Protecting Kids, Property Rights, and Navigating Interest Rates

On Monday, June 23, 2025, Kim Monson examined critical threats to parental rights and property ownership with Yvonne Paez of Protect Kids Colorado, citizen watchdog Mike Rawluk, mortgage specialist Lorne Levy, and realtor Karen Levine. Parents Organize to Protect Colorado’s Children Start listening at 35:33 – Hour 1 Yvonne Paez, co-founder of Perspectives 101 and Army veteran, breaks down the three ballot initiatives that Protect Kids Colorado is advancing. The first initiative targets child sex trafficking with mandatory jail time and no possibility of parole for offenders, a measure that garnered 90 percent support in preliminary polling. The second keeps girls’ sports reserved for biological females, preserving the separate competitive category that Title IX originally established. The third prevents irreversible gender surgeries on minors until they reach age 18. Paez emphasized the urgency of volunteer recruitment as the signature-gathering clock has started. Military families being stationed in Colorado now face what she described as being sent “behind enemy lines” due to the state’s policies affecting children in schools. Parents can sign up at protectkidscolorado.org to collect petition signatures from their circles of influence, with each packet requiring only 40 signatures. “Parents in Colorado have basically found no other option than to try and unite and organize so that they can put some initiatives on the ballot in order to be able to protect kids.” Yvonne Paez, Co-founder of Perspectives 101 Billionaire-Funded YIMBY Movement Targets Colorado Zoning Start listening at 18:55 – Hour 1 Mike Rawluk exposes the funding behind Colorado’s aggressive housing density push. Open Philanthropy, co-founded by Facebook billionaire Dustin Moskovitz, has launched a $120 million Abundance and Growth Fund to support YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) initiatives nationwide. The organization’s stated goals include “redistributing wealth” to lower-income households while reducing what they call “excessive housing regulations.” Rawluk connected this national movement to Colorado’s HB 1313 transit-oriented communities mandate and HB 1304’s elimination of parking minimums for multifamily housing. He highlighted a Center for Building in North America grant pushing single-staircase apartments up to six stories, a proposal that Colorado’s Firefighters Association successfully defeated on safety grounds. Jefferson County must submit its preliminary compliance report by June 30th with final documentation due by December 31, 2026. “And then we are the surveilled.” Mike Rawluk, Citizen Watchdog Surveillance Cameras Expand Without Legislative Approval Start listening at 19:25 – Hour 1 Rawluk reported on Xcel Energy’s plan to triple its Pano AI surveillance cameras from 40 to approximately 120, potentially surveilling 4.5 to 5 million acres across Colorado. Though Senate Bill 011 failed, private entities have found workarounds by installing cameras on their infrastructure and selling access to government agencies. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office used Pano cameras during the 2024 Bear Creek fire for early detection. The public-private arrangement raises significant privacy concerns since Pano AI will pixelate houses but not property lot lines, leaving most private land visible to 360-degree cameras with 10 to 20 mile zoom capabilities. Unlike government surveillance, FOIA requests cannot access data held by private companies like Pano AI.