
145: October 29th, 2021 Edition
Season 29 Episode 43 | 27m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
A panel of journalists and topic experts discuss the latest news in Colorado politics.
Panelists discuss the latest in Colorado elections, Denver's STAR program, the DIA expansion and changes in the redistricting map. Starring Dominic Dezzutti, Patty Calhoun, David Kopel, Eric Sondermann and Marianne Goodland.
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145: October 29th, 2021 Edition
Season 29 Episode 43 | 27m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Panelists discuss the latest in Colorado elections, Denver's STAR program, the DIA expansion and changes in the redistricting map. Starring Dominic Dezzutti, Patty Calhoun, David Kopel, Eric Sondermann and Marianne Goodland.
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WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 29TH EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IT IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.
ELECTION DAY IS QUICKLY APPROACHING, BUT ARE COLORADOANS VOTING?
ACCORDING TO SECRETARY OF STATE JENA GRISWOLD, ONLY ABOUT 12% OF THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN TURNED IN.
MEANWHILE, COLORADO CLERKS ARE BEING FORCED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR EFFORTS TO EDUCATE VOTERS ON THE VOTING PROCESS DUE TO CONTINUED CLAIMS OF VOTING FRAUD BY LOCAL TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
COLORADO SCHOOL BOARDS ARE ALSO PUTTING IN EXTRA EFFORT THIS YEAR FUNDING FOR CANDIDATES HAS SKYROCKETED COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
PATTY CALHOUN THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT.
ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT.
IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE SLEEPY.
EXCEPT FOR SCHOOL BOARD RACES.
>> I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN ALL THAT SLEEPY PARK HILL WHICH CONTINUES TO EXPLODE ARGUMENTS BACK AND FORTH.
YOU HAVE THE GROUP LIVING ARRANGEMENT.
IF PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s CAN AFFORD TO LIVE WITH TWO UNRELATED ADULTS AT A HOME IN DENVER, THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL.
MANY OF US LIVED IN COMMUNAL BUT NOT HIPPIE ARRANGEMENTS.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT MEASURES ON THIS BALLOT.
I DON'T THINK IT IS THAT SLEEPY.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP TO A LOT OF ISSUE.
THEY TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT.
IF ANYONE NEEDS HELP FEEL FREE TO CALL ME.
I HAVE MANY OPINIONS WE ARE NOT GETTING TO TODAY.
>> DAVID KOPEL FROM INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE, DO YOU EXPECT THAT WE WILL SEE A PRETTY DECENT TURNOUT?
>> DECENT TO WHAT YOU EXPECT.
YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST TURN OUT IN PRESIDENTIAL YEARS.
AND LOWER IN WHAT IS OFF OFF YEARS.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BIG PERSONALITIES, PRO OR CON BRINGING PEOPLE TO VOTE.
MY WIFE AND I HAVEN'T VOTED YET.
IT IS A COMPLICATED BALLOT.
EVEN ON BOULDER CITY COUNCIL HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO LOOK IN THE BOULDER SCHOOL BOARD.
THERE ARE THESE BALLOT MEASURES SOME YOU CAN TELL FOR OR AGAINST BASED ON TITLE.
OTHERS THERE ARE SLEAZY THINGS THERE.
YOU KNOW TO REMOVE OBSOLETE LANGUAGE AND IMPROVE THINGS.
YOU GOT TO BE INFORMED AND FIND OUT WHAT THE REAL THING IS.
I'M NOT SURPRISED PEOPLE NEED TO FIGURE THIS KIND OF STUFF OUT.
>> ERIC SONDERMANN.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS USED TO BE THE ONES TOUGH TO REALLY RESEARCH EVEN POLITICAL JUNKIES LIKE US.
I'M GRATEFUL MY LOCAL PAPER THEY HAD QUOTES FROM CANDIDATES THERE.
ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION THERE.
THE MONEY COMING INTO THE SCHOOL BOARD RACES EVERYTHING THAT WE SAW WAS POLITICS GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SCHOOL BOARDS, ARE WE GOING TO SEE SOME SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS?
>> IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW ELECTION CYCLES.
JUST LIKE POLITICS IN OVER OTHER LEVEL.
THEY ARE POLARIZED AND EXPENSIVE.
I THINK THIS IS A SLEEPY ELECTION.
AS FAR AS A LOT OF VOTAGE IS CONCERN.
THERE IS MUCH WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
AS FAR AS MANY VOTERS VOTERS WERE ARE JUST WANTING TO TAKE A BREATHER.
I WILL GIVE THEM THE COUNTER POINTS TO WHAT PATTY TELLS THEM.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M WATCHING FOR WHEN THESE COME IN.
ONE IS THERE IS A NEW CONSERVATIVE THEORY THIS HAS BECOME A BLUE STATE IN TERMS OF ELECTIVE IN TERMS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IN TERMS OF TAX CUTS -- THE SCHOOL BOARD RACES YOU REFERENCES.
THIRD IS THE DENVER BALLOT A BOLD BALLOT ON IT.
AND FOURTH OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST IN AURORA WHERE THERE IS A BATTLE GOING ON BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT.
I HAVE NO PREDICTION ON HOW MANY OF THOSE WILL TURN OUT.
>> MARY ANNE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
PEOPLE GET EXCITED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND CONGRESSIONAL AND SENATE RACES.
THE PEOPLE THAT IMPACT OUR LIVES.
THE PEOPLE THAT WILL IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS OUR KIDS GO TO.
THE STOP SIGN AND POTHOLES AROUND OUR HOUSE.
THOSE ELECTIONS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
ARE THEY GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION FOR IS PEOPLE THAT IMPACT OUR LIVES?
>> I THINK SO.
WE HAVE A STORY ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD RACES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND OUT ABOUT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WE INTERVIEWED.
THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THAT FILED FOR THESE COOL BOARD RACES HAS DOUBLED.
YOU LOOK AT PLACES LIKE CHERRY CREEK THEY HAVE CANCELLED EVERY ELECTION.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE THIS YEAR.
UP IN LOVELAND, SAME ISSUE.
THEY HAVE MORE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD RACES THAN EVER BEFORE.
IT HITS ON THESE HOT BUTTON TOPICS LIKE MASK MANDATES AND CURRICULUM RACE THEORY.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES, THE MORE TRADITIONAL ISSUES SUCH AS PARENTAL CHOICE.
I THINK WHAT WE WILL HEAD INTO NEXT TUESDAY CAN BE INTERESTING IN TERMS WHO TAKES CONTROL ON A LOT OF THESE BIG SCHOOL BOARDS.
>>> PHASE ONE OF DIA GREAT HALL EXPANSION WAS COMPLETED THIS WEEK, ALEIT BEHIND SCHEDULE.
MAYOR MICHAEL HAND CON SAYS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF MAJOR CHANGES AT THE AIRPORT HE SAYS WILL CHALLENGE THE CITY OF DENVER FOR THE BETTER.
THE AIRPORT IS STRUGGLING WITH THE FACT SINCE THE PANDEMIC IS THE ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD.
DIA HAS HAD MORE OF ITS FAIR SHARE OF ISSUES.
ARE WE ON THE ROAD TO IMPROVEMENT BUT FROM WHAT WAS THE STATUS QUO BEFORE.
DO YOU SEE IMPROVEMENT ON THE RISE THIS RIBON CUTTING THIS WEEK?
>> I CANNOT SAY IT IS SO CLOSE YOU COULD SEE IT ON THE HORIZON.
THERE IS A CHANCE IT MAY COME EVENTUALLY.
I'D SAY KUDOS TO THE MANAGER PHIL WASHINGTON WHO IS TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING ONE OF THE DESIGN PHENOMENALS.
IF THE TRAINS AREN'T WORKING, YOU ARE TRAPPED.
AND THAT WAS RIDICULOUS TO DESIGN THAT WAY.
IT WAS PROBABLY BUILT AS A JOBS PROJECT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
BUT IF THEY WOULD LET PEOPLE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR HAVING TO GET TO THE CONCOURSE THAT WOULD BE HUGE.
OF COURSE, IT WILL BE MUCH FOR EXPENSIVE TO DIG THINGS UP AND BUILD THEM NOW AS OPPOSED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUS.
>> DAVID, I AGREE WITH THE TUNNEL IDEA.
THE CINCINNATI AIRPORT IS ALMOST EXACTLY SAME DESIGN.
YOU CAN WALK ON CONCOURSE C. THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO PUT IN -- ERIC YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED SOME OF THE ISSUES.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> IT IS MY COLUMN THIS WEEK WHICH WILL COME ON SUNDAY ON COLORADO POLITICS.
WHAT A THEME WE ENCOUNTERED.
TWO WEEKS AGO EXACTLY AS WE WERE TAPING THIS SHOW.
WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME FROM TRIP AND WENT TO DIA.
WE WERE ARRIVING AS A POSED TO DEPARTING.
THE LINES WERE SNACKING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TERMINAL.
I COUNTED THREE SEPARATE ESCALATORS THAT WERE BROKEN AND NOT FUNCTIONAL.
ANY MOTION OF SOCIAL DISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE WINDOW BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A JAM PACKED THEME.
FOR MY ARTICLE I TALKED TO AN AIRPORT SPOKESPERSON.
THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK AT SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION WALLS.
A LOT OF THE WORK IS STILL IN THE FUTURE.
THE WHOLE NEW SECURITY CHECKPOINTS WHICH IS ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE PROJECT.
THOSE ARE STILL TWO FULL YEARS AWAY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A MESS THAT STAYS WITH US A GOOD LONG WHILE.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE PRODUCT AT THE END?
THE NEW PERSON ON DECK REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THE VOTERS OF DENVER AS TO EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE ARE BUYING.
WHAT IS THE NEW PRODUCT?
WHO WOULD EVER THINK YOU WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO A TRIP TO LA GUARDIA WHICH IS NEW AND UPBEAT AND UP LIFTING AND YOU LOOK A TRIP TO DIA FAIR AND LOATHING.
>> THE GAP PROJECT DOWN SOUTH OF THE METRO AREA, AS YOU NAVIGATE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT SOME DAY.
DO YOU THINK ENOUGH COLORADOANS CAN SEE THAT YET?
>> I'D BE REAL, REAL SURPRISED IF PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.
WE HAVE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS COMING UP.
GIVEN THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING AT DIA WITH TSA AND SECURITY LINES AND TRAINS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I FEAR FOR THE FUTURE.
I WANT TO KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT.
I WANT TO GET TO PATTY WHO HAS INTERESTING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS SITUATION.
>> A BETTER SEGUE.
WITH A COMMENT OR TWO ON THE SITUATION.
MS. PATTY CALHOUN.
>> I WAS PREPARED DIA TO BE MY DISGRACE.
ALARMINGLY IT WASN'T THAT BAD.
YOU HEARD PHIL WASHINGTON EARLIER THAT DAY HAVING A PRESS CONFERENCE ADMITTING HOW TOUGH IT HAD GOTTEN.
I GOT THERE AND WAS IN AND OUT OF SECURITY ON A TRAIN WITHIN HALF AN HOUR WHICH IS OLD STANDARDS.
FLYING OUT OF DIA WAS GREAT I LEARNED -- EVERY FRIEND OF MINE HAS SAID HOW COME NOTHING HAS HAPPENED AT THIS AIRPORT.
FLYING OUT WAS FLY.
BUT FLYING IN I COME RIGHT PAST THE AREA THEY OPENED ON WEDNESDAY.
THIS IS MONDAY NIGHT.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS -- THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE DESIGN OF AIRPORT IT LOOKS LIKE TINKER BELL SAUNA.
THE FLOORS ARE THESE SPARKLY WHITE FOR NOW TILES.
IT LOOKS SHINY AND NEW.
ONE OF THE REASONS THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH DIA KIM DAY WAS GETTING INTO A LOT OF DETAIL WORK WITH TILE IN THE BATHROOM.
IT LOOKS VERY CLEAN ON THE SIXTH LEVEL ON THE EAST.
THE FLOOR IS TINKER BELL.
>> I IMAGINE IT IS TRENDING.
FOR THAT IN COLORADO IN AMERICA YOU WELCOME FROM OUR FRIEND.
APPROVED A 1.4 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE STAR PROGRAM THIS WEEK.
IT IS A CIVILIAN LED SUPPORT SERVICE THAT CONNECTS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH PARAMEDICS.
I DON'T KNOW $1.4 MILLION IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
IT FEELS LIKE IT IS STEPPING THE RIGHT DIRECTION IF DONE RIGHT.
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE IT BACK TO YOU DOMINIC.
I WANT YOU TO READ THE NAME OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM THREE TIMES FAST AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
>> IT WOULD BE PAINFUL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
>> I THINK IT IS THE CORRECT INTENT.
IT IS THE CORRECT INTENT.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DEBATES ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND OTHER THINGS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS TAJABLE AND CONCRETE TO GET MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RESPONDING TO CALLS.
SO HURRAY FOR THAT.
LET'S EVALUATE IT IN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR OR 18 MONTHS.
IF WE HAD MORE PROGRAMS SUCH AT THIS AT 1.4 MILLION MAYBE WE WILL HAVE $1.2 MILLION SETTLEMENT THAT THE CITY ENTERED INTO A CASE A FEW YEARS OLD.
SOMEONE TURNED OUT TO BE CULPABLES THROWN DOWN AND TASED.
>> FOLKS WITH A VARIETY OF POLITICAL SPECTRUM CAN GET BEHIND.
IS THERE ENOUGH PUSH FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> NOT EVEN CLOSE.
YOU SEE FOLKS LIKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DECLARES MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FOR OUR KIDS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
IN ADDITION TO THE $1.4 MILLION THERE WAS MONEY THEY PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM WHICH STILL SEEMS UNDER INVESTING IN THIS KIND OF THING.
I THINK THE ORIGINAL PILOT FOR THE STAR PROGRAM HAD DISCUSSED MOST OF THE CALLS WERE FOR TRESPASSING OR WELFARE CHECKS.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD START ON GETTING POLICE OUT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH BUSINESS WHICH I THINK THE PROGRAM'S INTEND AND A LAWFUL ONE.
>> PATTY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?
WHAT DO YOU GOT ON THIS?
>> IN THAT CASE THEY HAD SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVEMENT WITH IT.
NOW THIS TAKES LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT OF IT.
WHEN YOU ARE CALLING ABOUT AN ENCAMPMENT ON THE STREETS THERE IS NO REASON UNLESS THERE IS CRIME GOING ON THAT YOU ARE SEEING CRIMES.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THEY WILL NEED SOCIAL SERVICE ISSUES.
IT IS NOT ONE WHERE YOU WANT TO WASTE LAW ENFORCEMENT TIME OR A HEAVY HANDED INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSE WHEN YOU CAN DO SOMETHING HELPFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE.
IT IS A GOOD START.
WE GOT A YEAR UNDER OUR WAY.
LET'S HOPE IT EXPANDS.
>> DAVID, SHOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS?
>> I THINK THE INTENT ON THIS IS VERY GOOD.
POLICE OFFICERS CAN'T BE TRAINED TO BE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
THAT IS A DIFFERENT THING.
I THINK A LOT WERE APPRECIATE HAVING THE PEOPLE WITH THOSE SPECIFIC TRAINING.
BEING THE FIRST ONE TO DEAL WITH IT.
NOT EVERYTHING THAT INVOLVES SOMEBODY WITH A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM IS SOMETHING FOR WHAT THE POLICE OFFICER OUGHT TO BE -- NECESSARILY THE FIRST RESPONDER.
MY GUESS IS THIS $1.4 MILLION THING IS JUST A START.
OVER TIME IT MAY WILL EXPANDED IF IT WORKS WELL.
LET'S REMEMBER, WHEN YOU ADD A FEW WORDS TO A SENTENCE IT CAN CHANGE THE MEANING.
SO YOU SAY HERE IS A GREAT NEW PROGRAM.
THAT MEANS ONE THING.
YOU SAY COMMA AND MICHAEL HANCOCK WILL BE IN CHARGE.
WHATEVER HIS SKILLS BEING AN EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ISN'T ONE OF THEM.
THE NEW PROGRAM WHEN HE IS THE MAYOR, I THINK IT IS BEST TO START SMALL AND BUILD SUCCESS FROM THERE.
>> GOVERNOR JARED POLIS SAID IF NUMBERS OF COVID DID NOT IMPROVE IN COLORADO THEY HAD FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO USE.
HOLTING NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
IT SEEMS LIKE HE LAID MASK MANDATES OFF THE TABLE.
INCLUDING BRINGING IN FEDERAL AID.
DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT MEASURES?
>> NOT HEADING INTO ELECTION YEAR.
NOT A CHANCE.
HE IS PLAYING IT VERY CAUTIOUS HOW MANY STEPS HE IS WILLING TO TAKE IN ORDER TO BRING THIS THING UNDER CROP.
HERE IS A NUMBER I WANT EVERYONE TO THINK ABOUT.
ACCORDING TO THE NEWSLETTER, ONE IN EVERY 56 COLORADOANS IS CONTAINOUS WITH COVID.
THAT REALLY SHOCKED ME.
PART OF THAT NEWS CONFERENCE THE MEDICAL OFFICER POINTED OUT AN INCREASE IN PEDIATRIC COVID INFECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER WHICH WAS DOUBLE THE TWO MONTHS BEFORE THAT.
I WOULD GO BACK TO THE COUNTY WHEN THEY TALK -- THEY REPORTED CASES OF COVID INCLUDING A 3-YEAR-OLD.
IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE VACCINE THINK ABOUT THE 3-YEAR-OLD.
I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY KIDS ON VENTILATORS.
THAT 3-YEAR-OLD NEEDS PROTECTION AS ANYONE ELSE.
>> THE NUMBER OF YOUNGER KIDS GET VACCINATED IN A HURRY.
THE BIG OUTBREAKS -- I WAS IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT HAS A MASK MANDATES.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO WEAR A MASK.
I AGREE WITH MARY ANNE POLIS WILL NOT GO THERE.
OTHER PLACES ARE GOING THAT WAY.
WHICH NOW ARE GOING TO VACCINATIONS AND MASKS.
YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE BUSINESSES TAKE ON THAT BURDEN.
>> DAVID, IS THAT WHERE THE -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM WHERE THE FREE MARKET CAN BE A SOLUTION.
IF BUSINESSES ARE SAYING YOU WANT TO ENJOY WHAT WE ARE DOING HAVE PROOF VACCINATION AND NEGATIVE TEST WILL THAT PUSH MORE THAN ANY GOVERNMENT MANDATE?
>> MAYBE.
MOST SITUATIONS OUGHT TO HAVE THE CHOICE TO DO IT.
I TEACH AT DENVER UNIVERSITY AND THEY HAVE A VACCINATION MANDATE AND TESTING MANDATES WITH ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS ACCEPT FOR EXCEPTIONS.
I THINK THE DATA ARE PRETTY CLEAR AT THIS POINT THAT VACCINES MAKE A MUCH BIGGER DIFFERENCE THAN MASKS DO.
AND VACCINES ARE NOT PERFECT.
VERY FEW VACCINES ARE.
YOU DON'T GET 100 PERCENT LIFETIME IMMUNITY.
IT IMPROVES THE ODDS.
I WOULD -- I GOT MY BOOSTER VACCINE YESTERDAY.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO IT.
I UNDERSTAND THE RELUCTANCE BECAUSE THROWN AWAY ALL ITS CREDIBILITY WITH YEAR AND A HALF OF LIES OF THE EPIDEMIC.
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THE REAL FANTASTICS SUPPORT CHOOSING TO GET A VACCINE.
>> PEOPLE ARE DOING THE BEST AS POSSIBLE.
SOMETIMES BETTER, SOMETIMES WORSE BUT DOING IT UNDER REALTIME.
COLORADO IS GOING THROUGH A BAD PATCH RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT PATCH IS UP AT THE MOMENT.
THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS THE RIPPLE EFFECT.
IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO ORDER OR HOSPITALS ARE NOT DOING ELECTIVE SURGERY AND PUTTING THOSE OFF, THAT HAS RIPPLE EFFECTS ON PEOPLE'S HEALTH AS WELL.
THAT IS NOT WITHOUT ITS OWN CONSEQUENCE.
>> TIME FOR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
>> I CAN'T LET DIA UP ALL TOGETHER.
WHERE MANY OF US HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS THEY HAD A SIGN ON THE DOOR YOU COULD ONLY USE THE RESTROOMS WHEN YOU ARE A PAYING CUSTOMER WHEN IT IS A PUBLIC FACILITY.
NOW THEY COME AROUND THAT PROBLEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY PEOPLE GOING IN THEY ARE LOCKING THE DOORS AT 8:00.
BE AWARE IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE CELL PHONE PARKING LOT.
MONDAY NIGHT IT WAS CLOSED AT 8:00.
>> DAVID?
>> THE ONES DOING THE PREP WORK COMING EVASION OF TAIWAN YOU SHOULD LOOK AT YOUR HISTORY.
IT IS APRIL WELL AGREED THE REPUBLICAN OF IRELAND HAS THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM ENGLAND AND TAIWAN HAS BEEN SEPARATE FROM CHINA MUCH LONGER.
>> ERIC?
>> I SHOULD GO WITH YOUR TIE.
THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
DENVER ATTORNEY MANY OF US HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS WHO HAS DRIFTED OVER A COURSE OF A DECADE OR THERE ABOUT BEING A VERY PROMINENT CON ARTIST.
THE TRUTH NEEDS TO BE SAID.
HE WAS BOOKED IN JAIL LAST NIGHT.
HE IS OUT ON BOND.
THE CHARGES ARE FROM 2018.
HE IS A CON ARTIST.
IT IS BOTHERSOME HOW FAR HE HAS SUNK.
>> MARY?
>> CONGRESSWOMAN BOEBERT HAS HAD QUITE THE WEEK.
HER WEEK INCLUDES MAKING FUN OF THE SHOOTING DEATH OF THE CINE PHOTOGRAPHER.
THIS MORNING SHE DID ANOTHER MANDATE IN WHICH SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS FROM UTAH.
>> SOMETIME TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.
>> HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND GREAT DAY OF THE DEAD ACTIVITIES.
DAVID?
>> WE CAN DISAGREE ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS.
WE CAN BE GRATEFUL THAT OUR COLORADO DEMOCRACY THAT RIGHT TO CHOOSE IS BY THE COLORADO BILL OF RIGHTS.
>> ERIC.
>> MY MOTHER HAS A BIRTHDAY TOMORROW THAT STARTS WITH A NINE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> THE COLORADO WATER TRUST HAS BEEN TRYING TO HELP OUR SITUATIONS IN COLORADO.
CONGRATS TO THEM ON 20 YEARS.
TO ANYBODY WHO ENJOYS FISHING THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE ANNOUNCED THEY ARE REOPENING THE RIVER.
THE RAINBOW TROUT AWAY.
>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.
FROM EVERYBODY HERE AT PBS12 HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
GOOD NIGHT.

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