
78 July 7th.2023
Season 31 Episode 27 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun David Kopel Eric Sondermann Tyrone Glover
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun David Kopel Eric Sondermann Tyrone Glover Topics 303 Creative Decision Affirmative Action Admission Programs Defendants Facing First-Degree Murder Charges Entitled to Bail Filing claims with the Department of Labor and Employment
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Season 31 Episode 27 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun David Kopel Eric Sondermann Tyrone Glover Topics 303 Creative Decision Affirmative Action Admission Programs Defendants Facing First-Degree Murder Charges Entitled to Bail Filing claims with the Department of Labor and Employment
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HI, EVERYONE I'M KYLE DYER WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY JULY 7TH.
I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT WEEK CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DECADE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR PANEL.
PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.
DAVID KOPEL RESEARCH DIRECT OF THE AT THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE.
ERIC SONDERMANN AND ALSO TYRONE GLOVER.
LET'S PICK UP WITH WE LEFT OFF LAST WEEK.
THE SUPREME COURT DECISION DID NOT COME DOWN UNTIL AFTER WE TAPED OUR SHOW LAST WEEK 6 TO 3 DECISION THE COURT SAYS THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE STATE OF COLORADO TELLING A WEB SITE DESIGNER THAT YOU MUST TAKE ON ALL CLIENTS EVEN IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BECAUSE OF HER RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
PATTY, I WILL START WITH YOU.
>> I WAS TALKING ABOUT A DECISION ABOUT THE WEB.
WHERE THE THREATS WERE MADE ON THE WEB.
THEY WEREN'T AS REAL AS THEY WERE MADE IN PERSON OR THROUGH THE MAIL.
THIS IS INTERESTING IT INVOLVES A WEB PRODUCT.
WHAT THE COURT IS SAYING IS THAT YOU CAN'T -- IT WOULD VIOLATE THE WEB DESIGNERS TO MAKE HER CREATE A MESSAGE THAT SHE DIDN'T AGREE WITH.
IF YOU ARE A PERSON FOR A WEDDING.
WHAT MAKES DESIGNING A WEB SITE A FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE?
WE HAVE A COURT THAT GRAPPLE THE WEB HAS CHANGED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THE FIRST THING THAT HAS COME UP.
SHE NEVER ASK HER DESIGN A SAME SEX WEDDING SITE.
AND THEN MYSTERIOUSLY SOMEONE FILED AS IT TURNS OUT THIS IS PART OF THE CASE.
THE PERSON LISTED ON THAT FORM, HE SAYS HE NEVER DID IT.
HE IS MARRIED TO A WOMEN.
NEVER ASKED FOR A SAME SEX WEDDING.
WHY THE SUPREME COURT HAD TO WAIT IT'S TIME ON A HYPOTHETICAL CASE.
>> THIS IS SO WEIRD THAT IT WENT BEFORE THE HIGHEST COURT MANY THE COUNTRY.
>> NOT AT ALL.
THE STATE OF COLORADO PERSECUTED THE CAKE ARTIST.
THEY CAME GOING FOR YEARS.
THIS WEB DESIGNER PRUDENTLY FILED A PREENFORCEMENT CHALLENGE.
PUT ME THROUGH THE RINGER FOR THE YEARS I WILL ASK THAT THIS LAW IS INVALID AS APPLIED TO ME.
THE WHOLE LITTLE STORY THOUGHT UP BY THE NEW REPUBLIC AND PATTY WAS REFERENCING.
THE LAW SAID THAT IF YOU POST ON YOUR WEB SITE JUST A MESSAGE I'M GOING TO DO WEB DESIGN IN PEOPLE'S WEDDINGS BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO GAY WEDDINGS.
POSTING THAT WAS ILLEGAL UNDER THE COLORADO LAW.
>> I WROTE ABOUT THIS CASE BEFORE IT WAS DECIDED TALKING ABOUT LIVE AND LET LIVE LIBERALISM.
USED TO BE THIS NOTION OF TOLERANCE.
IN TERMS OF HER VIEWS WHETHER RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL OR WHATEVER.
BUT I DO THINK IN THIS COUNTRY YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE WRONG.
SOMETIMES WE OUGHT TO RESPECT THAT RIGHT TO BE WRONG.
I THINK WHEN YOU START HEADING DOWN THE PATH OF COMPELLED SPEECH THAT IS A DANGEROUS PATH TO RUN DOWN.
I WOULD SORT OF SAY LET'S SUBSTITUTE AND PRETEND THE WEB DESIGNER IN THIS CASE WAS GAY AND THE CLIENT WHO CAME TO THAT WEB DESIGNER LET'S SAY THE WACK JOB THAT THE BAPTIST CHURCH SHOULD THEY COMPEL THIS WEB DESIGNER WITH THEIR HATEFUL MESSAGE.
THE OBVIOUS ANSWER TO THAT IS NO.
>> TYRONN YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING.
>> WE HAVE A PRESIDENT CARVES OUT THINGS LIKE HATE SPEECH, THOSE ARE NOT PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
YOU CANNOT BE COMPELLED TO PUT OUT HATE SPEECH AS PART OF YOUR BUSINESS.
WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS A BUSINESS NOW HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO REFUSE TO SERVE MEMBERS OF A PROTECTED CLASS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN SERVE FOLKS FROM THESE PROTECTIVE CLASSES, GAY PEOPLE WITHOUT DOING GAY WEDDINGS WITHOUT CONDONING THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND IDENTITY.
FROM THE BEGINNING THIS WHOLE CASE WAS AGENDA DRIVEN.
IT WAS BROUGHT BY FOLKS THAT WERE BEHIND THE CAKE SHOP.
TO TELL ME THAT THE SUPREME COURT WOULD HAVE TAKEN STANDINGS ON A CASE WHERE THERE WAS NO ACTUAL PLAINTIFF OR CLIENT JUST PURELY ON HYPOTHETICALS TO BRING THE CASE.
TO GET UP TO THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND.
YEAH, I'M NOT BUYING IT.
WHAT THIS ULTIMATE STANDS FOR THESE FOLKS HAVE A RIGHT TO SERVICE THOSE MEMBERS.
>> SO WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AN AGENDA, THEY CHOSE TO TAKE THIS ONE.
THAT WAS ABOUT A WEB HOAX.
>> IT IS CLEAR ABOUT DOUBT THAT THE MERE POSTING OF -- ON THE WEB OF WHO SHE WANTED TO SERVE VIOLATED COLORADO LAW.
THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID I'M WILLING TO PROSECUTOR FOR THAT.
THAT IS STANDING WHEN YOU GOT A LAW THAT STOPS YOU FROM GOING SOMETHING AND GO AHEAD AND DO IT ANY WAY.
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SAYS THAT SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
>> WHAT I SAID THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE COMPLAINT THAT WAS ALLEGED FILED BECAUSE SOMEONE WANTED IT.
>> IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE CASE.
THAT WAS A MINOR THING AT THE TRIAL COURT.
AT THE SUPREME COURT THAT WASN'T THE ISSUE.
>> THE SUPREME COURT CHOSE TO TAKE A CASE WHEN THERE WAS NO ONE REQUESTING.
>> WE TAKE THESE CASES ALL THE TIME.
THEN WHY ARE THEY MISREPRESENTING.
WHY ARE THEY FABRICATING THIS SITUATION.
THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO.
RATHER THAN PUTTING THE BREAKS ON IT THEY HANDED DOWN THIS TERRIBLE RULING THERE WAS AN AGENDA TO MAKE A LAW ON THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> THE SUPREME COURT TAKES CASES ALL THE TIME AGAINST FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES AND PROPERLY SO.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AND THE LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T SAY THE WORD YOU WANT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET PROSECUTED.
>> IS THERE IS A SITUATION THEY HAVE MISREPRESENTED THE FACTS.
THAT STILL MADE IT'S WAY TO THE CIRCUIT AND THE SUPREME COURT.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY.
>> THE DECISION IS THE DECISION OF THE COURT.
THIS IS NOW TWO DECISIONS OF THE COURT BOTH OUT OF COLORADO.
THE MASTERPIECE CAKE SHOP AND NOW THE 303 CREATIVE RULING.
MAYBE IT IS A MESSAGE TO COLORADO.
I'LL DISAGREE WITH MY FRIEND TYRONE HERE.
YES THIS IS AN DRIVEN COURT YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM A POSSIBILITY OF GETTING IT RIGHT.
IN THIS CASE THEY GOT IT RIGHT IN MY ASSESSMENT.
MAYBE COLORADO HAVE BEEN OVER EAGER, OVER E -- AGGRESSIVE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A CONTRADICTORY VIEWPOINT.
>> AT HARVARD THEY SPLIT -- THEY CATEGORIZED THEIR APPLICANTS INTO TEN GROUPS.
ONE THROUGH TEN.
IF YOU WERE IN THE FOURTH LOWEST GROUP AND YOU WERE BLACK YOU HAD A HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTING IN THAN IF YOU WERE HIGHEST GROUP AND ASIAN.
HARVARD AND THESE RACIST SCHOOLS THEY WEREN'T EXACTLY WE HAVE TO GET 112 OFFERS.
THEY WERE KEEPING CLOSE TRACK OF PERCENTAGES.
YEAR AFTER YEAR EVERY COLOR GROUP GETS ADMITTED ALMOST THE EXACT RATE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
I THINK THE COURT IS RIGHT IF YOU ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED SCHOOL AND HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE 14th AMENDMENT WHICH GUARANTEES THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW TO EVERY, THAT'S ILLEGAL.
>> ERIC?
>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS DENYING THE FACTS OF THIS CASE.
I KNOW THERE WAS DISPUTE ON THE FIRST SUBJECT.
IN THIS CASE THERE IS NO DENYING ASIAN AMERICANS WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AT HARVARD, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA YOU CAN ARGUE WHETHER IT IS OKAY.
IT IS HARD TO ARGUE THERE WAS NOT DISCRIMINATION.
ON A CASE A FEW YEARS AGO RATHER SIMPLY BUT STRAIGHT FORWARDLY PUT IT, THE ONLY WAY TO STOP DISCRIMINATION IS TO STOP DISCRIMINATING ON THE BASES OF RACE.
I'M SURE BRIGHT PEOPLE WILL COME UP WITH ALL KIND OF NEW WORK AROUNDS HERE.
IT STRUCK ME AS A SMALL BLOW FOR THE IDEA OF A SOCIETY THAT IS NOT COLOR-BLIND BUT SLIGHT LESS COLOR SENSITIVE.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY THERE IS NOT THE RACIAL HEALING THERE NEEDS TO BE.
IT IS MUCH MORE A CASE OF ECONOMIC CLASS THAN A SKIN COLOR.
IT IS TARGETING PEOPLE WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS REGARDLESS OF SKIN COLOR AND ETHNICITY.
>> DEEMING RACE DOES NOT MAKE IT SO IN LIFE.
THIS IDEA THAT WE LIVE IN A COLOR-BLIND SOCIETY OR CLOSE THERE TO IS JUST LUDICROUS.
WE NEED CHECKS THAT WORK.
WE SAW DURING COVID.
REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC CLASS, WHO WAS BEING ADMITTED TO AND OFTEN BECOMING MORE SICK AND HAVING MORE FATAL OUTCOMES BLACK AMERICANS.
WE HAVE AS JACKSON ALSO POINTED OUT, A LEGACY OF DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND IN MEDICAL TREATMENT.
INFANCY MORTALITY RATES, DISCRIMINATION IN POLICING.
WE CAN GO ON AND ON.
I CAN SPEND THE WHOLE SHOW ON IT.
JUST SAYING IT IS NOT SO DOES NOT MAKE IT GO AWAY.
THIS SHUTS DOWN RACIALLY CONSCIOUS ADMISSIONS.
THOSE IDEAS THAT UNIVERSITIES CAN TURN AROUND AND GET CREATIVE.
THE JUSTICE HAS SHUT THAT DOWN AS WELL.
DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE MILITARY ACADEMY ASUBPOENAINGS.
>> ECONOMY CLASS HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
THAT IS A TOUGH DIVIDING LINE THIS THIS COUNTRY.
TOUGH WEEK FOR HARVARD.
NOW THEY ARE HIT WITH A LAWSUIT ABOUT ADMISSIONS TO CHILDREN OF ALUMNI.
THAT IS A LAWSUIT I CAN GET BEHIND BY.
IF YOU WANT TO BROADEN THE NUMBER THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
>> THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT RULED LAST WEEK THAT FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES ARE ENTITLED TO BAIL.
WOULD BE HEAD IN JAIL WITHOUT BAIL AWAITING TRIAL.
THIS HAS TURNED THINGS UPSIDE-DOWN.
JUDGES ARE RETHINKING THEIR CASES.
>> AS MY UNDERSTANDING IN THIS CASE, IT COMES OUT OF A CASE COLORADO VERSUS SMITH.
I THINK IT IS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF COLORADO GETTING RID OF THE DEATH PENALTY.
I THINK IT IS A PUNISHMENT THAT LONG AGO OUTLIVED ANY UTILITY IT HAD.
I DON'T NECESSARY SUPPORT THE UNINTENTED CONSEQUENCE OF THAT DECISION ON THE PART OF THE STATE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE, LET'S LOOK AT THESE THREE PEOPLE AT LEXINGTON COUNTY.
I KNOW THEY ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY?
SHOULD THEY BE OUT ON THE STREETS AWAITING TRIAL?
THERE ARE TOO MANY OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE COMMITTING THE WORSE KIND OF VIOLENT CRIME.
SOCIETY HAS INTEREST IN KEEPING THEM BEHIND BARS BEFORE TRIAL AND AFTER CONVICTION.
>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?
>> LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE JUDICIAL HOMICIDE ANYMORE IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.
IT IS NO LONGER A FORM OF PUNISHMENT.
THE BOND SCHEDULE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT THAT IS GONE AS WELL.
THIS IDEA FOLKS WHO ARE CHARGED REALLY SERIOUS HOMICIDE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TYPE OFFENSES ARE GOING TO BE LET OUT ON PR BONDS.
YOU DON'T POST ANYTHING.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT ARE WE SEEING.
WE ARE SEEING $100 MILLION BONDS IS A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR BOND.
I THINK IT IS GOOD WE GOT RID OF USUAL HOMICIDE.
TIME TO GET RID OF EVERYTHING THAT OUTGROWS FROM IT.
>> PATTY?
>> HUGE, HUGE LEVELS FOR BOND.
THE ALLEGED MURDERING DENTIST HUGE, HUGE BOND.
IT IS AN INTERESTING ISSUE.
THERE ARE ALSO COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER WITH LESSER CRIMES GETTING OUT EASILY.
>> IN COLORADO NOW, YOU CAN BE HELD BAIL CAN BE DENIED.
WHEN THE COURT FINDS THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE PLACED IN SIGNIFICANT PAR RAL.
THEY COMMITTED A VIOLENT CRIME WHILE THEY WERE ON BAIL PENDING THE PREVIOUS DISPOTION.
THEN YOU GET BAILED OUT AND YOU PERPETRATE MORE MURDER THEN YOU DON'T GET BAIL.
THE THIRD TIME IF YOU HAVE TWO PREVIOUS FELONY CONVICTIONS.
>> THIS WEEK WE CELEBRATED FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY WITH THE FOURTH OF JULY.
I WANT TO REVISIT THE IDEA OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
STATE EMPLOYEES CAN FILE CLAIMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WITHOUT THE FEAR OF RETALIATION.
TYRONE LET'S START WITH YOU.
>> I THINK IT IS A GREAT CASE.
WE WANT FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING FOR OUR STATE TO BE VESTED AND TO BE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE STATE AND THE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THEY WORK AND NOT HAVE TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES ANY TIME THERE IS AN ISSUE THEY FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT.
I THINK THIS WAS A GREAT VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH, FOR EMPLOYEES AND, I FULLY SUPPORT IT.
>> PATTY?
>> I HAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A LOCAL CARTOONIST WHO DID A FEATURE FOR US.
HE GOT HIT BY A TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT URGED BY THE OWNERS BECAUSE HE DARE TO DRAW A PICTURE OF CASA AND SELL IT ON ETSY.
HE IS BEING THREATEN BY PEOPLE.
>> THEY DREW A CASA BENITA IN THAT CARTOON.
>> RIGHT.
>> I AGREE WITH TYRONE WITH THE SENATE BILL.
THEY CAN'T BE PUSHED FOR THEIR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
YOU ARE NOT AT WORK YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SAME FREEDOM OF SPEECH RIGHTS AS EVERYONE ELSE.
>> I WOULD SAY, IT IS FOURTH OF JULY WEEK A FEW DAYS AFTER THE FACT.
FREE SPEECH IS RIGHT THERE AND THE VERY FIRST AMENDMENT.
IT GETS MORE TENUOUS AND PEOPLE LIKE AROUND US IN THIS PANEL CAN HAVE DEBATES WHETHER IT IS THREE CREATIVE DECISION OR WHATEVER THE APPLICATIONS OF FREE SPEECH.
WE AS A COUNTRY BE BETTER OFF TO THOSE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPALS.
I WILL DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT.
I TAKE THAT EARLIER TO MEAN YOUR RIGHT TO BE WRONG.
WITHOUT REVISITING THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, THERE IS A GROWING INTOLERANCE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DIVIDE AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DIVIDE.
THEY ARE EQUALLY TO BLAME.
>> NOW TIME TO GO DOWN THE LINE AND HAVE THE PANELIST SOMETHING THEY SAW THIS WEEK.
>> AN EMPLOYEE SAW PEOPLE STEALING $500 OF HAIR PRODUCTS.
WOUND UP LOSING HIS JOB.
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO INTERFERE BECAUSE OF SAFETY IN THE STORE.
BUT HE MOSTED THIS SO PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY THE THIEVES.
HE LOST HIS JOB WITH KING SOOPERS.
>> DAVID?
>> A GOOD THING CORRECTING A LONG TIME LOW WAS THE JULY 4TH RULING AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT WHITE HOUSE SENSORSHIP SCHEMES.
FOR EXAMPLE SENSORING PEOPLE WHO WERE SAYING IN OCTOBER 2020 THESE SCHOOL SHUT DOWNS ARE HAVING EFFECTS ON CHILDREN.
WHICH IS TRUE.
WERE SAYING TRUEFUL THINGS LIKE THE COVID VACCINE IS HELPFUL AGAINST WORSE SYSTEMS AND DYING OF COVID, IT DOESN'T PREVENT TRANSMISSION OR INFECTION.
KUDO TO THE COURTS FOR SHUTTING IT DOWN.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT A WEEKS AGO.
I WILL COME BACK TO IT NOW.
THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT AND A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ALLEGATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT SUPERINTENDENT WAS NOT ADEQUATELY OR BLACK OR BLACK ENOUGH.
THIS WHOLE SILLY IDEA DATED IDEA BECAUSE OF YOUR SKIN COLOR THAT DICTATES HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO THINK.
THAT SKIN COLOR DEPRIVES PEOPLE OF ALL THE AGENCIES THEY WILL HAVE TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
HE DESERVE BETTER.
ALL OF US DESERVE BETTER.
>> AGREE ABOUT HIM.
22 MASS SHOOTINGS.
THIS HAPPENS REGULAR.
I UNDERSTAND AS A RIGHT OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
THERE IS RIGHT TO LIFE AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY YOUR FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND WITHOUT FEAR OF TAKING A BULLET.
>> AGREE.
CAN WE END ON A POSITIVE NOTE?
>> I CAN.
IF YOU GOT RAINED OUT ON THE FOURTH OF JULY GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEKEND.
A WONDERFUL LOW RIDER SHOW AT THE DENVER ARTS MUSIC.
>> THAT'S FUN.
>> JULY 7TH, 1928, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY SLICE BREAD WAS SOLD USING THE BREAD SLICING MACHINE.
THANK YOU MR. ROWETTER.
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO YOU KYLE.
NOT DOING THIS SHOW AS AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCER YOU HAVE BEEN THE INSPIRATION BEHIND A FILM COMING OUT THIS WEEK WHEN COLORADO WENT MAJOR LEAGUE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ROCKIES AND THE ROCKIES FIRST CAME TO TOWN.
IT PREMIERS LATER THIS WEEK.
GOOD FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> INCARCERATED FOLKS CAN REDUCE BY EARNING DEGREES.
I THINK WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND BEING GAINFULLY EMPLOYED ARE INDICATORS WHETHER YOU WILL -- I THINK GIVING THESE FOLKS INCENTIVES NOT ONLY MASTERS AND PH.D. JUST SETS OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY UP.
THE PELL GRANT BEING RESTORED SO FOLKS CAN GET THESE DEGREES AND GET FINANCING AS WELL.
>> TO PLAY OFF OF ERIC AND DAVID WITH THE HISTORY.
IT WAS THIS WEEK 32 YEARS AGO ON JULY 5TH THAT COLORADO RECEIVED A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM.
THAT IS THE DAY THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS HAPPENING.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A DOCUMENTARY.
IT IS ABOUT THE CAN DO SPIRIT OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE WERE TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN DENVER WILL NEVER GET A MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM.
THE PEOPLE STUCK WITH THEIR GUNS.
OUR CITY FOREVER CHANGED.
NOT ONLY GETTING TOGETHER WITH GAMES AND FRIENDS, FIREWORK SHOW LAST WEEK.
THERE IS A COMMUNITY PREMIER THE 13th.
OUR CITY AND OUR PEOPLE HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD BECAUSE THEY WORKED TOGETHER.
HOPEFULLY THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
THANK YOU PANEL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.
WE APPRECIATE YOU WATCHING US ON YOUR DEVICE OR LISTENING TO THE PODCAST.
YOU CAN LISTEN ANY TIME ON YOUTUBE OR PBS12.ORG.
I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
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