>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, APRIL 5TH.

THIS WEEK, COLORADOANS IN 80 CITIES AND TOWNS VOTED IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, ON LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND BALLOT MEASURES.

THINGS LIKE TAXES, THE MAKEUP OF TOWN COUNCILS, CHARTER AMENDMENTS, HYPER LOCAL ISSUES THAT DEFINE COMMUNITIES.

WITH MANY ELECTIONS TO COME THIS YEAR OUR LEGISLATURE IN SESSION FOR JUST ABOUT ANOTHER FOUR AND A HALF WEEKS.

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR PANEL.

PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

ERIC SONDERMANN, COLUMNIST FOR COLORADO POLITICS AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS AND DENVER GAZETTES.

CHRIS ROURKE, CONSULTANT WITH ROURKE MEDIA.

LAURA ALDRETTE, THE CITY BUILDING CONSULTANT AND REGIONAL DIRECTOR AT HATCH URBAN SOLUTIONS AND FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS WEEK.

>>> LET'S START WITH ALL THE ACTIVITY WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES, ESPECIALLY IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4.

IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK.

>> RIGHT AS WE ARE FILMING THIS THINGS WERE GOING CALBUY IN DISTRICT 4.

ONE OF THE FRONT RUNNERS IN THE NOVEMBER RACE.

HE WAS NOT MAKE IT TO BE THE INTERIM CANDIDATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REPLACE KEN BUCK BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

ON JUNE 25TH DISTRICT 4 WILL BE VOTING IN THE PRIMARY.

THEY CHOSE GREG LOPEZ JUST WHEN YOU THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY COULDN'T GET WACKIER.

WE HAVE GREG LOPEZ A CONTROVERSIAL CANDIDATE WHO WILL BE A PLACE HOLDER.

I DOUBT A SILENT PLACE HOLDER.

WE HAVE THAT.

THE DEMOCRATS DID DECIDE TO PICK ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS ALREADY IN THE RACE IN NOVEMBER.

SEEMS LIKE A REALLY INTERESTING CANDIDATE.

DEMOCRATS ARE VERY OUTNUMBERED IN THAT DISTRICT.

WHO KNOWS.

SHE COULD SURPRISE PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE LAUREN BOEBERT WHO HAD EMERGENCY SURGERY.

IT IS JUST THE WILDEST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OUT OF SEVERAL THAT ARE GOING TO BE WILD.

>> I WOULD SAY IT APPLIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT TRISHA IS A CLOWN.

SHE IS NOT THE KIND OF CANDIDATE WHO WILL WIN THAT KIND OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

SHE COMES OUT OF A LABOR BACKGROUND.

SHE IS COMPLAINING MEDICARE FOR ALL.

THAT IS GOOD IF YOU ARE RUNNING IN DENVER, IN BOULDER.

IT IS NOT GOING TO SELL IN, YOU KNOW WESTERN WELD COUNTY, DOUGLAS COUNTY.

THAT IS JUST, WE CAN SIT HERE AND CRITICIZE.

IT IS EASY PICKING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN COLORADO.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WE HAVE SEEN IT IN THE CAPITAL AS WELL.

I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

>> I THINK ERIC GOOD POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

JOHN IS RUNNING IN THE PRIMARY.

WE HAVE IKE.

NONE OF THEM GIVE A REASON TO VOTE FOR THEM.

THEY ARE TRADITIONAL DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES.

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY HOWEVER.

WE SAW THE POLLING THAT PUT IKE ABOVE LAUREN BOEBERT.

LAUREN BOEBERT IS THE PRIMARY WINNER AND BECOMES THE CANDIDATE TO RUN IN THAT RACE, IT DOES RAISE THE QUESTION COULD THAT DISTRICT BE VULNERABLE TO A DEMOCRAT WINNING?

NOT BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS ARE SO COMPELLING.

PERHAPS LIKE WE SAW THERE WAS QUITE A FEW PROTEST VOTES.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE VOTERS.

IT IS CONFUSING HAVING TWO ELECTION VOTES ON A SINGLE DAY.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT ROLLER COASTER.

I THINK WE WILL SEE A ROLLER COASTER WHETHER IT IS THE POLLS OR THE COMMENTARY WHICH WILL ADD TO THAT LEVEL OF CONFUSION.

UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK GIVEN THE TRENDS THAT WE HAVE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THOSE PEOPLE I WARRIOR THAT PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE BY THE PARTY AND NOT BY THE ISSUES.

SOMETIMES THAT LEADS PEOPLE TO VET IN CONTRAST TO THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES WHICH DOESN'T BODE WELL FOR THE DISTRICT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

I'M HOPING MOST OF THE COLORADOANS WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE WILL VOTE BASED ON THAT EXPERIENCE AND THEIR NEEDS AND NOT BY PARTY LINE.

>>> THIS WEEK, MEMBERS OF THE DENVER CITY COUNCIL ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON'S HOUSE 1000 PROGRAM IS COSTING THE CITY.

A MEETING ON WEDNESDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO CLEAR THINGS UP, BUT ONLY LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, $10 MILLION HAVE BEEN SPENT HOUSING THE HOMELESS BUT THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED 110 MILLION.

IT IS JUST -- A LOT OF QUESTIONS REMAIN AS TO WHAT IS GOING.

>> WANTING INFORMATION WHETHER IT IS 10 MILLION OR 100 MILLION OR 110 MILLION.

IT IS ALL WITHIN A MARGIN.

THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR THE BASIC QUESTIONS.

IT SHOULD NOT BE OPAQUE.

YOU HAVE THE ADDED PIECE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT COUNT IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN HOUSED IN A TEMPORARY SHELTER BACK ON THE STREETS, THAT IS NOT REGARDED AS A NEGATIVE OUTCOME.

THE QUOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS.

QUOTE, WE AND OUR PARTERS -- PARTNERS DON'T COUNT DECEASED AS A NEGATIVE OUTCOME.

>> BACK IN DECEMBER WHEN THERE WAS A MAD RUSH TO MAKE THIS DEADLINE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD LEAD TO THIS FAILURE.

I THINK IT IS INEXCUSABLE.

MIKE JOHNSTON KNOWING THIS HAS COME FORWARD AS AN ISSUE SHOULD CALL A NEWS CONFERENCE AND GIVE US AN ACCOUNTING WHAT IS SPENT AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE SPENT GOING FORWARD.

>> IS THIS PROGRAM GOING TO ATTRACT THE UNHOUSED.

A TRADITIONAL SITE THE UNSHELTER GO.

IT IS GROWING BY THE DAY.

IT IS 300 PEOPLE NOW.

>> THE SAFETY ISSUES HAVE TO BE ADDRESS.

>> A VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ARE BACK ON THE STREETS.

YOU WORKED WITH THE CITY.

YOU WORKED WITH HOUSING.

WE UNDERSTAND IT IS A DIFFICULT AND TOUGH ISSUE.

>> AS A DOWNTOWN WORKER THE STREETS ARE CLEANER.

THE STREETS FEEL SAFER IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHANGING OUR STREETS.

FOR HOW LONG IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IS ANOTHER QUESTION.

100% THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE HAD A KPI AROUND FUNDING SOURCES AND USES.

THAT IS JUST A STARTING POINT FOR ANY KIND OF A PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT TO MOVE AT 1,000 PEOPLE OFF OF THE STREETS IN A SIX-MONTH PERIOD DOES NOT -- IS NOT THE PACE AT WHICH GOVERNMENT WORKS.

I ALSO SEE THE CHALLENGE THAT HE HAS PUSHED THE SYSTEM INTO BY MOVING SO FAST TO PUT 1,000 PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

LASTLY, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE REST OF THE SPECTRUM OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

FAMILIES WHO ARE WORKING, WHO HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL, DOING THE RIGHT THINGS BUT THEIR RENT KEEPS INCREASING.

THEY ARE GETTING CLOSER TO BECOMING HOMELESS.

A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTMENT THERE COULD GO SO MUCH FURTHER THAN OTHER EMPHASIS.

WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYES ON ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS NOT JUST THE HOMELESS.

>> WE HAVE ELECTED AUDITOR OF THE CITY'S ENCAMPMENT POLICY.

HE SHOULD BE ON IT RIGHT NOW.

HE IS PLANNING ON DOING AN AUDIT IN 2024.

THE HOST AND THE DIFFERENT SERVICES.

HE SHOULD BE ON THAT NOW.

WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT LOOK.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SHOULD BE PROVIDING THIS.

IF THEY CAN'T GET IT STRAIGHT.

WE HAVE SEEN THE MONEY GONE INTO BUYING HOTELS OR MOTELS WHICH HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE DIE IN THEM.

EIGHT PEOPLE, THREE SHOT, FIVE VAGUE.

PROGRESS NOT NEGATIVE.

THEY DO NEED TO DO AN AUDIT WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.

WHO PASS AWAY AND WHY.

>> THIS WEEK, A CALF WAS KILLED BY A WOLF IN GRAND COUNTY.

THAT'S WHERE 10 WOLVES WERE RELEASED THIS WINTER BY COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE, FOLLOWING THE STATEWIDE VOTE, THAT WAS IN FAVOR OF REINTRODUCING WOLVES.

>> THE FACTS ARE LINING UP WITH WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT WHAT HAPPENED.

OPPONENTS WERE CRITICIZED.

THEY WERE TOLD THEY WERE OVERREACTING.

NOW WE ARE SEEING THE TRUE REALITY.

FOUR MONTHS AFTER THESE WOLVES HAVE BEEN REINTRODUCED INTO COLORADO.

>> WE WILL SEE SHORTLY IF COLORADO HAS LEARNED FROM THIS SITUATION.

THERE IS ANOTHER BALLOT INITIATIVES THAT IS CIRCULATING FOR SIGNATURES.

IT WOULD BAN MOUNTAIN LION HUNTING IN COLORADO.

OPPONENTS SAY THAT THIS WILL CATEGORICALLY CHANGE HOW HUNTING IS DONE.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND PEOPLE BECOME EDUCATED HOW CPW MANAGES WILDLIFE.

THEY ARE THE EXPERTS.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE WILL SEE IF VOTERS WILL ALLOW THE WILDLIFE MANAGERS TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE WILDLIFE LIKE THEY KNOW IS BEST OR IF THE VOTERS THINK THEY KNOW BETTER.

>> I'M GOING DOWN THE SAME LINE AS YOU ARE.

I THINK THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THAT THIS REQUIRES TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.

THAT THE VOTERS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ASKED INCLUDING MYSELF.

THE PROBLEM IS THE CITIZEN INITIATIVE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE AND NOT USING OUR GOVERNMENT AS IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO RELY ON SYSTEMS ON COLORADO WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, EXPERTS AND DATA THAT THEY HAVE.

I THINK THE QUESTION I WOULD ASK IN GENERAL IS HOW DO WE AS A COLLECTIVE STATE WHICH HAS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOLKS AND ECONOMIES.

HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY?

HOW DO WE CELEBRATE OUR HISTORY AND OUR VARIOUS WAYS OF LIVES IN A WAY THAT WE ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE ISSUES WE ARE FACING IN THE 21st CENTURY.

I DON'T BELIEVE AT THE END OF THE DAY THESE TWO OPPOSING SIDES ARE ACTUALLY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

IS THERE A PATH FORTH RANCHING THAT IS MORE SUSTAINABLE?

I THINK THERE ARE GROUPS DOING THAT ALREADY.

>> THE WOLVES ARE OUT OF THE BARN.

I HOPE THE RANCHER IS COMPENSATED FAIRLY.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DEALING WITH THE WOLVES WITH NON-LETHAL FORCE.

WE MIGHT BE VOTING ON WOLVERINES WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE COMING BACK INTO THE STATE.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO STUDY OFF BEFORE NOVEMBER.

>> PEOPLE NEED TO GET OFF OF THEIR HIGH HORSE.

AND I HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS TO THE EFFECT IT WAS JUST ONE CALF AND THEY ARE 87 MILLION MORE.

THAT WAS ONE COMMENTS I RECEIVED.

THERE IS A WHOLE COMMENT DEGRADING THE RANCHING INDUSTRY.

WHAT HAVE YOU.

THAT DOESN'T SPEAK WELL FOR PEOPLE WHO MOUNT THOSE KINDS OF ARGUMENTS.

RANCHING IS A PART OF THIS STATE.

IT IS NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON.

RANCHERS WORK VERY HARD.

THEY DO NOT DESERVE THE KIND OF DISRESPECT.

IT HAS BEEN EVIDENT.

>> A TOP INDUSTRY IN OUR STATE.

WE CAN'T OVERLOOK IT.

>> IT IS.

>>> AT THE LEGISLATURE, THE BUDGET IS STILL BEING DECIDED FOR NEXT YEAR AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE BIG PRIORITIES IS HELPING COLORADOANS AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

ASPECT STRATEGIC RELEASED FINDINGS FROM A SURVEY THIS WEEK THAT SAYS FOUR OUT OF TEN COLORADOANS HAVE CONSIDERED MOVING TO A DIFFERENT STATE BECAUSE OF OUR COST OF LIVING.

OUR LEADERS ARE VERY PRESSED TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

>> RIGHT.

AND AS OF LAST COUNT THERE WERE FIVE LAND USE HOUSING RELATED BILLS MOVING IN VARIOUS STAGES OF THE PROCESS.

PARKING REQUIREMENTS, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, LASTLY OCCUPANCY LIMITS.

THE PERSPECTIVE OF BUILDING RESILIENCE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, I THINK ALL FIVE OF THESE NEED TO PASS.

IN AREAS SUCH AS THE METROPOLITAN REGION WE WILL BE STRONGER TOGETHER.

THE ONLY WAY THEY HAPPEN IF THOSE BILLS PASS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

I KNOW I UPSET A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF LOCAL LAW AND LOCAL POWERS.

BUT SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD AS A COMMUNITY, I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AS A WHOLE.

>> WHEN YOU ADD THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO MOVE NOT OUT OF STATE BUT CHEAPER PARTS OF THE STATE.

YOU HAD 50% OF THAT POLL.

ALSO GET YOU TO THIS LOCAL ISSUE.

THE REASON THE PROPOSAL LAST YEAR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WENT DOWN SO BADLY WAS BECAUSE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES DIDN'T FEEL THEY HAD A SAY.

THEY FELT THEY WERE LUMPED IN WITH THE FRONT RANGE AREAS.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE REALLY CONCERNED.

THEY ARE LEAVING THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF THE STATE ON PURPOSE.

JUST GOING TO OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.

THEY WILL WANT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN DESTINY RATHER THAN HAVING IT DECIDED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

WE HAVE A BIG MESS TO SOLVE.

IMMEDIATE HELP IS AT HAND.

>> ERIC?

>> GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.

ANOTHER LOCAL FIRM CALLED NEW BRIDGE STRATEGY.

THERE IS NO DOUBT.

NO ONE WILL ARGUE THIS IS A FULL BLOWN CRISIS.

THE QUESTION AND THE DEBATE IS WHETHER THAT CRISIS IS SUCH THAT WE OUGHT TO THROW OUT, THROW THROUGH THE WOLVES LOCAL CONTROL.

THAT IS AN ACT OF DEBATE.

LAURA MAKES A STRONG CASE THAT LOCAL CONTROL BE DAMN.

A MIDNIGHT SPECIAL AS THEY WERE A YEAR AGO AND ONLY DEALT WITH IN THE CLOSING DAYS AND CLOSING HOURS OF THE SESSION.

LET'S HAVE THE DEBATE NOW.

FINAL POINT THERE ARE LOCAL ANSWERS AND LOCAL INITIATIVES.

A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR IS THE COST OF INTEREST.

THAT IS WASHINGTON BASE AND INTERNATIONALLY BASED.

MAYBE THE ADVOCATES COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE EFFORTS.

>> WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.

THE NUMBER ONE NEWS ISSUE IN COLORADO AND IN THE DENVER AREA THAT IS AFFORDABILITY.

I WOULD SAY NATIONWIDE TOO.

A COUPLE WEEKS BAG HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IT IS THE ECONOMY, STUPID.

WE HAVE NOW SEEN THE LEGISLATURE PASS A BUDGET THAT IS MORE THAN $40 BILLION AND INCREASED BY 5.75%.

WHY IS THE STATE SPENDING MORE MONEY WHEN COLORADOANS HAVE TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELT EVERY DAY FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

I THINK WE WILL SEE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS A RECESSION.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE GOING THROUGH A RECESSION OR NOT.

WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY.

>> NOW LET'S GO DOWN THE LINE.

ASK THEM FOR THEIR HIGHS AND LOWS OF THIS WEEK.

WE WILL START WITH THE LOW POINT.

>> CALIFORNIA HAS RECOMMENDED THAT HE BE DISBARRED.

HE WAS A CU PROFESSOR.

ANOTHER COLORADOAN ALSO CONSERVATIVE.

TRUMP IS WRONG TO CALL THESE PEOPLE HOSTAGES.

>> I'M SHOCKING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.

LET ME GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.

DEMOCRATS DON'T ALWAYS BEHAVE WELL EITHER.

WE TALKED ABOUT DEMOCRATIC MONEY INTRUDING A LOT OF REPUBLICAN ELECTIONS TO ELECT THE MORE TRUMPY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR DEMOCRACY.

WE SAW THAT IN THE OHIO PRIMARY A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.

NORTH OF $2 MILLION OF DEMOCRATIC MONEY WENT IN TO HELP BOOST BERNIE MORENO.

HE MAY WELL WIN THAT SEAT.

DEMOCRATS HAVE BOOSTED THE TRUMPY ELECTION DENIERS ONCE AGAIN OVER THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.

SHAMEFUL.

>> I COACH PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TO SPEAK WHEN THEY ARE IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA OR HOW TO ENGAGE THE MEDIA.

I DON'T ALWAYS TAKE MY OWN ADVICE.

UNFORTUNATE, CITY STAFF NOT CONSIDERING SOMEONE DYING IN A HOMELESS SHELTER AS A NEGATIVE EFFECT OR HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT.

I REALIZE THAT PERHAPS, THE PERSON THAT SAID THAT DIDN'T PHRASE IT THE WAY THEY WANTED TO.

IT CAME OFF VERY TECHNICAL.

AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE ARE PEOPLE.

WHEN SOMEONE DIES IT IS A NEGATIVE IMPACT.

>> LAURA?

>> I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SAD STATE OF THE ROCKIES.

IT IS DEMORALIZING TO OUR COLORADOANS.

IF LEADERSHIP DOESN'T CARE THEN NOBODY CARES.

IT TRICKLES DOWN TO OUR ECONOMY.

IT PRESENTS POORLY.

WE SHOULD BE ON A NATIONAL STAGE.

WHEN WE ARE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE WE WANT TO HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE OR A POSITIVE FEEL.

THIS IS NOT THAT.

IT DOES NOT REPRESENT MY COLORADO.

I'M SAD ABOUT THAT.

>> I'M SO SORRY ERIC DIDN'T BRING THAT UP.

LET'S BRING SOMETHING POSITIVE.

>> I'M GOING TO DO 578 POSITIVE THINGS IN OUR 40th ANNIVERSARY ON THE STREETS AND ON THE WEB RIGHT NOW.

>> 40th ANNIVERSARY.

>> YES.

THAT IS A LOT OF SA PERLATIVES.

>> WAY TO GO PATTY.

THANK YOU TO LAURA FOR BRINGING UP THE ROCKIES.

BUT THERE IS ONE SPORT I'M NOT A BASKETBALL GUY.

IT IS NOT AT THE TOP OF MY LIST OF WHAT I WATCH.

AND TO WATCH THE WOMEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT YES, IT IS IOWA AND CAITLIN CLARK.

IT IS MORE THAN IOWA.

IT IS MORE THAN CAITLIN CLARK.

IT IS A JOY TO WATCH THIS TOURNAMENT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND.

>> I JUST GOT THE CHILLS WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

COLORADO WILL SEE 55% TO 78%.

DON'T LOOK DIRECTLY AT IT.

GET YOUR GLASSES.

POKE A HOLE IN A PIECE OF PAPER AND YOU SEE THE MOON MOVING ACROSS THE SUN.

THE LAST TOTAL ECLIPSE WAS 2017.

THE NEXT ONE IN THE U.S. WON'T BE UNTIL AUGUST 23, 2044.

THAT IS A LONG TIME.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER TOTAL ECLIPSE.

THERE ARE TWO A YEAR.

YOU WILL HAVE TO BE WAY, WAY SOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES OUT IN THE OCEAN OR IN THE TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA TO SEE THE TOTAL ECLIPSE.

THAT IS OCTOBER 2ND, 2024.

I LOVE THE TOTAL ECLIPSES.

TIME TO CELEBRATE WHERE WE LIVE.

NOT ONLY IN COLORADO, IN THE PLANET, IN THE UNIVERSE.

>> HAVE FUN ON MONDAY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M GOING TO STICK WITH SPORTS COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.

THE WOMEN WHO HAVE SHOWN UP ACROSS THE TOURNAMENT HAVE BEEN AMAZING.

AND I WANT TO -- A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO CU BASKETBALL WOMEN.

I WOULD JUST SAY AS -- WHEN I WAS AN ATHLETIC TEENAGER I COULDN'T SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A COLLEGE ATHLETE OR A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE AS A WOMAN THESE WOMEN ARE DEMONSTRATING IT, THEY ARE KILLING IT.

I'M GRATEFUL WE MADE ADVANCES FOR WOMEN IN SPORTS.

>> MY HIGH IS BASKETBALL AND THE ELECTION OF BASKETBALL LEGEND.

THE 2024 OF HALL OF FAME.

PLAYED AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

HE PLAYED 17 SEASONS IN THE NBA.

WITH THE NUGGETS AND NOW HE IS A COACH IN PORTLAND.

BUT BEYOND ALL THAT CHAUNCEY IS A GREAT GUY THAT GIVES BACK TO DENVER ESPECIALLY TO INNER CITY KIDS.

THE TUITION FREE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HAS A 99% ON TIME HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE.

THE KING OF PARK HILL IS MAKING AN IMPACT.

WE ARE HAPPY HE IS GETTING HIS HALL OF FAME RECOGNITION.

I HAVE TO SAY GO ROCKIES.

WE HAVE TO HOPE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE HOPE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU LAURA FOR COMING ON.

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

I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.

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