Taylor D. Rhodes is Rocky Mountain Gun Owners’ Executive Director and serves under a volunteer board. He handles all executive decision-making and lobbying concerns for RMGO, Colorado’s largest gun rights organization. Taylor brings RMGO a record of exceptional leadership and a strategic vision for winning campaigns, building grassroots organizations, and effectively influencing elected officials.  

A Fairfax, VA native, Taylor earned his bachelor’s degree from The University of Southern Mississippi. While at Southern Miss, he founded USM’s College Republican Chapter, served as State Treasurer for the Mississippi Federation of College Republicans, and was heavily involved in Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc.

Taylor then founded his political consulting firm in 2014, Rhodes Consulting, LLC. Since the start of his firm, he has run, managed, and advised political campaigns, advocacy groups, and PACs, from municipal level elections to presidential races. After Taylor joined RMGO in 2018, he has worked tirelessly to restore Colorado’s individual liberties by using non-traditional, no-compromise lobbying tactics that many others at the Capitol simply don’t have the guts to use. 

Using bold tactics, Taylor has gained nationwide recognition and continues to put RMGO at the forefront of Colorado politics.

Additionally, Taylor has earned a master’s degree from Liberty University, specializing in Marketing and Public Relations. Taylor enjoys Colorado Rockies baseball, collecting firearms, drinking fine Kentucky Bourbon, and bringing political pain to politicians.

Taylor attends Flatirons Community Church with his wife, Madison.

Taylor’s favorite firearm is his Geissele Automatics Super Duty Rifle, 14.5″, 5.56mm.

A highly regarded mental health professional, Dr. Meleeka Clary has excelled as a clinical psychologist with HMWP Psychology Counseling in Carmel, Indiana since 2020. Specializing in treating mentally challenged patients, she strives to teach them how to communicate effectively in a safe, therapeutic space. She often collaborates with other psychotherapists and psychologists regarding their various mental health challenges, which range from anxiety, depression, and grief to anger, trauma, and self-destructive mood behaviors. She also dedicates her time to writing and reviewing notes, diagnosing patients, and setting up future appointments. To remain aware of her field, Dr. Clary maintains membership with the American Psychological Association.

Prior to her current role, Dr. Clary was a counselor with Meaningful Days Services in Indianapolis, Inn Transition Shelter in Peabody, Massachusetts and Hilderbrand Shelter in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A former educator, she taught at Ivy Tech Institute, ITT Technical Institute, Lincoln Tech Career Institute and Premier Education Group between 2005 and 2013. Among other roles, Dr. Clary was recruited as a paralegal for William/Rangulong Law Office in Malden, Massachusetts, an administrative assistant and billing clerk for Boston Medical Hospital and an office manager for Alternative Solutions in Boston.

As an extension of her career, Dr. Clary has been successful in the arts and entertainment industry for many years. A talented actress, director and writer, she worked for such companies as Dynasty Inc. and Next Entertainment. She also appeared in numerous television series, including “Greenleaf,” “Nashville” and “The Resident.” Likewise, Dr. Clary wrote, directed, and acted in her own film, “Three Corners of Deception,” in 2018, which is the story of a college law professor who falls in love with an attorney during a Las Vegas Memorial Day weekend. Notably, she has won awards at numerous film festivals, including the Toronto International Women Film Festival, Royal Wolf Film Awards and Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival. She is currently involved with John Casablancas Centers.

To prepare for her career, Dr. Clary matriculated at Curry College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice in 2000 and a Master of Arts in criminal justice in 2004. Originally planning to pursue a career in the legal realm, she attained a paralegal certificate from Northeastern University and certificates in criminal law, business and law from Newbury College. Dr. Clary pivoted her focus to mental health, crediting her own mental health journey for wanting to help others through their own. In 2021, she obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in clinical psychology from Walden University. Looking ahead, Dr. Clary’s goal is to live a productive and healthy life and enjoy every day like it is her last day by helping people to help themselves.

Shirrell McCarey, originally from Frankfurt, Germany, born and raised on an Army Garrison, served in the U.S. Navy, both active duty and reserve as a Naval Commander. After her time in the military, she become a mental health advisor for the Loma Linda Mental Health Advisory Board for fifteen years.

Recently, McCarey became the first African American State Commander in 75 years.

She tirelessly strives to help veterans and military get their benefits for their families. McCarey also just became a certified Chaplain thru Living Shield Ministries and is mandated thru DPSS and the Department of Aging. She is a counselor to veterans suffering from PTSD and other mental health and physical issues.

McCarey is a Board Member of Heaven and Earth Oasis, a a non-profit 501c3 founded to provide complimentary energetic healing services to veterans and others who may benefit from such services. She also maintains a membership with the California Leadership for Women, Cal Vets, Disabled American Veterans, DAV, American Legion, AGIF, NHVDS Coalition, and many other veteran organization and is the Lecture Knight for the Elk Lodge.

McCarey was recently honored as Veteran of the Year for the 47th Assembly District by Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes. She has also received awards including the Unit Citation Award, Good Conduct Meda, and an award from Loma Lima VA clinic.

Dina Fanai, who has been referred to as The Cosmopolitan Shaman Songstress, is an award-winning recording artist, songwriter, producer and storyteller.

Dina has performed with, produced, arranged and written for artists such as Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), Foreigner, Jackie Evancho, Il Divo, Il Volo and Tina Turner. She was also head of artist development for TSO, talent coordinator for Rocktopia on Broadway, and talent contractor for AGT.

The songs from her latest project AVALONA, have already reached a million-plus streams and are part of a revolutionary immersive musical which weaves together a multidimensional art form of song, indigenous storytelling, dance, digital projections, video mapping, and AI technology.

The mission and soul of AVALONA is: to open the conversation around mental health awareness, empowerment of the feminine, and to see our connection to each other. Through her companies One Vision Music and Power of Music Global, she continues to produce concerts and recordings supporting a wide variety of causes, dedicating her life to using music to help raise our consciousness and create positive change in the world.

I am writing to introduce myself as I have declared my candidacy for Colorado’s District 4, the seat currently held by incumbent Republican Ken Buck.

For the better part of three decades, I have called Weld County my home, and living in Weld County is what keeps me in Colorado. Like you, I never thought I would see the day when Colorado shifted into a solid blue progressive state run by far-left democrats. Those tentacles are far-reaching and have embedded themselves deep into every corner of the state, including Congressional District 4. For years the Republicans in Congressional District 4 have operated on “complacency”, with the mindset that it will always be red. I hate to break it to the establishment in Congressional District 4, but we can no longer operate on “complacency”, and it will be lost to the Democrats if we do not take action to preserve its greatness. We need to accept the fact that people moving to this district are not Republicans; they are Democrats.

As a Pioneer of Colorado, my roots are embedded deep into the Colorado soil, dating back as far as 1888, on the very soil that they began farming on and continue to farm to this very day. I took my first breath of life in Colorado, and I will take my last breath of life in Colorado. Despite the current climate in Colorado, I will always call Colorado my home. I believe it is my calling to preserve and protect the land my family rooted itself in generations ago. I believe that understanding your heritage, your roots, and your ancestry is an important part of carving out your future.

For as long as I can remember the passion to be a public servant has flowed through my blood. I found this passion rooting itself deep inside me while attending high school in Windsor. I became active in the Weld County Republican Party helping local, state, and federal elections. I walked the streets in small and large towns throughout Weld County, knocking on doors in an effort to get republican candidates elected. While in high school I was voted as senior class president and worked tirelessly to get elected officials as guest speakers in Government and History classes. Upon graduation, I was voted most likely to be president one day. Following graduation from high school, I attended Colorado State University to seek a degree in Political Science. While attending college I interned for the Hon. Senator Wayne Allard at his Greeley office.

After three semesters at Colorado State University, I decided to join the United States Navy where I served on board the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72, an aircraft carrier that was based out of Everett, Washington. I spent three and half years working in the Supply Department, specifically assigned to the Hazardous Materials division. My responsibility was overseeing the storage and handling of new hazardous materials that were stored on the ship. I served from May 2001 through May 2005 and during my time in the Navy I was deployed to the Persian Gulf for the start of the Iraq War, and following the end of my time we were the first responders on the scene following the horrific destruction of the Tsunami that hit Indonesia. Following the conclusion of my first deployment, and after being the longest deployed carrier since Vietnam, then President George W. Bush made a visit to the ship where he gave a nationally televised address and then spent the night on the ship before heading back to Washington, DC. As a historian, it was an honor to meet President George W. Bush and be a part of history that will forever be a part of my roots.

Upon leaving the United States Navy I returned home to Colorado where I went on to finish my degree at Colorado State University and concluded my collegiate time with a double major in Political Science and History. During that four-year period, I continued my work in the Weld County Republican Party picking up where I left off years before working to get republican candidates elected by making phone calls and walking the streets throughout Weld County. During this period, I solidified my passion for agriculture by working for United Agri Products, now known as Nutrien Agriculture. Following graduation from college, my heart began to veer towards selling corn seed to farms and I was fortunate to land a job for Triumph Seed Company selling corn seed to farms in Colorado.

For the better part of 10 years, I worked with various seed companies building my relationships with farmers throughout Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and New Mexico. In 2018 I had the opportunity to open my own company, Northern Colorado Seeds LLC, where I contracted exclusively with one corn seed brand. The company I still own and operate today is a symbol of the fact that my heart is in agriculture and working with farmers. I have opened various other small businesses that focus on rental properties, farming, and social media advertising. During this time, I found myself drifting away from politics as the State of Colorado and the state of our nation were drifting to the left.

That all changed the day former President Trump entered the 2016 Presidential race. My renewed hope is that our country will be restored back to the greatness our founding fathers worked to preserve and protect. Countless lives have been lost since the forming of our Republic to preserve and protect the freedoms that the United States was founded on. The ultimate sacrifices to defend these principles have allowed me to make a difference in my country by ensuring that equality of opportunity is a reality for all, and not just for some as the political winds blow one direction or the other. Excellent representatives should stand in the gap to keep the government from infringing on us daily in a thousand different ways.

Following the presidential election in November 2020, I felt a calling, a duty, an obligation to myself and my country to get back involved in grassroots politics. I began to become a driving force in the Windsor community working with a group of conservative parents to bring a common sense approach to COVID in the Weld RE-4 School District. In August of 2021, after watching the district fall to state mandates, I felt it was time to move forward and declare my candidacy for the school board. During my campaign, I focused on parental rights as I believe the rights of every child belong in the hands of the parents, not the school district or state mandates. The results were close and even though I did not pull out a victory, a series of events within the school district led to several positive results for parental rights. My first win was that the massive bond failed. The second victory was when the superintendent resigned. Thirdly, our rights were strengthened when the board president resigned. And lastly, the battle was won when an application for a new civics-oriented charter school was approved in June of 2022. The families of Windsor will now have the choice to immerse children in classical, civics-minded, pro-America, principled, and character-driven education.

In March of 2022, I attended my first caucus in several years. I was elected as a PCP and worked my way through the process to become a delegate at the Republican State Assembly. Following the assembly I began attending all the Weld County Republican Executive Committee meetings. In February of 2023, I ran for party chair for Weld County. In the end, I was elected as a District Captain for District D.

Since the beginning of 2022 I had the opportunity to start FyreFox Media LLC which is focused on promoting and advertising for American First patriots who are looking to build their following in the conservative realm. During this venture, I have met some incredible patriots who are freedom-loving like me, and who believe that America First is the right focus for the United States. In December of 2022, I had the opportunity to meet former President Trump in Florida. The opportunity to meet former President Trump was a special moment for me, but what made it even more special was the fact my parents were able to be with me, which was the opportunity of a lifetime for us all.

I believe that when one door closes another one opens. Two months after the Weld County Republican Central Committee, I walked out of the event knowing that God is in control of my life, and He will guide me in the direction I need to go. The opportunity to apply for a vacated Weld County Council seat for District 1 opened and I was one of three applicants. It was an honor to be able to make it through the process and be appointed to the Council. It has been rewarding being a public servant to the constituents of Weld County. This is the second time I have held an elected office. The first was a director district seat for the Weld RE-4 School Board from 2005 through 2009 and now a sitting council member for Weld County.

In recent weeks I have felt a true calling to enter the race for Congressional District 4 in Colorado. I believe that the voice of the constituents is being drowned by the republican establishment both in Colorado and on the national level. This district is a solid republican district, but the influx of people moving into Colorado, especially in this district, are no longer mostly Republicans. We need real representation that is not focused on a select few, we need representation that is focused on all constituents. The influx of synthetic drugs pouring into Colorado is a direct result of the open border policy by the current administration. The legalization of drugs has led to a massive homeless problem throughout Colorado. We are seeing record gas prices as a direct result of the current administration’s attack on oil and gas. Agriculture is under attack on multiple fronts – from high input prices to the regulations put on agriculture through the Environmental Protection Agency, the list of government interventions into private business is hurting Colorado economically on all fronts.

The focus needs to be on solving problems, not attacking the very values your constituents hold. The day has come when new leadership and new representation is needed. I owe it to my family’s heritage to protect the state in which they settled and planted their roots in. Those roots produced a seed that is now blossoming into a public servant. It would be an honor to be a part of protecting the very land on which my family and generations of other families before me fought to protect. The founding fathers framed the greatest doctrine in the world, the Constitution. That document has led to the greatest nation on earth. We are a country of greatness and generosity, and we must use what we've learned from history, that failed political ideology that creates government overreach and tyranny doom our lives and the lives of future generations to poverty and despair. We are on the cusp of doing just that, and without freedom-loving representation, we will soon see the end of a great and prosperous nation. The motto that formed my family’s heritage in Colorado is a motto that is embedded into Colorado: “Nothing without the Deity”. Without God we are nothing. Without God we have nothing. Without God, we are lost. Through God, we are found. Through God we have freedom.

I am a perfectly imperfect man in the eyes of my maker, and I believe the time is now to serve my country again as a United States Congressional Representative in District 4 in Colorado. I cannot do this alone and with your help, the voice of our constituents will finally be heard. 

CHRIS GROSSO is an artist, counselor, writer, and film producer with Fourth Media. He is the author of Indie Spiritualist, Everything Mind, Dead Set On Living, and the children’s book, I Love Drums (co-written with Mark O’Connell of Taking Back Sunday). You can usually find him in San Diego up to some kind of spirited mischief.

PRESTON FASSEL is an award-winning novelist and journalist whose work has appeared in Fangoria, Rue Morgue, and Screem Magazine. The author of Our Lady of the Inferno, winner of the 2019 Independent Publishers’ Award for Horror, and Landis: The Story of a Real Man on 42nd Street, nominated for the 2022 Rondo Hatton Award for Book of the Year, he has a BS in psychology from Sam Houston State University. 

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My guest Wendy Kennedy is a prominent channel and spiritual teacher. She has used her gifts and abilities to communicate with higher dimensional beings for the past 28 years, assisting others in recognizing and releasing their patterns and limiting beliefs to create the foundation for a life filled with greater health, abundance, love, and joy. She lectures and channels for clients around the world. She was one of the six channels featured in the movie and book, Tuning in: Spirit Channelers in America. She is a featured guest in the docu-series Interview with Extra Dimensionals currently seen on Gaia TV. Her work can also be found in the book, The Great Human Potential: Walking in One's Own Light, which is now available in seven languages.