
August 12th, 2022
Season 30 Episode 31 | 26m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
DIA failed deal, CO minimum wage increase, Wyoming Campaigns & Senate Race
Topics Include: • Denver International Airport’s Failed Great Hall Partnership Deal • Colorado’s Minimum Wage Increase • Coloradans Donated to Wyoming Campaigns • The GOP is competitive in the Joe O’Dea and Michael Bennet Race for Senate
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August 12th, 2022
Season 30 Episode 31 | 26m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Topics Include: • Denver International Airport’s Failed Great Hall Partnership Deal • Colorado’s Minimum Wage Increase • Coloradans Donated to Wyoming Campaigns • The GOP is competitive in the Joe O’Dea and Michael Bennet Race for Senate
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I'M YOUR GUEST HOST KRISTA.
A NEW REPORT ON DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FAILED PARTNERSHIP DEAL JUST WENT WRONG.
BADLY WRONG.
WITH A $1.8 BILLION DEAL.
WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THIS?
HOW CAN WE AVOID THIS COSTLY MESS?
WHAT SHOULD WE DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME?
>> DENVER CITY COUNCIL SHOULD READ THE CONTRACT AND HAVE MORE THAN A MINUTE TO SIGN IT.
WHEN DENVER CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THIS CONTRACT FOR $34 BILLION -- 34-YEAR DEAL WITH THE SPANISH COMPANY WHICH WAS LEADING THE CHARGE DIDN'T HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH AIRPORTS IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND IT WAS -- IF YOU LOOKED AT THE PLAN, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO TURN THE GREAT HALL UNDER A TENT INTO A SHOPPING MALL.
NOT A GOOD IDEA.
IT TOOK TWO YEARS FOR EVERYONE TO REALIZE HOW BADLY THINGS WERE GOING.
NOW THREE YEARS AFTER THAT, AFTER WE PULLED THE PLUG ON THE DEAL WE FIND OUT WHY THINGS WENT SO BADLY.
PART OF IT IS SLOPPY ADMINISTRATION BY DIA.
KIM DAY DID NOT HAVE HER HANDS, SHE WAS MICROMANAGING.
WE HEARD REPORTS SHE WAS TRYING TO PICK OUT BATHROOM TILE.
THAT IS PROBABLY NOT WHAT THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR BE DOING.
ARE THINGS WORKING?
IS THE PARTNERSHIP WORKING?
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE BOONDOGGLE.
I FLEW INTO DIA THINGS WERE SMOOTH.
CONSTRUCTION WILL GO ON 2027-2028.
I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE SIGNAGE.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF MICHAEL WOULD EXPLAIN WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
>> I WAS THINKING COMFORT PUPPIES AND MORE TACOS.
DAVID KOPEL THESE KINDS OF PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ARE NECESSARY.
ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS AS DENVER CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND DEVELOP ITS RESOURCES?
>> 96 PAGES OF WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FOLKS.
THAT IS THE MAGIC OF THE INTERNET AND READ WHAT WENT WRONG.
THERE IS QUITE A LONG.
AND AS PATTY SAID THERE WAS THE SLOPPY PROBLEM.
WITH THE FRIENDS YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT IN HOME RENOVATIONS.
WE ARE DOING THIS HOME RENOVATION.
FIVE MONTHS INTO IT ONE OF THE SPOUSES SAYS I THINK THE WALL SHOULD BE OVER THERE INSTEAD OVER HERE AND THE BATHROOM SINK WE SHOULD HAVE DOUBLE SINK.
THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE FUNDAMENTAL.
THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS TOO BIG FOR THE HANCOCK ADMINISTRATION TO DO.
THE HANCOCK ADMINISTRATION HAS A LONG TIME CONFLICT BETWEEN THE VISION AND ITS COMPETENCE TO EXECUTE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING IT TO SUCCESS, YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT.
YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING SMALLER.
THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT HAPPENED AT DIA WHERE IT WAS SCALED DOWN.
ONCE THEY SWITCHED CONTRACTORS AND MADE IT A SMALLER PROJECT THINGS WORK SUCCESSFULLY.
>> TYRONN DO YOU THINK THERE IS AN COMPETITION ISSUE?
>> WE HAVE P3s WORK AT OTHER SIMILAR SITUATED AIRPORTS.
THE FOCUS ON THE CONTRACT AND THE LANGUAGE AND THE CONTRACT.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU LRN IN LAW SCHOOL WHEN INTERPRETING STATUTES AND LAWS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAY AND SHALL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THE REPORT FOCUSES ON HOW MUCH THESE AM BUGTY IN THE CONTRACTS.
WHEN IT WAS TIME TO TERMINATE THE RELATIONSHIPS NO ONE COULD CHANGE COURSE.
GOING BACK INTO THIS, WE ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE TIME WITH THE CONTRACT AND MAKE SURE THERE IS BINDING LANGUAGE LIKE SHALL OR MUST.
>> HUGO, WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS NOTHING IS REALLY IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR ENTIRELY.
THINGS HAVE A WAY OF COMING BACK UP WHEN ELECTIONS HAPPEN.
DO YOU THINK THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HURTS DEMOCRATS GOING FORWARD OR IT WILL BE FORGOTTEN?
>> THE MOST THING WE CAN LOOK AT IS THEY HIRED A FOREIGN ENTITY.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ALL THE OPTIONS HERE IN COLORADO.
I WOULD THINK WE COULD FIND A COMPANY WITHIN THE STATE THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PROSPECT FOR THE PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT FOR THIS SPANISH COMPANY WAS A LITTLE NEW TO THEM BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR PREVIOUS PROJECTS LIKE LONDON THE AIRPORT WAS BASICALLY SHUT DOWN WHILE THEY DID THEIR WORK.
WHERE AS HERE IT HAS BEEN A FUNCTIONING AIRPORT DURING THE PROJECT.
SO THERE'S THAT.
THAT PART OF IT.
SOUNDS TO ME TOO MANY HANDS IN THE KITTY.
LACK OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THE PARTNERS AND DIA.
AND THE SPANISH COMPANY TOOK A NICE LIFT EXIST FUND AS A RESULT.
SO THEY WIN.
I THINK DIA AND THE CITY OF DENVER LOSES.
>> A YEAR AGO COLORADO MANDATED PAY RAISES ON JOB POSTINGS.
THERE ARE FEWER ONLINE POSTINGS.
THIS YEAR'S COLORADO MINIMUM WAGE INCREASED 12.56 AN HOUR.
DENVER'S ROSE $15.87 AN HOUR.
DO YOU SEE THIS AFFECTING OUR ECONOMY GOING FORWARD?
>> LIKELY, YES.
THE LABOR MARKET IS TIGHT THESE DAYS.
PLACES THAT HAVE CUT BACK THEIR HOURS THEY CAN'T FIND ENOUGH EMPLOYEES.
PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ALL THE SIGNS ADVERTISING THE JOB FOR $15 AN HOUR.
THAT IS WHERE THE MARKET IS GOING WITH THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW FOR FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB ISN'T NECESSARY FINDING A JOB, THE PROBLEM IS THEY KEEP GETTING A PAY CUT EVERY MONTH BECAUSE OF INFLATION.
WHEN INFLATION IS 9% A YEAR THAT MEANS YOUR $15 AN HOUR BUYS 9 PERCENT LESS.
NOW ECONOMIST ARGUE WHAT CAUSES INFLATION.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE DOING A LOT OF IT.
MY PERSONAL VIEW PART OF THE CAUSE IS THE FUNNY MONEY THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUT WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE GOING WILD.
>> TYRONE MADE IT TO HELP PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN BE MORE COMPETITIVE.
COULD IT BACKFIRE AND GET LESS FOR WHAT THEY BARGAIN FOR?
>> IN FAVOR OF WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED HISTORICALLY.
WHAT THING WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS RAISING THESE WAGES HELPS US TO CONTINUE TO COMPETE FOR LABOR AND CONTINUE TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE BODIED AND ABLE TO WORK IN COLORADO.
WE ARE COMPETING WITH ON DEMAND ECONOMY THESE DAYS.
YOU CAN GET A $15 HOUR JOB OR WORK FOR DOORDASH OR GRUBHUB OR DRIVE AN UBER AND KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THOSE RESTAURANTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY HAVE HAD TO CLOSE DOORS AND SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF.
A LOT OF TIMES THAT STAFF IS GOING FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES NOT COMING FROM ON DEMAND ECONOMY.
>> HUGO DEMOCRATS PASS IN THE LEGISLATURE.
IF THEY HAVE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES COULD THEY SEE BLOW BACK WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS?
COULD THIS BE AN ISSUE THAT REPUBLICANS COULD VOTE ON, A RUN ON?
>> I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE MINIMUM WAGE.
I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD STRIVE TO DO BETTER AND WHEN GOVERNMENT PUTS THEIR HANDS ANYTHING RELATED TO BUSINESS IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS A DISASTER.
I BELIEVE GOVERNMENT CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE THE SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IT SHOULD AND IT BECOMES MORE INTRUSIVE ALMOST EVERY DAY.
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ARE RUNNING OFF THE CHARTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF IT.
THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT I SPEAK TO THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF THEIR POCKETS AND OUT OF THEIR BUSINESS AND LET THE FREE MARKET TAKE THE LEAD IN WHAT TAKES PLACE IN REGARDS TO WAGES AND WORKERS.
UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY EGREGIOUS GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STAY OUT.
>> PATTY, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THESE MANDATES ON COST AND LABOR?
>> LET'S START WITH THE DEMAND YOU HAVE TO PUT THE SALARY ON A JOB POSTING.
STEPPED IN A YEAR AGO BECAUSE OUTSIDE COMPANIES HIRING REMOTE WORKERS A LOT DIDN'T WANT TO ADVERTISE FOR COLORADOANS, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THE SALARY IN THEIR ADDS.
AS AN EMPLOYER, I THINK IT IS GREAT TO HAVE THE SALARY IN THERE.
IT CUTS DOWN ON AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS.
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY WILL BE EARNING IF THEY DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO JOIN.
I'M STILL LOOKING FOR A NEWS EDITOR.
YOU CAN LOOK UP THAT AD.
THE MINIMUM WAGE IT IS NOT JUST $15.85 NOW.
YOU HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN TROUBLE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT RESTAURANT TYPES.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN, WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE.
THOSE RESTAURANTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE THEIR PRICES.
THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO HAVE A REAL SCALE OF WHAT THINGS ARE WORTH.
IT WILL BE TOUGH TIMES COME JANUARY FOR A LOT OF THESE SMALLER BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE TO MEET THAT.
IT IS STILL BARELY WHAT PEOPLE CAN GET BY EVEN IF THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE HEART OF DIFFERENT, EVEN IF THEY LIVE IN A CHEAPER AREA.
$18 IS NOT GOING TO DO IT.
>> AROUND 400 COLORADOANS DONATED $63,000.
CHENEY IS ONE OF THOSE INVESTIGATING THE RIOT.
WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH?
TYRONE?
>> SHE HAS NATIONAL NAME RECOGNITION.
I WOULD DARE SAY CELEBRITY.
EVEN THOUGH COLORADOANS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE WANT TO PUT FORTH OUR ON CANDIDATES OUR OWN VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
THERE IS THE NEVER TRUMPISM THAT IS UNDER THE SURFACE.
THERE IS I WOULDN'T SAY PARANOIA, THERE IS REAL CONCERN THAT SORT OF RISE WILL COME BACK.
LIZ CHENEY HAS VIEWED BY FOLKS AS A RELIABLE REPUBLICAN.
SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE LOOKING ON THE JANUARY 6TH RIOT.
DARE I SAY A NATIONAL INTEREST.
>> HUGO, WE SEE ATTENTION WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE VERY TRUMP ORIENTED AND PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON AND PUT THE TRUMP ERA BEHIND US.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING WITHIN THE HISPANIC REPUBLICANS?
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
>> HISPANIC REPUBLICANS AND ACTUALLY THOSE THAT ARE NOT REPUBLICANS RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS REGISTRATION, THEY LIVE A VERY CONSERVATIVE LIFE.
PEOPLE THAT WE TALK TO THE MAJORITY OF THEM I'VE TALKED TO LOVE TRUMP BECAUSE OF WHAT HE HAS DONE.
THE FACT THAT HIS PROMISES ARE KEPT.
WITH REGARD TO LIZ CHENEY SHE IS GOING TO LOSE BAD IN HER PRIMARY.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE THE LIST OF THE 400 IN COLORADO.
WE ALREADY KNOW THERE ARE HIGH DOLLAR INDIVIDUALS THAT CONTRIBUTED.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE MOTIVATES.
YOU ASK WHY COLORADOANS ARE INTERESTED?
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ANTITRUMP.
THEY WANT TO SEE HER SUCCEED.
IT IS GOING TO FAIL.
IT IS NOT -- IT IS NOT A GOOD STRATEGY.
IT IS THEIR MONEY, THEY CAN THROW IT AWAY IF THEY WANT TO.
THERE ARE DEMOCRATS THAT ARE ALSO SENDING MONEY TO LIZ CHENEY AND FOR THE SAME REASON.
I THINK IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING PRIMARY NEXT TUESDAY.
>> PATTY, I KNOW A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENT, AND REPUBLICAN WOMEN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WOMEN THAT YOU KNOW, ARE YOU SENDING A TREND LIKE THAT?
>> MY MOTHER GAVE MONEY TO LIZ.
WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT LIZ CHENEY I WOULD HAVE SAID TEN YEARS THE WHOLE CHENEY FAMILY COULD BE CHARACTERTURES OF THEMSELVES.
SHE WASN'T FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGE AND GOT IN TROUBLE WITH HER OWN SISTER.
SHE ADMITS HER POSITION WAS WRONG AND NOW SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
SHE STILL VOTED FOR TRUMP'S POLICIES 93% OF THE TIME.
IN THIS CASE, WHAT LIZ CHENEY IS DOING, I THINK, IS WILLING TAKING ON DEMOCRACY WITH HER INTEREST IN PUSHING FOR THE JANUARY 6TH INVESTIGATION.
SHE COULD PROBABLY STILL HAVE WON WITH THIS PRIMARY.
SHE IS NOT GOING TO NOW.
SHE IS NOT GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTION.
SHE MADE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GO, I THINK, IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW AND GOOD FOR HER.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NAMES THAT DONATED.
THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
A LOT OF ORDINARY PEOPLE GAVE SMALL AMOUNTS TO THE CHENEY CAMPAIGN.
ARE WE SEEING A DIVISION WITHIN THE PARTY BASED ON THE GRASSROOTS VERSUS THE GRASS TOPS THE INTELLECTUAL REPUBLICANS HERE IN THIS STATE?
>> WELL, SURE, THERE ARE PLENTY REPUBLICANS WHO STILL LIKE TRUMP.
THE PEOPLE OF ALL PARTIES WHO ARE DONATING FROM COLORADO AND ELSEWHERE DONATING TO CHENEY.
ARE DONATING BECAUSE IT IS A WYOMING RACE.
A GUY WHO TRIED TO STEAL A NATIONAL ELECTION.
AFTER THE ELECTION ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERED TO LOOK INTO POSSIBILITIES OF ELECTION FRAUD OR IRREGULARITIES.
HE CAME BACK AND REPORTED TRUTHFULLY WHATEVER THEY FOUND IT WAS WAY TOO SMALL SCALED TO HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE ELECTION OUTCOME.
TRUMP GOT THAT SAME MESSAGE FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS ADVISORS WHO WERE ON TOP OF THE DATA AND POLITICAL PROCEDURES.
NEVERTHELESS HE PERSISTED WITH PHONY CLAIMS.
HE DID THE SAME THING IN 2016 WHEN THE COLORADO STATE CONVENTION THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS GAVE ALL DELEGATES TO TED CRUZ.
HE SAID THAT WAS STOLEN.
IT INCLUDES EVERYONE OF THEIR INABLERS.
IT INCLUDES SOME OF THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE WHO MADE THEIR OWN BOGUS CLAIMS.
IN CONTRAST.
LIZ CHENEY LIKE HER FATHER A GREAT REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENT STANDS UP TO BULLIES AND HAS RESOLVE.
>> POLITICAL PROSECUTORS COMPETITIVE IN THE O'DEA SENATE.
THE GOP HOPES TO WOO HISPANIC VOTERS.
HOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL PLAY OUT IN OUR OWN STATE?
HUGO THE HEAD OF THE COLORADO HISPANIC REPUBLICANS.
HOW DO YOU SEE IT PLAYING OUT?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE A FAVORABLE YEAR.
HOW FAVORABLE REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
ON THE STREETS THE MEETINGS WE HAVE WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, A LOT WHICH ARE DEMOCRATS.
WE HAVE HAD VERY ENCOURAGING RESPONSES.
THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE REPUBLICAN BECAUSE EVERYTHING COME DOWN FROM THE DEMOCRATS.
FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE, FROM THE GOVERNMENT, FROM THIS GOVERNOR AND ON SOME NATIONAL ISSUES AS WELL BIDEN IS TIED TO ABOUT EVERY CANDIDATE OUT HERE INCLUDING MICHAEL BENNET WHO IS MORE VULNERABLE THAT THE MEDIA WANT TO PORTRAY.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A HIGH TURNOUT THIS NOVEMBER.
THE HISPANICS WILL INCREASE IN VOTING REPUBLICAN THIS CYCLE FOR THE REASON I JUST STATED.
WE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC.
>> IN THE TIME THAT WESTWARD HAS BEEN AROUND IT HAS BEEN PURPLISH RED TO BLUE.
>> IT WILL BE A MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE RACE.
IN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH VERY DIFFERENT CANDIDATES.
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RON HANKS RUNNING AGAINST BENNET THAT WE INSTEAD HAVE JOE O'DEA.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ALL THESE CANDIDATES.
I HOPE THEY VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE AND NOT FOR THE PARTY.
>> WE HAVE STRONG CANDIDATES IN THOSE POSITIONS.
SIMPLY BECAUSE THE PRIMARY DIDN'T GO THE WAY THAT THE ELECTION DENIERS THOUGHT IT WOULD.
DO YOU THINK THESE REPUBLICANS HAVE A CHANCE COME NOVEMBER?
>> ONE THING THAT ADDS TO THEIR CHANCE IS THE VERY CONDESCENDING ATTITUDE TOWARD HISPANICS OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT CONSIDERS ITSELF TO BE WOKE OR PROGRESSIVE.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CALL THE 60 MILLION AMERICANS LATINX.
BUT ACCORDING TO POLITICAL POLL ONLY 2% OF HISPANIC ACTUALLY PREFER THE WORD.
40% CONSIDER IT OFFENSIVE.
ANOTHER THING THAT OFFENDS SOME HISPANIC VOTERS THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL SORTS OF PLACES ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS CAME TO THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THERE WAS THE UNITED STATES LIKE THE TEJANOS OR FROM WHEREVER THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO IDENTIFY AND THINK THE SAME WAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SIMILAR SKIN COLOR.
I THINK THIS IS ABOUT HUGO'S POINT.
PEOPLE WHO ARE STRIVING AND CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM TEND TO WORK AGAINST THE PARTY THAT OVERRATES SMALL BUSINESS AND AGAINST A PARTY THAT DOESN'T SELF-IDENTIFY AS BEING PROUD TO BE AMERICAN.
>> WE ARE SEEING CHANGES RIGHT NOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL PLAY OUT IN THE COMING RACES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN'T LOOK AT ANY PARTICULAR GROUP AS A MONOLIST.
BOTH PARTIES HAVE THINK THAT.
WHETHER IT BE WITH HISPANICS OR BLACKS OR WOMEN.
WHAT I SEE IS A SHAKE UP WHERE FOLKS ARE MORE INFORMED.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE PARTICULAR -- I WOULD SAY ALMOST LOCALIZED STATE ISSUES.
I DON'T THINK BIDEN IS REALLY -- IS NOT MUCH OF A TOP DOWN RACE.
THE LOCAL POLITICIANS ARE NOT HITCHED TO BIDEN.
THERE IS MUCH MORE ATTENTION ON THE LOCAL.
THERE IS MORE INFORMED VOTERS.
I THINK THAT EITHER PARTY IF THEY START TO TREAT THESE GROUPS DO IT AT THEY PAROL.
>> I HOPE WE ARE NOT WAITING ON THREE YEARS OF WHAT HAPPENED ON CENTRAL I-70 FLOOD ZONE ON LAST SUNDAY NIGHT.
NOT JUST UNDER I-70.
RELATED STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT WAS DISGRACEFUL?
>> DAVE.
>> A VARIOUS DANGEROUS THING FOR PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU HAVE TIMES WHEN THE ELECTRIC GRID PASS CAPACITY PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE THE POWER THEY NEED TO HEAT THEIR HOMES OR COOK OR EVEN TO USE HOT WATER.
THE NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRICITY HAS WARN THAT PART OF THE NATIONAL GRID THAT COLORADO IS IN IS AT SERIOUS RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHORT FALLS.
>> TYRONE?
>> DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE NEWS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FIRING INTO CROWDS IN THE LOWER DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
POLICE SERGEANT ARRESTED AND CHARGED.
WHAT IS GOING ON OVER THERE?
>> HUGO?
>> FOR ME, VERY PREDICTTIVELY THE VERY PARTISAN OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RESIDENTS OF A LEADERSHIP THAT IS CORRUPT.
IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN OUR HISTORY.
I BELIEVE IT WILL HAVE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES.
>> SAY SOMETHING NICE.
>> ART HAS 48 HOURS OF ART.
RED LINE HAS BEEN A BEACON DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> OUR COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS.
TAX REFUNDS ARE COMING.
IT MAY COME WITH A SIGNATURE SOMEONE IS TAKING ALL THE CREDIT.
PEOPLE GET THE CREDIT WHO PUT THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN OUR CONSTITUTION.
>> DENVER INVESTING IN FEDERAL MONEY TO OVERNIGHT PARKING TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
>> FOR ME VERY PROFESSIONAL OUR GRANDCHILD IS NOW TWO MONTHS OLD AND NUMBER TEN IS HERE IN SEPTEMBER.
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