Criminal Competency Laws Create Dangerous Loophole as Data Collection Threatens Student Privacy

On August 21, 2025, Kim Monson opened her broadcast as Colorado’s special legislative session convened, welcoming victims’ advocates, crime survivors, and property rights defender Virginia Macha to expose how state policies endanger families and children through criminal justice loopholes and unchecked data harvesting. Colorado Special Session and TABOR Under Threat Start listening at 19:33 – Hour 1 Mary Janssen, board member of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, warned listeners that the timing of Colorado’s special legislative session was deliberately chosen when families are distracted by back-to-school activities. The session threatens TABOR refunds as legislators seek to retain tax revenue collected above constitutional limits. Janssen explained how property taxes hidden in mortgage payments allow government to raise taxes without most citizens noticing, recounting a conversation with a customer who blamed President Trump for her increased mortgage when the true culprit was escalating property taxes. “It is insolent to have a special session when most of Colorado’s citizens are busy with the start of school.” Mary Janssen, Colorado Union of Taxpayers Board Member Criminal Competency Laws Release Violent Offenders Start listening at 32:37 – Hour 1 Lori Gimelshteyn, co-founder of Colorado Parents Advocacy Network, brought forward families devastated by Colorado’s competency laws that allow violent felons to escape prosecution. Recent legislation has codified a practice where criminals are released after being deemed incompetent to stand trial, often returning to the streets within 90 days despite confessions and eyewitness testimony. District attorneys across the state face victims daily with no legal recourse to pursue justice. “We the people have a voice and we want our legislature to convene an emergency special session to address these competency laws, either to amend them or repeal them.” Lori Gimelshteyn, CPAN Co-Founder Attempted Child Abduction Highlights System Failure Start listening at 36:06 – Hour 1 Dante White shared the harrowing experience of his 11-year-old son being targeted by a registered sex offender who walked onto a Cherry Creek elementary school campus in April 2024. The perpetrator, Solomon Galligan, had multiple prior felony charges dismissed on competency grounds, including a brutal unprovoked assault on a woman outside a Denver courthouse. Despite surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts, school officials failed to lock down the campus, call police immediately, or prevent children from walking home while the attacker remained at large. “And I think that’s really eye-opening, right, for that people should see that this is systemic.” Dante White, Father of Targeted Child Mother Killed in Hit-and-Run, Driver Released Start listening at 52:12 – Hour 1 Brittany Visage recounted the November 2024 death of her mother, Christy Kirk, who was dragged 300 feet by a driver in a McDonald’s parking lot in Monument, Colorado. Brittany, her mother, and her two small children had pulled into a designated waiting spot when an adjacent vehicle sideswiped their car. When they stepped out to exchange information, the driver accelerated, striking and killing Christy on scene. Despite the driver later confessing and admitting he knew his actions were wrong, all charges were dropped on...