Mandy Connell

A MOM RUNNING FOR PREEMIES My daughter was two weeks early and in the NICU for 12 days and they were the longest days of my entire life. But there were babies in there that weighed two pounds and had to stay so much longer than she did. At 1pm I'm talking with Stephanie Hauser, the mom of one of these tiny babies that had to stay so much longer, 147 days to be exact. Now she's started the 4those organization to support families of extremely premature babies and she's the focus of a new film getting nominated for a number of awards about her journey to run 147 miles to honor her son and bring awareness to the issues families face when their babies come way, way too soon. Follow them on Instagram here and Facebook here.

AMENDMENT 80 ON SCHOOL CHOICE MUST PASS And I've got Joy Overbeck, who wrote a column on it here, today at 12:30. She reminds you of who is lining up against school choice and that alone should make it a yes. I know homeschool families have been told this will open up government intervention into what they can teach, but there is NOTHING to stop the government from doing that right now. This provides some protections that don't exist, and frankly if this doesn't pass now it will embolden the teachers unions to attack school choice with even more vigor. It's not perfect, but nothing is.

I'M A YES ON PROP 130 Because it provides a large chunk of money to shore up our law enforcement agencies, most of which are running short staffed and not getting many applicants to fill those roles. Joe O'Dea is joining me today to talk about why this so important and he'll join me at 12:30 to discuss it.

THE DETAILS OF RCV IN ALASKA (Don't mind my butchering his name from Shower to Storm. It's Mike SHOWER) I'm super mad at myself for not reaching out to someone in Alaska to talk about the realities of Ranked Choice Voting before now. I had a long conversation with Alaska State Senator Mike Shower the other day and asked him to come on the show today to talk about the realities of what Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) looks like in practice. Though I am STILL IN FAVOR, this is going to be a heavy lift if it passes because voters don't seem to be smart enough to figure it out. I'll let him tell you at 2pm.

SAM BANDIMERE WANTS YOUR VOTE! He's running for Senate District 19 in Arvada and he pops on at 1:30 for a few minutes to talk about it. Find out more about Sam here.

WEATHER WEDNESDAY TODAY WITH PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT IT As some of us will see the first snow of the year while others will see some rain. Fox 31s Dave Fraser joins us at 12:30 to talk about it.

A CHAT ABOUT LIBERTY AND OUR FUTURE AFTER THE ELECTION This is going to be a night of inspiration & discussion as we search for hope and principles after the election with Yaron Brook & Tom Krannawitter! Join a live streamed event with two great thinkers who will talk about liberty and the future of our country after the election. I have Dr. Thomas Krannawitter on to talk about it, find the RSVP here.

WE NEED TO STOP THE MOUNTAIN LION HUNTING BAN As it upends YEARS of carefully tuned wildlife management by the biologists at Colorado Parks and Wildlife (did you know you have to have some sort of degree to work there and that most hold degrees in wildlife biology or other related fields?). We don't need a bunch of people living in the Front Range telling the people who live in the urban-rural interface that their pets should be eaten because the mountain lion population is out of control. Dan Gates joins me to further explain why a NO on 127 is the way to go.

A HERO'S THANK YOU IS BACK! So if you know a deserving veteran who could use a check for $2,500 bucks send them this or nominate them yourself!