Hello to the general Election Debate hearing also the vermont additional beer moderator today next week you will hear from kennedy and Lieutenant Governor for the candidates for governor and current incumbent governor having serve to b terms already and also Lieutenant Governor from 2011 to 2013 elected governor. And then pulled the construction from the firm he owed after elected having so to terms hoping to be elevated to the start the teens on the states top position. Prior to becoming Lieutenant Governor serving in the house and senate a combined 14 years. He has a farm and will go to both its a pleasure to have you today thank you for being here. We will have a round of questions that i ask to start off and then you can ask of one another in the last third of the debate will have questions from listeners including local High School Students and i will give you a chance to h offer final thoughts with a very broad concluding question will have one minute tona answer questions if i a
He talked about the Legal Marijuana and Recreational Use and jobs, education and health care. [ applause ] thank you and good morning. It is great to be back in the peoples state capital. To the four members walking in, i offer you my sympathy. Just kidding. Luckily for you and all of us who will have the leadership of morgan carol and House Speaker and Senate Minority leader and House Minority leader. Another veteran hand [ applause ] another veteran hand is our great Lieutenant Governor joe garcia. Thanks to joe and his wife claire for sharing so much of his time. We are honored to have the Vice President of the southern indian tribe. [ applause ] and the vice chairman of the mountain youth trial. Welcome to you both. I want to thank you awesome cabinet and senior staff who are with us and along with all of the state employees who have worked so hard. Especially this year. Thanks to everyone who has been dedicated to the flood efforts, the Florida National guard, department of transp
To that end, we are working with legislators, industry and the Conservation Community to ensure we pass a bill this year that will strengthen penalties for violations of permits and rules. If words were water the state would never run dry. Our budget is requesting a second year of funding to help create cleaner water for colorado. This year we will complete the Colorado Water plan, which will emphasize conservation, address incremental storage, and address drought mitigation. We must create alternative choices to buyanddry. No matter where we live, we cannot afford to let our farm and ranch land dry up. [ applause ] part of what has gotten overlooked in the debate about guns is our work on Mental Health. When you look at the massacres at Columbine High School and the aurora movie theater; and the tragedies of Platte Canyon high school, and most recently at arapahoe high school, guns are only a piece of the puzzle. Another clear piece is Mental Health trying to identify and assist those
And i weather uses technology for Greater Transparency and accountability for taxpayers. Now is the time now is not the time to shy away from challenges and opportunities. Nows the time to embrace them, to be bold, its a move by 04 word and to increase competitiveness of our state and its people today and for the years to come. There is more work to be done to realize the i would dream. Thus show everyone that we are up to the challenge. Thank you. God bless you. And god bless the people of file. [applause] [applause] that the morning register has the headline highlighter governors speech on tuesday. The article goes on to say that Immediate Reaction to the plan from Terry Branstad was generally positive come however democrats as the government to quickly address state spending for local schools and to do more to help military veterans facing Mental Health problems. And to vermont where governor Peter Shumlin told lawmakers last week in his state of the state address that there was a h
Parents who plan to take their children camping this summer have been camped out on my doorstep asking me what they can do to make sure their children stay safe