assuming
that means Dan has approved this. Also, he has thirty
four felony convictions. Again, as found by a jury of
his peers found I have committed massive business fraud in
a court of law, just laying Maxwell sent to club
fed good thing. We are being a show being shown

(12:03):
the tough Republican law and order in d C. And
that's I'll say Tom from Denver. I won't say his
last name, So Tom, I get it. You know, you
may not agree that Trump is a good human being.
There are a lot of people that will debate that.
I'm not telling you that I approve of the decisions
he makes in his personal life, but for running the country.

(12:23):
The dude is on point. I mean, I've witnessed a
few presidents in my life, and I think it's funny
how a lot of times the same people that will
say things about Trump and his personal life will whistle
right past the graveyard when you're talking about Clinton and others.
So it is what it is. We hire these guys
for the job that they do. We vote for these

(12:43):
guys at the job they do and can do while
they're in office. Does that mean that I approve of
them in their personal life? No, not always. You know,
there were things that happened under pretty much every presidency
that you say in their personal life as probably not
the decision i'd want to see a person make, but
that's decision they made. And does it change the way
that they govern the United States? Maybe, but probably not so.

Speaker 2 (13:06):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (13:06):
That's my response to those two texts. But I always
tell you, guys, you send them, I'll read them, so uh.
Even if you're going to take a swipe at me,
or I don't necessarily like the take I have on
a particular item, that's okay. That's that's what talk radio
is about. We can agree to disagree, and i'd encourage
you to call in three oh three seven one, three
eight two five five. We can have the debate on
the radio, or you can continue to text in. Start

(13:28):
your text with Dan and text in the five seven
seven three nine. But we've been talking about conditions of
roads in the state of Colorado and how every other
state I've ever traveled to it seems like has better
road conditions. And I listened to a clip on Ryan's
show earlier today, and I want to replay that clip
because I think it is on point when you're talking
about a huge issue here in the state of Colorado,

(13:51):
and it's a section of road I'm going to take
on my way home. And when I heard this, this, uh,
this clip being played, I thought, I know exactly where
that's at. I've hit it. I don't know how many
times every time I cover this show and Ryan, I
think that's clipped zero zero.

Speaker 3 (14:04):
C Aurora City leaders are calling on the state to
address safety concerns At I two twenty five and less
than one year, at least seven people have died in
traffic crashes in the highway between Second and East Alameda, and.

Speaker 4 (14:16):
The most recent victim of fifteen year old girl just
last month. All Right, Janelle Finch is with us now
with what the city council is hoping for and the
state's response.

Speaker 5 (14:24):
You know, we know from investigators high speed played a
part in most of those deadly crashes from the last
nine months, but some community leaders want to know if
anything can be done to the road to make it safer.
Traveling north on I two twenty five towards sixth Avenue,
drivers went into a small dip before going over a
bump in the highway. There are signs leading up to

(14:45):
that bump alerting people there is road damage. City leaders
with concerns for safety are calling for the state to
address this. A rural Ward II councilman Steve Sunberg believes
that bump is also contributing to recent Crashesive it.

Speaker 6 (15:00):
Is safe to say that all seven fatalities in the
last nine months are directly attributed to that bump in
combination with excessive speed, and it would be helpful ifeople
would wear seat belts as well seat belts, speed, that
bump deadly combination when you combine all three.

Speaker 7 (15:16):
Especially A statement to.

Speaker 5 (15:18):
Nine News from sea Dot reads in part quote seed
Dot takes all crashes in fatalities seriously, and we are
saddened by this recent incident involving young Colorado's We always
examine crash data to better understand where improvements need to
be made and prioritize projects based on identified needs. The
state says it's developing a safety design project for I
two twenty five at Second and sixth Avenue bridges. Sunbird

(15:41):
says seed Dot is set to begin work this summer
and then start construction next year, but he's hoping for
faster action. In the studio Janelle Finch nine News, Well, Janelle,
we do.

Speaker 4 (15:51):
Have rules laws about seat belts and about speed, but
that bump sounds like something that should be fixed as soon.

Speaker 5 (15:57):
As possible, and that's exactly what the city wants.

Speaker 1 (16:00):
Probably something that should have been fixed. I don't know
after the first accident. Just it blows my mind and
I get it. You know, the folks at nine News
that are talking about this particular issue, they're just reporting
on what's out there. They're taking the soundbites. But you
as listeners, you as motoring public, isn't the first accident
enough for you to say, hey, we should probably fix
this instead of putting a sign up saying there's a

(16:21):
launching pad here that's going to send your car into
orbit if you're speeding. Now, let's just put a sign
up and how many deaths does it take on a
particular section of roadway before Sea Dot says, you know,
we should probably prioritize this thing to right now, because
I can tell you in Weld County, you know, we
get a section of road that isn't so good, and
it's under the purview of the county commissioners. They're going

(16:43):
to prioritize that thing right away. And it's something that
I can call and talk to my commissioners about. But
it's also something that the citizens can call and talk
to their commissioners about and say, hey, we got a problem.
And if it's a state highway issue, I guarantee you
those same county commissioners and our staff and our public
Works division they're on the phone with Sea Dots saying,
and we got a problem, how can we help you
fix this. I don't know why that same thing can't

(17:04):
apply here in Aurora or Denver anywhere else. We got
a forty four billion dollars budget in this state, and
there's only two billion of it dedicated to roadways, prioritize
it and fix this stuff. With that, we'll go to break.
When we come back, we'll have Representative Tye Winner to
talk with us more about this upcoming special session that
will start August twenty first here on the Dan kapl

(17:24):
Show with well Kenny Sheriff, Steve Rms with well Kenny Sheriff,
Steve Riams, and we were going into break talking a
little bit about the state of the budget and the
state's budget that is, and kind of the disaster that
has been created. We'd had Barb Kirkmiron in hour one.
I believe we're going to have Representative ty Winner coming
up here pretty soon. Hopefully Kelly's getting him on the

(17:44):
phone so that he can kind of discuss what the
House side of the equation is going to do versus
the Senate side of the equation is going to do
in this special session. But we'll wait until Kelly gets
back in her seat and kind of gets things under
control here and gets Representative Winner on the horn. Until
that time, I'm just gonna want I'm going to go

(18:04):
over a few of these numbers, because we were talking
about a forty four billion dollar budget just shy a
forty four billion. And I talked about this a little earlier.
You know, the biggest number on here, the biggest chunk
of the funding that's going right now is to healthcare
policy and financing. And when we had barb on here,
she said, you know that money is basically medicaid, Medicare

(18:27):
and other monies that are Medicare like. So these special
funds that the state of Colorado is set up to
basically put money towards funding healthcare for illegal immigrants, and
we're talking to a tune of almost sixteen billion dollars.
That's more than double the next closest fund, which is

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for education at seven point eight billion, and then just
under that is higher education at six point two So
that's funding to your colleges and universities here in the
state of Colorado. And then it drops quite a bit
down to human services at two point six billion, and
then transportation out a measly two billion. And I can't
help but say it that way, because as you guys

(19:10):
are texting in about just how bad the roads in
Colorado quite frankly suck, you know, you're saying stuff like
this most recent text here says sheriff. Not only does
Colorado have the worst roads, but the state also has
the rudest drivers. There is that correlation or causation. I
don't know. You know, that's a great question, and quite frankly,

(19:32):
I think it's probably a little bit of you know,
a little bit of mix of both. You know, those
two things go hand in hand. If you're ticked off
about driving on a bad road or you tend do
you tend to drive a little more aggressively. Probably so.
But in a forty four billion dollar budget, if we
can only dedicate two billion of that to maintaining our

(19:52):
roads or building new roads, of course the roads in
the state of Colorado are going to crumble. I mean,
we do have weather here, we have snow, We have
things that impact our road conditions, and you know that's
that's hard on roads. But soda South Dakota, so does Wyoming,
so does Nebraska, so does the Texas Panhandle. And I've

(20:12):
driven through all of those areas over the summer, and
their roads are they're astronomically better than what we drive
on here in the state of Colorado. You basically need
a four wheel drive vehicle to just drive down I
twenty five, and that's uncalled for. You know, as you
continue to look at some of the budgeting priorities here.
You know, when we're talking about public safety in Colorado,

(20:34):
it's down to it's down to seven hundred and twenty
nine million dollars, and you know that sounds like a lot,
but in a forty four billion dollar budget, it's a
drop in the bucket. Having said all that, I think
we have Representative Winter on the line, great representative from
HD forty seven. He's also the assistant Minority leader and
he's coming to us fresh off a difficult surgery, so

(20:56):
we're going to give him a little grace. But Representative Winter,
thank you for being with us and talking with us
a little bit about this upcoming special session. How are
you doing?

Speaker 2 (21:04):
Can do a good sheriff? And thanks for having me Old.
It's always good to chat with you, and it's always
good to have a brother that understands what's going on
in the world and be able to visit about us.
So thanks for having me Old.

Speaker 1 (21:16):
Well, thank you for again being on and before we
get to this special session in the state budget, you
represent a different area of Colorado than I frequently travel.
If you would update the listeners as to what HD
forty seven covers.

Speaker 2 (21:30):
Oh, yes, sir, so, I represent the night counties of
the Southeast Corridor. I have two partial counties. It's the
largest geographic house district of the state. I mean it's
a wide swath from Pueblo West Colorado. I represent all
the way down to eat Colorado at the back of county.
So I basically have the bottom right portion of the
postage stamp. And it's fully in order to represent those people.
I mean, they're a good salt of the earth, hardworking people, farmers, ranches,

(21:53):
small business people, just good people. And it's in order
to go and tell their story at the state capitol.

Speaker 1 (21:58):
Well, and I don't want to speak out turn, but
if you were giving the conditions of state highways or
state roads in your district, let's say a ranking of
one to ten, ten being good, one being bad, what
would the average condition of the roadways and HD forty
seven ring for you?

Speaker 2 (22:15):
You know, I would say probably a five to six.
So the reason I'll say that is HD forty seven
has been lucky enough that some of these rule projects
have been dropped out in here, so we have seeds
of upgrades. The problem is sheriff is is. They're upgrades,
but they can't keep up on the upgrades. So see
this heavy traffic because we're a rural district, so I
got a lot of cattle pots going through travel, you know,

(22:38):
gravel trucks coming through. So you know, as fast as
they fix, it seems like they break. But I have
a really good connection here with our local highway guy,
our regional manager, and I'm able to express those conservatives
correctly to him. As I travel the district, people tell me,
you know, this road's bath haul and cattle or this road.
I make a list and then I reach out to seatots.
I'd say we're at about a six, but six is

(22:59):
starting slide well.

Speaker 1 (23:01):
And six is nothing to be proud of. If you're
on a rating of one to ten, would you like
to be in at least that you know, eight or
nine category? And you know, I know you travel out
of the state, and it seems like all of our
neighboring states are just in such a better place than
we are. But we won't get we won't go too
far down down the well. On that one August twenty first,
you're going to go into special session. You're probably going

(23:22):
to show up a little bit early just to prep
What do you what are you thinking that this special
session is going to accomplish. I mean, you're forty four,
you got a forty four billion dollar budget and they're
talking about cutting somewhere around eight hundred million to a billion.
How's that going to happen?

Speaker 2 (23:36):
Well, you know what makes it hard, Sheriff, is there
was a lot of things that happened during glass esses
that we talked about and we tried to make cuts.
You know, the governor finally of Pree's hiring, that was
a recognation ub during the session. Another thing we talked
about with a two percent representative Tager talks a lot
about this. If they would have been a two percent
cru across departments would have commit with about I think

(23:58):
it was eight hundred and seventy eight billion, ughly. So
we gave solutions right there, and as we saw bills
pass where the state legislature put four billion dollars aside
to sue the federal administration. It like we say all
the time, Sharp, we really don't have a revenue problem
in the state. We have one hundred percent priority problem.
And that's what makes this so hard because the Dems
are reading the bow screening and yellow that there's this emergency.

(24:20):
What's an emergency they created through their overspent Sure and
we see the budget grow, you hit on it. I
be the last twenty twenty one the budget was thirty
two point two billion, and twenty twenty six it's forty
six point five. So as we see this budget increase,
we're going to see problems because we can't backfilly be
take it right right.

Speaker 1 (24:40):
So you know, it always gets turned into this as
a battle over tabor, and we just you know, the
tabor stops us from being able to raise taxes, and
you know, we can't fix this stuff. But when I'm
looking at this this chart from the Common Sense Institute,
you know you're talking about sixteen billion. That's a that's
over a quarter of the states by going to healthcare

(25:01):
policy and financing. I mean, when you guys are down there,
you know, fighting for fighting the good fight, this has
to be a point of discussion of how do we
get this under control? And I have to believe that
was a point of discussion in the last session. Is
that correct?

Speaker 2 (25:16):
No, it's the point of discussion all the time, and
a lot of times it falls on deaf ears. I mean,
this is what makes it hard is is as we
saw the power shift of this state. I mean I
believe it involved in this since twenty fourteen, so I
can't speak way back, but it seems like they ran
for power but didn't have a plan or we're starting
to see all this play out, and the governor just
jumped in with so many social programs and they spent

(25:36):
a ton of money. I think what else is exasperating.
This is the one timee COVID money, right, the state
got one tide COVID money and then they set it
up for programs that ran year after year. And that
would be different than yous are walking down the street
by a car dealership and finding five hundred dollars, walking
over to the dealership and buying the car with a
five hundred dollars a month of payment and not knowing
how you're going to pay the month tax. You know,

(25:57):
that's my best example to it. So we can't forget
the one time open buddy, and then there's a program
for everything. Certain what makes it really hard is last
year we literally swept the couch cushions. We had every
cash fund. I mean, we pulled money in from everywhere,
and now I just don't know where it's going to
happen and what makes it really Unfortunately, as they keep talking,
you know, they're screaming about a recession, but I don't

(26:19):
necessarily think their forecast is one hundred percent correct. I
had staff do some looking get to this, and when
you take the forecast of the state compared with nonpartisan
budget forecast like LCSC Lead School of Business and stro
devor EDC, they don't show the recession risk that's coming
out of the building. So, you know, I think that
the ball's been run. I think it's very convenient that

(26:40):
the governor of the Democrats are going to be able
to use the big beautiful bill as a scapegoat for
their overspending and their prioritization issue.

Speaker 1 (26:48):
Well, and I know you're a little under the weather,
so we'll keep this relatively short. I'll end with this,
what can you guys do as a caucus, whether it's
the House of Representatives of the Senate, Well, what can
you guys do to get this thing under control? And
do you see a pathway for some kind of win
for Republicans here and for citizens here in the state

(27:10):
of Colorado.

Speaker 2 (27:12):
I think that's the most important these shriff and you
touched on both of them, and it informed citizenry. And
I think our job here the minority is to go
in there and to fight for our citizens, but also
to draw contrast in comparison Bill the people of Colorado
where their body's going, Explain to them how it to
be spent better in other places, and make our case
to the voters of Colorado to say, hey, the other

(27:33):
sides have the keys to the car too long, they're
drunk now and the car swerve it all over the road.
We want to be able to fix the problem. We're
not allowed to help fix the problem, but we want
to lay our case out to you to show you
that our ideas are feasible, Our ideas are going to
gain ground and fix the problems. So really, to me,
this is putting the brakes on fighting like heck down
in the weld, so people know that we're fighting for them.

(27:55):
But also kind of that story that way, would they
talk to their friends and neighbors. They can say, hey,
we heard the Colorado legislature. They want to spend this
mondy of this, and then the other group said we
could spend it on that I think one theme it
needs to be COVID since that's what we've heard throughout
this last session we step to COVID SID. So I
think we just need to put COVID send solutions down
for the people of Colorado. And I think that what

(28:16):
we draw that to speak give light. We're going to
see Moore votes idiots of the r call of is
we move it to the next election cycle.

Speaker 1 (28:21):
You bet well, Representative winner, Thank you for your time.
You get better soon. And if I could make one suggestion,
figure out what the price tag is for the state
on state funds for I legal immigration. Keep beating that
number out and I think that resonates with the citizens.
Will but get better, get to feeling better, and we'll
all be praying for you when that session starts on
August twenty first, right now, we're going to make you sure, yep,

(28:43):
you bet, We're going to cut the break. You're listening
to the Dan Kaplas show here on six thirty K
how to the Dankplas Show here in our final segment
of the two hours that I get to spend covering
for Dan. You're listening to well Kuinty Sheriff Steve reams
if you're just tuning in like this last texture. I
got to read this one. It's pretty good. I said,
just tuned in, waiting for another tax on the second

(29:04):
Amendment to offset the drunken sailor spending. And then he says,
sorry for the disparaging drunken disparaging comments about drunken sailors.
That's pretty good. I guess we're gonna have to start
a I don't know if it's a squear jar, but
maybe an undocumented immigrants jar. This person texted in and said,
you did it too. You called them undocumented immigrants. I
think I was. I don't know if I said it

(29:26):
by accident. But illegal aliens or criminal aliens, I think
is what this texture would prefer to have people called.
Let's see here, there's one other one. Oh, how about
putting to the voters where we want our tax money going.
My bed is that people would vote for roads instead
of empty biplanes and dangerous public transportation. And I would
like to believe that's true. But we keep this state.

(29:47):
When I say we, this state keeps electing Democrats, and
Democrats never prioritize those things, so I don't know if
that's true. And then of course I had a couple
of Texters come to my defense. Sheriff, only a Democrat
that live off the government would complain about someone that
works so hard taking a vacation, and then this one.
Anyone who thinks the sheriff doesn't rate a vacation as
an idiot. So all right, cool, I'll take those. You know,

(30:11):
the first ten years I was in office, I think
the longest vacation I ever took was about two weeks
in a year. This last year I extended that out
a little bit more. So, Yeah, I'm not going to
apologize for it. It's been a great summer. I've spent
some good time with my kids, and I got to
experience roadways that didn't knock my teeth out. So you know,
what more can you want? Hey, Ryan, when you were

(30:31):
discussing that two twenty five incident in the prior segment,
can you believe that the state talks about we're going
to do a study, and I mean it's inflammatory to me.
I'm listening to you. I'm screaming at my again. I'm
screaming at you through the radio.

Speaker 7 (30:47):
I'm screaming at you.

Speaker 1 (30:48):
Yes, you were asking a lot. Yeah, So I'm going
to drive that route home today, and inevitably I'm going
to watch somebody hit that thing and just about lose it.
It happens every time.

Speaker 7 (30:58):
It happens to me, and I forget that it's there,
and then I remember that it's there. But you don't
need a study. People are dying, they're going airborne off
the thing. What else could be a higher priority to
see dot right now than that bump on a highly
traveled portion of two twenty five.

Speaker 1 (31:13):
Well, so wouldn't the study be conducted when they had
to put a sign up that says the road sucks.

Speaker 7 (31:19):
They would know and they let us know or try to.

Speaker 1 (31:22):
Yeah, this seems like the study has been completed. Now
there it is. That's the study. I don't understand, like
you know. And I'm blessed to work in the government
in Weld County. And that's not to say that we
don't have our own inefficiencies in places. Everybody can always
do better. There's always ways to get more efficient and
do the work of the people in a better way.
But man, Weld County is a far better model for

(31:45):
government than the state is by far. And it's just
it's hard to watch. I mean, I work in government
and I watch other pieces of government just fall on
their face. I don't understand it. Just it sickens me.
And for any of you that have to drive out
to the airport, especially if you're coming from down here
in the South Denver area, just know that there's a

(32:06):
section when it says the road sucks. And I don't
remember exactly what the sign says. I think it says
road damage. They mean it. You're if you're going just
a little bit over the speed limit, even especially if
you're driving a sports car with with stiff suspension, you're
probably going to get airborne. And I've watched it happen

(32:26):
almost every time I've driven home from the station. I mean,
it's it's a real thing. Nine News does like one
of the longest news segments I've seen about it. The
states put up signs about it. We've got two billion
dollars dedicated to transportation in the state of Colorado. And
I'm going to bet as long as I'm filling in
for Dan that condition continues to exist. What say you, Ryan,

(32:50):
You know I'll believe it when I see it. That's
a good point. Well, I'll be back with you tomorrow.
We're going to continue to talk about how screwed up
the Democrats are making this state. I appreciate everybody texting
in the few callers that we did have. Bring it
in tomorrow. I'm glad to have that conversation with you.
We'll have some exchanges, but tune in and listen again

(33:11):
tomorrow here with the Dan Caflis Show with Well Katey
Sheriff Steve Rains as your guest host, and again thanks
for the listening