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"scott james" Discussed on Mornings With Gail - 1310 KFKA
"And i said well. We have a dilemma here. Because now what we have to figure out is how our definition of being parents centered my different from their's ask about point blank issues. Fema how they feel about the teaching critical race theory asks them how they feel about parents being actively involved in the curriculum. It's tough their children. I don't know why we fell away from that. I mean he shouldn't that be something that we are ongoing actively involved with. It always had of made me made me quizzical. Is that a word. We'll make it okay. Is it always made me. Ponder why i sit in on a local government whether it'd be a school board a town council a county commission and see an empty chamber in front of me. Those of the chambers it should be the fullest because the government has the largest impact on you and the government that you have you ever impact is. The government is closest to home. Let's talk a little bit about those two. well actually. there's three ballot questions. Let's start with those two relative to the home rule. Charter changing the way in which We procure and ensure that We have enough water to meet our needs in the future City of greeley ballot question to g and to age i. am for a municipality being able to actively pursue the water it needs to pursue to provide citizens to provide services to citizens as former town council member is a former mayor in a in a town of johnstown makes our own water that a situation much like the city of greeley is. I would find myself absolutely shackled. If if i had the weight of something like that which is being proposed in the city of greeley This is a a democratic and constitutional republic we elect people to represent us and we must trust those people to make the decisions that are best for us Issues like Batter of procurement of water should not go to a public vote. that's why you have elected representatives. If i ran the city agree. I guess i would stand against those. Those those two initiatives. Let's talk about The other initiatives Propositions on the ballot. Our top of mind for you is is at one twenty that the tax measure one twenty. Yeah yeah that's an interesting situation. Just in the in the fact that we have i believe in taber. I fully support taber. I property tax. That's right every property tax. I think taylor has kept the state of colorado in line. in fact there are times. Maybe resilient that's kept us from flying off the guard rails but when you talk about putting other factors into Into property taxation our property values have gone through the roof and people want to see their property. taxes lowered I believe that will be an incredibly important one to watch and gail. If i may be so frank. I haven't fully made up my mind yet. Dov ed issue interesting well. I appreciate transparency and honesty. That is really a welcome thing..
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"scott james" Discussed on NoCo Now ? 1310 KFKA
"The fastest growing growing city. And that of course is going to push weld county right along with it. with The growing in greeley in the growing in weld county that brings in a new type of person And that's where scott. I want to kind of open it up with you About this growth in the type of person type of people that we're seeing come into weld county well study show californians. It's that simple. But that's that's fine. Welcome to colorado. I think it's important that we could have communicate with. Colorado is about where rugged were western were individual. We keep our nose on our own side of the fence. But we're ready to lend a hand if a if a if a neighbor needs help and they need to redo their driving test that they're coming in california that now that's just purely assumption. But i think that might be something worthwhile looking into. I'm happy to welcome. Welcome here. you got to remember. I'm a native to just like you are tangible periods. I grew up in loselle. And so i want people to know the life and have the opportunities that i have known and and had an have continue to have amazing opportunities in this county. I think weld county is is great because it's people are good to go down and alexis de tocqueville path with you. I gotta is great because there are people that are good and as long as people are good the county will continue to be great so it's therefore our way to to. It's it's our job to make sure that we communicate away and a path and and just kind of the and i'm not gonna say welcome you ain't from around here. We do take office that guy. But i do think that part of what has made our county. Great is is a fixed set of principles. And i will try to embody those principles is as long as i am in public service and just in a private citizen straight county because i i do believe in the opportunity that exists here but yeah the the growth is explosive Elizabeth garner state demographer picks She says our population will double by thousand forty five now so think about that and most of the growth in south west greeley and on down through the i thousand five county. I twenty five communities in well county. Yeah i mean that is a whole lot of people moving in perry. What are your thoughts on the growth of weld county and and greeley specifically here. Well i feel so blessed to grow up in weld county and talking about the heritage in the culture we do help our neighbors need we stand for the pledge allegiance we respect our law enforcement. Dinnertime is set for family time. It is so important that we hold onto that. And so we with this flex you'd have to look in not that i'm comparing us to california new york but people are coming here because we have. I think the fiscal responsibility that our county has and that's no debt. No sales tax one of the lowest mill levies fifteen point zero three eight mills and we've got plenty in our rainy day fund. We are very very Strong as as county and not all counties. I don't still know of another county that can Tooth that horn so we are very blessed. We've got lots of land but again we've got to make sure we have to maintain that culture by getting involved with their neighbors knowing who your neighbors are. Seen what their needs are and keep keep going well counties got by the way we got a text in here. Scott james for governor. So i might have to ask you about that later on down the road here scott no. I won't do that by gave you my wife's phone number eight. See the answer. You get get another texter here a little bit of a long one here. Let's see you see what's going on with larimer county the changes you've seen their Does it ever concern you that well county could follow in the steps of what we've seen with labor county. I'm assuming this texture is talking about the progressive blue nature of labor county Response to that. I believe that that people. I mean you show. He wanted put this in a republican versus a democrat manner. It's i don't yes. I'm a registered republican. But i don't think in republican versus democrat. I don't think it right versus left. I think in right versus wrong. I think in in ideas i love the fact that public services the arena of ideas and as long as the ideas that resonate with people are i if conservatives can continue to generate ideas that resonate with people than conservatives will continue to win you talk about a blue wave whatever bluewave red lightwave. Let's have a conversation about what is right and wrong at about how we collectively move. Forward based in the united states constitution based on the bill writes based in statute and how we collectively elevator so a higher citizenry. I i don't do. I worry about that. No because the best idea wins tanner. It's that simple. The best idea win. So that's how it's supposed to be right. And i don't know now with some of what we've seen here in the state of colorado. If that's been the way. But the county. I do agree with you. Would you your thoughts on on what we've seen a little different in when it comes to the ideals 'cause i would say that I've got the big are on my forehead and it stands for limited government fiscal responsibility and personal accountability. And i've learned just in that legislature. If i didn't have the backbone for those values those sometimes ideals start swain one way or the other and and so i really do stand stone with those that. Those republican values What's interesting is. I'll take issue with you act any. Here's i'll give me another hobby high. i believe. let me give you my four pillars of conservatives. My four pillars conservatism are as follows a small limited limited government that knows its proper role constrained by the united states constitution. The bill of rights and law fiscal responsibility is number. Two number three is an unwavering belief in the and farm. Fair market and number. Four is a staunch unwavering belief in the power of the individual. Now if you want say those are republican ideals. Guess what those are scott's ideals and if the republican party happens to agree with me. That's great if the republican party doesn't happen to agree with me that's great. Those are my principles and those are my ideals. And that's what i'll stick with. And i'll just have to align with the party. Whoever closes matches me. I mean you know. It's it's as close to where i stand. I just feel like it's It's it's it's kind of a backbone to make those choices on where the role of government is because government now is so in our lives. One must know their principles. Yeah no doubt about it. Let's get it on topic Of talking about The the blue wave. I guess if that's what you wanna call it here in colorado we i. There's no secret. The republican party in in last year's election Did not farewell. And what in your minds has to change for the republican party to start to gain some footing Back in this state. I me you. I'll go first. I i if i believe in the what. The republican party is launched here about a week and a half ago in the commitment to colorado. I think there are ten principles. Outlined the commitment to colorado is an outstanding commitment to everyday colorado whether they'd be democrat republican independent unaffiliated. I believe in the commitment commitment to colorado commitment numeral to colorado dot com by the way Caribbean new monroe through colorado dot com. If you want to learn more about that. I believe once again that we need to be. We have become the party of no because we have been on our heels when i say our i talk about a republican i talk about a conservative and we have been in the minority. I think that sooner or later this party must walk most reckon with one. Donald j trump. It is not about orangemen. Bad orangemen good. It is about a man who had an unbelievable belief. Tanner and perry in the us. He he believed in america. He believed in america. I and i believe in that. He believed in the united states of america above all else and he felt he made the common person feel like they were empowered to be involved in their government. And that's why you saw such an undying loyalty to to the point where some people still don't accept the election results. And and that's something that i don't know we've seen in this country before where it was not not necessarily the party there was. They were trumpers him. Now let me go down that path. In the fact that we became a cult of personality riley made our party more about personality than principles. That's where we failed. I agree with you. One hundred percent of that. We need to harvest the principles that were embodied by donald j trump and reflect those and we need to cash decide the personality. Because let's be honest guys. A little bit spiteful. Sometimes i don't have the main melon looks and says yeah you know what donald trump was was the nicest guy ever. No one says yea he really speaks. Well he speaks. Nobody says but the core values there. It's the payer which like to come in on what it takes for the republican party to get some footing back here in the state of colorado. I look at the percentages of republicans thirty percent republican thirty percent. Democrats in the rest of on film and there are so many out there. I would say that it's all about faith family and freedom that we have not been able to make them know that we are on their side and that we are the party that they want to support in its our youth are the minority. There are so many opportunities for us to do a better job of communicating with them and and again our county party. We are trying to reach out Whether it's through flyers around the neighborhood but we've got to do a better job of just engaging and just putting our arms around him and say you are more like us than you'll ever know the reason that we were beaten in the arena of ideas is for example. It's identify an issue an issue. That's growing in weld county homelessness identify and people collectively come together and have tremendous sympathy for somebody who has downtrodden. Trust me. i as conservative as they get. I have a tremendous sympathy for someone who is homeless and downtrodden. So democrat and republican. Look at a homeless person. The democrat says oh my gosh look at that poor homeless person the government should do something and i say oh my gosh. Look at that homeless person. We should do something. It's don't look to the government. The government must know its proper role and by saying it's not the proper role of government. We've communicated that we don't care. That couldn't be farther from the truth. Let's incentivize those organizations who want to stand up and help things that are not necessarily the proper role of government. It's not government should care us. We should care not government we naive. I completely agree with that. In last point that i'll say here. You look at the the cory gardner race right Cory gardner. I think the the study found that he was like the third. Most third likely senator to work both ways right. Third-most bipartisan senator The democrats right now don't want to work with republicans and there's a lot of republicans don't want to work with democrats. I was surprised at at the gardner result. Just at at how haley he was beaten. But that i think that speaks about the third boast bipartisan. Senator in he gets just just a you know annihilated in that election. I thought that was a little bit opening to when you look at that. The donald j trump pointing. Yeah they did. They did Let's take a break here. We've got the commissioner roundtable on perry buck And commissioner scott. James joining me. It snow cone hour on northern colorado's voice one zero three point one at thirteen ten. Kfi let's get to the bottom of our news and weather center. Join clark johnson. And bruce dick for cargonoff coach weekdays at eleven. Another in colorado's voice one zero three point. One thirteen ten.
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"scott james" Discussed on Mornings With Gail - 1310 KFKA
"Your own health but indeed that of your family that of your kids so totally on board with weld county commissioner scott james when he says this is a personal decision but back to the question do these of the specter of these vaccine mandates. Just send shivers down your spine. Now you can. You can argue this. You can play devil's advocate on this because we know that vaccines are effective. But again i go to our own ability to manage our lives and the more that we invite government in. I believe the worse off. We are dumbs us down when we want the government. Oh take care of us and make all of our health care decisions and make all of our decisions for us you know. It was funny. Because i remember it was weeks ago. I found this survey now. Granted it was from across the pond. It was the study where they asked participants. If they wanted to return to their freedoms will this underscores just how much the pandemic has changed our thought processes even right here in the united states because there was a companion survey done as well that found the same result in which many people said. No no we had too much freedom in the past and we we need to be controlled really absolutely terrifying your thoughts this morning. Nine seven three five three thirteen ten. Drop me a text under thirteen. Ten at a text line at seven thirty. A big surprise on second quarter economic growth and the fed says. It's going to keep doing what it's doing. Isn't that definition of insanity and expect a different result keith..
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"You must make the decision for yourself what we're getting canceled der because you dropped out at your back. Well county commissioner scott james seven fifteen thirteen. Kfi thirteen ten k of k. a. dot com mornings with gail from the auto collision specialists studios..
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"Which we need to do. We will deal specific evidence in probable cause an issue helpful health orders if needed for the individual. Once again we won't say there's the threat to have covert out there. And so therefore we we much mandate that all people stay in. You know inside or wear a mask is he aware of. What's coming out of the cdc and their guidelines and recommendations system. Look at what's going on with this delta and there's very interested and they're saying maybe gonna do this and i i think it's good. I think that that reasons people modestly. Maybe out to do that. But again i i would have asked and iran war but i would ask. What's the specific evidence. Is the delta engine. More contagious yes. It is is it more lethal. No it's not People are gonna catch colds. They're going to catch the flu Bottom line is this all comes down to vaccination if it's right for you if you consult with your doctor and decide it's right for you. It's probably the right thing to do to get one. I got one. I think that's what you keep this virus it bay vaccine hesitancy. Now you're remember that colorado comeback cash who don't call a lottery but there were five drawings for a million bucks actually the the vaccination rate is i understand it dropped throughout that entire scenario and then you've got. Let's see gift cards at walmart. There's all all sorts of incentives. Oh it's social influencers and friends and family your neighbors coming over and knocking on your door saying hey you should really think about getting the vaccine. I'm not so sure that any of those methods are the way to go where the governor learn. That personal behavior is a personal decision. And there's no amount gimmick or carnival barker trick that you can pull to get somebody to take vaccine if they don't want one. The decision must meet made at the personal level with one family and health care provider and in my opinion status at that. Will i encourage you to get one. Yes i will. Because i believe it's the right thing to do what i mandate that you get. What no. I won't because that's the wrong thing to do. And we'll i try to offer you gimmicks and tricks and gift cards and pony rights. You get one no. I won't because..
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"scott james" Discussed on Mornings With Gail - 1310 KFKA
"This is morning in northern colorado's voice. Thirteen ten kfi k. Like the guidance coming out of this. Cdc not known or consistency kind of Well bringing the hammer down once again. As the centers for disease control and prevention recommended on tuesday that fully vaccinated folks begin wearing masks indoors again in places with high cova nineteen transmission rates. So does this mean. And i pulled this out of Channel thirty one. The headline kind of says it. All two thirds of colorado should under mask mandates in the new cdc guidance lengthy piece Goes on to point out that only ten counties account for seventy five percent of colorado's code one thousand nine cases since june twenty-first among them larimer and weld county justice. Cdc not known for being consistent the weld county commissioners have been rather consistent in their take when it comes to this ever rotating list of guidelines and rules stressing that perhaps we should use the good sense. The good lord gave us and make our decisions accordingly. Is that going to change. Well county commissioner scott. James joins us this morning. Hey scott gale so one to get your take on this newest no data no scientific data back any of this up it just. It's just not available yet. But the cdc saying that even if you're fully vaccinated you have to mask up indoors in areas where there are high cova. Nineteen transmission rates are poor kids. Well thank heaven for greeley evans school district six saying that mass remain optional. But are poor kids according to the cdc. You're going to have to mask up again to go back to school. Well first let me give you a couple of comments on your opening. Set up there and thank you for that comment. One is seventy five percent of the cases if distant kent county that's because eighty five percent of colorado's population does so just over first second technically when the headline asserts that we should be mack. Matt mass mandates. Let me argue with that. Why do you need the heavy fan force of government but to put you under mandate if you believe in the science put out by the cdc then take that personal.
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"scott james" Discussed on Mornings With Gail - 1310 KFKA
"Republicans. Here's the deal. Following up on on conversation with welcome commissioner scott james this morning in which we covered a heck of a lot of ground but what republicans need to do to win outside of those Rural counties in colorado in twenty twenty two eight fifty two now thirteen ten. Kfi a thirteen ten kfi k. A. dot com northern colorado voice mornings with gail the auto collision specialists studios references piece by john caldera presidents of the independence institute. You can find it. On complete. Colorado of page two in which john caldera says we'll twenty twenty two is looking pretty good for republicans that is if they don't screw it up now commissioner. James offered his suggestion. A we need to key quit. Cannibalizing one another which i referred to as the republican party to assemble in that the circular firing squad formation cow darah puts it more to the point. Colorado republicans he says are set for some serious victories in twenty twenty two Citing the fact that the state has gone so crazy progressive left that the natural swing of the pendulum is down to favor. Republicans that means a says a caldera. Let's just say he's not even cautiously optimistic. That republicans are going to screw it all up. It's at this point. He introduces caldera. First political axiom. Which will i will edit in the interests of this being a family show there is nothing. Republicans can't screw up. No lack of evidence says caldera's supporting his axiom. Top of the list. Senator michael bennet the accidental. Senator who twice was elected as republicans put up completely unelectable candidates and look what that is costing the nation now bill ritter became governor after the republicans savage each other in a primary doing all the work essentially for the democrats when john hickenlooper ran for governor republicans had a generic nine percent lead over democrats in the polls victory assured than republicans nominated a con artist. Dan maes who barely got eleven percent in the general elections. Now he says he could go on and on with examples but breaking caldera's axiom isn't difficult to in concept at least so here is cow is advice for colorado republicans. The number is three just like the school house. Rock tucson when we were kids three. It's a magic number for example. Here's a perfect example of three. If you elect me governor. I will lower taxes. I will expand i twenty five and i will increase funding for charter schools. My name is bill owens. Yeah in one thousand nine hundred. Ninety eight candidate bill o. And said those very simple clear positive things every time he opened his mouth and he never ever waivered off message with those three things clean. Primary and likable persona. Owens became the first republican governor of colorado in twenty four years. Oh and as an aside yes. He made good on all three promises. Well it's been fifteen years since he left office and republicans..
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"scott james" Discussed on Mornings With Gail - 1310 KFKA
"So you've got everything all the fingers in the pie can let me let me draw pictures for you as a scott james. I believe in the risen savior jesus christ and my belief in god permeates every aspect of my being. It permeates my role as a county. Commissioner it permeates my interactions with you with the kind people of weld county. It permeates who i am when your belief is greenhouse gas that becomes your church and it permeates everything that you do transportation department of public health air quality agriculture. We can see with the current administration that their church is greenhouse gas and it permeates every aspect of government. Yeah they worship at the altar of climate change and racism both of them very divisive very effective in gaining consummate power and control. And i might sound like i'm lapsing into her permanently. There isn't that the truth of it. With what i have seen what they're considering as part of the greenhouse gas rulemaking with transportation it is one hundred percent about control As we are having a conversation right now. I'm posting something in my personal whips website. Which is is scott. K james dot com. You can find scott. James dot com. I'm posting this document. That is being considered today By the the the transportation commission and it is a white papers. Fourteen page white paper pollution reduction planning for transportation. It's breathing update of of june of twenty twenty one and it details in fourteen. Page detail. exactly how they're going to control your life. It's no longer in my in my purview. The best government is the government. That's closest to home. Because because you and i can get together and we can we can chart our course and chart our future. Yes but the central planners like things in in central control in denver control because denver knows better how to rule counties life and does well county and so you see more and more the centralization of power inherently wrong absolutely yeah consummate power and control what's that adage Let's see power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. I think that's what we're seeing all this cry hue and cry for a climate justice. Eight thirteen now thirteen ten. Kfi join weld county. Commissioner scott james all right now let's flip the script and talk about something really cool the grand opening up the weld legacy trail on saturday. Yeah we're excited to the public's invited to join us on saturday at at nine. Am it's basically done to the software complex. You'll you'll find the the trail head there and and we're excited to open up a trail that basically provides connectivity from there around what used to be known and what is still does notice the hope stra pits which are are assumed to be some reclaimed. The gravel pits. That of course would be lakefront That are in along there and provides a unique connection over to the The same rate ponds on the other side of the interstate because we have Obviously of a pedestrian underpass there and and and it's just one of the things that we can do to provide transportation transportation and got that in my brain recreation activities and and as the colorado department of transportation they have it. It's called active transportation. Is you on your foot. It is that. I swear to god that active transportation and if you.
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"To cover with weld. County commissioner. scott james scott. What do you say. Good morning and let's get it again. What you got. I'm reading old man. I've got all sorts of stuff. I do love that piece. Out of the denver gazette talking about the prime directive when it comes to the role of government and i want to dovetail that with a piece that was in complete colorado john caldera not mincing words saying that twenty twenty two is looking pretty good for republicans if they don't screw it up. Well let's say he was a little bit more strident in his verbiage. There but one start with what's going on with the transportation little bit about greenhouse gas transportation ruled lawmaking. You know the transportation commission is is meeting today in denver. Gale and the transportation commission is being asked by by cdot staff To advance to give approval to go to rulemaking on something that senator to sixty and centerville to sixty directs a greenhouse gas Purview to transportation They and rightly assert that one of the number one of greenhouse gases is now travelers. Now you and i driving those nasty gas burning vehicles that belch Nasty greenhouse gases out of the out of the tailpipe and so now what what transportation projects must show is the way that they're going to mitigate greenhouse gas impact and so the rulemaking that the the tc will most likely approve today. We'll say hey yes. We're going to tie greenhouse gas to the funding of transportation and if you decrease your greenhouse gas emissions he ain't gonna get. The money is kind of the bottom line. All right what about That mandates on employers to regulate their workers commutes basically saying take the bus or car pool or got to stay home. That's the employees trip reduction program. And i'm sorry that's a completely different mental organization where we're talking about today is transportation commission and and the colorado department of transportation But now we also have the air quality control commission the see. See that is going to go to rulemaking on this employee trip reduction program so you have two different things that are uniquely transportation now being governed out of two different governmental bureaucrat. Gobbledygook organizations and..
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"Columbine hill systems. Yeah so Are assisted living facilities. Have three of those are under the guidance of the colorado department of public health and environment though their regulations allow vaccinated family members and vaccinated residents and staff. Don't have to wear masks so we're mask free. Which is i'll tell you the first few days. Everyone's like this feels weird. Are you sure we should do this. Felt like the first time. I went into a restaurant without wearing a mask. It's like breaking the law by pocket. I can pop it out if i need to carry one with me. It's never know right and are independent. living the same. You know no math. 'cause they were kinda pushing for it they fall under what happens with lamoure county. You know. they're not licensed by the state and then our nursing homes are actually have a federal license as well so they must follow. Cms so at this point families can come can visit But they do still have to wear a mask and staffers wearing bath. So you know. And i think that's okay We really liked that. It's been opening in stages think of it as a sunrise instead of just turning the lakeside. You you change one thing at a time to be shirt safe and then go to the next opening in the next opening. So we're still wearing masks. That are nursing homes The staff at visitors but And if you're unvaccinated you have to schedule your visit. If you are vaccinated you come when you want and check in we scan you make sure you don't have a temperature and off you go and spend time with your loved ones so totally different than that. Those guidance just came out on memorial day. So pretty new stuff for us. And i can't help but think that it is really lifted so many spirits throw off your system community. Yep absolutely just like you see in public but more so you know you've been kinda trapped in your room. Imagine that right if somebody go to your bedroom for four hundred fifty days like i don't think so right. You know your meals be everything so the dining rooms are open and we can have entertainers the big darn deal. We we weren't able to have paid entertainers or any kind of entertainment. Come in to our facilities and so Hearing banjo music and hearing singing and residents clapping and enjoying that. And sometimes when you spend so much time in your room you get used to your room and so hearing the music getting people out again and and Socializing and seeing each other and it has been it's really uplifting maybe with a little initial trepidation as we were talking about. When it came to ditching the mass. But that's so good to hear that they're getting out and enjoying life which basically the that's the bottom line at columbine health systems. I was going to ask you. What makes it different well. That's a really good question. And i'm totally biased. I've been here almost thirty one years and a few weeks. I'll be thirty one years here at i think it's our local ownership. You know we have one owner and we are very committed to the community and where not across multiple states where just right here in northern colorado and our employees around from northern colorado. And we have people been here like me a long time and we're very committed to this population and doing the best that we can every day and Some days we meet the mark and other days. You work a little bit harder but every day. We're working as hard as we can to to take care of seniors and their families in our staff and you encourage your seniors. Your residents to continue to to the best of their ability to live life to their fullest to relish those golden years. And for some. Well it's a little bit more difficult than for others but you are there to keep their spirits. High third goal absolutely you bond myers health systems director. Columbine health systems. Where can we learn more about columbine health systems. Yeah if you wanna go to our website. Columbine health dot com easy enough. Thanks to keep up the great work. Look forward to catching up with you and your colleagues again in the not too distant future. Thank you so much have a great day and you as well stay cool. Yvonne myers health system director columbine health systems closing in on eight forty eight now. Thirteen ten. kfi what's happening in your own backyard. Listen to noko now with tanner's swint a northern colorado's voice thirteen ten kfi k. If you miss any portion a mornings with gail go thirteen ten k. k. a. dot com to download the podcast..
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"And what we're now. We'll get us there. Biden administration continuing to hammer away at oil and gas. I mean the owners of the keystone pipeline finally threw in the towel. Said we're done but some good news this as you had a federal judge blocking biden's ban on leases for drilling on public lands because my understanding as well you know i mean they're kind of There's no line of demarcation there is but there's no Ready line of demarcation when you look at Drilling and the federal lands. They bump up next to one another and that was a cause for some concern for many as it should be because ultimately at that mineral rights is is. That's a property that is a property right and of course while the federal administration wants to whittle away at those property rights. They're still what a nation was founded on was with the intellectual and real property rights. And you can't you simply cannot take that away from an owner freedom underseas. These days has well. 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A. dot com northern colorado's voice mornings with gail from the auto collision specialists studios columbine health systems. Yeah it does matter that they care and indeed they do but so hard hit So many other businesses and industries were as a result of the pandemic came on. It's like a steam roller from seemingly out of nowhere but a long time sponsor columbine health up thirteen ten. Kfi a so happy to welcome them in as a new sponsor of mornings with gale joined this morning by von meyer's health systems director columbine health systems yvonne. Welcome thank you good morning. Certainly appreciate your taking the time and yeah it was so tough on so many of us but particularly for those as you are at columbine health systems engaged in the assisted living senior community industry. How did you cope with this. As it came on so quickly and sadly offer some took such a toll why. That's a really good question. I think you just take every day at a time and Know that the work that you're doing today we'll make it better tomorrow. And i think that columbine did an excellent job of partnering we've partnered with weld county health department larimer county colorado department of public health and environment at one point. We had great Supporting contacts from the cdc because since we were one of the first one to have a positive cove and even in the state Nobody knew what to do right. Nobody really knew how to treat the disease. How to what. The infection protocols might be and so You know being i. It's scary but it's also can be helpful because we have such great partners and so You know as we learned to manage the disease and manage the infection protocols on what's the best thing to do It just got you know interesting in the beginning when you don't have enough. Pp not sure where you're going to get it but all of that better now rain. We can get the supplies. We need and infection protocols work now everyone knows right a year later. It's a whole lot different story but yeah at the time it was one day at a time and don't look back only look forward and obviously learned a lot because unfortunately pandemics being what they are sadly. This probably won't be the last one. But i think it's amazing you've been so transparent and open throughout the process and it's so important because this hit the senior community on so many levels Throughout the last thirteen to fifteen months being part of that equation as assisted living facilities were forced to well closed their doors. And you had loved ones communicating with their loved ones through panes of glass. I know right and and panes of glass with people who have macular degeneration glaucoma and You know maybe a hearing loss. And so they can't hear or see through the windows right at so and and if i have some you know dementia. I don't understand why you're talking to me through panes of glass right and so there was a lot of factors. Yeah between our nursing homes assisted livings. Yeah families were troopers right they. They really were patient with us and followed all the guys and out more. We've been able to open more. Have more visitation. You know right now. back then right through the window and you can't come in and now you're fully vaccinated. You can come in and Prove that you've been fully vaccinated and you can spend time with your mom and it's truly been a game changer. For our residents and our families to be able to hug each other and be with each other because this is actually day four hundred and fifty five cents the started and to imagine when it started that you'd have more than a year of really not being with your loved one. The way you want to is really hard. And we're seeing a lot of people moving their loved ones who live out of state closer to them here because we don't know what the fall will bring you know. We hope all the vaccinations and all the work well Not bring back. Cove it but it may be a seasonal situation that we need to deal with every winter and fall and so we just have to have our protocols and our processes and our vaccination. That's the key for sure to manage that but yeah the loneliness. Our staff needed to step up and play the family. And you know we're not as good at it. If families are families are better so probably just as good at it. But it's just not the same present you think that that's really nice but you're exactly right. It's not the same rate and and the daughter knows the stories of in the past and all of that so We're glad to have our families back were glad to You know be able to be more open with some rules. Some protocols for safety of course and But yeah it was a it seems like it was decades ago. I think kovic time it's scher made time funny as not. Oh my goodness it's like it went by some slowly but so quickly. It's like the loss to year but along those lines talking about whatever and again this is a covid nineteen buzz phrase but it is the new normal but was talking about how you've been able to loosen restrictions and guidelines. Where do you stand at.
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"From the auto collision specialists studios and weld county. Commissioner scott james. I'm was going to ask you about the highlights of the legislative session. But try as i might. I really couldn't come up with any how about you. Will if you enjoy. Freedom if you enjoy fiscal conservatism. If you enjoy Personal responsibility and individual choice so over the state telling you how to live your life like wheel you kind of lost this time around everything from plastic bag and styrofoam bans to this boondoggle. That was a senate bill to sixty. I love your state. Senators rankin scott writing about this incomplete. Colorado calling it a false of goods. But hey i will hand it to the democrat side of the aisle because they did figure a work around around table they did and as matt gray the the one of the house Sponsors has said many times he's a taper attorney and i'm sure he'll remind you if if the ascom but he they have found that work around around the the will of the paper the people rather so does send a bill to sixty fly in the letter of the law certainly does does it plan to spirit the law. There's absolutely no way. Excuse me took a separate coffee. It went down the wrong pipe happens radio but you know it's interesting. Independence institute came out with a study talking about how much all of this legislation could cost. It could result in a six hundred seventeen million dollar a year increase in taxes and fees taxes by any other name and that depends on revenue estimates and again. This came out of the independence institute. Ben murray The think tanks fiscal policy director and just have to wonder. Is there any Turning this around sixty four million or thousand dollar question or you know millions. Thousands is all the fees not taxes. But i i. I don't know the the the the current ruling administration seems to think that to fees and taxes are okay. We are still having that conversation about how we fund transportation in colorado although after senate bill to sixty someone say that that conversation over is over. It's it's gotta be by an increase peas. I still think we have to get to some sort of equitable way of of paying for our transportation. Yes we have not had a a gas tax increase in over thirty years. Yes the gas. Tax highway users tax fund is is a a regressive tax so to speak and yes it is a attacks that that is diminishing as as cafe standards increase the tax tax receipts that receive on gasoline. Go down but they're still going to be a way for the people who pay who use the transportation system to pay for it and it's got to boil down to a vehicle. Miles traveled formula. But of course the privacy advocates. Then have a very valid point of well. Are you going to track me. And and so the conversation continues kill suck a little bit about how spill twelve sixty six. This is that Environmental justice disproportionate impacted convenient. What does that mean. i don't know they cut a fight. Environmental justice they haven't environmental justice Ombudsman i i always thought justice to be served and champion for an individual and not in an environment i asked on zoom calls to find for me environmental justice and nobody could define define it i. I've asked how will we know in environmental justice has been achieved and no one could tell me that they wrote it in any way. I think because nothing more than had been it feels good. I please define for me. What environmental justice kids. What is at least for my money. It's kind of a nebulous concept right. I mean where does it start. And where does it end. And perhaps that's the point they exactly that's appointed because because those who want to tell you how to live your lives. Love descr skate around the gray area and this is nothing but grey area. There's no true definition no standard to be met and So once the once you think you have achieved environmental justice. No there's more justice to be extracted and so brass us few you sense of frustration in my voice. It's it's certainly there. It was a frustrating legislative session. That sums it up well Turning to cova da were finally emerging. Thanks to The availability of vaccines. There's a new one out. The seems to be no of acts that seems to be just as effective as the pfizer and moderna vaccines but Things loosening up Not only around the state around the country But in weld county as well just had the opportunity to talk to a doctor. Pilch greeley evans school district. Six and this was prior To school board meeting spoke with her on monday but we talked a little bit about well. What the new normal is going to look like. And you just had greeley evans school district six least for the moment relaxing mask requirement. So that's a good thing. I depended who you think. That's a good thing. But i think it's even better thing. When that local governing body decides what is best for its school district. And i think it is a very good thing when when when when when teachers and students and when parents work together to achieve what is is right for their schools i if anything. We have raised the parental awareness of exactly how much authority a school board has. And how important it is at the parent be in touch with that school board at school board meetings and then bank antibody involved with the education of their child now meanwhile the oil and gas wars continue just another face of the grand rural urban divide in colorado throughout the state grill trip doing a great series on weld county energy to get your take on. That is very pleased with With the tribune on on the reporting did in that part series about about well county energy Especially in the one that most recently appeared the partout the way they talked to a couple of our folks to to to director parco into the director Maxi and they both kind of hit the nail on the head about energy in weld county truly does coexist Oil and gas is not mutually exclusive with with solar not mutually exclusive with the wind. In fact they aid one another. And i have been a proponent. All along of choice in energy of a of an energy diversity of of abroad energy portfolio of an all the above policies so to speak to where they they work with one another to energize well county and in colorado in the nation. And and that's what we're doing here in weld. County is energizing a state in the nation. And we do so with a diverse mix of energies. Well you know wind and solar okay parts of not a replacement four back in xactly and that is what's been frustrating about Hospital twelve sixty six about senate to sixty is they simply want to eliminate one when they all need to work together at if i may be so bold in a certain gail it's all just bridge energies until we get the idea. Jn hydrogen you and i will see in our lifetimes. And that's a solution. That's the answer. Hydrogen nuclear powers. That's where the future lies. And and and everything that we use now this diversity of energy that we have now is a bridge power to what's nixon the future in weld county. We want to to have an all the above policy as as we look towards a cleaner future so to speak and i think that lies in energy technologies that we've yet to discover or that we're working on and are just outside the grasps of being truly applicable in inner everyday lives. But you and i will see it. Our lifetimes and hydrogen and and and those kind of new technologies excite me..
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"The governor police rights as an enormous booster of all colorado products and our state as a whole an enormous booster will. Then why did you issue a proclamation. Seemingly taking sides urging us to eat plant based products only on up march twentieth. Oh addresses that as well as it goes on the piece goes on. I'm excited to see the grassroots movement. That my reason proclamation help generate in support and promotion of colorado beef products. Oh i get it governor. So that was your intent all along to energize and invigorate support of agriculture. Now it seems to me. There's a little bit now. There's a lot of bit of a spin going on here making lemons out of lemonade. I don't think that the governor's office expected the blowback that he'd be getting not only within the state as a twenty six counties across the state have declared march twentieth meet in day by any other name their sub really clever names out there as you know following welds weld county the weld county commissioners doing the same declaring ranching and agriculture day. Meet in day in colorado in response to the governor's proclamation. But no let's just say it's extended across state boundaries. As you've had a not only and i asked this question the other day and was so happy to find that not only did nebraska rail against this proclamation by governor jared police as you had nebraska governor pete ricketts declaring in support of colorado ranchers agriculture declaring meat on the menu. Day this saturday. In nebraska and wyoming did something similar as well basically showing its support for agriculture and the livestock industry not only in the state but across the country but again and i asked this of weld county commissioner scott james this morning as well. The apology tour continues for this ill-fated a proclamation again. Don't get me wrong. i'm not saying oh you must only eat this and not that. Isn't there a book by that name now. I would never be presumptuous to tell you what you should eat. That's up to you entirely while your doctor might have some say in the matter as well but Yeah i'm not gonna sit here and say to you. You have to eat beef on meet in friday. If you're not a beef eater that's totally up to you but i. There's just a contradiction. There's a little bit of cognitive dissonance going on here when you have the governor of the state of colorado taking a chunk out of its most lucrative industries in terms of the state economies and in this latest piece saying well.
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"Sixty three forty three a barrel as a very important bottom line to this. What's happened yesterday with the fed And the market reaction today a very very important bottom line for long term investors this is important realize the fed has raised its economic growth forecast from four to six and a half percent and says regardless of possible record growth in the economy it will not raise interest rates for another and a half years and will remain extraordinarily accommodative for a very long time to come. There are experienced economists. That are saying right now that the fed won't raise interest rates in their lifetime. That's unbelievable it is and if you're a long term investor take note. Has there ever been a more positive environment for long for careful. Appropriate long-term investing in your lifetime interesting now wall street journal editorial board has its doubts Saying yeah ok. Apparently happy days are here again but at the end of their opining. They say it's hard to believe that the fed forecasters believe this seven of the eighteen dared to predict rate increases in twenty twenty three and gasp. Oh the humanity four of them even in twenty twenty two but the editorial board of the wall street journal concludes. That's all something for financial markets to worry about in the future for now. And as far as chairman powell can see the policy is to keep the pedal to the metal keep flooring very well said very well chosen words which is typical for the wall street journal editorial board true that absolutely. I right keith. Wineman presidential wealth management hard at work. Y'all dug out and back to work back totally and welcoming your questions as always an and i love. I hear from so many people so many listeners scale with excellent excellent questions and it's so it just it. It's a wonderful to see people asking these wanting these answers of objective to the fact answers to questions so they can get on with responsibly..
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"Let's just say that Governor jeered policies proclamation of meat out in colorado on march twentieth. As raise the ire of many as just this past tuesday el paso county became the twenty six county to proclaim the same day as a meet in day. Begging the question. How will you celebrate. Meet out slash meet in day. Seventy eight now thirteen ten. Kfi a thirteen ten kfi k. A. dot com northern colorado's voice mornings with gail from the auto collision specialists studios joined this morning by weld county. Commissioner scott james and commissioner james a great sponsor of mornings with gale tracy accident. Fm bank reminded me several weeks ago. That well You have a long standing tradition of celebrating. Meet vest me fast. We we've had meet fast. We've also had beef and bullets day with My good friends the accidents so that should show you that. Yeah we gotta bring all forms of freedom with my good friends the accident. That's for sure and well as the damage control on the part of the polish administration continues. I had to smile when i saw this piece on. Saint paddy's day That was penned by governor polish. It says jared polish food freedom is a core part of colorado and america. But hey at least we got his famed brisket rub recipe as a result but the thing that really cracked me up as we're doing all we can in the police administration to soften this assault on agriculture in rural colorado. A weld county of course Key among those agriculture counties he says one of the values we share is the right to eat. Whatever we want why the proclamation governor polls you know and and i agree with that i am. That's that's one of the problems. I haven't as governor. I agree with his statement. We have the freedom to eat. Whatever we want vegan vegetarian peskine area. And you name the atkins kito. I don't care enjoy a big old play to whatever it is that you want to have on your plate but don't try to not one down at the expense of other governor..