>>> HELLO, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 26TH, 2022, EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

I'M KYLE DYER.

I'M HAPPY TO BE SITTING IN AS THIS WEEK'S COHOST WITH A FANTASTIC PANEL THAT HAS GATHERED TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TRANSPIRED IN COLORADO THIS WEEK.

IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL TIME.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION STORIES TO START OFF OUR SHOW.

FROM OUR LITTLE LEARNERS TO THE COLLEGE CROWD, STUDENTS WERE BACK IN CLASS THIS WEEK THROUGHOUT COLORADO.

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPENED ITS DOORS TO MORE THAN 90,000 STUDENTS DISTRICT WIDE ON MONDAY.

ERIC SONDERMANN IS THE COLUMNIST.

IT WAS NOT VERY FLATTERING OF DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>> NO, IT WASN'T.

I DID NOT HOLD BACK.

VIEWERS CAN GO READ IT ONLINE.

I WON'T REPEAT IT HERE.

THE ESSENCE IS A TWOFOLD.

THERE HAS BEEN NOTICEABLE LEARNING LOSS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

THE SCORES AND ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS WERE NOT THAT GREAT PREPANDEMIC.

THEY HAVE FALLEN.

THE GAP BETWEEN MINORITY KIDS AND ANGLO KIDS HAS GROWN.

ONE OUT OF 20 BLACK OR BLACK THIRD GRADERS IS READING AT THAT LEVEL.

THAT IS 5%.

THAT IS APPALLING.

YOU HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD THAT IS COMPLETELY DYSFUNCTIONAL.

THEY CAN'T AGREE WHETHER TO CALL EACH OTHER BY FIRST NAME.

THEY NEED A MARRIAGE COUNSELLOR OR WHATEVER IT IS.

THE DISTRICT NEEDS BETTER ADULT SUPERVISION.

THIS ONE READS MORE LIKE A SOCIAL JUSTICE WOKE KIND OF TREAT THAN IT DOES A COME PRES SIEVE PLAN.

THAT NEEDS TO BE THE LASER FOCUS OF THIS DISTRICT.

PENFIELD IS AN ATTORNEY HERE IN TOWN.

ERIC MENTIONED THE LATEST GAP.

DPS HAS THE LARGEST TEST SCORE GAP.

THESE NUMBERS ARE STRIKING.

WE HEARD ABOUT THE DEFICIENCIES.

>> IT IS.

IT IS EXACTLY ON POINT.

THE REALITY IS WHETHER DPS OR DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER, THE -- OUR BOARDS OF HIGHER EDUCATION NEED TO STOP FIGHTING AMONG ADULTS AND FOCUS ON THE CORE MENTION WHICH SHOULD BE PREPARING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO RUN SOCIETY AT SOME POINT AND BEING FUNCTIONING.

WE ALL WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WE AGE AND MOVE ON.

PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE AND TRAINED TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

YOU HAVE 72% OF WHITE KIDS PERFORMING PROFICIENTLY.

26% SET OF BLACK STUDENTS BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS COMBINED MAKE THE MAJORITY OF THE DPS POP -- POPULATION.

WORRY HOW YOU ADDRESS EDUCATING KIDDING AND EXPLAINING TO PARENTS HOW THEIR KIDS ARE OR ARE NOT BEING EDUCATED.

THAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE.

WE GOT TO HAVE SOME EDUCATIONED, SMART, PREPARED KIDS.

A LOT OF THEM ARE SHARP BUT NOT GETTING ENOUGH HELP FROM EDUCATORS.

TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TO BE SOCIAL WORKERS AND TEACHERS.

THAT IS CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY.

>> ANOTHER REPORT THAT CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION SAID THAT COLORADO TEACHERS EARN 36% LESS THAN OTHER WORKERS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES.

MARIANNE, APPARENTLY THIS IS THE BIGGEST GAP OF ANY STATE IN THE COUNTRY.

>> IT IS DEPRESSING HOW POURLY OUR TEACHERS ARE MADE.

THAT SAME STUDY WHICH CAME OUT FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION THAT SAID COLORADO WAS HALF WAY IN THE IN TEACHER PAY.

THE AVERAGE WAS $70,000 A YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER STATES YOU HAD WYOMING, MAINE, AND WISCONSIN.

THOSE ARE STATES WHERE HOUSING COSTS ARE HALF OF WHAT THEY ARE HERE.

WELL BELOW HALF.

THEY HAVE PROGRAMS TO HELP TEACHERS TO BUY HOMES.

WE HAVE SOME SMALL PROGRAMS HERE AND THERE IN SOME COMMUNITIES.

MOSTLY IN THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN YOU HAVE WHAT IS GOING ON IN DOUGLAS COUNTY THEY ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS.

HATS DOWN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

RARE UNANIMOUS DECISION DECIDED TO ASK VOTERS THAT WOULD HIKE TEACHER PAY 9%.

THAT IS A BIG DEAL IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.

THEY MAKE $18,000 LESS PER YEAR THAN THE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS CHERRY CREEK AND LITTLETON.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE VOTERS ARE READY WHERE WE ARE COMPLAINING OF INFLATION WHERE THEY ARE WILLING TO SAY WE ARE WILLING TO PAY OUR ATTENTION MORE.

>>> RECOMMENDED 16 SCHOOLS TO CLOSE BECAUSE OF DECLINE.

EVERYBODY WAS WAITING AND SEE IF THEIR SCHOOL WAS GOING TO BE ON THAT LIST.

IT IS OFFICIAL SOMEWHAT.

THEY WILL VOTE ON IT IN NOVEMBER.

>> IT IS CRAZY I GREW UP IN THAT DISTRICT.

WE WERE ALL IN A TRACK SYSTEM.

THEY COULD RUN MORE KIDS THROUGH THESE BUILDINGS.

AND I THINK THEY NEED TO ASK THEMSELVES WHY.

THEY LOST 5,000 KIDS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

PARENTS ARE FRUSTRATED.

I THINK THEY ARE FRUSTRATED BY THE MASKING AND CLOSERS THAT HAPPENED.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN DO DIFFERENTLY.

BUT I THINK THE SITUATION MORE GENERALLY IS SOMETHING THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE FACING.

WE HAVE A DECLINE IN THE BIRTHRATE.

MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS.

THEY HAD 12 KIDS.

MY GRANDPARENTS HAD FIVE KIDS.

THERE IS COMPLEX REASONS FOR THAT.

THE DROP IN BIRTHRATE IN ALL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ACROSS EUROPE AND OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU GOT BASICALLY BELOW REPLACEMENT OR PLACEMENT LEVELS.

YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SCHOOLS GETTING EMPTIER.

HOW DO YOU COMBINE BUILDINGS?

HOW DO YOU WORK WITH PARENTS WHEN THEY HAVE GROWN ATTACHED TO BUILDINGS, TEACHERS, AND LEADERSHIP.

HOW DO YOU WORK WITH PARENTS?

IT IS SOMETHING THAT JEFFCO WILL HAVE TO FACE.

THEY NEED TO BE ASKING THEMSELVES THESE QUESTIONS.

>> IT WILL BE DISRUPTIVE.

>>> THE BIG POLITICAL STORY THIS WEEK.

STATE SENATOR KEVIN PRIOLA ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS SWITCHING POLITICAL PARTIES.

GOING FROM A REPUBLICAN TO A DEMOCRAT.

PENFIELD TATE, THIS WAS BIG NEWS THIS WEEK.

>> IT WAS BIG NEWS.

IT IS NOT UNUSUAL IN COLORADO.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF US WHO REMEMBER BACK IN 1995.

WHEN THE THEN SENATOR SWITCHED FROM BEING A DEMOCRAT TO A REPUBLICAN.

MANY SAID HE WANTED TO BE A REPUBLICAN BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE MAJORITY.

THAT HE WANTED TO GET LEGISLATION DONE.

AND HE SAID THAT HE FELT THAT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAD MOVED AWAY FROM HIS CORE BELIEFS.

KEVIN HAS SAID THE SAME THING.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS LETTER.

WHAT OCCURRED TO HIM.

AS HE WALKED HIS DISTRICT RUNNING AND PREPARING FOR THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE.

MANY OF HIS CONSTITUENTS REPUBLICANS FELT SINCE THE TIME OF THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION THAT THE PARTY HAD MOVE AWAY FROM THEM.

HE MADE THIS NOT SO MUCH BY HIMSELF BUT A NUMBER OF US WHO ARE IN MY SHOES WHO FELT THE PARTY MOVED AWAY.

THE JANUARY 6TH RIOT WAS THE FINAL STRAW FOR HIM AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE DEFEND IT AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE ELECTION DENIERS.

I THOUGHT ANOTHER INTERESTING NOTE IN HIS LETTER WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE TALKING ABOUT MORE AND MORE.

WAS HE FEELS THAT HIS PARTY HAS BECOME THE PARTY OF CLIMATE DENIERS.

HE BELIEVES CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL.

HE REFERENCED THE FACT THAT IT WAS RICHARD NIXON WHO CREATED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

THE REPUBLICANS ARE PRETENDING THERE IS NO CLIMATE CRISIS.

IT IS A HEART FELT SWITCH.

I CONGRATULATE HIM FOR STANDING IN HIS CONVICTIONS.

I CONGRATULATE HIM FOR STANDING BY HIS CONVICTIONS.

>> THEY HAVE STARTED THE RECALL PROCESS.

>> WHO GETS TO SIGN PETITIONS.

HIS DISTRICT GOT REDRAWN.

IS IT GOING TO BE THAT GROUP OF VOTERS THAT ARE PRIMARY EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY.

THAT HAS A VOTER REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE.

BROUGHT IN PARTS MORE REPUBLICAN.

BUT THE OTHER ISSUE, OF COURSE, WHAT PRIOLA HAS CHANGED.

AND HE JUST MADE THAT A LOT HARDER.

YOU COULD WIND UP WITH A SITUATION WHERE DEMOCRATS HOLD 1817 ADVANTAGE.

WE DO EXPECT SOME SEATS TO FLIP.

IT IS NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.

THERE ARE SEVEN SEATS THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT BY BOTH PARTIES.

TWO SEATS THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE TO HOLD ON TO.

FIVE SEATS THAT ARE IN PLAY.

NOT INCLUDING PRIOLA SEAT.

THIS WILL MAKE THE REPUBLICAN JOB A WHOLE LOT HARDER.

THE DEMOCRATS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE.

TAKING FOUR OF THE FIVE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN PLAY.

THAT BECAME A MUCH BIGGER LIFT.

>> I FEEL THAT PART OF THE STORY HAS SURFACED MORE.

YOU ARE EXAMINING ALL OF IT.

>> I HAVE.

IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

IS THIS A HEART FELT CHANGE OR OPPORTUNISM.

I THINK THOSE QUESTIONS ARE WORTH ASKING.

HE SAYS HE WANTS TO STAY TRUE TO HIS BRIEFS WHEN IT COMES TO PRO-LIFE AND PROSCHOOL CHOICE.

THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE HE WILL RECEIVE TO CONFIRM.

WHEN I WAS A CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER, THERE WERE DOZEN PRO-LIFE DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. HOUSE.

NOW THERE IS EXACTLY ONE.

THERE IS NONE IN THE SENATE.

THERE IS AN ORTHODOXY.

THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE TO CONFIRM TO IT?

WILL HE CONTINUE TO LIVE HIS VALUES OR START TO CHANGE AND BE SOMEBODY ELSE.

HIS SINCERITY IS QUESTIONABLE IN HOW HE GO FORWARD WITH THAT.

IF HE RETAINS HIS VOICE.

THAT WILL SHOW IF HE IS SINCERE OR OPPORTUNISTIC.

>> HE SAID WELCOME TO THE PARTY AND PRAISED HIM ON THE WORK ON CLIMATE LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING.

>> THE DEMOCRATS ARE OVERJOYED.

OBVIOUSLY, REPUBLICAN PREFSLY NEEDED A FLUSH TO TAKE CONTROL.

TO USE POKER TERMS.

NOW THEY NEED A ROYAL FLUSH.

ROYAL FLUSHES DON'T OFTEN COME UP IN POKER HANDS.

DEMOCRATS WERE THROUGHOUT THEIR OPEN ARMS IS A GOOD ONE.

GOOD LUCK TO KEVIN PRIOLA TO BEING A PRO-LIFE DEMOCRAT.

I'LL IDENTIFY MORE WITH PAM ON THIS ONE.

I DO TAKE HIS ON HIS WORD.

AN ACT OF DISGUST WHAT A LARGE, NOT EXCLUSIVE, A VERY LARGE SEGMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BECOME.

AND I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A WELL WEATHER FOR A LOT OF REPUBLICANS HAD BIG HOPES THIS WAS THEIR YEAR IN COLORADO AT SOME KIND OF A WAVE.

EVEN THOUGH THE REPUBLICAN -- THEY HAVE BEEN TARNISHED.

THAT IS COMING TO PLAY IN COLORADO AS WELL.

>>> ELECTION DAY IS A LITTLE -- WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT POLITICS WAS LIKE AT A TIME WHEN THERE WASN'T ALL THIS.

SPEAKING OF ELECTION DAY IT IS OVER TEN WEEKS AWAY AND YOU CAN FEEL IT WITH THE COMMERCIALS STARTING TO HIT TV AND THE CANDIDATES RAMPING UP THEIR PERFORMANCE AND POLISHING THEIR PLATFORMS.

MARIANNE YOU WERE AT NEW YORK COVERING AT CONGRESS.

WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY?

>> WE SAW THE MAJOR PARTY ALL FOLKS WHO HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN DEALING WITH OUR WATER SITUATION.

BOTH THE CANDIDATES DID ADDRESS WATER.

ALTHOUGH HEIDI STUMBLED A LITTLE BIT.

SHE WAS ASKED HOW SHE WOULD ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE RESPONSE WAS LET'S GET OIL AND GAS WORKERS BACK TO WORK.

AND SHE LATER EXPLAINED FULLY IT WAS PART OF ALL OF THE ABOVE ENERGY PLATFORM SHE MENTIONED IN HER COMMENTS THAT SHE FELT LIKE THE STATE WATER PLAN WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN A LOT OF PAPER WORK AND A FRAMEWORK.

I SUSPECTED A LOT OF FOLKED AGREED WITH THAT.

HER SOLUTION WAS THAT SHE WOULD DEVELOP MORE WATER.

IS THAT GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING A MAGIC WAND I THINK.

HE DID DO A GOOD JOB, I THINK, OF POINTING OUT WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ON THE WATER CRISIS.

EVERYTHING SHE TALKED ABOUT WAS CONSERVATION.

YOU CANNOT CONSERVE YOUR WAY OUT OF A WATER CRISIS.

IT TAKES MORE STORAGE AND MORE INFRASTRUCTURE.

POLIS HAS NOT BEEN WILLING TO ADDRESS INTO THIS ISSUE.

IT IS NOT A BIG PRIORITY FOR HIM.

IT IS INTERESTING.

>> KRISTA THERE WAS A POLL THAT PUT THE RACE VERY CLOSE.

POLIS ONLY AHEAD BY FIVE.

EARLIER IT WAS AHEAD BY 20.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> HEIDI IS A SUPER NICE PERSON.

SHE IS EVERYTHING THAT SHE SEEMS.

SHE HAS THIS WONDERFUL STORY.

SHE IS JUST -- I THINK COLORADO REPUBLICANS WERE SMART IN THIS STATE IN THE PRIMARY.

A COUPLE OF STATES THEY PICKED TOTAL WACK JOBS.

A TV DOCTOR SELLING WEIRD STUFF.

WE DID WELL HERE.

ALL THE STATEWIDE CANDIDATES ARE SUCCESSFUL, WINSOME PEOPLE PUTTING GOOD PLATFORMS, WHETHER YOU ARE REPUBLICAN YOU CAN FEEL CONFIDENT THEY LEAD THE STATE IN A GOOD WAY.

>> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COMMERCIALS TO GO VOTE COLORADO.

>> YES, WE HAVE.

I'M SURE JENNA WHEN SHE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA SHE HAD NO POLITICAL MOTIVATES IN MIND.

SHE IS NOT A POLITICAL PERSON.

FIRMLY IN MY CHEEK IN THAT COMMENT.

I THINK THOSE ADS COMING OFF THE AIR.

I GOT THIS LETTER FROM GOVERNOR POLIS ALONG WITH MY WIFE AND MY REFUND CHECK.

NO MENTION OF TABOR HERE.

INCUMBENTS SHOULD KNOCK IT OFF.

THIS IS BLATANT USE OF THE OFFICE.

THEY SHOULD JUST KNOCK IT OFF.

THEY HAVE PLENTY OF ADVANTAGES RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T CARE WHAT THAT POLL SAYS.

JARED POLIS HAS A FIVE-POINT LEAD THAN HEIDI GANAHL.

HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE PLAYING CYNICAL GAMES.

>> THIS IS ALL NOT WHAT IT SEEMS?

>> NO, I THINK IT IS WHAT IT SEEMS.

I THINK TO ERIC'S POINT THERE IS POLITICAL THEATER.

THE COLORADO PARTY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF DOING IS PICKING CANDIDATES WHO IS NOT ELECTION -- BY IN LARGE THEY ARE ELECTION DENIERS.

I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR WAYNE TO BE VISIBLE WITH JENNA AND TELL PEOPLE COLORADO ELECTIONS ARE FAIR.

THEY WORK.

REGARDLESS WHETHER WE HAVE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT SECRETARIES.

WE HAVE HAD MAIL-IN VOTING FOR DECADES.

NO ONE HAS CLAIMED THAT THE PERSON WHO WON DIDN'T REALLY NAME.

YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT.

AND COLORADOANS WERE LYING.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN A GOOD MOVE.

IT IS HEATING UP.

WE WILL SEE MORE TV COMMERCIALS.

WE WILL SEE MORE CLAIMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT IS GOING TO BE A FUN POLITICAL SEASON.

>> OKAY, FUN.

>>> EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE CELEBRATED COLORADO DAY, THE DAY WE BECAME A STATE.

COLORADO IS AWESOME.

WE ALL LOVE IT BUT IT'S GETTING TRICKY TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

KRISTA HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT SAYS WILL GET THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OFF THE STREET.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD A LOT.

>> IT IS A GREAT IDEA.

IT IS A IDEA THAT DENVER DID UNDER HICKENLOOPER.

WHEN YOU ENABLE PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN DEPENDANCY THAT HARMS THEM.

IF YOU WANT TO GIVE, GIVE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT TRULY HELP THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHO ARE OUT OF WORK, WHO HAVE DEPENDANCY ISSUE.

GIVE THEM THE HELP THEY NEED.

I HAVE HAD FRIENDS GONE THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS.

THEY WORK, THEY HELP PEOPLE.

ANYONE SOMEONE GIVES A DOLLAR WHO IS BEGGING ON THE STREET, THAT IS GUARANTEE THE PERSON WILL SHOW UP THE NEXT DAY.

BOTH THEMSELVES AND DRIVERS AND CARS.

SO I THINK WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS COMMENDABLE.

I HAVE NO DOUBT IT WILL WORK WELL.

>> YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE GROUPS THAT COME DOWN EVERY SATURDAY PROVIDE FOOD.

MULTIPLE GROUPS.

MAYBE THEY WILL BE PUSHING DENVER TO FOCUS ON THE NON-PROFIT.

>> LET'S HOPE SO.

>> ERIC, LIKE SO MANY RESORT TOWNS IT IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER FOR LOCAL WORKERS TO FIND PLACES TO LIVE STEAMBOAT THINKS THEY HAVE A PLAN.

>> WE LIVE MOST OF THESE TIMES NEAR -- THE WORKER SHORTAGE CAN'T BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

THE WORKERS CAN'T FIND HOUSING.

A LOT ARE COMING UP WITH PLANS.

THE PROOF WILL BE IN THE PUDDING.

IF I CAN USE AIR BNB IS BECOMING PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT IS TAKING PROPERTIES THAT USED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR RENT AT AFFORDABLE RENT.

IT IS TAKING THEM OFF THE MARKET.

THE OWNERS OF THOSE PRIORITIES CAN REAP HIGHER REVENUES.

IT HAS REALLY BECOME A DISTORTION OF THE MARKET.

BACK TO KRISTA.

SHE WROTE LAST WEEK ON AURORA ON PANHANDLING.

IT DID HAVE SOME EFFECT.

THE OTHER POINT THAT WAS NOT SAID, THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE PANHANDLING AND THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS.

SOME THEM ARE HOMELESS.

NOT ALL ARE HOMELESS.

SOME ARE DOING IT AS A REVENUE SOURCE.

GIVE TO AGENCIES NOT THE BEGGARS ON THE STREET.

>> EARLIER THIS WEEK THE SAUCY NOODLE THAT WENT HEAVY ON THE GARLIC HAD TO CLOSE BECAUSE OF THE COST OF RENT.

PENFIELD THIS PLACE HAS BEEN THERE FOREVER.

THE NEW LANDLORD SAID WE WANT MORE MONEY.

>> WE HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN DENVER THAT ARE INTERRELATED.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE HAVE THE UNHOUSED.

AND THIS HAS IMPACTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET AND HAS IMPACT IN THE BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL MARKET.

AND SO THAT WHOLE WEST SIDE OF UNIVERSITY SOUTH OF EXPOSITION IS GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED AT SOME POINT.

MID RISES.

UNLESS THE NEW COUNCIL GIVES THEM SOME LATITUDE HOPEFULLY SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE DECADES POLICY WHERE YOU ARE NOT ENCOURAGING TO BUILD HOUSING THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN.

THAT'S WHY TEACHERS HAVE TO LIVE SO FAR AWAY FROM THE DISTRICTS THAT TEACH IN.

>> MARIANNE WHEN YOU THINK OF HOUSING YOU CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES IN THE MARSHALL FIRE.

THERE WAS AN OPT WRITTEN BY A WOMAN.

WHY US?

WHY DOES PEOPLE CARE ABOUT US?

WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS IN COLORADO?

>> I SAW A STORY IN THE WEEK THAT LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS.

THE NUMBER ONE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS IS HOUSING.

YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR IN SOME COMMUNITY IT IS WORKING.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR A FACILITY WITH GOVERNOR POLIS.

THEY GOT EXCELLENT IDEAS HOW TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING ISSUE AND HOW TO MOVE PEOPLE FORWARD.

THIS IS A FACILITY WITH 130 UNITS.

95 OF THOSE UNITS ARE ONE, TWO, THREE BEDROOMS FOR FAMILIES.

THEY HAVE 35 THAT ARE KNOWN AS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

SERVE AS A SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS.

IN TALKING TO SOME OF THE FOLKS GOING THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF REHOUSING, IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW MUCH HOUSING LIFTED UP THEIR LIVES.

ONE WOMAN HAD TOLD ME SHE HAD BEEN LIVING IN HER CAR FOR TWO YEARS AND GOT INTO A SHELTER AND GETTING MOVED INTO A DIFFERENT PLACE IN A ROYAL VILLAGE.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE COMMUNITIES EXPAND ON THIS.

THIS SEEMS TO BE THE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> REALLY QUICKLY.

ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> CAN'T DO IT IN ONE WORD.

I GOT A PARKING TICKET.

I DESERVE IT.

WHAT USED TO BE $25 IS NOW $35.

WELCOME INFLATION.

>> THE AFFIDAVIT WAS UNSEALED WITH REGARD TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE 15 CASES OF BOXES CONTAINING CLASSIFIED MATERIAL AND NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION.

SOMEBODY IS GOING TO JAIL.

>> THE LAWYERS WHO HANDLES THE FILING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCORDING TO THE JUDGE THAT HANDLE THIS CASE DON'T SEEM KNOW HOW TO WRITE.

>> AND YOUR GOOD THING OF THE WEEK.

>> THE AUTHOR AND EXSEMILAR OF FREE SPEECH.

SO MANY PEOPLE INTO SILENCING THESE DAYS.

WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THOSE ADVOCATES.

>> COLORADOANS COME OUT WE HAD SOME GREAT SUMMER FESTIVAL DONE BY THE COLORADO HISPANIC CHAMBER.

WAS ONE OF THE BEST.

I'M GLAD WE ARE HANGING AROUND EACH OTHER AGAIN.

>> ME TOO.

>> SHOWING US WHAT COULD BE THE LIGHT OF THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

>> I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO MISSION YOGURT.

THEY STARTED GIVING THEIR EMPLOYEES $100 A WEEK FOR GASOLINE.

WAY TO MAKE A WIN/WIN SITUATION.

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