
August 4th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 31 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
Topics Former President Trump Indicted By Grand Jury Colorado GOP Filed Federal Lawsuit
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun Krista Kafer Amber McReynolds Luige del Puerto Topics Former President Trump Indicted By Grand Jury Colorado GOP Filed Federal Lawsuit Denver Metro Business Community Heard From Four Regional Mayors Regarding Cities Challenges Taste of Summer
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August 4th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 31 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun Krista Kafer Amber McReynolds Luige del Puerto Topics Former President Trump Indicted By Grand Jury Colorado GOP Filed Federal Lawsuit Denver Metro Business Community Heard From Four Regional Mayors Regarding Cities Challenges Taste of Summer
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
IT IS PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND -- FRIDAY AUGUST 4TH.
HERE TO CELEBRATE WE HAVE EDITOR, WESTWORD.
KRISTA KAFER, COLUMNIST FOR DENVER POST.
AMBER MCREYNOLDS, AN EXPERT IN ELECTION ADMINISTRATION AND FORMER DENVER CLERK AND RECORDER.
LUIGE DE PUERTO, EDITOR AT DENVER GAZETTE AND COLORADO POLITICS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
LET'S START WITH A QUICK LIGHTING ROUND IN RECOGNITION OF COLORADO DAY.
PLEASE SAY YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT COLORADO.
>> THE SCENERY IS MAGNIFICENT.
PEOPLE CAN USUALLY GET ALONG AS WE WILL PROVE TODAY.
>> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.
I WILL GO WITH 300 DAYS OF SUNSHINE.
>> A COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT ACROSS COLORADO.
>> I LEARNED FLY FISHING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> THIS WEEK FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CHARGES THAT HE PARTICIPATED IN A CONSPIRACY.
HERE WE ARE AGAIN.
THIS TIME IT IS SERIOUS.
>> IT IS SERIOUS.
IT COMES HOME TO COLORADO.
ONE OF THE SIX INDICTED IS SOON TO BE THE FORMER CU PROFESSOR WHEN HE WENT AND ADVISED TRUMP THAT IT WAS ALL RIGHT TO HAVE MIKE PENCE TURN OVER THE ELECTION.
HE IS ACTIVE IN COLORADO.
JOHN EASTMAN IS INDICTED.
ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS WAS I WAS ACTING ON THE ADVICE OF MY LAWYERS.
ANYONE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN HIM THAN TO FOLLOW JOHN EASTMAN'S ADVISE.
>> KRISTA?
>> I THINK WE WILL SEE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE.
I HAVE NO DOUBT HE IS GUILTY.
HERE IS THE DEAL HE IS CALLING HIS FREE SPEECH.
WE HAVE A RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH BUT IT IS NOT ABSOLUTE.
YOU CANNOT USE FREE SPEECH IN COMMISSION OF A CRIME IN ORDER TO HURT A PERSON OR SCARE A PERSON INTO FEARING FOR THEIR LIFE.
YOU CAN'T USE SPEECH TO LIABLE SOMEONE.
YOU CAN'T SAY FALSE THINGS.
YOU CAN'T SAY FALSE THINGS THAT COVER UP THE TRUTH ON A COURT WHILE YOU ARE AT COURT.
SIMILARLY, IF HE GENUINELY BELIEVED THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN AND SAYING SO, I GUESS THAT IS FREE SPEECH.
I HONESTLY THINK HE KNEW HE LOST THE ELECTION HE WAS USING SPEECH TO OVERTURN DECISION BY THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
HE WAS USING SPEECH FOR THAT PURPOSE AND TO INSIGHT HIS FOLLOWERS AND BELIEVERS BUT TRY TO OVERTURN THAT ELECTION.
>> FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS ARE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND AMERICAN IDEALS.
FOR ME ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY.
WE HAVE SEEN THE EVIDENCE, THE INDICTMENT IS FULL OF DIRECT EVIDENCE.
THE NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT TOLD HIM THAT THESE CONSPIRACIES AND LIES WERE NOT TRUE.
THE INDICTMENT IS NOT ABOUT FREE SPEECH AT ALL.
IT IS ABOUT THE EVIDENCE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ATTEMPTED TO OVERTURN THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
I THINK IT IS ALSO IT IS HISTORIC.
IT IS TRAGIC, IT IS REGRETTABLE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IT IS EMBARRASSING FOR US ON THE WORLDWIDE STAGE.
AND I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY IS CRITICAL AS WE TRY TO HEAL AS AMERICANS AND HEAL OUR CIVIC HEALTH.
THIS HAS BEEN DETRIMENTAL.
IF WE WILL TEACH GENERATIONS HOW TO BE POLITICAL AND BE ENGAGED AND BE A PART OF OUR CIVIL SOCIETY HE MUST BR HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT INCLUDES HAVE TRANSPARENCY AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> LEAGUE?
>> IT IS A 45 PAGE INDICTMENT THAT HE CONSPIRED WITH OTHERS TO DEFRAUD AND USE THE GOVERNMENT BY CERTIFYING HE PUSHED FRAUDS CLAIMS THAT HE KNEW TO NOT BE TRUE.
HE PRESSURED STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO CHANGE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS AS YOU MENTIONED THAT HE INSIGHTED A VIOLENT ASSAULT ON THE U.S. CAPITOL.
HIS CAMPAIGN SAID HE ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE LAW.
THIS IS DISGRACEFUL AND POLITICAL TARGETING.
I THINK -- I GOT TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS ONE.
I DON'T THINK JOHN EASTMAN WAS NOT INDICTED.
I DO WONDER TO WHAT EXTEND THIS THREATENS TRUMP HAND IN THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
>> WILL THIS SEPARATE PEOPLE MORE?
>> I THINK IT WILL SEPARATE PEOPLE MORE.
WHEN MIKE PENCE WAS TALKING, WHEN YOU HEAR BILL, TRUMP'S AG TALK ABOUT HOW WRONG TRUMP WAS.
WE WILL SEE HOW BAD IT IS IN 2024.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE TELEVISED?
THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO SEE?
HAVE YOU GUYS HEARD?
>> I DON'T THINK A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE.
THERE IS A PROCESS THROUGH THE COURTS WHAT IS VIEWABLE.
I THINK IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BE ABLE TO SEE AND HEAR THIS.
THIS PRESIDENT IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
HE IS TELLING VICE PRESIDENT HE WAS BEING TOO HONEST.
OTHERWISE IT IS A MARKETING CAMPAIGN OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE WHICH WILL FURTHER DIVIDE THE COUNTRY.
>> DO YOU WORRY THAT THE -- THAT HAVING THIS ON CAMERA WILL SIMPLY SEE THE CONSPIRACY THEORIEST THE IMAGES THEY WANT?
EVEN SO A LOT OF EVIDENCE WAS AIRED.
IT ONLY BECAME A PART OF THE NARRATIVE, THE FALSE NARRATIVE OF THE CONSPIRACY THEORIST.
IF IT WAS SIMPLY FUEL THE FANTASY I DON'T KNOW.
>> WE HAVE TWO TRIBES.
A REPUBLICAN TRIBE AND A DEMOCRATIC TRIBE.
WHEN YOU GO ONE OF THE TRIBLE LEADERS.
WE KNOW TRUMP HAS A LOYAL FOLLOWING.
HE HAS CONNECTED WITH THEM IN A WAY THAT CAN'T BE BROKEN.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPY TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT AS CONNECTED?
HOW DO THEY VIEW THIS ONE?
WE KNOW HE IS RUNNING AHEAD THE POLLS BY 30 POINTS.
THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA IS BEHIND.
THIS WILL MAKE HIM ENSURE HE WINS REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FLAWED PRIMARY PROCESS.
WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE FIELD, HE DOESN'T NEED THE MAJORITY OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS.
HE NEEDS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
THIS IS THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
I BROUGHT THIS UP FOR YEARS.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SITUATION, PEOPLE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE PRIMARY WHICH IS NOT THE MAJORITY.
I THINK THE RANK CHOICE MODEL FOR PRESIDENT IN BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE WOULD ACTUALLY BE FAR HEALTHIER SO WE CAN AVOID SOMEONE GETTING THROUGH WITH A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PRIMARY.
A TOPIC WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.
FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO BLOCK UNAFFILIATED VOTERS FROM CASTING BALLOTS IN 2024.
THE STATE GOP THINKS THIS WILL BE THE WAY TO GET MORE VICTORIES.
>> NORMALLY I'M CRITICAL OF WHAT THEY THINK AND DO.
THEY DO ASK AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
DOES A POLITICAL PARTY HAS A RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE PEOPLE THAT IT PICKS IN AN ELECTION WITHOUT HAVING OUTSIDERS APPROACHING AND BEING PART OF THE DECISION.
THAT'S WHY I VOTED AGAINST 108.
I WILL BE ONE OF THOSE UNAFFILIATED VOTERS.
BUT I THINK IT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVE A JUDGE LOOK AT THAT QUESTION.
I THINK IT IS THE MOST HONEST WAY THEY HAVE GONE ABOUT THIS.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER DISHONEST WAY OF DOING THAT.
TRYING TO DEPRIVE REPUBLICANS AND UNAFFILIATED VOTERS THE RIGHT TO HAVE A PRIMARY AT ALL.
THEY ARE TRYING TO RIG THAT DECISION IN A VERY DISHONEST WAY.
AT LEAST THEY ARE ASKING AN HONEST QUESTION.
>> AMBER?
>> I'M UNAFFILIATED MYSELF.
I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
THE MAJORITY OF COLORADOANS ARE UNAFFILIATED.
IN FACT, A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE UNAFFILIATED.
SO TO ME THIS IS A PRIVATE POLITICAL PARTY TRYING TO LEAD VOTERS OUT OF THEIR PROCESS WE PAY FOR.
TAXPAYER DOLLARS PAY FOR THESE ELECTIONS AND INFRINGE ON THE RIGHTS WE HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTIONS.
THEY WANT TO LEAVE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR PROCESS.
I THINK THAT IS PRETTY POLITICALLY STUPID GIVEN WHEN YOU TELL A VOTER YOU DON'T WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS, I DON'T THINK HOW THEY WILL COME SUPPORT THEM WHEN THEY CAN CLEARLY SEE THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO LEAVE THEM OUT.
>> HE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER A COCONSPIRATOR IN THE TRUMP INDICTMENT.
JOHN EASTMAN IS A VERY INTELLIGENT PERSON.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE IT IS AN INTERESTING AMENDMENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE PRIVATE CLUBS AND USE THE WORD PRIVATE, HOA'S ANY OTHER GROUP YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STAKE IN THAT GROUP TO VOTE FOR THAT GROUP'S LEADERSHIP.
OF THE HOA WE HAVE TO HAVE A HOUSE UNDER YOUR NAME TO BE PART OF THAT HOA.
IF YOU ARE IN A CLUB YOU HAVE TO PAY THE MEMBERSHIP DUES.
IT IS AN INTERESTING FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE WHAT EXTEND OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE INFRINGE ON THE VOTING RIGHTS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
I'M FASCINATED.
I WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHING HOW THIS CASE INFOLDS.
>> PATTY?
>> WE TALK ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN DOING AN END RUN WHERE PEOPLE WHO HADN'T VOTED ASSUME TO VOTED YES.
THEY WON'T HAVE THE OPEN PRIMARY.
JOHN EASTMAN TOOK IT TO COLORADO.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT AMBER SAID.
THESE ARE PRIVATE GROUPS.
WE PAID FOR IT.
THE MAJORITY ARE INDEPENDENT THINKERS THEY CAN DECIDE WHO IS THE BEST CANDIDATE.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT 108.
THEY CAN PARTICIPATE BY GETTING INVOLVED IN A PRIMARY.
HELPING COLORADO PICK THE BEST CANDIDATE WHO IS NOT THE PRIVATE PARTY'S FAITHFUL.
THAT IS THE BIG ISSUE.
WHY SHOULD THE PEOPLE BE DISINFRANCHISED?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR AMBER.
WHAT HAPPENS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MOVES INTO A PURE CAUCUS OF ELECTING THEIR LEADERS.
WHICH WILL MEAN, THEY PAY FOR THEIR CAUCUS.
THEY MEET AMONG THEMSELVES.
THEY SAY WE DON'T NEED YOUR MONEY, WE WILL MEET OUR OWN CAUCUS.
THERE IS NO STATE MONEY IF YOU THINK THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO DO IT.
>> IT IS THE SYSTEM WE HAD BEFORE.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT LEFT OUT.
AND SO, THE MAJORITY OF COLORADOANS WILL NOT BE PART OF THOSE DECISIONS.
WE WILL SEE MORE POLARIZATIONS CAN GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GET LEFT OUT, MILITARY.
ANYONE WHO IS OUT FOR BUSINESS.
DOCTORS, NURSES, PARENTS WITH SMALL CHILDREN.
A CAUCUS IS LIMITING.
IT VIOLATES A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH ACCESSIBILITY, VOTING LAWS, ALL OF THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HIM -- LIMITATIONS THAT IMPOSE.
IT WOULD BE A STEP BACKWARDS IN MY MIND.
IT WOULD DEEPLY HURT COLORADO.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD GET RID OF THE CAUCUS SYSTEM.
I USED TO BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PARTY.
I PRINTED OUT 400 CARDS AND PASSED THEM TO COME TO THIS CAUCUS MEETING AND THREE PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
I BROUGHT TWO OF THEM WITH ME.
WE DON'T GO TO CAUCUS MEETINGS.
THE PEOPLE WHO DO GO ARE THE PEOPLE PERHAPS THE MOST PASSIONATE.
IT CAN BE A GOOD THING.
IT CAN BE AN INGREDIENT OF DELUSION AND NUTTINESS.
I THINK YOU WILL HAVE THE TINA PETERS-TYPE PEOPLE THERE THAT CANNOT WIN IN THE GENERAL THAT MAKE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LOOK BAD.
I THINK IT IS A DISASTER.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET RID OF THAT CAUCUS SYSTEM?
>> FOR SURE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS LEGISLATION BY THE WAY THE TWO PARTIES HAVE CREATED.
ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS FOR DESIGN FOR THE TWO PARTIES, ALL OF THE LITIGATION HAS BEEN IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM.
ALL THE CHANGES HAPPENED ON THAT.
WE MADE GOOD STRIDES REDISTRICTING CHANGES HERE.
THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DECIDE THE POLICIES AND HOW THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
SO THAT'S WHAT IS KIND OF THE ISSUE IN MY MIND IS THAT WE GOT A HISTORY OF CASE LAW THAT DESIGNED TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THE TWO PARTIES HOLDING POWER.
I THINK THAT THE MOVE TO BE UNAFFILIATED.
THIS IS A NATIONAL TREND THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THE LAST 10-15 YEARS.
BOTH PARTIES ARE USING MASSIVE SHARE.
PEOPLE HAVE MORE ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAN THEY DID 50 YEARS AGO.
THEY HAVE ABILITY TO MAKE SELECTIONS HOLD THE PARTY TICKET OR WHATEVER MIGHT BE.
THERE IS THE CHANGE OF TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED POLITICS IN A BIG WAY.
THEY NEED TO BE REFLECTIVE OF THAT CHANGE.
>> THE DENVER METRO COMMUNITY HEARD ABOUT THE CITY'S CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHS.
BRAND NEW TO THE JOB.
THEY CAME TOGETHER AND SHARED IDEAS.
A LOT OF EYES ON MIKE JOHNSTON.
>> WE HAD THE RUNOFF ELECTION AND WE HAVE THE NEW MAYOR.
DENVER HAS A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES.
I HAVE BEEN A LONG-TIME DENVER RESIDENT.
HE IS TAKING STEPS PER HIS CAMPAIGN COMMITMENTS TO MOVE FORWARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE I HOPE DENVER RECONSIDERS THE MUNICIPAL CALENDAR, USE RANK VOTING TO CHOOSE MAYOR IN THE FUTURE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THE NEW MAYOR SHOWS SUPPORT FOR.
I HOPE WE SEE ACTION ON THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES FOR THE FUTURE.
>> THEY TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES HOW WE DO NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
I LOVE THAT IDEA WE GOT TO COLLABORATE TO MAKE OUR REGION DO WELL.
>> YES THEY DID.
THEY TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY FOCUSED ON IS HOMELESSNESS.
NOW HOMELESSNESS IS A BIG PROBLEM.
AND IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF RESULT TO FIX A PROBLEM LIKE HOMELESSNESS.
I DO WANT TO NOTE NONE OF THE MAJOR CITIES HAVE FIXED THIS PROBLEM.
WE SEE HOMELESS PROBLEM IN METRO DENVER GREW BY 32% IN THEIR LAST COUNT WHICH HAPPENED IN JANUARY.
WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME, THEY WERE SPENDING $120 MILLION LAST YEAR IN DENVER ALONE.
THIS YEAR THEY ARE SPENDING $254 MILLION IN HOMELESSNESS.
IT WAS ALMOST 5,000 HOMELESS PEOPLE.
IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN THAT IS 50,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON.
JUST FOR CONTEXT WHAT WE ARE SPENDING IS ABOUT $10,000.
THAT IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE PUTTING INTO THIS PROBLEM.
DENVER HAS A HOUSING FIRST MINDSET.
GET THEM OUT OF STREETS.
AURORA HAS A MORE WORK FIRST, ANOTHER APPROACH, WE WILL HELP YOU, YOU GOT TO FIND A JOB, YOU GOT TO DO JOB TRAINING.
BETWEEN THESE TWO MAJOR CITIES THEY HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO COOPERATE.
YOU CAN'T JUST PUSH OUT.
DO ONE THING OVER HERE.
THEY WILL CROP UP OVER THERE.
>> AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK.
THAT POINT AND TIME COUNT SHOWED THAT DENVER'S HOMELESS PROBLEM IS GROWING BUT THE METRO PROBLEM IS GROWING MUCH FASTER.
IT IS GROWING 32%.
DENVER HAS GROWN 8%.
JUST TODAY MIKE JOHNSTON DID THE FIRST SWEEP.
IT WASN'T ONE OF THE CHOICE SWEEPS.
IT HAD BEEN BAD AT THAT SPOT.
HE HAS ADMITTED EVEN THOUGH THERE AREN'T PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
THE PEOPLE IN THE ENCAMPMENTS HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO GO INTO SHELTERS AND GET HELP.
THAT IS THE TRICKIEST PART IF YOU ARE HOMELESSNESS.
HOW DO PERSUADE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS TO GET HELP AND WHAT KIND OF HELP THEY NEED.
JOHNSTON IS NOT PLAYING GAMES.
HE IS WORKING HARD.
COFFMAN IS WORKING HARD.
IT IS A TOUGH THING TO SOLVE.
>> I'M GLAD WE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTS.
MY MONEY WILL BE ON AURORA YOU HAVE A WORK FIRST PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY MODEL.
I HAVE CONCERNS WHAT MIKE JOHNSTON IS DOING.
HE IS SUCH A NICE MAN.
THIS WEEK WHEN HE SAID WE WILL GIVE TRASH SERVICE TO THESE ENCAMPMENTS.
IF I WOULD THROW A WHOLE BUNCH OF TRASH AND I HAVE SEEN THEY DO THAT.
THEY THROW TRASH ALL AROUND.
THERE WAS A GUY IN THE NATURE AREA WHERE I LIVE, A LITTLE PARK.
HE IS OUT THERE SCREAMING, HE HAS TRASH.
IF I WOULD DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS I WOULD GET FINED.
IF I LIVE ON A TENT AND I WANT TO THROW TRASH OUT, I GET FREE TRASH SERVICE.
I THINK THIS MOVES TO ENABLE.
THEY ARE ASKING FOR PORTA-POTTIES.
THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE DRUGS AND DRINK.
THEY DECIDE I WILL STAY AT THE TRENT AND ASK THAT THE THINGS BE BROUGHT TO ME.
HOW FAIR IS IT TO OTHER TAXPAYERS?
HOW IS IT FAIR TO HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT.
I HOME THEY WILL MOVE AWAY FROM ENABLING AND MOVE TOWARDS A RESPONSIBILITY APPROACH, YOU CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS FOR THE SAKE OF OTHER PEOPLE.
>> WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS WAS A REALLY GREAT WEEK FOR NEW COLORADO SPRINGS WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SPACE COMMAND WILL REMAIN.
IT IS GOOD NEWS.
BIG SIGH OF RELIEF IN COLORADO SPRINGS.
NOW OUR HIGHS AND LOWS HERE IN COLORADO OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.
PATTY WILL I START WITH YOU WITH THE LOW.
>> I BROUGHT UP THE SCHOOL BOARDS.
THE ACL HAS NOW SUED A FORMER EMPLOYEE GOT THROWN OUT OF THE MEETING FOR DARING SOMEONE TO SHARE ANTI-GAY REMARK.
>> A POLL SAID 70% SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE AN IQ TEST.
>> I THINK THE LOW FOR ME THE EMBARRASSMENT THIS SITUATION WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT PUT THIS COUNTRY IN IN TERMS ON THE ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY.
IT IS A LOW POINT IN OUR HISTORY.
IT IS REGRETTABLE.
I'M HOPING THAT OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM WILL WORK EFFECTIVELY TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL AS ANY OF THIS COCONSPIRATORS.
>> NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING GOOD.
>> COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ANY ONE CAN APPLY FOR FREE.
>> THAT IS A GREAT ONE.
>> I'M GLAD SPACE COMMAND IS STAYING.
THEY NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME.
>> I LOVE THOSE TWO.
I SAW THE BARBIE MOVIE LAST NIGHT WITH MY DAUGHTER.
IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE MONOLOGUE WITHIN THE MOVIE.
THE ACTRESS AND GOES THROUGH THE MONOLOGUE ABOUT WOMEN SHARE IT WITH YOUR DAUGHTERS AND FRIENDS.
IT IS VERY INSPIRATIONAL.
>> THE RIVERS ARE FULL.
IT IS GREAT OUT THERE.
>> YOU ARE HAVING LUCK, I HOPE.
>> NOT REALLY.
>> NEXT TIME.
MY POSITIVE I'M GRATEFUL FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
IT IS MY BIRTHDAY WEEK.
I'M PRETTY GRATEFUL.
HAPPY FOR ALL THAT AWAITS.
IT IS NOT A BAD THING, IT IS A GOOD THING.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU OUR PANEL AND YOU ALL THAT ARE WATCHING.
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US.
I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.
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