The Legislative Session Has Ended and A Lot Has Gone On

On May 9, 2024, Bob Boswell, Pam Long, Paula Sarlls, Ty Winter, and Karen Levine joined the show. Boswell exposes late-session oil and gas taxation bills negotiated without independent producers, detailing how enterprise revenue fees extract $173 million annually from an industry already providing 70% of local school funding Long details six provisions of the WHO pandemic treaty that would grant international bureaucrats authority over lockdowns, medical records,. Oil and Gas Shakedown Bills and Energy Policy Start listening at 32:21 – Hour 1 Bob Boswell, CEO of Laramie Energy, breaks down the late-session oil and gas legislation that caught much of the industry by surprise. Senate Bills 229 and 230 emerged from backroom negotiations with only the three largest producers consulted, leaving independent operators like Laramie Energy facing new enterprise revenue fees that Boswell characterizes as taxation without representation. The bills impose fees based on production regardless of profitability, meaning companies losing money on natural gas at current prices still pay the assessment. Boswell explains that in District 5 where Laramie operates, oil and gas provides 70% of school funding through existing taxes, which were already increased 26% this year. The new fees extract an additional $173 million from the industry annually. Boswell contrasts energy density between fossil fuels and renewables, noting that a natural gas power plant on 15 acres produces the equivalent energy of a 3,000-acre wind or solar installation. He warns that policies driving producers to other states will ultimately raise electricity costs for Colorado consumers. “We’re now getting $1.40 is below the breakeven cost, so we are paying an enterprise revenue on that, even though we’re losing money. This is, in effect, a tax. It’s a way, they call it an enterprise revenue fee. It’s a way to get around the TABOR.” Bob Boswell, CEO of Laramie Energy WHO Pandemic Treaty Threatens National Sovereignty Start listening at 69:08 – Hour 2 Pam Long, a West Point graduate and former Army Medical Service Corps captain now with Children’s Health Defense, sounds the alarm on the World Health Organization’s upcoming assembly in Geneva. Beginning May 27, the WHO plans to finalize agreements that Long argues would grant unelected international bureaucrats unprecedented authority over national health policy. Long outlines six concerning provisions: WHO authority to declare emergencies and mandate lockdowns, collection of medical records that could restrict travel, control over drug utilization including unlicensed medications, censorship of online health information, expansion into food supply regulation through the One Health program, and collection of potential pandemic pathogens without oversight. States including Utah and Florida have passed laws preventing WHO overreach, with Louisiana and Oklahoma legislation pending. Long urges listeners to contact county commissioners to declare local sovereignty, noting that Door to Freedom provides model resolution language for communities in states where governors support the international agreements. “Under this very vague definition, the pandemic does not require that anyone become sick in a declared emergency. It talks about a novel or unknown pathogen that would infect humans and could be transmissible and virulent, but not necessarily make anyone sick, to be the trigger to call a public health emergency of international concern.” Pam Long, Children’s Health Defense Military Chapter <...