My guest today is Chris Coté of Living Liberally Douglas County. Need to socialize with non-maga folks before the holidays? This is your group. Find out all about the Living Liberally Douglas County and their events here.

Holiday Boycott Nov 25 - Dec 2.

County Commission Meeting on Nov 25 at 2:30pm at 100 3rd Street, Castle Rock CO. This is a special meeting to discuss school land dedication rules and making a special exception for Sterling Ranch that could result in less land for Douglas County School District schools. If you can’t make the meeting, you can email the board at [email protected]

It’s a complicated issue but some well-informed people have broken it down. Email me for more info on this issue an I’ll send it right away: [email protected]

Are you the type of person who has been known to gasp at the drama of a local school board meeting? Me too! I’m condensing this surprising 7 hour school board meeting into 20 minutes. While our national shitshow continues to unfold, take hope at local progress and good representation.

Watch the whole school board meeting here. Listen on 2x speed like I do!

Kyle Clark weighs in on the last-minute agenda item. So does the Denver Post, Denver 7, and CBS News.

Brad Geiger’s remarks on the topic of trans girls in lockerrooms and “private spaces”

Email a word of thanks to our directors who voted to respect processes designed to protect us: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]

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Last night, Douglas County voters sent a clear message yet again. Let’s talk about it and revel in it before we get back to work. Also, the masterclass phone call to Boebert’s office.

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Election results

The call to Boebert’s office on facebook and on tik tok. You gotta watch!

My guest today is Brad Geiger, one of the seven current members of the school board in Douglas County School District. He’s here to talk about what the pressing concerns are in regard to our schools and wow, cultural issues are nowhere on it.

Elections are a week away! Get those ballots in by Nov 4 and keep talking to your friends and neighbors. I support the Community Choice slate: Kyrzia Parker, Kelly Denzler, Clark Callahan and Tony Ryan. Volunteer for them here (scroll down).

Email me anytime: [email protected]

Cali Wolf piece on Douglas County SNAP benefits and why Props LL and MM are important to feeding kids.

Kim Turnage on resources for food assistance in Douglas County

Man arrested after accidentally shooting door of middle school, sheriff’s office says

Sterling Ranch Activist Network on Facebook

Today my guest Kyrzia Parker talks with us about how to make our schools safer and why people who don’t have kids in the school district play an important role in this election. Plus, some news on Kyrzia’s opponent who is into the politics of dominance.

Find out more about Kyrzia Parker here: https://www.kyrziaparker4dcsd.com/

The bad-news-first time stamp: go to 17:31

Kyrzia’s tik tok

“DougCo GOP Selected Conservative Replacements for School Board” story by the Colorado Times Recorder

Read and view Matt Smith’s email to the board of ed president

Volunteer with the Community Choice Slate (Kelly Denzler, Kyrzia Parker, Clark Callahan and Tony Ryan) (Scroll down to see opportunities)

Email me anytime: [email protected]

Who’s ready to be smart? Julie Gooden has years of experience working on public education policy at the local and state level and today she joins us to explain school finance in plain language. Still have questions? Email me anytime and I’ll try to get you an answer: [email protected]

Colorado Public Radio on our state’s $4 billion shortage on education.

What about federal funding cuts? How will that affect Douglas County? Check out the Douglas County Lantern’s piece here

Kyle Clark explains Propositions LL and MM on the ballot

I support the Community Choice slate for school board and Barrett Rothe (Castle Pines city council) in the Nov 4th election.

Get those ballots in!

Thank you to Barry Peters for advising me on sound and Ben Suyat for the original music.

This is my third interview of the candidates running on the Community Choice slate that includes Clark Callahan, Kelly Denzler, Tony Ryan and Kyrzia Parker. Get those ballots in by Nov 4!

Tony Ryan and I talk about the non-discrimination policy in Douglas County School District—and why a good policy, minus the politics, makes our schools safer. We also talk about the value of extracirriculars. I also highlight Tony’s views on mental health compared with that of his opponent. It’s illuminating.

Find out more about Tony Ryan at TonyRyan4DCSD.com.

Candidate forum with students.

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If you were at the No Kings rally—that was really something, wasn’t it? Really proud of Douglas County.

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Today we’re catching up on Douglas County Zebulon news (not great!) and talking to school board candidate Clark Callahan (if you’d like to skip to that, go to 3:48). This is my second interview of the candidates running on the Community Choice slate that includes Clark Callahan, Kelly Denzler, Tony Ryan and Kyrzia Parker. Get those ballots in by Nov 4!

Email me any time: [email protected]

Douglas County Lantern piece on the secretive Zebulon contract:

Clark’s Q&A with is opponent in the Highlands Ranch Herald

Corey Wise Endorsement

Candidate forum (both sides) with DCSD students

Find your No Kings peaceful protest on Oct 18 and learn about safety during the protest

Local group in charge of the Highlands Ranch protest—Douglas County Activism Task Force: https://linktr.ee/dougcoactivism

Donate, volunteer, and find out more about Kelly at https://www.kellydenzler4dcsd.com/

Kelly Denzler is running on the Community Choice slate with Kyrzia Parker, Tony Ryan and Clark Callahan. Community Choice is the pro-public education slate.

Sample ballot for the November 4 election. These ballots will be mailed out on October 10.

https://www.douglascountyparents.com to ask about yards signs and window clings.

Go to the Douglas County Lantern for more reporting on the school board race, including how the pro-public ed candidates match up with their opponents.

Rep Brandi Bradly doxing her child’s teacher

Questions about Elizabeth school board? Contact Jessica at [email protected]

Contact me anytime, I’d love to hear from you: [email protected]

Thank you to Heidi Bonilla of the Douglas County Activism Task Force for joining me.

This is part 3 of a series about finding friends and your political home in Douglas County if you have progressive values. We have so many different groups here doing such good work and each group has different flavor. This series is to show you what’s out there. When we work together with a group, we make friends who have the same values, and that is how we are going to get through this. Now go find your people!

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Find all of the links for Douglas County Activism Task Force here.