">>> HI, EVERYONE."

"WELCOME TO APRIL 8TH, 2022," "EDITION OF ""COLORADO INSIDE" "OUT."""

I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THE CITY OF AURORA FIRED POLICE CHIEF VANESSA WILSON THIS WEEK.

CITY MANAGER JIM TWOMBLY SAID THAT WILSON PRIORITIZED OUTSIDE RELATIONS OVER INTERNAL MANAGEMENT.

"SUPPORTERS OF WILSON, INCLUDING" "SEVERAL LAWMAKERS, WERE" DISAPPOINTED SAYING WILSON IMPROVED STRAINED RELATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

"MEANWHILE, BRIAN MAASS AT CBS4" REPORTED THAT AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT REVIEW SHOWED THOUSANDS OF BACKLOGGED AURORA POLICE REPORTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ENTERED INTO A RECORDS KEEPING SYSTEM.

"PAULA GRIESEN, AN ATTORNEY FOR" "CHIEF WILSON, SAID THE CONSUL" "SUBSTANTIATE REVIEW WAS ""ANOTHER" ATTEMPT BY THE CITY TO SMEAR CHIEF WILSON AND GIVE A "DISTORTED VIEW OF THE FACT."""

"PATTY CALHOUN FROM WESTWARD," AURORA HAVE FAILED -- I DON'T "KNOW IF I SAW THAT COMING, A" WHOLE LOT OF ISSUE AND TURMOIL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> WHEN HER ATTORNEY SAYS WE "HAVEN'T SEEN THE FACTS, THAT IS" CLEAR.

THERE ARE SO MANY FACTS WE DO NOT KNOW.

IT WAS ODD THERE WAS A LEAK SHE WAS GOING TO RESIGN.

SO HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS A DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION GET RID OF A SUPERINTENDENT MOVE.

SHE ENTERED INTO AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION.

"SHE WAS COMING IN, IT WASN'T" JUST THE ELIJAH McCLAIN CASE.

IT WAS THE GUY DRUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

AURORA HAD CLEAR ISSUES WITH BAD APPLES.

SHE WAS FIRING PEOPLE WHO WOULD NORMALLY LEFT IN PLACE FOR A "LONG TIME MAYBE WITH A SLAP," MAYBE WITH NOTHING.

SHE WAS TAKING CARE OF INTERNAL THINGS.

SHE WAS TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF EXTERNAL ISSUES WHICH WERE NO TRUST IN THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN AURORA.

SHE HAS BEEN TAKING THAT ON.

SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE AG.

BUT MAYBE SHE REALLY DID NOT HAVE THE LOYALTY AND TRUST OF HER OFFICERS.

IT IS HARD TO KNOW.

THEY LOST A LOT.

OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS I THINK WE HEAR A LOT MORE AND PROBABLY SEE SOME LAWSUITS.

>> DAVID KOPEL.

AURORA IS A BIG POLICE FORCE.

THEY ARE FACING A LOT OF TURMOIL.

"THEY CAN FIRE A POLICE CHIEF," THAT IS WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY PAINTED A GREAT PICTURE THEY WILL TRY TO REPLACE CHIEF WILSON.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN THIS WEEK?

>> ANY TOP END OF THE CONTROL "GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE, OFTEN HAS" TO PLAY TWO ROLES.

YOU ARE THE OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION "FACE TO THE PUBLIC, MEETING WITH" THEM AND GIVING SPEECHES.

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERNAL MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION.

SHE WAS VERY GOOD AT ONE AND NOT GOOD AT ALL AT THE OTHER.

THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.

THE THING THAT BRIAN REPORTED ON FOUND 2500 CASE REPORTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TRANSCRIBED AND ENTERED THE SYSTEM.

BUT AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID THERE SHOULDN'T BE MORE THAN 50 THAN THAT.

THAT GAP BETWEEN 50 CASES VERSUS "WELL OVER 1,000 IS CASES GOING" COLD.

IT MEANS THEY ARE NOT BEING INVESTIGATED.

YOU GOT PEOPLE DOING VIOLENT ASSAULTS.

VERY SERIOUS AGGRAVATED PERSONAL FELONIES GOING COLD BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT CAN'T PROCESS THEM IN TIME.

SHE DIDN'T CREATE THAT PROBLEM.

"AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THAT WAS" HER RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THAT.

"AND I THINK, WHAT CITY MANAGER" TWOMBLY SAID THAT WAS PROBLEMATIC ON A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS.

VERY GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE.

VERY INEFFECTIVE ON THE INSIDE.

I HOPE THE NEXT PERSON AURORA HIRES WILL HAVE A RECORD OF MANAGEMENT SUCCESS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> ERIK SONDERMANN.

LOOKING AT THIS POLITICALLY AURORA IS THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE STATE.

A CITY COUNCIL THAT THE MAYOR BREAKS THE TIE.

IT IS NOT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

A CITY FACING A LOT OF GROWTH AND ISSUES.

THEY JUST PASSED URBAN CAMPING BAND.

WHOEVER THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF IS GOING TO BE THEY ARE WALKING INTO A DIFFICULT SITUATION AT BEST.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THEIR PRIORITIES WILL BE IN TRYING TO FIND THE IDEAL BALANCE.

>> I THINK DAVID NAILED THIS ONE IN TERMS OF VANESSA WILLIAMS THE FORMER CHIEF STRENGTH AND THE WEAKNESSES.

YOU ARE NOT SURE WHETHER YOU SHOULD OFFER THEM CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES.

IT IS A HEAVY LIFT AND TOUGH GIG.

THERE ARE SO MANY AGENDAS OUT THERE.

SO MANY MASTERS THAT HAVE TO BE SERVED.

SO MANY AGENDAS THAT HAVE TO BE TACKLED.

"BEING A REFORMER, I BELIEVE" VANESSA WILLIAMS IS ONE ESSENTIAL PART.

NOW ENTER THAT CONSENT DEGREE IS BASICALLY THE OVERSEER OF THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WISER TAKE ON THAT ROLE.

THERE IS ONE THAT HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED ON HERE.

IT RELATES TO WHAT DAVID WAS TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS THE WHOLE MORALE OF THE POLICE.

THE ISSUES OF THE BLACK LOG THAT BRIAN EXPOSED.

BACKLOGGED OF CASES ENTERED INTO "THE SYSTEM, ET CETERA."

THIS THING IS NOT EASY.

IT IS NOT GOING TO GET FIXED OVERNIGHT.

I THINK VANESSA WILSON WAS THE RIGHT PERSON.

I'M NOT SURE SHE WAS THE RIGHT PERSON FOREVER.

GOOD LUCK TO THEM IN FINDING THAT PERSON.

>> MARY ANN CHIEF LEGISLATIVE REPORTER FOR COLORADO POLITICS.

IT SHOWS SOME OF AURORA'S INFLUENCE THAT YOU SAW STATE LAWMAKERS COMING OUT A MUNICIPAL DECISION.

WILL THAT IMPACT HOW AURORA MOVES FORWARD?

>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

AND I THINK THEY CERTAINLY WANT TO HAVE SOME INPUT WHERE THE CITY OF AURORA GOES NEXT.

IT IS AN INTERESTING SITUATION.

I THINK IT SENDS THE FIRING SENDS A MESSAGE REFORM ITSELF.

THE FIRING DOES NOT NEGATE THE AGREEMENT I THINK IT WILL RAISE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SERIOUS THEY ARE ABOUT ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

YOU WILL HEAR MORE FROM LAWMAKERS IF THINGS DON'T GO IN A MANNER THAT THEY WILL WANT TO SEE.

">>> MIKE LINDELL, TINA PETERS" AND OTHER COLORADO REPUBLICAN LEADERS HEADLINED A RALLY ON THE COLORADO CAPITOL STEPS ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK.

LINDELL MAY HAVE ADDED TO THE LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE TINA PETERS BY TELLING REPORTERS THAT HE HAS DONATED UPWARDS OF "$800,000 TO HER DEFENSE FUND," "WHICH, IF TRUE, MAY VIOLATE" COLORADO CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS FOR GIFTS TO ELECTED LEADERS.

THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACK HERE WHETHER IT IS THE DETAILS OF THE GIFT ISSUE OR JUST THE FACT WHILE I KNOW THE RALLY WAS NOT ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

MAKE 100 PEOPLE TOPS.

IT BECOMES A NEW CYCLE FOR REPUBLICANS.

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO RUN ON ANOTHER PLATFORM YOU KEEP GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

DO YOU THINK THIS WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT IN THE SITUATION HERE IN COLORADO?

>> IN THAT SINCE TINA PETERS IS LIKE THE SCAM ORGANIZATION FOR GUN RIGHTS.

IF YOU WERE A SMART DEMOCRAT YOU WOULD TRY TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH DARK MONEY AS POSSIBLE.

BUT ON THIS GIFT ISSUE.

HERE IS WHAT THE LAW SAYS.

DIDN'T GET IT QUITE IN HIS TWEET ON THE TOPIC.

THE AMENDMENT 29 -- ARTICLE 29 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS GIVING ELECTED OFFICIALS GIFTS OF MORE THAN $55 OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS.

ONE EXCEPTIONS GIVEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A RELATIVE OR PERSONAL FRIEND ON A SPECIAL OCCASION.

THE ETHIC COMMISSION HAS ISSUED AN OPINION ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.

THE ADVISORY OPINION.

IT IS INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE ON THE TOPIC.

THAT WAS A QUESTION CAN YOU GIVE MONEY TO A CRIMINAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND FOR AN INDIVIDUAL?

"AND THEIR ANSWER WAS, YES."

THAT IS A SPECIAL OCCASION.

NOT EVERY SPECIAL OCCASION IS A HAPPY OCCASION.

THIS IS SPECIAL.

AND SO THEY SAID YOU CAN.

THE GIFT HAS TO COME FROM A RELATIVE OR A FRIEND.

IT DOESN'T SAY A PERSONAL FRIEND.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A CLOSE FRIEND.

IT HAS TO BE A FRIEND.

I THINK MICHAEL LINDELL AND TINA ARE FRIENDS AT THIS POINT.

THE RECIPIENT DEFENSE FUND DISCLOSE ITS DONE MINOR.

"AS PETERS ATTORNEY POINTED OUT," THERE IS NOTHING IN THE LAW THAT SAYS WHO YOU SHOULD DISCLOSE IT TO AND WHAT KIND OF FORM.

SO SHE DIDN'T DISCLOSE THAT.

MICHAEL LINDELL DISCLOSED IT.

>> ERIK I REALLY APPLAUD DAVID'S BREAK DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WILL GET YOUR VIEWER QUOTATION ACCEPT FOR A REPORTER TALKING ABOUT IT AND AN ANALYST TALKING ABOUT IT HERE.

BUT THE LONGER TERM IMPACT OF "RALLIES LIKE THIS, EVEN IF IT IS" NOT A BIG AUDIENCE THAT NOW THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES IN THE SENATE RACE AND IN THE PRIMARY TO REPUBLICANS AND ALL THEIR FORMS THEY GET QUESTIONS WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TINA PETERS AND MIKE LINDELL.

DOES THAT HAVE STAYING POWER FOR THOSE CANDIDATES?

>> SURE.

AT LEAST UNTIL THE PRIMARY.

THE FOOTAGE THAT IS ACCUMULATED BY DEMOCRATS AND OTHER OPERATIVES WILL BE USED.

TO BE CLEAR IF MIKE LINDELL IS "HANDING DOWN AN $8,000 CHECK TO" SPOUT ELECTION.

I MIGHT BUY ONE OF HIS PILLOWS "FOR $800,000."

I'M SURE THIS WAS QUITE THE SMALL CROWD ASSEMBLE.

THE COLORADO SUN IN THEIR FRIDAY POLITICAL WRAP UP THIS MORNING HAD ANOTHER QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH HEIDI WHERE SHE REFUSES OR UNABLE OR UNWILLING WHATEVER THEIR THINKING IS TO CLEARLY "STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT" BIDEN IS A LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT.

SHE CANNOT PUT ANY DISTANCE BETWEEN HERSELF AND THE TINA PETERS OF THE WORLD.

I'M PLANNING TO GO TO THE STATE PUBLIC ASSEMBLY TOMORROW DOWN IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

IT WILL BE THE HEY DAY.

IT IS LIKE WE HAVE TWO REPUBLICAN PARTIES THESE DAYS.

THERE IS ADULT PARTY.

OTHERS HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME REAL DAMAGE IN THIS COMING ELECTION ASSUMING IT IS A REPUBLICAN YEAR.

THEN YOU HAVE THIS WACK WING OF THE PARTY THAT CAN'T LET GO OF THE PASS.

THAT IS COMPLETELY LOOKING BACKWARDS.

UNTIL THEY SORT THIS THING OUT.

IT IS THE OLD JON CALDARA RULE NEVER LOOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT.

>> HE SAID IT COLORFULLY THAN THAT.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR GREAT REPORTING MARY ANN.

YOU KNEW ABOUT THE ADVISORY OPINION.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> THE FACT THAT LINDELL SAID I "GAVE $$3,000-4,000."

FILED THE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.

SHE IS LOOKING AT WHETHER TO FILE A NEW ONE OR ADD TO THIS ONE.

I DON'T THINK IS GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT HE GAVE HER THIS MONEY.

THE OTHER THING THAT WAS INTERESTING.

SHE CAME OUT WITH A STATEMENT THAT SAID SHE DID NOT KNOW LINDELL WAS CONTRIBUTING TO HER FUND DESPITE SHE HAS BEEN FOR IT ON HIS PROGRAMS AND ON A SHOW SHE DID WITH STEVE.

PLEASE GIVE TO LINDELL OFFENSE FUND.

NOT THE SAME FUND SHE HAD ORIGINALLY.

THIS WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH HE GIVE.

>> KEEP WAITING FOR THE BOB AWARD.

"PATTY, BEYOND THIS SHOW PROBABLY" ISSUING THANK YOU NOTES TO EVERYONE INVOLVED HERE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL COME FROM THE CIRCUIT FROM THIS ISSUE?

>> YOU GOT TO LOVE MIKE LINDELL.

EVEN IF SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS GIVING MONEY WHICH IS DOUBTFUL.

DURING THAT SPECIAL OCCASION WHEN SHE FLED THE STATE WHEN THE DA WAS INVESTIGATING HER.

WHERE DID SHE THINK SHE WAS HIDING.

SHE WAS PROBABLY LYING WITH MONEY.

ANY TIME MIKE LINDELL COMES TO "THIS STATE, I LOVE SOMEONE" SERVED HIM WITH PAPERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS RELATED TO THE ERIC QUMER LAWSUIT.

ALSO SUED MIKE LINDELL.

GIVES US SOMETHING KNEW TO TALK ABOUT.

EVERYONE CAN TALK ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY WHEN WE SEE THE WACK WING IS GOING TO TAKE POWER.

WE GOT THE PRIMARY COMING UP TOO.

THEY COULD SHOOT THEMSELVES IN MANY PARTS OF THEIR BODY IF THEY ARE NOT CAREFUL.

>> >>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE YADIRA CARAVEO WAS ABLE TO SECURE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR THE 8th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AFTER HER OPPONENT CHAZ TEDESCO ONLY RECEIVED 29% OF THE VOTE AT THE 8th CD ASSEMBLY.

CARAVEO JOINS STATE SENATOR BRITTANY PETTERSEN IN THE 7th "DISTRICT, AS TWO DEMOCRATS WHO" WILL NOT FACE PRIMARIES FOR OPEN CONGRESSIONAL SEATS IN COLORADO.

ERIK WE START WITH YOU WITH THIS ONE.

WHEN WE FOUND OUT WE HAD A NEW DISTRICT IT IS GOING TO BE OPEN SEASON.

IT WILL BE A BLOODY PRIMARY.

SOMEHOW AND SOME WAY WILL NOT FACE THE PRIMARY FOR AN OPEN SEAT.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPEN.

IS THIS A BIG DEAL?

>> I THINK IT IS A BIG DEAL.

WHO BETS THERE IS NO PRIMARY FOR "OPEN, VERY COMPETITIVE SEAT."

THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD IS SET.

THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE MEMO THAT COVID HAS BEEN RETREAT AND YOU CAN COME OUT OF HIDING.

IT IS A NONASSEMBLY.

THEY NOW HAVE THEIR CANDIDATES FOR THESE TWO DISTRICTS EVERYTHING FROM STATEWIDE LEVEL IS JUST A RENOMINATION.

BRITTANY PETTERSEN AND YADIRA ARE LIKELY CANDIDATES.

WE WILL SEE IF THE LEAN IS ENOUGH GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE WHAT MIGHT BE A REPUBLICAN YEAR.

CARAVEO IS A STRONG CANDIDATE.

DO THEY GO WITH LORRY WHO GOT THE TOP LINE DESIGNATION OR DO THEY GO FORMER MAYOR OF THORNTON OR MORE LIKELY A WELL COUNTY COMMISSIONER STATE SENATOR.

CARAVEO ALSO HAS WHAT IS A SWING DISTRICT.

IT IS A PROTOTYPICAL SWING DISTRICT.

THAT WILL SAY NOT JUST COLORADO BUT ABOUT THE COUNTRY WHAT THE TONE IS.

SHE HAS BOTH FENTANYL DISCUSSIONS COMING BACK AND ALSO ECONOMIC GAS.

IT WILL BE A TOUGH RACE FOR HER.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON ALL THESE.

WHAT DO OUR VIEWERS NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> CARAVEO IS GOING TO HAVE A TOUGH TYPE.

SHE HAS WELL COUNTY.

WELL COUNTY IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VOTES THAT CREATED THAT 8th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OR FOR THE POPULATION GROWTH.

I THINK THAT WILL BE A TOUGH RACE.

BUT MONEY WISE IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS SHAPING OUT BETWEEN JAN THE THORNTON MAYOR.

IN TERMS OF HER FUND-RAISING.

THE OTHER PLACE THAT I FOUND INTERESTING WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CD3 ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.

YOU HAD AS MANY AS TEN PEOPLE COMPETING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

THEY GOT THAT DOWN.

THE BIG SURPRISE VALDEZ WORKING FOR THE SEAT DIDN'T GET THE 30% REQUIRED.

THERE ARE TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO -- WHO PETITION ON.

THE BIG QUESTION IS IT GOING -- IS THERE SOMEBODY AMONG THOSE THREE WHO IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH COMPETITOR FOR WHOEVER COMES OUT OF THE PRIMARY.

">> PATTY, NOT FACING A PRIMARY" IS NOT A GUARANTEE ANY OF THESE CANDIDATES.

BOY IS IT AN ADVANTAGE.

IS IT SIGNIFICANT?

>> I THINK IT IS.

YOU ARE NOT GETTING BLOODY HEADED INTO THE PRIMARY.

THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THOSE GUYS ARE GETTING READY TO FIGHT.

YOU GET TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND REALLY FOCUS ON NOVEMBER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOOKING TO JUNE.

THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING.

I THINK A REALLY STRONG CANDIDATE WILL LOVE TO SEE HER DEBATE BOEBERT.

THEY ARE COLOR CHARACTERS THEMSELVES.

SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WILD TIME.

IF SHE MAKES IT OUT AND YOU HAVE IN THAT DISTRICT THAT WILL BE THE MOST FUN TO WATCH.

">> DAVID, EITHER THE REPUBLICANS" CAN TAKE HEART IRON SHARPENS IRON OR THEY FALL INTO WHAT HAPPENED TO TOM STRICKLAND HOW DO YOU THINK REPUBLICANS IN THE SEVENTH AND THE EIGHTH?

>> THEY DON'T GET THE NOMINATIONS.

VIEWERS IF YOU WANT TO REPEAT WHAT REPRESENTATIVE PETTERSEN DID HERE ARE YOU THREE KEY STEPS.

ONE BE A STATE OFFICIAL SO YOU CAN GET WELL-KNOWN.

REPRESENTATIVE CARAVEO BEAT SOMEBODY NOT WELL-KNOWN POWERS AT BET AT THE STATE.

SECOND SHOW THE ABILITY YOU CAN RAISE MONEY.

THIRD YOU HAVE TO BE RELIABLE.

LIKE ON THE OIL AND GAS ISSUE.

IF YOU DO ALL THAT.

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE BIG "POWER PLAYERS, THE BIG MONEY," "LABOR, WHATEVER THE BIGS ARE IN" YOUR PARTY.

THEY WILL GO BEHIND YOU AND KEEP YOUR OPPONENTS FROM MAKING THE BALLOT.

>> IT IS THAT SIMPLE.

LET'S START WITH DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> JOHN EASTMAN WHO WOULD LIKE TO KEEP UNAFFILIATED VOTERS FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE PRIMARY.

ELIGIBLE TO DECIDE TO VOTE.

HE IS IN COURT FIGHTING.

HE HAS THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE WANTS TO GET A HOLD OF HIS EMAILS.

THERE IS A THREAT FOR CU GET SUED FOR HAVING RELIEVED HIM FROM HIS FABULOUS DUTIES WHEN HE WAS THERE TELLING STUDENTS HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

>> DAVID?

>> AN OPEN RECORDS ACT REQUEST FOUND DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONLY 5% OF BLACK AND LATINO THIRD GRADERS ARE READING AT GRADE LEVEL.

THIS IS CATASTROPHIC.

IT IS SETTING THEM UP FOR LIFETIME FAILURE.

IT SHOWS YOU HOW DENVER SCHOOL BOARD IS.

TALK ABOUT HOW WE WILL MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR TEACHERS.

HOW ABOUT WE FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE CLASSROOM FOR THE KIDS.

>> ERIC?

>> SADLY HERE HERE TO BOTH PATTY'S AND DAVID'S DISGRACE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WHO WAS SWORN IN THIS MORNING.

THIS IS NOT ANCIENT HISTORY.

RUTH NO SHRINKING VIE LOT WAS CONFIRMED WITH 96 VOTES.

ROBERTS GOT 78 VOTES.

NOW IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PARTISAN MUD FIGHT.

THE COURT OUGHT TO BE ABOVE THAT.

WE CONTINUE TO PLAY WITH FIRE.

>> MARY ANN.

>> I HAVE TO GO WITH MIKE LINDELL WHO SHOWED UP HERE IN COLORADO AND WALKED AWAY WITH MORE TROUBLE THAN WHEN HE SHOWED UP.

>> TIME TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

>> IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE PRODUCTIONS YOU MUST GO.

STARTED MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.

NO ONE THOUGHT IT WOULD LAST.

THEIR 50th ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.

>> DAVID?

">> ON THIS DAY APRIL 8TH, 1996."

"""COLORADO INSIDE OUT"" WAS HELPED" TO PRODUCED UNPAID -- QUIT HIS PAYING JOB JUST TO BE AN INTERN.

THAT MAN WAS DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS DONE AS MUCH TO MAKE THIS SHOW AND CHANNEL 12 WHAT THEY HAVE BECOME.

>> THANK YOU.

IT IS INDEED APRIL 8TH A FOND ANNIVERSARY.

>> DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

THAT RINGS A BELL.

MY TIE TODAY IS IN HONOR OF THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE WHO ARE SUFFERING THROUGH HORRENDOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

"THEY ARE BRAVE, THEY ARE" "RESILIENT, THEY SHOULD NEVER BE" FAR FROM OUR MINDS.

>> HERE HERE.

>> I WANT TO SALUTE TWO WOMEN WHO ASCENDED THIS WEEK.

ONE IS BROWN JACKSON WHO WON HER CONFIRMATION TO THE SUPREME COURT.

AND THE OTHER IS GLORIA TANNER WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 86.

I HEARD SOMEONE DESCRIBED A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF BAKER MOTTALLY.

YOU CAN SAY THAT ABOUT SENATOR TANNER.

YOU DIDN'T -- YOU COULDN'T BE A POLITICIAN IN DENVER AND PARTICULARLY NORTHEAST WITHOUT VISITING SENATOR TANNER FIRST.

>> I WILL THANK DAVID FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.

TOOK PITY ON NO ONE INTERN GIVING SOMETHING TO DO.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

"FOR EVERYONE HERE AT PBS12, I'M" "DOMINIC DEZZUTTI, THANK YOU FOR" WATCHING.

GOOD NIGHT.