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Season 31 Episode 25 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Tabor Refund Alleged Wrongdoings In Politics Supreme Court Law Deemed Unconstitutional
Host Kyle Dyer Guests David Kopel Krista Kafer Eric Sondermann Tyrone Glover Topics Tabor Refund Alleged Wrongdoings In Politics Supreme Court Law Deemed Unconstitutional Freedoms & Rights for Various Communities in Colorado
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Season 31 Episode 25 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kyle Dyer Guests David Kopel Krista Kafer Eric Sondermann Tyrone Glover Topics Tabor Refund Alleged Wrongdoings In Politics Supreme Court Law Deemed Unconstitutional Freedoms & Rights for Various Communities in Colorado
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HI, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 23RD.
OUR FIRST SHOW OF THE SUMMER OF 2023.
WHAT KIND OF SUMMER WILL THIS BE?
THE WEEK STARTED WITH DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER.
COMMUNITIES WERE DEALT DESTRUCTIONS, HARM, AND DEATH.
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.
NOT ONLY WITH THE WEATHER.
THIS WEEK WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT PANEL TO SORT THROUGH EVERYTHING GOING ON.
WE HAVE DAVID KOPEL AS WELL AS KRISTA KAFER COLUMNIST WITH DENVER POST.
AND ERIC SONDERMANN AND TYRONE GLOVER.
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE RECEIVED UPDATED ECONOMIC NEWS THE TABOR IS UP MORE THAN $3 MILLION WHICH IS UP TO 800 MILLION MORE.
SO DAVID THE HEADLINES RED -- READ THEY WILL HAVE LARGER REFUND.
>> WE WILL SEE IF THEY TAKE SOME OF THAT BACK.
THE TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS SAY THAT GOVERNMENT SPENDING CAN AUTOMATICALLY GO UP BY INFLATION PLUS POPULATION GROWTH ANY TIME.
AND GOVERNMENT SPENDING CAN RISE FURTHER WHEN VOTERS APPROVED.
THEY HAVE APPROVED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF EXTRA SPENDING.
WITH OUR $38 BILLION STATE BUDGET AS MUCH AS THEY DID APPROVE, THEY HAVE TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO EARNED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IT IS INTERESTING PROPOSITION HH WOULD ELIMINATE ALL OF THE TAX REFUNDS WORKED HARD TO GET IT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE WILL HE WILL CAMPAIGN FOR IT.
I THINK THAT IS PERHAPS A SMART MOVE BY HIM.
ONCE PEOPLE FIND OUT, IT IS GOING TO BE UNPOPULAR.
JUST LIKE FOUR YEARS AGO THERE WAS A SIMILAR THING TABOR REFUND BY A LARGE MARGIN.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN RAISE PROPERTY TAXES.
>> THERE IS A GRAVE INJUSTICE HERE.
IT COMES DOWN TO FAIRNESS.
COLORADO VOTERS WANTED THE TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS TO PREVENT GOVERNMENT FROM GETTING BIGGER.
FROM THE GET GO, DEMOCRATS HAVE HATED TABOR AND SCHEMED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO GET RID OF IT.
I CALL INTO QUESTION THE COLLAPSING OF THE TIERS.
YOU COLLAPSE IT TO AN AVERAGE AMOUNT.
I SAY IT AS SOMEONE WHO IS LOWER INCOME EARNER.
>> I THINK THE QUESTION OF FAIRNESS WHETHER IT IS THE ELIMINATION OF TABOR AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE THIS COLLAPSING OF THE TIERS I BENEFIT BUT AT WHAT COST?
>> THAT HAPPENS IF HH WERE TO PASS.
ERIC?
>> FIRST OFF, I THINK FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER OPPOSE TABOR, KEEP THE MONEY AND SPEND IT ON GOVERNMENT PURPOSES, THEY ARE ALMOST A VICTIM OF THE SIZE OF THESE NUMBERS.
IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT REFUNDS OF 50, 75, $100 IT IS FAR CONVENIENCING TO LET GO THAT REFUND AND LET IT GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT $1,700, $1,800 A COUPLE THAT IS REAL MONEY.
AND VOTERS ARE GOING TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I WANT THAT MONEY.
TO KRISTA'S POINT ABOUT TIERS I'M GOING TO DISAGREE.
WHERE THE WEALTH DIVIDE IS INCREASING WHICH IS THE STORY OF OUR TIME AT THE MOMENT THAT REASONABLE STEPS BY GOVERNMENT, TO LEVEL THAT OFF ARE NOT OUT-OF-BOUNDS.
>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?
>> I THINK COLORADO TAXPAYERS BENEFIT FROM HAVING THIS FLATTENED THIS SAME PERCENTAGE WHICH THEY PAY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE PROGRESSIVE SYSTEM LIKE WE HAVE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
I SEE IT AS A WELL TO START EVENING THINGS UP.
I DON'T THINK IT IS NECESSARY FAIR WORKING IN MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES PAY THE SAME EXACT TAX RATES THAT ARE MAKING MUCH MORE.
AS IT RELATES TO JUST THE SIZE OF THESE REFUNDS, I KNOW MYSELF LOOKING AROUND MY COMMUNITY SEEING WILLFULLY UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS, CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE, LOOKING AT INSTATE TUITION GOING UP AND UP AND UP.
IF THERE IS SOME WAY TO ALLOCATE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE TO WHERE WE REALLY NEED IT.
THERE WOULD BE MORE CONSENSUS IF IT IS A BAD THING.
>> A LOT OF TALK OF WRONG DOINGS IN POLITICS.
I WILL LET YOU PICK ANY ONE YOU WANT.
THEY ARE WRONG DOINGS.
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE IT THE TOP ONE, TO DAVE LET'S GO BRANDON.
THE HEAD OF THE COLORADO GOP.
NOT ONLY HAS HE FAILED TO RAISE THE MONEY.
THE COLORADO GOP HAS NO STAFF MEMBERS, THAT IS PROBLEMATIC.
HE GOES AFTER A COUPLE OF REPUBLICANS FOR BELIEVING SOMETHING HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN.
THAT IS SOMETHING FREE SPEECH.
A COUPLE OF LAWMAKERS JOIN DEMOCRATS FROM ANOTHER STATE.
THIS LAWMAKER HAD OPPOSED A STATE'S MAJORITY EFFORTS TO BAN SURGERY ON MINORS THAT HAVE GENDER DYSPHORIA.
ONE LAWMAKERS WAS VOCAL ABOUT IT AND GOT TOSSED OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY.
THAT LAWMAKER HAS EVERY RIGHT TO VOICE AN OPINION.
DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS SAYING WE SUPPORT FREE SPEECH.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE THROWN OUT OF THEIR ASSEMBLY.
SO LET'S GO BRANDON COMES IN AND CHASTISES THESE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS FOR SUPPORTING FREE SPEECH.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE FREE SPEECH MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO JOIN THE OTHER PARTY.
>> MR. WILLIAMS I WAS A MEDIOCRE COLUMNIST.
LET ME GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION QUICKLY.
JOHN EASTMAN THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE AUTHORS TO TRY TO OVERTURN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
HE DID THAT WHILE HE WAS ACTING AS THE CONSERVATIVE SCHOLAR AND RESIDENTS.
CU HAS FINGERPRINTS ON SOME OF THESE EMAILS AND STRATEGIES.
LEGAL ADVICE HE WAS PROVIDING.
I HOPE THAT PUNISHMENT IS -- COMES DUE.
>> TYRONE.
>> I'M FOCUSED ON THE SIXTH PETITIONERS ON ONE OF THE CANDIDATES DOWN THERE.
ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BROUGHT FELONY.
ATTORNEY GENERAL DID NOT CHARGE THE COMPANY THEY WERE WORKING FOR.
HE DID NOT CHARGE THE CANDIDATE THAT THE SIGNATURES WERE BEING GATHERED ON BEHALF OF.
WHAT THIS SPEAKS TO IS JUST THE STATE OF THESE RACES AND GETTING FOLKS ON THE BALLOT AND HOW THEY FELT THEY HAVE TO OUTSOURCE SO MUCH AND NOW WE ARE ENGAGING THESE COMPANIES.
THEY ARE ENGAGING INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T NECESSARY KNOW THE CUT OF THE FOLKS THEY ARE WORKING WITH.
HOPEFULLY THIS SENDS SOME SORT OF MESSAGE WHETHER IT BE TO THE VETTING OF THESE FOLKS OR SOME REFORMS.
>> DAVID?
>> UNLESS ANYONE CRITICIZE ERIC I WOULD REPEAT THE WORDS OF SENATOR FROM 1971.
EVEN IF HE MEDIOCRE DON'T THEY NEED REPRESENTATION TOO?
>> YEAH.
>> DONALD TRUMP CONFESSED ON FOX NEWS HE ADMITTED HE DIDN'T TURN OVER BOXES THAT WERE SUBPOENA.
>> I'M SURE HIS LOWERS ARE LIKE WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
>> THAT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A LOWER FOR TRUMP DECIDES WONDERING YOU WILL GET PAID.
>> THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN A NEW LAW THAT LETS ADULTS WHO WERE SEXUAL ASSAULT CAN BRING LAWSUITS AGAINST THEIR ALLEGED ABUSERS AND SEEK REPARATIONS.
THIS LAW WAS DEEMED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>> IT WAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM TYRONE AND DAVID AS ATTORNEYS.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO OF THEM.
AS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THIS IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN LAW AND JUSTICE.
YOU WOULD THINK THE TWO GO HAND IN HAND.
IN THIS CASE THEY DON'T GO HAND IN HAND.
BEING ABLE TO DO THINGS RETROSPECTIVELY.
JUSTICE ON THE OTHER HAND FOR THESE VICTIMS WOULD DICTATE ON SOMETHING ELSE.
I COME DOWN ON THE JUSTICE PIECE OF IT.
DON'T DENY THAT THE LAW IS THE LAW AND LIVE IN A COUNTRY OF LAWS AND STATE OF LAWS.
IT IS A TOUGH DAY TO BE ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS OR FAMILY MEMBER OF ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS.
>> TYRONE.
PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> I AGREE.
AS A LAWYER THERE IS A FRUSTRATION.
YOU DO WORK IN A SYSTEM THAT IS LIMITED.
YOU HAVE LIMITED REDRESS.
YOU HAVE LIMITED TOOLS AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
THE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO BE -- THEY WEREN'T JUST OPENING UP THE FLOOD GATES.
THEY GAVE A CERTAIN WINDOW WHERE YOU COULD SEEK THIS REDRESS.
AFTER THAT IT WOULD SUNSET.
PRETTY CLEARLY AND THE UNANIMOUS DECISION.
>> SO THE LEGISLATURE FAILED.
EVERY ONE OF THEM TAKES AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO.
IT IS VERY CLEAR, NO LAW RETROSPECTIVE SHALL BEEN ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
PERIOD.
NO LAW.
ZERO LAWS THAT DO THAT.
WHEN THIS WAS BEING PASSED ON THE FLOOR.
THE QUESTION OF CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE BILL NOT THE PER VIEW OF THE LEGISLATURE.
WHEN HE SWORN AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL RULE AGAINST RETROSPECTIVE LEGISLATION IS IN THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION.
IT HAS BEEN INTERPRETED BY THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT EVER SINCE.
THE LAW WAS A VIOLATION OF THAT.
WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE A 7-0 DECISION AGAINST IT.
>> EVER SINCE THIS LAW PASSED 18 MONTHS AGO.
THERE HAVE PEOPLE GETTING CASES TOGETHER TRIED TO GET SOME CULTURE.
>> PEOPLE ARE YEARNING FOR JUSTICE.
THERE IS AN ISSUE OF JUSTICE.
ANYONE WHO EVER TOUCHED A CHILD SHOULD BE BEHIND BARS.
ANYONE WHO ENABLED THOSE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION, WE HAVE LAWS.
EVEN THOUGH THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS WAS NOT THE FOCAL POINT OF THIS.
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF MEMORY.
THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE HUMBLE I GET CONCERNING MY OWN MEMORY.
NOT ONLY DO I THINK THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ARE IMPORTANT.
>> I THINK I WOULD DISAGREE THIS WAS A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO CHANGE A LAW.
I THINK THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHERE THE COURT CAME OUT AS THE EFFECT OF THE LEGISLATION.
WHAT THIS LEGISLATION DID WAS CREATE A NEW CAUSE OF ACTION IN THREE YEARS TO BRING CLAIMS BASED ON A NEW CAUSE OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR AN OLD CAUSE OF ACTION.
WHAT OUR COURT INTERPRETED IT AS IT HAS THE SAME PRACTICAL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
THE NOTION OF TRYING TO BE -- CREATED WITH A NEW CAUSE OF ACTION TO DELIVER JUSTICE TO VICTIMS.
ONE THAT WAS BLATANTLY IN THE CONSTITUTION.
I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE COURT CAME OUT.
BUT, I THINK WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO HERE THERE WAS A LEGAL PATH FORWARD AND OUR COURT DISAGREED.
>> THIS WEEK HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF FOCUS ON FREEDOMS, RIGHTS, AND SPOTLIGHT ON WHAT THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COLORADO ARE.
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER.
TYRONE I WANT YOU TO START OFF THIS SEGMENT.
>> JUNETEENTH IT HAS BEEN GREAT.
NOT A NEW HOLIDAY BUT ONE THAT HAD GOTTEN A LOT OF RECOGNITION ACROSS COMMUNITIES.
THERE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THIS GOING TO BE?
IS THIS GOING TO BE A REFLECTIVE DAY?
IS THIS GOING TO BE A DAY OF EDUCATION ANT CONTINUOUS OF HISTORY?
IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO SEE OVER THE YEARS AS IT BECOMES MORE PROMINENT HOW IT HAS GROWN AND DEVELOP.
>> I FEEL MORE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT JUNETEENTH IS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEING ASKED IN CONVERSATIONS.
DAVID?
>> SURE.
ONE OF THE LESSONS FROM HISTORY, WHAT IS SLAVERY.
IT IS THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS DISARMED.
IF THEY HAD ARMS THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO LIBERATE THEMSELVES.
YOU HAVE THE GROUPS LIKE THE NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUN ASSOCIATION.
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR RACIAL OR SEXUAL MINORITIES TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
BLACK GUN OWNERS HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF DEFENSIVE GUN USE.
IT SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT WHAT JUNETEENTH REPRESENTS NOT HISTORICALLY BUT IN THE PRESENT.
>> I THINK IT IS A LESSON THAT JUSTICE UNFOLDS.
WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BECOME A -- IT IS SOMETHING THAT UNFOLDS.
SLAVERY IS THROUGHOUT THE HUMAN TIME FRAME.
A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK IN THE HIGH MIDDLE.
SLAVERY HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY IN HUMAN TRANSACTION FOREVER.
YOU START TO SEE IN THE 1800s AND 1900s EFFORTS TO REIMAGINE ALL HUMAN BEINGS.
NO HUMAN BEING CAN OWN ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNTRIES THAT LIBERATE THEIR SLAVES.
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
SOME PEOPLE HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU ARE FREE.
AND YOU HAD THE 13th AMENDMENT.
AND EVENTUALLY YOU HAVE THE CIVIL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.
SLAVERY LINGERS ON IN BRAZIL AND AFRICA.
AND STILL YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE ENSLAVED WHETHER IT IS SEXUAL TRAFFICKING OR TRAFFICKING IN LABOR.
NO COUNTRY SANCTIONS AND CELEBRATES SLAVERY.
>> THIS HAS BEEN PRIDE MONTH.
THERE IS MUCH TO CELEBRATE ON THAT FRONT.
TALK ABOUT NATION THAT MOVED RATHER QUICKLY ON TERMS OF CHANGE YOUR OPINION.
THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE HOLD OUTS AND SLOW TO GET THE MEMO.
PUBLIC OPINION HAS CHANGED AT WARP SPEED AND ARE READY FOR THAT.
>> NOW IS THE TIME WE WILL GO AROUND THE TABLE HIGHS AND LOWS.
LET'S GET FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE LOWS.
DAVID, YOU AND PATTY SHARED.
SOMETHING THAT STARTED THAT ERK YOU THIS WEEK.
>> WE HAD PLANS TO BUILD A RAILROAD FROM THE PACIFIC ALL WAY ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN.
IT WOULD BE A DANGEROUS WORLD WITH A PRESIDENT WHO HAS ALL HIS MARBLES.
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS A CERTAIN PUN DENSE OUT THERE.
WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO DIED IN A SUBMERSIBLE.
WHEN IT IS LOST AND BEING SEARCHED FOR, THE DECENT THING TO DO WOULD BE PRAYING FOR THAT PERSON, IF YOU ARE NOT THINKING OF THOUGHTS THEY WOULD BE FOUND AND RESCUED.
THERE WAS A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE ENGAGING IN HATEFUL SPEECH, HAPPY THEY HAD DIED OR COULD DIE BECAUSE THEY WERE WEALTHY.
OTHER PEOPLE WISHED THAT CERTAIN SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HAD BEEN ON THE SUB.
GROTESQUE STATEMENTS.
WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU?
I'M NOT THINKING THE WORD HECK.
>> WE OFTEN BEAT UP ON THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.
THERE IS PLENTY TO BEAT UP ON.
LET'S SPREAD IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
HOW ABOUT THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD THE AMOUNT OF MONEY LITIGATING IN TERMS OF WHETHER THAT SUPERINTENDENT -- YOU GOT TO OBEY THE LAW.
THE COLORADO OPEN MEETINGS LAW WAS VIOLATED.
>> WHETHER THEY ARE SUING ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS.
AND THE LAWSUIT IS SEEKING ACCOUNTABILITY IS LARGELY POSITIVE.
IT LAYS OUT SO MUCH OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN HAVING ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN, IF OUR TEENS, HOW IT IS ENGAGEMENT AT ALL COSTS.
THEY ARE PREYING ON INSECURITIES.
IT IS AWFUL AT THE END OF THE DAY.
THEY ARE ULTIMATELY DESIGNED TO DO.
THE FACT THAT AI IS GOING TO HAVE THEM AS WELL.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE LAWSUIT.
AFTER I GOT TO THE END OF IT, THIS PROBLEM IS MUCH WORSE PROBABLY ANYONE CAN IMAGINE.
>> SOMETHING POSITIVE, DAVID?
>> WITH THE ATTEMPTS TO DELEGIT MIZE THE RULE OF LAW.
PEOPLE PRETEND THERE IS THIS THING SIX ON ONE SIDE AND THREE ON THE OTHER.
THE DECISIONS WE ARE TAPING THIS ON THURSDAY.
NOT ONE OF THOSE DECISIONS BROKE DOWN THOSE SIX LINES.
NOT ONE OF THEM LINED UP SIX THREE.
>> THAT IS GOOD TO SEE.
>> I WANT TO THANK MY FRIENDS -- NOTHING POLITICAL.
FRIENDS INCLUDING SO AT THIS TABLE THAT WERE SO KIND TO ME AFTER THE LOSS OF MY DOG.
I HAD MY DOG FOR 13 YEARS.
SHE IS MY BUDDY.
SHE DIED KIND OF UNEXPECTEDLY.
SHE WAS A GREAT DOG.
TO ANYONE OUT THERE WHO NEEDS A HEALING HAND SOMEONE WHO LOST SOMEBODY, A DOG, OR A PERSON, JUST THANK YOU.
>> I'M SO SORRY.
>> ERIC.
>> YOU ARE LOVED.
AS IS YOUR PUPPY.
SHIFTING THINGS TO SOMETHING LIGHTER.
YESTERDAY, ON THE FLOOR A COUPLE OF DAYS ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES YOU HAD A CAT FIGHT.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ADMISSION TO WATCH SOMETHING LIKE THAT INCLUDING GREEN TAGGED LAUREN BOEBERT A LITTLE -- I'M NOT SURE I SHOULD SAY THAT ON THE AIR OR NOT.
YOU HAVE JOE FROM TIGER KING WHO IS ON THE COLORADO BALLOT AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP.
>> NOPE.
>> COMING ON THE HEEL OF JUNE 10TH AND PRIDE WEEKEND.
THE COMING TOGETHER YOU KNOW TWO MARGINALIZED GROUPS HAS BEEN AMAZING TO WATCH.
AND SO I'M LOOKING FOR PRIDE WEEKEND AND JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WE SAW CELEBRATION OF INTERSECTIONALTY WHICH IS SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT.
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED OR SUFFERED FROM OPPRESSION OFTENTIMES HAVE MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND IDENTITIES AND US COMING TOGETHER WHERE WE HAVE COMMON GROUND AS OPPOSED SEGMENTING OUR DIFFERENCES IS GREAT TO WATCH.
>> THE HIGHLIGHT FOR ME IS UNITY.
THE UNITY I SAW PRODUCED A VIDEO TOGETHER WHERE THEY CALL ON SPRINGS RESIDENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND PARTICIPATE TO SHAPE THE POSITIVE FUTURE FOR THE CITY.
THEY ARE BOTH WEARING T-SHIRTS SAY LOVE THIS CITY.
THE VIDEO SHOWS HEART, IT IS SINCERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR LEADERS SHOW THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR.
ERIC, LET'S MOVE THAT WAY.
THANK YOU PANEL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WATCHING ON YOUR HOME, ON YOUR TV, ON YOUR DEVICE.
YOU CAN CATCH COLORADO INSIDE OUT AT ANY TIME BY GOING TO PBS12.ORG.
I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.
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