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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So this is the inaugural edition of Ross Kaminski on
the News with Gina Gondeck. And we thought very carefully
about who to have as guests today. Just two guests today,
and I think they're, you know, both hopefully represent the
quality of the show. We had former NATO Supreme Allied
Commander Admiral James Tavridas, and now we have a guy
who's trying to get auto insurance premiums down in the
(00:22):
state of Colorado. He also happens to be Governor of Colorado.
Jared Polish Dragon was just playing music drive about auto insurance.
But I think Jared's on the road too, So good
morning Jared, thanks for being here.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Good morning Ross and Gena. Congratulations on landing the coveted
time slot during drivetime.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
We're very proud of ourselves. We'll try to live.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Up to advice of both of you. My advice to
health you is be perky. I think a couple cups
of coffee before you go on the air at six
of the morning, expecting the morning.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I'm more of a tea drinker, but I'll give it
a try. And I was just reading a story about
who have you ever have you heard of put coffee.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Jared, doesn't sound very appetizing.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
No, No, it's like some animal eats coffee beans and
then they poop it out and then they make coffee
out of it, and it's the most expensive coffee in
the world. It would probably keep me up though, just
worrying about how much it costs. All right, Jared, you
released and I love the obvious pun A roadmap to
reduce auto insurance premiums. What's going on here?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
So look, Colorado has actually the fifth Your motorist driving
today notices fifth highest auto insurance in the country. So
we dissected all the reasons and we have a strategy
for each of them. The biggest thing that's changed over
the last decade is increased hail claims sale damage, so
we're focused on that with early alerts. Auto theft is another,
(01:41):
so we've already auto theft is down fifty percent of
the last two years. It's about a year lag till
that's reflected in premiums, but that's when we've worked on
who supported prosecution. We've increased penalties uninsured motorists. DUIs we
now were we just had a highway fifty eight and
golden do you I check point this last weekend. We're
doing these high profile DUI checkpoints so people will know
(02:03):
if they do drink and drive, they will be caught
and severely pedalized. So really sort of comprehensive strategy, because
if we can reduce all these risk factors the next year,
that will be reflected in the insurance rates and they
will come down.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
So one of the I think big factors and insurance
rate increases in recent years is something that even a
governor can't do much.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
About, and that's hail. Right.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
So how much of the increase over the last ten
years or so do you think is due to how
do I want to put this hail or other things
that are completely out of not just your control, but
really out of a driver's control, Versus how much of
it do you think are things that maybe we can
control at least a little.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
So hail is the single biggest driver increased hail claims,
But there are things we can do ross even on hale.
I can't stop the hail obviously. However, what we're talking
about doing is instituting early alert systems or monitor severe
hail so people know, hey, cover your car moving indoors
if you can don't drive on the road. It's a
(03:12):
hazard to drive or and severe your hail anyway. So
we're working on these outbound warning systems that we're hoping
to launch. Hail seasons generally spring, so next spring. In addition,
there's some abuses on the autobody repair shop side. It's
actually illegal to wave the deductible for hail damage, and
we found autobody shops that are One of that means
is people that have no skin up their back. If
(03:35):
you have a couple of little nicks, they might go
in and not have to pay a pending. It's all
built to basically other people's insurance previews that then go up.
So there's a few things we're doing on hell, of
course we can't stop the hill, but yes, we think
we can make a difference there. That's the single biggest one.
I don't know for sure whether it's forty fifty to
sixty percent of the increase, but it's on that magnitude,
it's the biggest one. Then you go to things like
(03:56):
auto theft, unassured motor insurance, driving carelessly, all these other ones.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Well, anything you could do would be much appreciated by
me and everybody else who drives again?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, I mean, do you think of this way, even if,
like most people, even if you don't have everybody doesn't recover.
If these early alert systems you can get twenty or
thirty percent of people to intervene to protect their car
from hale, that alone could bring down insurance rates, you know,
five seven percent something of that magnitude, So it's significant.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
All Right, we're talking with Governor Jared Polis. He's got
a new roadmap to reduce auto insurance premiums. My colleague
Gina Gondeck has a question for you about something else.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Yeah, good morning, governor. I mean, obviously top story today.
We've been talking throughout the morning. The Senate voting on
the funding measure in that late night session to fund
the government through January thirtieth. Still lots of hurdles they
face here, but curious what your thoughts are on Colorado's
Democratic Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennett still voting no
on this negotiated deal.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Do you shout off this morning with some of that
pooh coffee, Gina or not?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
I did not reason, No, I certainly did not. Naturally
perky actually perky person.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Naturally perky well look. As governor and for the state, obviously,
I'm very grateful that it sounds like government will be opening.
We've been dealing with very chaotic situation on Snap payments. Obviously,
a lot of people of Thanksgiving travel plans, all of
that was out there. I also strongly support the tax
credits that will prevent major premium increases for health care,
so I certainly hope it leads to that. But obviously,
(05:24):
like many Americans, I'm relieved if in fact, they do
reopen government the next few days. I know it hasn't
come across the finish line yet, but I certainly hope
that happens.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Is the state still looking at helping those who rely
on Snap benefits, even though they might be restored if
this all plays out in the next week.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
We got the first five million dollars out of the
money that we're setting the food bags pantries. We have
a second five million reserve. We won't need to use
that second five if it reopens this week. That was
sort of a plan where if it stays closed, we
got the authorisation to do another five million next week,
but if it reopens this week, it'll just be that
one round of assist sence of food banks and pantries,
(06:01):
which are better stock now because of that. With that
five million, they're able to buy retail. They build bit
of twenty thirty million dollars worth of they get very
low pricing govnor Polis.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
While we have you, you also have your proposed budget
for next year totally nearly fifty one billion dollars. Likely
to face a number of changes, like the hurdles of
the shutdown, similar hurdles. But when it comes down to it,
can you outline a little bit about the largest increases
that you see in funding and some of those that
may be facing some big funding cuts in this budget?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Well, it's hard to describe the whole budget in like
what is it one or two minutes here. I will
be appearing before the Joint Budget Committee Wednesday, but i'dlike
Congress we present a balance budget here in Colorado. It's balanced.
We presented it ahead of schedule. Our government remains open.
We're trying to rate it in some of the excess spending,
particularly in medicaid. There's been a number of benefits been
(06:52):
added over the last few years. We have to put
some limits on those to make sure it's sustainable. And
of course our priority continue to fund our schools, fully
funded education, focus on funding students where they're at rather
than where they were a few years before. So on
all those things we make progress. And then of course
our focus also improving public safety, so funding for law
enforcement thanks to Proposition one thirty and as well as
(07:14):
of prevention initiatives to further reduced crime.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Jared, I've got just one one last question for you here.
One of the powers of a governor, at least when
it comes to state crimes rather than federal crimes, is
the ability to issue a pardon. Right and for the
president it's well, it's not every state is like that,
but and for the president it's the other way. You
can pardon federal crimes and not state. So today my
(07:39):
understanding is that you are going to be issuing a
couple of pardons. I don't know if these you know,
if these folks that you're pardoning are hardened criminals or
you know what they've what they've done, But can you
please just tell us what you're pardoning and what they did.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I think I think you have being mistaken with Donald Trump.
I know that's natural because we say we talked, Donald
Trump is doing the parties today. I traditionally do mine
right before Christmas and we we go through them, so
we're very much early in that process. Ross and I
like some of Donald Trump's. I like Darryl Strawberry. I
looked at that one. I probably would have done that too.
Was a state tribe crime. I'm a big baseball fed,
(08:18):
so we look every year. A lot of them are
folks who did stuff twenty thirty years ago. They're out
of prison, all right.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
I think I was a little scared. I think I
was a little too subtle. Are there a couple of
birds who may be involved with this story?
Speaker 2 (08:31):
I don't know what you're what are you talking about
talking about?
Speaker 1 (08:34):
What I'm talking about is this story on KADIVR that
said you're pardoning turkeys.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Oh those pardons, Ross, you gotta be all serious, because
I would like partying Rue Julie Autumn.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
No.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
I was asking just what crimes those turkeys have committed
that they are getting pardoned for. Oh, man, I thought
you'd just know that.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid are the two
turkeys in Colorado's annual Free Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon at the
Governor's mentioned. Today we will be pardoning and they'll be
going to live out their days at Loving Arms Animal Shelter.
And we do this to highlight sort of Colorado ranchers. Yes,
Colorado to produces turkeys, obviously, chickens, beef, all this great produce.
(09:16):
And every year we part in two turkeys in this
ceremony with veterans at the Governor's mansion. So that's happening today.
I was thinking all serious, like because he did Pardner
did Julianna?
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I know, I know, but let me just say that
Gina has one last thing. But I'm just going to say,
so the answer to your question when I asked you
what climbs did they commit? The answer is bank robbery.
So you're pardoning to bank robbers today.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Well, I just wanted to know too, or if you
name them.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
So we had actually a contest to name them, so
we had vote public voting on well, first of all,
as my staff, they came up with the candid so
they came up with, you know, several names, and then
with the public voted on them, and the public shows
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Sunday's Kid obviously a
shout out to the fact that Colorado is one the
he Just Sundance Festival for Jared Drue twenty twenty seven
(10:03):
over Utah. So that's what that was all about. Not partying.
Rudy Giuliani would consider it her much too serious. I
would pardon Darryl Strawberry Colorado.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Cross all right, all right, next time, I'll be a
little less subtle. Jared, You're a little too literal this morning.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
I need I need some of that coffee.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
You need some of that poof coffee. Yeah you do.
Governor Jared Paulus, thank you, thank you so much for
being a guest on our very first edition of Ross
Kaminski on the News with Gina Gondek.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Congratulations of both of you, and good morning,
So this is the inaugural edition of Ross Kaminski on
the News with Gina Gondeck. And we thought very carefully
about who to have as guests today. Just two guests today,
and I think they're, you know, both hopefully represent the
quality of the show. We had former NATO Supreme Allied
Commander Admiral James Tavridas, and now we have a guy
who's trying to get auto insurance premiums down in the
(00:22):
state of Colorado. He also happens to be Governor of Colorado.
Jared Polish Dragon was just playing music drive about auto insurance.
But I think Jared's on the road too, So good
morning Jared, thanks for being here.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Good morning Ross and Gena. Congratulations on landing the coveted
time slot during drivetime.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
We're very proud of ourselves. We'll try to live.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Up to advice of both of you. My advice to
health you is be perky. I think a couple cups
of coffee before you go on the air at six
of the morning, expecting the morning.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
I'm more of a tea drinker, but I'll give it
a try. And I was just reading a story about
who have you ever have you heard of put coffee.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Jared, doesn't sound very appetizing.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
No, No, it's like some animal eats coffee beans and
then they poop it out and then they make coffee
out of it, and it's the most expensive coffee in
the world. It would probably keep me up though, just
worrying about how much it costs. All right, Jared, you
released and I love the obvious pun A roadmap to
reduce auto insurance premiums. What's going on here?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
So look, Colorado has actually the fifth Your motorist driving
today notices fifth highest auto insurance in the country. So
we dissected all the reasons and we have a strategy
for each of them. The biggest thing that's changed over
the last decade is increased hail claims sale damage, so
we're focused on that with early alerts. Auto theft is another,
(01:41):
so we've already auto theft is down fifty percent of
the last two years. It's about a year lag till
that's reflected in premiums, but that's when we've worked on
who supported prosecution. We've increased penalties uninsured motorists. DUIs we
now were we just had a highway fifty eight and
golden do you I check point this last weekend. We're
doing these high profile DUI checkpoints so people will know
(02:03):
if they do drink and drive, they will be caught
and severely pedalized. So really sort of comprehensive strategy, because
if we can reduce all these risk factors the next year,
that will be reflected in the insurance rates and they
will come down.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
So one of the I think big factors and insurance
rate increases in recent years is something that even a
governor can't do much.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
About, and that's hail. Right.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
So how much of the increase over the last ten
years or so do you think is due to how
do I want to put this hail or other things
that are completely out of not just your control, but
really out of a driver's control, Versus how much of
it do you think are things that maybe we can
control at least a little.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
So hail is the single biggest driver increased hail claims,
But there are things we can do ross even on hale.
I can't stop the hail obviously. However, what we're talking
about doing is instituting early alert systems or monitor severe
hail so people know, hey, cover your car moving indoors
if you can don't drive on the road. It's a
(03:12):
hazard to drive or and severe your hail anyway. So
we're working on these outbound warning systems that we're hoping
to launch. Hail seasons generally spring, so next spring. In addition,
there's some abuses on the autobody repair shop side. It's
actually illegal to wave the deductible for hail damage, and
we found autobody shops that are One of that means
is people that have no skin up their back. If
(03:35):
you have a couple of little nicks, they might go
in and not have to pay a pending. It's all
built to basically other people's insurance previews that then go up.
So there's a few things we're doing on hell, of
course we can't stop the hill, but yes, we think
we can make a difference there. That's the single biggest one.
I don't know for sure whether it's forty fifty to
sixty percent of the increase, but it's on that magnitude,
it's the biggest one. Then you go to things like
(03:56):
auto theft, unassured motor insurance, driving carelessly, all these other ones.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Well, anything you could do would be much appreciated by
me and everybody else who drives again?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, I mean, do you think of this way, even if,
like most people, even if you don't have everybody doesn't recover.
If these early alert systems you can get twenty or
thirty percent of people to intervene to protect their car
from hale, that alone could bring down insurance rates, you know,
five seven percent something of that magnitude, So it's significant.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
All Right, we're talking with Governor Jared Polis. He's got
a new roadmap to reduce auto insurance premiums. My colleague
Gina Gondeck has a question for you about something else.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Yeah, good morning, governor. I mean, obviously top story today.
We've been talking throughout the morning. The Senate voting on
the funding measure in that late night session to fund
the government through January thirtieth. Still lots of hurdles they
face here, but curious what your thoughts are on Colorado's
Democratic Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennett still voting no
on this negotiated deal.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Do you shout off this morning with some of that
pooh coffee, Gina or not?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
I did not reason, No, I certainly did not. Naturally
perky actually perky person.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Naturally perky well look. As governor and for the state, obviously,
I'm very grateful that it sounds like government will be opening.
We've been dealing with very chaotic situation on Snap payments. Obviously,
a lot of people of Thanksgiving travel plans, all of
that was out there. I also strongly support the tax
credits that will prevent major premium increases for health care,
so I certainly hope it leads to that. But obviously,
(05:24):
like many Americans, I'm relieved if in fact, they do
reopen government the next few days. I know it hasn't
come across the finish line yet, but I certainly hope
that happens.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Is the state still looking at helping those who rely
on Snap benefits, even though they might be restored if
this all plays out in the next week.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
We got the first five million dollars out of the
money that we're setting the food bags pantries. We have
a second five million reserve. We won't need to use
that second five if it reopens this week. That was
sort of a plan where if it stays closed, we
got the authorisation to do another five million next week,
but if it reopens this week, it'll just be that
one round of assist sence of food banks and pantries,
(06:01):
which are better stock now because of that. With that
five million, they're able to buy retail. They build bit
of twenty thirty million dollars worth of they get very
low pricing govnor Polis.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
While we have you, you also have your proposed budget
for next year totally nearly fifty one billion dollars. Likely
to face a number of changes, like the hurdles of
the shutdown, similar hurdles. But when it comes down to it,
can you outline a little bit about the largest increases
that you see in funding and some of those that
may be facing some big funding cuts in this budget?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Well, it's hard to describe the whole budget in like
what is it one or two minutes here. I will
be appearing before the Joint Budget Committee Wednesday, but i'dlike
Congress we present a balance budget here in Colorado. It's balanced.
We presented it ahead of schedule. Our government remains open.
We're trying to rate it in some of the excess spending,
particularly in medicaid. There's been a number of benefits been
(06:52):
added over the last few years. We have to put
some limits on those to make sure it's sustainable. And
of course our priority continue to fund our schools, fully
funded education, focus on funding students where they're at rather
than where they were a few years before. So on
all those things we make progress. And then of course
our focus also improving public safety, so funding for law
enforcement thanks to Proposition one thirty and as well as
(07:14):
of prevention initiatives to further reduced crime.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Jared, I've got just one one last question for you here.
One of the powers of a governor, at least when
it comes to state crimes rather than federal crimes, is
the ability to issue a pardon. Right and for the
president it's well, it's not every state is like that,
but and for the president it's the other way. You
can pardon federal crimes and not state. So today my
(07:39):
understanding is that you are going to be issuing a
couple of pardons. I don't know if these you know,
if these folks that you're pardoning are hardened criminals or
you know what they've what they've done, But can you
please just tell us what you're pardoning and what they did.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I think I think you have being mistaken with Donald Trump.
I know that's natural because we say we talked, Donald
Trump is doing the parties today. I traditionally do mine
right before Christmas and we we go through them, so
we're very much early in that process. Ross and I
like some of Donald Trump's. I like Darryl Strawberry. I
looked at that one. I probably would have done that too.
Was a state tribe crime. I'm a big baseball fed,
(08:18):
so we look every year. A lot of them are
folks who did stuff twenty thirty years ago. They're out
of prison, all right.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
I think I was a little scared. I think I
was a little too subtle. Are there a couple of
birds who may be involved with this story?
Speaker 2 (08:31):
I don't know what you're what are you talking about
talking about?
Speaker 1 (08:34):
What I'm talking about is this story on KADIVR that
said you're pardoning turkeys.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Oh those pardons, Ross, you gotta be all serious, because
I would like partying Rue Julie Autumn.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
No.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
I was asking just what crimes those turkeys have committed
that they are getting pardoned for. Oh, man, I thought
you'd just know that.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid are the two
turkeys in Colorado's annual Free Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon at the
Governor's mentioned. Today we will be pardoning and they'll be
going to live out their days at Loving Arms Animal Shelter.
And we do this to highlight sort of Colorado ranchers. Yes,
Colorado to produces turkeys, obviously, chickens, beef, all this great produce.
(09:16):
And every year we part in two turkeys in this
ceremony with veterans at the Governor's mansion. So that's happening today.
I was thinking all serious, like because he did Pardner
did Julianna?
Speaker 1 (09:26):
I know, I know, but let me just say that
Gina has one last thing. But I'm just going to say,
so the answer to your question when I asked you
what climbs did they commit? The answer is bank robbery.
So you're pardoning to bank robbers today.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Well, I just wanted to know too, or if you
name them.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
So we had actually a contest to name them, so
we had vote public voting on well, first of all,
as my staff, they came up with the candid so
they came up with, you know, several names, and then
with the public voted on them, and the public shows
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Sunday's Kid obviously a
shout out to the fact that Colorado is one the
he Just Sundance Festival for Jared Drue twenty twenty seven
(10:03):
over Utah. So that's what that was all about. Not partying.
Rudy Giuliani would consider it her much too serious. I
would pardon Darryl Strawberry Colorado.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Cross all right, all right, next time, I'll be a
little less subtle. Jared, You're a little too literal this morning.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
I need I need some of that coffee.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
You need some of that poof coffee. Yeah you do.
Governor Jared Paulus, thank you, thank you so much for
being a guest on our very first edition of Ross
Kaminski on the News with Gina Gondek.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Congratulations of both of you, and good morning,
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