Get to know the Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Colorado District 5. In this casual conversation, we get into:Demographics – younger people moving hereHistory of the position and the D/R splitRental rates in Colorado Springs vs DenverPueblo and El Paso Counties shifting toward blueMore younger voters tending to be unaffiliatedMilitary spouses not getting much attentionImportance of education  Holding the V.A. accountableEnergy and climateImmigrationWhat’s concerning about her opponent MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:River Gassen’s campaign websitehttps://riverforcolorado.com/ Election Forums Hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Regionhttps://lwvppr.org/forums2024 Witches, Warlocks & Ghouls bike ride – October 26, 12 to 5 p.m.https://www.coswitchesride.com/ Colorado Springs Podcasters Meetup - October 26, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colorado-springs-podcasters-meetup-podfest-podtour-stop-tickets-1043767736397 Colorado Springs City Council Redistricting Public Meeting – October 30, 3:30 p.m. athttps://coloradosprings.gov/2024Redistricting Reflections on the Living Dead - Independent Film Society of Colorado Documentary ScreeningNovember 1https://ifsoc-docs.eventive.org/ Flash Cadillac – final performance November 1, Stargazers Theatre & Event Centerhttps://stargazerstheatre.com/product/flash-cadillac-nov-1/ Tony Exum, Jr. performs at Stargazers Theatre & Event Centerhttps://stargazerstheatre.com/product/tony-exum-jr-nov-8/Celebrating the best of Colorado Springs and elevating the rest.Plug into what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region, learn about awesome people, places and happenings, and explore opportunities to make life here even better. Local gadflies Al Brody and Dave Gardner love our two springs – Colorado and Manitou, so they give them the mic in this twice-monthly podcast. Nothing’s off the table – recreation, the arts, government, business, politics – if it touches your life, they'll talk about it. We’ll invite the movers and shakers, conspiracy theorists, NIMBYs, YIMBYs, yaysayers and naysayers to join them.Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and give us feedback and suggestions via comments at https://studio809podcasts.com/loving-the-springs or lovingthespringspodcast at gmail.com

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