#21 - Steph Vigil - Former & Future Colorado State Rep, HD-16

Nick sits down with Steph Vigil for her third round in this first episode of the exciting second season! It’s like we never left, except we’re at The Next Us in person with Studio 809 talking about Representative Rebecca Keltie, multimodal transit in Colorado Springs, why you should run for office and so, so much more!

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0:00 Splash/Sponsor/Intro

0:16 Greetings and Monologue

4:12 Ad Break

6:13 Introducing Steph Vigil

7:50 Moving to Colorado Springs

10:02 Coming Back to BNLO/Running for Office

17:36 Representative Steph Vigil

18:51 Losing a Re-election by 3 Votes/The Political Machine

26:54 Running for Office Again

30:58 Colorado Springs Potholes Club and Car Dependency 

38:40 Deferred Maintenance in COS

41:18 Your Local Goverment is a Business

46:52 Why Really Rich People Suck

49:02 Multimodal Transit Takes a Really Long Time To Make

52:27 Steph’s Multimodal Dream for COS

54:47 Nick rambles for a bit about the city

1:01:11 Keltie and Violent Rhetoric

1:10:22 Legislating the Wrong Way

1:17:56 Electing a Better City Council

1:23:47 Run for office, even if don’t think you can!

1:27:49 NIMBYism and Developer Wars

1:34:25 What do you think of Mayor Yemi?

1:38:56 They’re Canceling Stephen Colbert

1:42:03 How do you Maintain Your Mental Health These Days?

1:43:55 Interview Closeout

1:45:34 Credits

1:45:49 Soapbox - Tejon Street Revitalization