Lakewood, Colorado
Former Lakewood City Councilwoman (Ward 5), Colorado Union of Taxpayers board member, and co-owner of Janssen Photography. A 55-year Lakewood resident advocating for property tax relief, TABOR protection, and government accountability.
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Mary Janssen is an elected official, small business owner, and taxpayer advocate based in Lakewood, Colorado. She serves on the Lakewood City Council representing Ward 5, where she was elected in 2021 by a margin of just 13 votes. On the council, she has served as a minority voice pushing for fiscal accountability, including efforts to reduce property taxes and investigate over-collection of revenues.
Janssen also serves as a board member for the Colorado Union of Taxpayers (CUT), Colorado's longest-serving taxpayer advocacy organization founded in 1976. In this capacity, she regularly reviews state legislation for its impact on taxpayers, tracks bills through the CUT Engaged platform, and provides detailed analysis of TABOR-related issues including mill levy reductions and ballot measures designed to circumvent taxpayer protections.
Together with her husband, Janssen co-owns Janssen Photography, a family portrait and photography business that has served Colorado families for over 47 years from their historic Lakewood farmstead. The business offers aerial photography, family portraits, senior portraits, and campaign headshots.
A 55-year Lakewood resident, Janssen has been a vocal advocate for property rights, Second Amendment rights, and transparent government. She has fought against high-density zoning rewrites in Lakewood, exposed deceptive ballot measure numbering, and championed the rights of citizens to petition their local government. She appears regularly on The Kim Monson Show discussing tax policy, TABOR protections, and local government accountability.
April 9, 2026
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Lakewood voters reject upzoning 63-37%. Greig Veeder and Dr. Broman on the Supreme Court therapist free speech ruling. Brad Beck on founding principles.
“It's time to wake up. Just like spring, time to wake up.”
March 26, 2026
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Kim Monson examines voter roll data, the Lakewood rezoning fight, FBI election probes, and Colorado legislation. March 26, 2026.
“Once you start reading these bills, it's like, oh, I want to do something. And then just using CUT Engaged, you can either copy it or you can write your own little message to them also.”
January 29, 2026
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Bill Rutledge on Greenland's strategic value, John Case and Peter Ticktin on a clerk's appeal and prison assault, Mary Janssen on CUT Engaged. January 29, 2026.
“One of the best things about CUT is that we peel back that onion and put it in terms so you understand what it's going to do, what this bill, what this legislation is going to do, good or bad.”
November 13, 2025
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
“And these people were just regular citizens, Kim.”
August 21, 2025
Colorado Politics & Policy
Kim Monson exposes criminal competency law loopholes with crime victims. Broadcast August 21, 2025.
“It is insolent to have a special session when most of Colorado's citizens are busy with the start of school.”
July 10, 2025
Colorado Politics & Policy
Greg Walcher analyzes the Supreme Court's NEPA ruling and the ethics of de-extinction, while Rob Natelson answers constitutional questions on July 10, 2025.
“I'm calling it a heist.”
July 9, 2025
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Mary Janssen, Samara Brown, and Trent Loos analyze the Big Beautiful Bill's tax cuts and immigration reforms on July 9, 2025.
“So I believe that the Democrats are ignoring the core reality of the big, beautiful bill.”
June 17, 2025
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Bob Boswell, Mary Janssen, Jon Boesen, and Sam Dorman tackle EPA rollbacks, Lakewood zoning, and court battles on June 17, 2025.
“They just don't want to tell you what's going on because they think they know what's best for you.”
April 30, 2025
Colorado Politics & Policy
“The problem is that it takes money from one area, puts it in another, and you really can't follow the money.”
February 5, 2025
Colorado Politics & Policy
Lyons-Weiler on RFK Jr.'s HHS path. Janssen reviews Colorado bills. Loos on beef industry crisis. February 5, 2025.
“It's almost like opening up something for slavery.”
September 27, 2024
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Kim Gilmartin and Pam Benigno expose Colorado social studies standards introducing LGBTQ content to first graders. September 27, 2024.
“1A and 2A, when you hear that, you think First Amendment, Second Amendment.”
August 21, 2024
Ballot Measures & TABOR
J.P. Dunn exposes Denver ballot to ban lamb processing. Trent Loos analyzes property taxes. August 21, 2024.
“What they just need to do is stop spending, you know, cut the spending, cut taxes, bring everything back to normal.”
July 30, 2024
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Kim Monson explores divine providence in American leadership, ranked choice voting threats, and TABOR protections.
“And people need to realize that Tabor is more than just refunds. It's a protection for us, we the people.”
June 13, 2024
Kim Monson examines housing affordability, Trump lawfare, and GOP outreach with Randall O'Toole, Paige Hauser, and Valdamar Archuleta.
“I am nonplussed over the onerous policies that the Democratic Party gets passed, but I'm even more nonplussed over the citizens that vote for the Democratic Party.”
May 30, 2024
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Dagny Van Der Jagt exposes due process violations in Colorado Red Flag Law. Daniel Turner defends energy workers. Thursday, May 30, 2024.
“It was. It was. But you know what? Like you said once that I just never felt I was qualified to do this job. But once you start reading them, it's like you see what they're doing. It's like, oh, well, they're just using this word. If you take that word out, you understand they're really, you're right, picking winners and losers, you know, to affect the outcome either of our TABOR refund or, you know, an actual real tax cut.”
February 12, 2024
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Liberty Toastmasters debates taxation while attorney John Case defends Tina Peters. Kurt Gerwitz analyzes Bidenomics. February 12, 2024.
“I just, I said, oh, you know what? Remember, I remember making that vote for that, for that recovery center last fall to get it started. So it's kind of like that camel's nose under the tent. Let's get this part, you know, and they wait a little bit to forget about it and then they do the next part.”
February 7, 2024
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Second Amendment rights, cattle industry defense, and sanctuary city pushback with Nephi Cole, Robert Farnham, and Lakewood activists. February 7, 2024.
“Sanctuary city status, it ruins the city and we do not want to do this to our city.”
October 25, 2023
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Brian Domitrovic debates Prop HH, Mary Janssen proposes Lakewood mill levy cut, Parth Melpakam shares D11 turnaround. October 25, 2023.
“So the numbers were all weird when they kind of proposed what they were going to do in the budget. And I said, this isn't right. They were about 24%. It was like a $3 million windfall on top of what they were projecting. So on top of the budget. So I was like, well, that's a lot of money. So that's what got us thinking, hey, we need to lower the mill levy to even this out because that's just too much money, I thought, and others.”
October 16, 2023
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Kane on government schools, Max Garcia on fighting for educational basic, Mary Janssen on lakewood mill levy reduction p. October 16, 2023.
“I don't consider myself an elected official. I consider myself an elected representative. And the people need to know what's going on.”
October 1, 2021
John Hollerman exposes America's vulnerable power grid while Mary Janssen challenges rising property taxes. Kim Monson Show, October 1, 2021.
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