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I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

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THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A GROUP OF PARENTS IS SUING DOUGLAS COUNTY'S NEW HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVER AN ORDER THAT ALLOWS PARENTS TO GET AN EXCEPTION FROM MASK REQUIREMENTS.

THE PARENTS SAY THAT THE EXCEPTION OPPOSITION IS FORCING "THEIR CHILDREN, SOME WITH" DISABILITIES TO FACE UNNECESSARY "HEALTH RISKS, A MOVE THEY SAY" VIOLATES THEIR CHILDREN'S CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER THE AMERICAN'S WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

"MEANWHILE, ADAMS COUNTY SAYS" THAT THEY WILL ALSO BE LEAVING THE TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT "AFTER DOUGLAS COUNTY'S EXIT," LEAVING ARAPAHOE COUNTY THE ONLY REMAINING COUNTY.

PATTY CALHOUN WE START WITH YOU.

IT FEELS LIKE THIS ATTORNEY SPECIALIZE IN MASK MANDATES IN "DOUGLAS COUNTY, FIRST OF ALL IT" WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FACING THE ORDER FROM TRI-COUNTY WHAT DO YOU THINK WE WILL SEE NEXT?

>> IT WAS THE AMAZING STORY THIS WEEK THAT DENNIS WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET COVID WENT TO HEIDI GANAHL'S FUND-RAISER.

THAT IS ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT IS MISSING FROM THIS CIRCUS.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 16 MONTHS NOW.

TRI-COUNTY HAD THE AUDACITY WHAT THEY SHOULD DO.

I THINK HE HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR.

HE HAS WORKED WITH THE BOARD.

IT IS A SHAME THAT DOUGLAS "COUNTY DECIDED TO PULL OUT, THAT" ADAMS IS DECIDING TO PULL OUT.

IT IS NOT THAT EASY TO START IT UP AGAIN.

THEY HAVE 400 EMPLOYEES AT TRI-COUNTY IT IS THE LATEST WITH THE SCHOOLS.

>> DAVID KOPEL FROM INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE AND DU LAW SCHOOL.

"AS OUR LAWYER AT THE TABLE, NOT" TO PREDICT THE OUTCOME OF A "LAWSUIT, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS" ANGLE USE YET?

">> YES, IT IS RELATED TO THE" ANGLE THE BIDEN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS TRYING TO USE AGAINST TEXAS AND FLORIDA FOR THEIR STATEWIDE RULES AGAINST LOCAL SCHOOL MASKS MANDATES.

I REPRESENTED PLAINTIFFS.

THIS IS NOT AN IMPOSSIBLE CASE TO WIN.

THERE IS A LOT OF CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY.

YOU CAN START WITH THE POINT OUR CHILDREN HAVE PARTICULAR DISABILITIES THEY MIGHT BE IMMUNO-COMPROMISE.

IF YOU SAY THAT'S ENOUGH FOR A "WINNING CASE, THEN IT WOULD ALSO" MEAN UNDER THE AMERICAN'S DISABILITIES ACT EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE A MASK MANDATE.

YOU LIKEWISE HAVE TO SAY THAT EVERY BUSINESS THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HAS TO HAVE MASKS MANDATES FOR THE EXACT SAME REASON BECAUSE PEOPLE WITH IMMUNO-DISABILITIES ARE EVERYWHERE.

A FEW WEEKS ON THE SHOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SCHOOLS WITH MASKS MANDATES AND WITHOUT BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S STATISTICS WAS AT "MOST ONE IN 2,000 STUDENTS."

THE RISK OF GETTING COVID AT SCHOOLS WITH THE MASKS MANDATES "IS WAY HIGHER THAT ONE IN 2,000."

HAVING IN-PERSON LEARNING AT ALL IS A VIOLATION.

YOU CAN FLIP THIS AND SAY MASK MANDATES VIOLATE DISABILITY'S ACT STUDENTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME OR MANY OTHERS BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO SEE PEOPLE'S FACE MOVE AS THEY LEARN HOW TO TALK AND READ AND INTERACT WITH PEOPLE.

>> ERIC SONDERMANN A COLUMNIST FOR THE DENVER GAZETTE.

IT SEEMS TAXPAYERS ARE ABOUT TO FACE A STICKER -- MAYBE NOT A STICKER SHOT BUT A FAR GREATER RESPONSIBILITY THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR.

IS THAT GOING TO PLAY EVEN TO GREATER POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS DOWN THE ROAD?

>> IT WILL BE ONE PIECE DOMINIC OF THIS WHOLE ISSUE.

"PEOPLE WILL USE, PEOPLE WHO" OPPOSE THE BREAK UP OF TRI-COUNTY HEALTH.

SOME TRYING TO CHANGE THE LOGO.

THEY WILL ALL NEED NEW BRANDING HERE AT SOME POINT.

PATTY SPOKE FOR ME HERE.

I THINK WHAT IS MISSING FROM THIS WHOLE DEBATE AND MISSING FROM SO MUCH IN THIS COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT ARE SORT OF THE VIRTUES OF COMMON SENSE AND BASIC COURTESY.

IF YOU HAVE AN IMMUNO-COMPROMISE IN YOUR CLASS THAT IS SITTING NEXT TO YOUR JUNIOR OR TWO SEATS AWAY MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CHILD WEAR A MASK FOR A WHILE.

"I MEAN, SO MUCH OF THIS HAS" BECOME REGULATORY AND POLITICAL POLARIZED JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN OUR SOCIETY.

WE RUN TO OUR CORNERS AND PUT OUR TRIBAL HATS.

COVID INSTEAD OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER HAS MAGNIFIED THE DIVIDE.

HOPEFULLY THERE ARE GOOD NEWS WE ARE IN THE CUSP OF HAVING VACCINES FROM FIVE TO 11 YEARS OLDS.

THERE WILL BE CONTROVERSY ABOUT THOSE VACCINES.

HOPEFULLY THAT WILL TAKE SOME EDGE OFF OF THIS ISSUE AND LIMIT THE APPLICABILITY.

>> IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK OMAR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS IMPACTING AURORA PRETTY BIG.

AURORA IS IN THREE COUNTIES BUT MOSTLY IN AURORA AND ARAPAHO COUNTY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE ISN'T HALLOWEEN ABOUT TO HAPPEN?

THE PEOPLE SAYING THEY ARE ANTIMASK ARE GOING TO BE BUYING MASKS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

"I THINK FOR THE CITY OF AURORA," THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE REPRESENTATION IN ALL THREE COUNTIES.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY WHAT THEY "SHOULD DO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS" THE CITY OF AURORA IS THE LARGEST METROPOLITAN THAT MAKES ARAPAHOE COUNTY.

THEY WILL HAVE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.

DO THEY BECOME THEIR OWN COUNTY?

THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A WHILE OR DO THE SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES JOINED WITH AURORA AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE A HEALTH -- SOME TYPE OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION THAT FITS FOR WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE DO.

I WILL SAY THIS ALSO.

IT IS NOT JUST THE KIDS THAT SIT NEXT TO THE KIDS THAT IS UNMASKED.

IT IS WHEN THAT KID GOES HOME AND HAS TO INTERACT WITH THE GRANDPARENTS AND INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT SOMETIMES DON'T GET BROUGHT OUT IN THESE STATISTICS.

WE GOT TO USE COMMON SENSE CONSIDERING OUR BEDS IN HOSPITALS ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY.

>>> COLORADO CORONAVIRUS HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE TO RISE AND HAVE NOW REACHED LEVELS AS HIGH AS THEY WERE IN APRIL OF 2020.

79% OF HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE "THOSE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED, WITH" AN AVERAGE OF AGE 73 YEARS OLD.

BUT THE NUMBERS DIDN'T STOP RADIO HOST DENNIS PRAGER FROM HIS EFFORTS TO PURPLY CONTRACT THE VIRUS SAYING HE WAS SEEKING NATURE IMMUNITY.

PRAGER TESTED POSITIVE FOR "CORONAVIRUS ABOUT A WEEK AGO," JUST DAYS AFTER ATTENDING A CAMPAIGN EVENT FOR REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE HEIDI GANAHL.

"DAVID, WE START WITH YOU ON THIS" ONE.

GOVERNOR POLIS HAS WANTED TO AVOID ANYTHING STATEWIDE MANDATE AT ALL.

HE JUST WANTED TO AVOID IT.

WILL HE CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO?

>> I THINK PROBABLY YES.

ICU'S ARE BUILT TO BE CLOSE TO CAPACITY.

"PERSONALLY, I GOT VACCINATED AS" SOON AS I COULD.

I'M GOING TO GET THE BOOSTER AS SOON AS I CAN.

THE RISKS OF NONVACCINATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO DO GET INFECTED I HOPE IT TURNS OUT FINE.

I KNOW A YOUNG WOMAN WHO SPENT MANY WEEKS IN THE ICU SOME IN MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA.

"SHE WASN'T OBESE, NOT DIABETIC," NONE OF THOSE THINGS.

YOU CAN HAVE HARSH CONSEQUENCES EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RISKS.

SO ON BOTH SIDES THERE IS RISKS.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE NATURAL "IMMUNITY THE RISKS AND BENEFITS," THE DATA SHOW ARE IN FAVOR OF GETTING THE VACCINE.

I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF BEING LIED TO BY FAUCI AND BULLIED BY BIDEN SO THEY NATURALLY PUSH BACK.

GO TALK TO SOME MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIKE YOUR DOCTOR WHO YOU TRUST FOR THE FAIR RISK ASSESSMENTS.

>> ERIC WE CAN GET INTO THE COVID SIDE.

IT JUST SEEMED SHE COULD NOT CATCH A BREAK.

BY JUST REFERENCING HE WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE FOR GOVERNOR.

FROM THAT POINT THERE SEEMS TO BE A STUMBLING BLOCK.

SHE CAN RECOVER FROM THIS.

>> SHE CAN RECOVER.

BUT FIRST IMPRESSION MATTER.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN GONE FOR A FEW WEEKS FINALLY AFTER THIS LONG INTERIM.

WE LEFT TOWN TO HEIDI GANAHL'S ANNOUNCEMENT UNWILLING TO ANSWER A QUESTION WHETHER OUR ELECTION WERE PROPER RUN IN COLORADO.

WE CAME HOME A FEW WEEKS LATER ABOUT DENNIS PRAGER WHICH I DON'T THINK HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HEIDI GANAHL.

SHE WASN'T INTENDING TO HOLD A -- IT IS NOT ONE THAT GIVES "SOMEONE A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE," CONFIDENCE EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED.

TO BEAT JARED POLIS IS HEAVY LIFT.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN A FLAWLESS CAMPAIGN.

YOU WILL HAVE TO GET A COUPLE OF BREAKS ALONG THE WAY.

YOU HAVE TO BE BOLD.

REPUBLICANS IN THIS STATE ARE FAR TOO BIG A HOLE.

HEIDI GANAHL HAS THE ABILITY.

"SHE IS A DECENT HUMAN BEING, A" "GOOD MESSAGE, EXPERIENCE, PLENTY" OF SUPPORTERS IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

THIS IS NOT ENOUGH.

>> OMAR HAVE YOU SEEN ENOUGH BEING DONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO REACT TO THE RATES WE ARE SEEING?

>> THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.

IN ONE END I DO SUPPORT PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.

WHEN YOU SEE 70% OF THE PEOPLE FILLING THE HOSPITAL BEDS ARE PEOPLE WITHOUT VACCINES.

WHAT IS COMMON SENSE?

I THINK GOVERNOR POLIS HAS DONE A GOOD JOB FOR THE MOST PART I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU CHOICES.

I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS.

"AT THE SAME TIME, CAN YOU LOOK" IN THE MIRROR AND SEE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING?

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THESE HOSPITAL BEDS DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL SEE TOMORROW.

"SO IN SOME CASES, SOMETIMES I" WANT HIM TO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT?

THIS IS MANDATED.

I DO BELIEVE IN CHOICE.

I'M CONFLICTED AS WELL.

"I HOPE PEOPLE JUST SAY, GET THE" "VACCINE OR WEAR A MASKS, DO" SOMETHING.

LET'S PROTECT OUR FELLOW NEIGHBOR.

>> HE TALKED ABOUT THE HEAD OF TRI-COUNTY IT CAME DOWN TO THE COUNTIES AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.

DO YOU THINK GOVERNOR POLIS WILL FACE MORE PRESSURE?

>> THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU HEARD HIS LAST TWO PRESS "CONFERENCES, YESTERDAY, HE IS" TALKING ABOUT DIRE SHORTAGE OF BEDS.

THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP.

THERE ARE 120ICU BEDS LAST WEEK THERE WERE 132.

THEY ARE DISAPPEARING QUICKLY.

THE WEEK BEFORE HE SAID IF YOU ARE FEELING PEER PRESSURE JUST GO GET IT SECRETLY.

HE IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN WHILE STILL LETTING PEOPLE HAVE A CHOICE.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO BUSINESSMAN DATES.

LEAVING IT TO THE COUNTY WASN'T NECESSARY A BAD IDEA THIS IS NOT A ONE-SIZE FITS ALL SITUATION AS WE DISCOVERED DIFFERENT LEVELS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THIS CAME OUT BEFORE THE MANDATES THEY WERE ON THE RAMPAGE.

>> IT WOULD BE ODD PROMPTING FROM THE DOWN LOW.

WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

>>> BALLOT MEASURE 303 MIGHT FACE CHANGES EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY ON THE BALLOT.

THE DENVER CITY ATTORNEY IS SUING THE HEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN AN EFFORT TO REMOVE A PIECE OF THE MEASURE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY TO DISPLACE TENT CAMPS WITHIN 73 HOURS OR FACE A LAWSUIT FROM CITIZENS.

THE ATTORNEY SAYS THE ORDINANCE VIOLATES THE CITY'S RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO ENFORCE A LAW.

"ERIC, WE HAVE PLENTY OF CIRCUS" ACTS COMING FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY.

DENVER COUNTY DIDN'T WANT TO BE FORGOTTEN HERE.

>> DENVER COUNTY IS STEPPING IN NUMEROUS WAYS.

WE ARE BACK INTO THE BONUSES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO GET THE VACCINE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE GOT OUT OF CIVIC DUTY.

"ON THIS ONE, I COMMENTED IN A" COLUMN SIX WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE DENVER BALLOT THAT THIS PROPOSITION 303 COULD BE THE SLEEPER ISSUE ON THE BALLOT.

I THINK IT TURNED INTO THAT.

I THINK THE REASON THE DENVER CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE FILED THIS LAWSUIT IS THAT THEY ARE ANTICIPATING OR THEY ARE SCARED THAT IT WILL PASS.

I THINK LAST TIME WE HAD A CAMPING BAN ON THE BALLOT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

LAST TIME IT PASSED BY 80% ALL WE HAVE HAD SINCE IS POP UP ENCAMPMENTS.

GIVES VOTERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR FRUSTRATION.

I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.

I'LL LEAVE THAT ONE TO DAVID TO COMMENT ON THE LAWSUIT ITSELF.

IT STRIKES ME AS WEIRD IN TWO WAYS.

NUMBER ONE YOU WOULD FILE IT BEFORE THIS THING PASSED.

"AND SECONDLY, THAT THE CLAIM IS" THAT YOU THE VOTERS SHOULDN'T TELL US.

I THOUGHT THE VOTERS WERE THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY HERE.

">> OMAR, DO YOU THINK WHATEVER" IS GOING DOWN IN DENVER WITH THE VOTE AND WITH THIS LAWSUIT MIGHT EVENTUALLY GET TO OTHER AREAS INCLUDING AURORA.

THIS DOES NOT STOP DENVER CITY LIMITS.

>> YOU HAVE MAYOR KAUFMAN TRY TO PUT A BAN THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH.

AND THERE IS FRUSTRATION.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME IF YOU WANT TO PUT A CAMPING BAN OR A TIME LIMIT WHEN PEOPLE SHOULD BE OFF "THE STREET, THEN PUT IT ON" OBTAINABLE HOUSING AND MAKE THAT AS WELL.

WE ARE GOING UP BY THE END OF THIS YEAR THE AVERAGE HOUSE MAY "BE $500,000."

SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT THIS "OUT THERE, FORCE YOURSELF TO" HAVE AFFORDABLE OBTAINABLE HOUSING.

>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

PATTY YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT.

>> THIS -- 303 HAS TWO PARTS.

ONE IS LIMIT THE NUMBER OF STATE CAMPING SITES THESE ARE SAFE CAMPING SITES THAT HAVE BEEN "SUCCESSFUL, WHETHER THEY ARE" COST EFFECTIVE IS ONE ISSUE.

THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN.

THIS WAS LIMITED TO FOUR.

THE CITY WAS GOING TO PUT MORE MONEY TOWARDS IT.

THEY HAVE BEEN ON PRIVATE PARTY "SO FAR, CHURCH PROPERTY."

THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS CHALLENGE.

THE CHALLENGE IS ANOTHER ISSUE "TOO, THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION" SUIT FILED ABOUT THE SWEEP BACK IN OCTOBER.

"THE JUDGE CAME THROUGH, THERE IS" A RESTRAINING ORDER THE CITY HAS TO GIVE AN ENCAMPMENT SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THEY SWEEP IT.

IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED.

IF THIS PASSES THE CITY WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF THE COURT ORDER IF THEY INDEED SWEEP WITHIN 72 HOURS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY FIGURED THAT OUT.

HE COULD HAVE PUT IT AT SEVEN "WEEKS, SEVEN DAYS SO IT WOULD" FIT WITH THE FEDERAL COURT ORDER.

>>> THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF -- I CUT YOU OFF I DIDN'T GIVE YOU A CHANCE.

IT WAS PART OF A SCHEME.

YOU CAN DETAIL ON THE ALUM GNATTY.

YOUR TAKE?

>> LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AND NOT ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT THE CITY IS SELLING LAND TO A DEVELOPER THAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE.

SIMILAR ARGUMENT HERE.

I WOULD SAY WHICH MIGHT SUCCEED ON THE OTHER HAND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CREATES A NEW RIGHT.

WHICH IS KIND OF THE SAME THING THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED IN 2020 IN A DIFFERENT -- INVOLVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF CREATING A RIGHT OF SUIT.

SO MAYBE IT MAYBE A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE.

>>> THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS THREATENING TO WITHHOLD $34 MILLION IN FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDING FROM RTD.

CDOT SAYS THAT IN ORDER TO "RECEIVE THE MONEY, RTD WILL NEED" TO RESTORE THE COMPUTER LINES TO BOULDER AND LONGMONT.

WE HEARD THAT THE SERVICE NOT GETTING TO THE NORTH.

>> I THINK THEY NEED TO SIT DOWN AT TABLE.

>> IS THIS GOING TO MAKE ACTION HAPPEN?

>> IT IS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN 34 MILLION TO GET THAT DONE ANYWAY.

THEY WILL HAVE TO GO SIT AT THE TABLE.

">> DAVID, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON" THIS ONE?

>> RTD IS IN A TOUGH SITUATION.

JUST LIKE THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY HAVE TROUBLE HIRING ENOUGH DRIVERS.

TAKE AWAY THE MONOPOLY THAT PREVENTS ANOTHER PROVIDER TO COME IN THERE.

">> ERIC, YOU THINK MORE ACTION" TO COME OUT OF THIS ONE?

>> THERE ARE TWO HERE.

JARED POLIS NEVER HAD MUCH FOR RTD.

NUMBER TWO RTD NEVER HAD A WHOLE LOT FOR THE NORTHERN SUBURBS.

IT IS INTERPLAY OF THOSE FACTORS.

>> THE PLACE GROWING THE MOST THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

LET'S GO TO OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE SHOW DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> I HAVE HIGH HOPES IT WILL NOT BE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

I'M TRYING TO FLY OUT OF THERE TODAY.

EVERYTHING I HAVE SEEN HAS BEEN HORRIFYING.

IF YOU CAN'T GET SHUTTLE DRIVERS WHEN YOU ARE HEAD OF A BUS LINE "RUNNING AN AIRPORT, IT IS A" LITTLE WORRISOME.

>> DAVID?

>> SHOPLIFTING TAKING PLACE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

IN SAN FRANCISCO FIVE WALL GREENS HAVE HAD TO CLOSE.

YOU GET THREE GUYS WHO WALK IN AND CARRY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OF GOODS.

THE SAME THING GOING ON IN BOULDER TOO.

>> DAVID WE GO TO YOU.

>> THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

THIS WEEK TWO THINGS.

ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO HAVE DENVER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PLAY.

THAT IS A PLAN WORTHY OF DISCUSSION.

THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR IT.

THE DISTRICT PUT OUT MONEY TO INVESTIGATE SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

"WRONG TIMING, BAD IDEA, AND NOW" COME OUT IN TODAY'S NEWS THERE IS A SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE WHO IS RUNNING FOR AT-LARGE WHO IS PAYING ANDERSON THROUGH SOME OPERATION THAT INCORPORATED AFTER THE PAYMENT STARTED.

IT IS WEIRD TO HAVE A CANDIDATE PAYING A CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

>> OMAR OVER TO YOU.

>> DRIVING UP HERE I SAW A BUNCH OF TENTS.

I THINK ABOUT THESE INITIATIVES.

LET'S GET THEM AFFORDABLE OBTAINABLE HOUSING.

>> PATTY?

>> I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING NICE WHY SO MANY PEOPLE CAME TO COLORADO.

THE SKI SEASON ACTUALLY STARTED.

GET OUT IN THE NICE CLEAN AIR AND ENJOY YOURSELF.

">> HERE, HERE."

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BALLPLAYERS WHO SUFFER FROM THE DELUSION.

THE ONE WHO REALLY IS OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM.

A REFUGEE WHERE HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN PERT CUTED.

HE SPOKE ON THE VICTIMS.

>> ERIC?

>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON TO WHAT DAVID JUST SAID.

I'M GLAD HE SAID THAT.

A FRIEND OF OURS AROUND THIS PANEL FREQUENTLY WAS NAMED BY THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST.

COMPLETELY DESERVED.

CONGRATULATIONS.

">> HERE, HERE."

OMAR?

>> THERE IS AN INITIATIVE BY AN AURORA POLICE OFFICER TO TAKE CLOTHES TO THE AFGHAN REFUGEES THAT ARE LIVING AMONGST US.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE EFFORT.

>> NICE TO SEE OPEN ARMS TO NEW MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM WHETHER EVERY THEY ARE COMING FROM.

I HAVE A LIST OF SHOUT OUTS.

I WANT TO GET INTO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING NICE TO MRS. SHIRLEY CALHOUN.

HER FELLOW FRIENDS TUNING IN CHECKING US OUT.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU WATCHING.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS. CALHOUN.

I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR FRIEND CHAD ADAMS ON THIS CREW.

HE IS A VITAL MEMBER OF WHAT WE DO EVERY WEEK.

IT IS NOT JUST BIRTHDAYS.

A WARM WELCOME.

WELCOME ABOARD TO PRESIDENT GENERAL MANAGER.

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A WELCOME ABOARD TO OUR NEWEST OUTLET KVNF MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY "RADIO BASED OUT OF MONTROSE," COLORADO.

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WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT.

WE HAVE PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN WESTERN PART.

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