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 here
History of the position and the D/R split
Rental rates in Colorado Springs vs Denver
Pueblo and El Paso Counties shifting toward blue
More younger voters tending to be unaffiliated
Military spouses not getting much attention
Importance of education
Holding the V.A. accountable
Energy and climate
Immigration
What’s concerning about her opponent

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

River Gassen’s campaign website

https://riverforcolorado.com/

Election Forums Hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region

https://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. at

https://coloradosprings.gov/2024Redistricting

Reflections on the Living Dead - Independent Film Society of Colorado Documentary Screening

November 1

https://ifsoc-docs.eventive.org/

Flash Cadillac – final performance November 1, Stargazers Theatre & Event Center

https://stargazerstheatre.com/product/flash-cadillac-nov-1/

Tony Exum, Jr. performs at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center

https://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