>>> HI, EVERYONE.

I'M KYLE DYER.

WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH.

TWO AND A HALF WEEKS ARE LEFT IN THE COLORADO SESSION.

TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN COLORADO.

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR PANEL.

WE HAVE PATTY CALHOUN.

KRISTA KAFER COLUMNIST FOR THE DENVER POST.

ERIC SONDERMANN AND ALSO ALTTON DILLARD.

POLITICAL ANALYST SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.

TOMORROW MARKS THE 25th YEAR SINCE THE SHOOTING OF COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL.

KILLED 12 STUDENTS AND ONE TEACHER.

JUST LAST WEEKEND IN A SPECIAL SUNDAY GATHERING.

THE HOUSE WOULD BAN THE SELL OF ASSAULT WEAPONS IN COLORADO.

PATTY, LET'S START WITH YOU.

>> THERE IS A VIGIL RIGHT NOW WITH MORE PEOPLE TALKS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.

25 YEARS AGO IT WAS HORRIFYING.

THERE HAD BEEN OTHER SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

NOTHING THAT HIT THE WAY IT HIT IN COLUMBINE.

THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS.

THERE WERE PLENTY.

THE HARRIS FAMILY COULD HAVE KNOWN FOR SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS WARNED ABOUT IT.

THERE HAS BEEN CHANGES MADE.

WE HAVE POLICE -- LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW LEARNED THE LESSON IN COLUMBINE, YOU GO IN IMMEDIATELY.

WE HAVE SEEN HOW IT WORKS.

THEY DIDN'T DO IT AT UVALDE.

WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THE GUNS?

IN 2000 KEN GORDON SNUCK A GUN IN THE CAPITAL.

WE STILL HAVE LEGISLATORS LEAVING THEIR GUNS IN THE BATHROOM IN THE CAPITOL.

>> LAST WEEK.

>> THE IDEA OF KIDS KILLING KIDS IN A LARGE SCALE WAY WASN'T PART OF THE HUGE IMAGINATION UNTIL THAT DAY.

SO HOW DO YOU TAKE GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF BAD PEOPLE.

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO EVIL THINGS OR IRRESPONSIBLE THINGS.

PARENT WHO LEAVE GUNS AROUND OR GIVE GUNS TO THEIR MESSED UP TEENAGERS.

HOW DO YOU PREVENT THEM FROM HAVING GUNS OR REMOVE GUNS WHILE STILL ALLOWING ORDINARY RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEINGS TO OWN THESE GUNS.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING AS A CULTURE OR A SOCIETY WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH.

IT REALLY DOES TARGET LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS.

I THINK IT WON'T PASS CONSTITUTIONAL AS WELL.

I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS HOW DO WE GIVE -- GET GUNS AWAY FROM THOSE THAT TEND TO DO ILL WITH THAT OBJECT.

>> WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT LEGISLATION.

I HAVE BEEN ON RECORD SAYING I WILL SUPPORT REASONABLE GUN CONTROL MEASURE THAT PASSES LEGAL MUSTARD.

MOST OF THIS WILL NOT PASS LEAGUE MUSTER.

SOME OF IT IS TRYING TO PRESSURE THE SYSTEM AS BEST AS YOU CAN.

SOME OF IT IS SIGNALLING THE DIVIDE.

THE PIECE OF IT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO MENTAL HEALTH.

IT IS DIFFERENT IN MY MIND.

IT IS JUST CULTURAL.

IT IS PART OF THE CULTURAL ROCK WE ARE LIVING THROUGH IN SO MANY SEGMENTS OF OUR SOCIETY.

IT IS NOT LIMITED BY RACE OR CLASS.

THESE WERE COLUMBINE WAS A LARGELY WHITE SUBURBAN SCHOOL.

WE HAVE NOT FIGURED IT OUT.

>> AFTER THE NEEDLE DIDN'T MOVE AFTER SANDY HOOK I WAS DONE.

NOW IT IS TIME TO THINK IN TERMS OF CRIMINAL CONTROL.

YOU CAN TALK GUN CONTROL ALL YOU WANT.

BUT WE HAVE A TENDENCY AS A SOCIETY TO NOT WANT TO SAY, OH, SOMEONE IS ACTING A LITTLE OFF.

SOMEONE IS ACTING IN A WAY THAT MAYBE CONCERNING.

WE ARE OKAY LETTING THAT GO.

GUNS ARE INADDIMENTS OBJECTS.

GOING BEYOND MASS SHOOTINGS.

I KNOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS COMING UP IN THE SHOW.

THEY ARE EVER -- EVERYWHERE.

YOU CANNOT HAVE TRAUMATIZED PEOPLE, DANGEROUS PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR THEATERS, IN OUR CHURCHES, PLACES LIKE THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LAST WEEKEND WAS A ROUGH ONE.

SHOOTINGS INVOLVING HERE IN DENVER, LITTLETON HAS AN UNSOLVE MURDER.

THERE MAYBE OTHERS I'M NOT REFERRING TO.

IT IS HARD TO KEEP UP.

WE KNOW THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH VIOLATION RIGHT NOW INVOLVING YOUNG ADULTS AND TEENAGERS.

IT IS EITHER VICTIMS AND SUSPECT.

>> TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES.

I CAN LOOK BACK AND SAY HAS THIS HAPPENED BEFORE?

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN MY LATE TEENS, EARLY 20s.

THE WHOLE GANG WARFARE AND SHOOTINGS WERE IN THE NEWS EVERY DAY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CRIME STATS CRIME WAS HIGHER IN THE '80s AND '90s THAN IT IS TODAY.

IT IS IMPORTANT WE NOT GIVE INTO THE FOX NEWS SYNDROME WHEN EVERYTHING IS NEGATIVE ALL THE TIME.

WE HAVE LESS VIOLENCE THAN WE HAD BACK THEM.

GIVE THE PEOPLE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED WITHOUT THINKING VIOLENCE IS AN ALL-TIME HIGH.

THERE IS PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE US TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING IS FALLING APART.

THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

>> LAST WEEK THERE WERE THESE KIDS.

IN ONE CASE A FELLOW KID SHOT SOMEONE HE KNEW.

>> WHEN THERE ARE FOUR, FIVE SHOOTINGS IN A WEEKEND, I THINK YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE NOTE OF IT.

LET'S NOTE IT IS ONLY APRIL.

IT IS NOT THE HEAT OF JULY AND AUGUST HERE.

IT IS JUST THE MIDDLE OF APRIL.

AND YET, THAT WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND BROUGHT TO THE METRO AREA.

THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF PHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE ORIGINAL, QUOTE, SUMMER VIOLENCE WAS IN 1993.

IT WAS LONG BEFORE INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK AND ALL FORMS OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG WHILE.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GETTING A LOT BETTER.

>> I'M GOING TO PUT ON MY OLD HAT.

THIS IS A CONSEQUENCE OF A CONSEQUENCE FREE SOCIETY.

I'VE BEEN HEARING THE SAME NARRATIVE SINCE 1993.

I ALSO REMEMBER WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SUMMER VIOLENCE.

THERE WAS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COVERAGE.

IT WAS HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

AND A SHOP OWNER GETS KILLED BY A GANG MEMBER AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE CITY STARTS GETTING INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

AND SO FOR 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN HEARING WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

I KNOW PATTY WILL TOUCH ON THIS ALSO.

THERE IS A SUMMIT GOING ON TOMORROW SATURDAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

I AM HOPING THAT MAYBE SOMETHING NEW WILL BE UNDER THE SUN.

>> IT WASN'T THAT IT WAS MORE VIOLENT AND OTHER SUMMERS HAD BEEN.

YOU JUST HAD WHITE SHOP OWNERS.

A BABY WAS SHOT TOO.

WE DID A STORY ABOUT IT.

IT WAS LESS VIOLENT THAN THE SUMMER BEFORE.

BUT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, CRIME IS DOWN, YOUTH VIOLENCE IS WAY UP.

WE ARE TALKING YOUNG KIDS.

WE WERE ON THIS SHOW TALKING ABOUT A 13-YEAR-OLD WHO HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A 60-YEAR-OLD MAN ON THE BUS BECAUSE HIS LEG WAS OUT IN FRONT.

THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS.

NONE OF THEM ARE GETTING THEM LEGALLY.

IT IS IRONIC.

RIGHT AFTER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT SHOOTING.

WE DECIDED TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO YOUTH VIOLENCE.

A STORY WE RAN TWO WEEKS AGO.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT STORY.

WE FAILED WITH A BAD REPORT WHICH I APOLOGIZE FOR.

I RECOMMEND YOU GO TO JOHN BAILEY'S EVENT TOMORROW.

YOUNG VIOLENCE IS A PROBLEM.

>> THERE IS A NARRATIVE THAT KIDS SAY WE HAVE TO BE ARMED TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO OUR SCHOOL SAFELY.

IF THAT IS THE CASE, THAT IS ON US AS A SOCIETY FOR NOT GETTING OUR ARMS AROUND OUR KIDS.

>> YOU ALSO HAVE TO THINK, THESE ARE KIDS WHO SO MANY OF THEIR YEARS WERE DURING COVID.

WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CRIMINALS.

WHAT IS CAUSING YOUNG CRIMINALS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS.

COVID IS DEFINITELY A PART OF IT.

>> AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW, WE ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THERE ARE BIG ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE FIGURED OUT LIKE THE BUDGET, PROPERTY TAXES.

ERIC LET'S START WITH YOU.

>> THAT'S NORMAL PART OF THE COURSE IN MANY SENSES.

THE HEAVY STUFF OFTEN GETS PUT OFF TO THE END.

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE BUDGET.

I THINK JBC DID A CREDIBLE JOB AND HAD SOME STRONG MEMBERS ON THIS SESSION.

THAT WILL PASS WITH ONLY THE MOST MINOR CHANGES.

I'M SURPRISED THAT THE PROPERTY TAX UP ROAR IN THIS STATE HAS NOT BEEN MORE THAN IT IS.

I TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

I TALKED TO SOMEBODY YESTERDAY STRUGGLES CONSIDERABLY ON THE FINAL SIDE.

PROPERTY TAXES WENT UP 55%.

55% ON A RATHER SMALL SUBURBAN HOME.

THAT ISSUE NEEDS TO BE READDRESSED SOME WAY.

YOU HAVE THE HOLD TABOR ISSUE.

WHETHER IT WILL BE FORTHCOMING NEXT YEAR.

WHOLE LOT OF ISSUES WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

THE HEAVY WORK IS STILL AHEAD.

>> ALTON?

>> COSIGNING WITH ERIC.

I THINK THIS SPOKES TO OUR SOCIETAL ATTENTION SPAN.

REMEMBER WHEN PROPERTY TAX, PROPERTY TAX, I'M BEING HIT IN MY WALLET.

I'M BEING HIT IN MY POCKETBOOK.

FRONT PAGE NEWS.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT US NOW WE DON'T BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE OUTRAGE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A MATTER SOCIAL MEDIA OR PEOPLE JUST WORRIED ABOUT THEIR DAY-TO-DAY.

BUT BETWEEN SOME OF THE HEAVY LIFT LIKE HE IS MENTIONING AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAX.

THERE ARE INTERESTING BILLS GOING ON UP THERE JUST AS A POLITICAL NERD.

SAYING THAT IF YOU CAME TO OFFICE BY A VACANCY COMMITTEE, YOU CANNOT RUN TO BE A LEGISLATURE IN THE NEXT GO AROUND.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.

THIS IS WHEN THE LEGISLATURE ALWAYS GETS FASCINATING TO ME.

THAT LAST THREE, THREE AND A HALF WEEKS.

YOU CAN TURN SOMETHING FROM INTRODUCTION TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK IN 73 HOURS.

KEEP AN EYE ON THE DOME.

>> THINGS ARE WILD.

SUCH ACCOMMODATION.

THE WOLVERINE REINTRODUCTION BILL COMING THROUGH.

WHAT I'M CONCERNED IS THERE IS A BILL FOR -- MAYBE THERE IS A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS.

PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING WON'T BE HIT UP AT ALL TIMES FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS TO REIGN IT IN SOME WHAT.

WHAT WENT DOWN ON WEDNESDAY A BILL THAT WOULD EXTEND THE STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE SEXUALLY ABUSED.

IT IS CURRENTLY 6 YEARS.

THEY WANTED TO EXTEND THAT.

IT TAKES A DECADE TO DEAL WITH IT.

THAT WENT DOWN.

THAT IS REALLY A SHAME.

COLORADO, THEY PASTED A BILL IN 2021.

IT NEEDED TO BE FIX.

THIS FIX ISN'T GOING TO WORK.

I THINK WE WILL SEE IT BACK NEXT YEAR.

>> KRISTA?

>> I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT BILL.

THAT WOULD CHANGE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

WANTING JUSTICE FOR THOSE MOLESTED IS IMPORTANT.

SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS DON'T COME UP UNTIL MUCH LATER BECAUSE IT IS TRAUMATIZING.

THAT JUSTICE ISSUE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, ISN'T NO JUSTICE.

IT IS WHAT ABOUT JUSTICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE INNOCENT.

WE HAVE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS OF THESE LAWS BECAUSE OF MEMORY BECAUSE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET WITNESSES.

MAKING SURE CLAIMS ARE BROUGHT FORTH SOONER THAN LATER.

IT IS IMPORTANT IN THE ASPECT OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM WHICH SAYS WE HAVE A PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE.

I ADMIRE BOTH SIDES.

I THINK THEY ARE WRESTLING JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS.

JUSTICE FOR THE INNOCENT.

PEOPLE WHO WOULD GO TO JAIL BECAUSE A VERY OLD CLAIM THAT JUSTICE DIDN'T COME FROM THAT.

I APPRECIATE THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I HOPE THEY DO SO AGAIN.

>> SO IN COLORADO, MARIJUANA HAS BEEN LEGAL FOR MEDICAL USE SINCE 2000 AND RECREATIONAL USE SINCE 2012.

TOMORROW IS THE DAY FOR CANNABIS LOVERS.

COLORADO BECAME THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL USE FOR ADULTS.

>> FIRST ONE.

AND SO I ALWAYS HAVE TO DISCLOSE MY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP THE ONE CHANCE TO GROW UP WHICH IS A COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT THAT SPECIALIZED IN THE SPACE OF PROTECTING KIDS FROM TODAY'S HIGH OCTANE MARIJUANA PRODUCTS.

IT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.

WE ARE NOT ANTIINDUSTRY.

WE WORK WITH THE INDUSTRY TO GET THE 420 EVENT THAT YOU MENTIONED 21 AND UP I.D.

VERIFIED.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT ON THE TABLE EARLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE POTENCY OF TODAY'S PRODUCTS.

KIDS BRAINS ARE DEVELOPING WHEN THEY ARE 15, 16, 17, 18 YEARS OLD.

TODAY'S PRODUCTS LOOK LIKE GUMMY BEARS.

THEY LOOK LIKE SKITTLES.

BECAUSE OF THE HIGH PHC THAT YOU ARE SEEING IN ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS THAT IS ONE OF OUR CONCERNS.

WE TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GAPS AND REGULATORY GAPS THAT STILL NEED TO BE FILLED.

BUT WE ARE NOT DRIVEN BY A MOTION WHEN IT COMES TO THESE DISCUSSIONS.

WE ARE DRIVEN BY MEDICAL DATA AND STATISTICAL FACT.

JUST REMEMBER, IT IS NOT THE DITCH WEED THAT WE REMEMBER.

>> PATTY.

>> SPEAK FOR YOURS ALTON.

THERE ARE CERTAIN AGES THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO GUNS.

THERE ARE CERTAIN AGES THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO CANNABIS.

THE FIRST SALE WAS 10 YEARS AGO.

IT HAS BEEN TRICKY.

DEFINITELY THE SALES ARE LEVELLING OFF.

I MEAN IT HAS A BOOM FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN MANY WAYS.

WHEN IT IS HANDLED RIGHT, IT HAS BEEN FINE.

YOU HAVE MORE THAN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS LIVE IN STATES WHERE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS NOW LEGAL.

AND OF COURSE, MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS LEGAL.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SURE THINGS ARE HANDLED WELL.

THERE IS NO PLACE SOCIALLY REALLY YOU CAN GO AND CONSUME.

YOU HAVE TOURIST COMING TO TOWN.

THE TOURIST INDUSTRY IS FALLING OFF.

WE HAVE WASTED A LOT OF TIME ON IT WHEN THE TIME MAYBE BETTER SPENT MAKING SURE ALL THE REGULATIONS WORK SO KIDS DON'T GET THEIR HANDS ON IT.

>> I INHALED.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT SMOKED THAT DITCH WEED.

THERE WAS NO NEED FOR IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF YOU WANTED POT, YOU COULD GET IT.

ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AWAY FROM A DEALER SELL YOU A DIME BAG IN A MOMENT.

THE PROBLEM OF IT HAVING GO COMMERCIAL, A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS.

PART OF IT IS THIS HIGH POTENCY WEED THAT WE ALL SEE.

THINK ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS WE FUNDED.

THEY ARE FUNDED OFF OF PEOPLE'S BAD DECISIONS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SMOKE HERE AND THERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE INCREASED THEIR POT CONSUMPTION.

I JUST FEEL THE COST HAVE BEEN FAR GREATER THAN THE BENEFITS.

I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT THEN.

I KNOW THERE IS NO ONE DOING IT NOW.

I WISH WE COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> I WAS PREPARED THE REAL DEBBY DOWNER.

I GUESS I HAVE SOME COMPANY HERE.

CLEARLY MARIJUANA IS HERE TO STAY.

THERE IS NO CONSTITUENCY FOR DOING THAT.

THE INDUSTRY IS EMBEDDED IN THIS STATE.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN WEALTHY.

THEY HAVE A PAYCHECK.

IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT HAS BEEN A BOOM TO THIS STATE.

THE JURY IS STILL OUT IN MY MIND FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, FROM -- A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF THE DEGREE TO WHICH THIS POT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE POT ALL OF US GREW UP WITH.

AND IN TERMS OF KIDS, WE CAN ALL AGREE, THIS SHOULD NOT BE A KIDS' SPORT.

WE HAVE GIVEN A GREEN LIGHT TO IT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE.

COLORADO KIDS DO USE MARIJUANA AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THEIR PEERS IN MOST STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND THAT FACT.

>> WHAT IS A SHAME SOME MOM AND POP BUSINESSES.

VERY SINCERE WHAT IT COULD DO TO HEALTH.

THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO USE LOOPHOLES.

THE MOM AND POP BUSINESSES STARTED OUT.

YOU HAVE CHAINS COMING IN AND THAT HAS CHANGED THE INDUSTRY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IT IS TIME FOR OUR PANELS TO GO WITH HIGHS AND LOWS.

LET'S START WITH LOW POINTS.

SOMETHING THAT BOTHERED YOU THIS WEEK.

>> WE HAD THE PRIMARY BALLOT SET FOR THE END OF JUNE.

WE ARE SIX MONTHS AWAY FROM ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

WE HAVE A FORMER PRESIDENT ON TRIAL IN NEW YORK.

AND THE SUPREME COURT WILL CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESIDENT HAS IMMUNITY.

IT IS INCREDIBLE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.

>> I HAVE DO SHAME OF THE MONTH.

I WILL GIVE IT TO REBECCA ONE OF THE COLORADO PEOPLE OF BREAKING INTO THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH.

SHE DID GO IN THE BUILDING.

APPARENTLY IS SURPRISED SHE WAS CONVICTED.

I WRITE ABOUT HER CASE IN ONE OF MY COLUMNS.

I HAVE DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM.

THOSE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY WERE THERE BECAUSE GOD THEM WANTED THEM TO BE.

I THINK THERE IS STILL A STRAIN OF THAT IN THIS COUNTRY.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

>> THE NEWS CAME ACROSS FOUR MORE COWS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY WOLVES.

THERE IS THAT ONGOING STORY.

WHAT I WAS GOING TO GO WHERE I OFTEN GO.

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SUPERINTENDENT MORERO CONTINUE HIS USE OF MBAs FOR PEOPLE LEAVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT IS NOT A APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

IT IS NOT A COMMON ONE.

I THINK IT IS THE SHAPE NOW WITH WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN COLORADO AND OTHER REALMS WHICH IS A DECREASE IN TRANSPARENCY.

WALLING OUT GOVERNMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE AND NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

SHAME ON DPS AND SHAME ON ALEX MORERO.

>> MY SHAME, MOST OF IT WILL BE DRIVING RELATED.

POTHOLES.

UNDERSTANDING THIS IS COLORADO.

I UNDERSTAND THIS IS DENVER.

IT IS 30 OUTSIDE NOW.

IT WAS 80 TWO DAYS AGO.

SO UNDERSTANDING WE GOT MIGRANTS, WE GOT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

I GOT ALL THAT.

PLEASE FIX THE POTHOLES.

>> YEAH.

I AGREE WITH YOU NOW.

>> A WEEKEND OF BOTH GOOD AND BAD.

MONDAY IS EARTH DAY.

WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL STATE.

LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.

>> HATS ON FOR DENVER TRYING SOMETHING NEW.

HELPING ASYLUMS GET -- THEY HAVE SHOWN GREAT HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS FOR THOSE WHO ARE FLEEING DIFFICULT PLACES.

>> ERIC?

>> THERE IS A TRANSITION GOING ON AT THIS STATION AT PBS12.

NOT IN TERMS OF THIS PROGRAM OR WHAT OUR VIEWERS SEE ON THE AIR BUT IN TERMS OF THE MANAGEMENT.

HATS OFF TO THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER HERE FOR A FEW YEARS WHO IS MOVING ON TO NEW PURSUITS.

SHE HAS BROUGHT A GROWTH MENTALITY.

SHE IS ALSO ENLISTED TALENTED PEOPLE TO WORK WITH HER AND BENEATH HER.

SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

>> SHE WILL BE MISSED.

SHE BROUGHT UP THE IDEA WE CAN PROVIDE IMPACT MEDIA FOR COLORADO.

WE WILL KEEP THAT GOING.

>> AND MINE HAS TO DO WE WERE TALKING WITH YOUTH VIOLENCE.

I WANT TO SHOUTOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAS BEEN DOING THE WORK IN THE STREETS.

WE HAVE A CHANGE IN GENERATION.

WE STILL HAVE FOLKS LIKE REVEREND KELLY AND PEOPLE LIKE DEAN.

WE HAVE A NEWER GENERATION STEPPING IN TO DO THE WORK.

PEOPLE LIKE DAN WASHINGTON, PEOPLE WHO ARE A LITTLE CLOSER IN AGE TO THE KIDS THEY ARE TRYING TO SERVE.

THEY ARE DOING THE PEOPLE'S WORK IN IS STREETS.

>> THAT IS AWESOME.

I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.

YOU KNOW ME I'M A LOCAL SPORTS FAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WAY TO GO TO DENVER THE DU HOCKEY TEAM HAS WON THEIR TENTH HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP.

LET'S GET A REPEAT WITH THE NUGGETS AS WE TAKE ON THE LAKERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAYOFF THIS WEEKEND.

AND SAME TO GO WITH THE AVS.

WE TALKED ABOUT TOUGH STUFF IN DENVER.

THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD TO GET BEHIND IN DENVER.

THANKS TO EVERYONE DOING THE GOOD.

THANK YOU PANEL FOR COMING THIS WEEK.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR WATCHING AT HOME OR LISTENING TO OUR PODCAST ON SPOTIFY.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH A SUPPORT AND LOVE TO THOSE AFFECTED WHAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 20TH.

WITH THIS ANNIVERSARY UPON US KNOW THAN THE COLUMBINE COMMUNITY IS NEVER FORGOTTEN.

I AM KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON PBS12.

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