>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH.

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS WEEK'S INSIDER PANEL.

PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTORD.

ALAYNA ALVAREZ, REPORTER WITH AXIOS DENVER.

CARLY WEST, VP GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WITH THE DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

ADAM BURG, SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR AT FOSTER, GRAHAM, MILSTEIN AND CALISHER LAW FIRM.

EARLY, IN-PERSON VOTING STARTED THIS WEEK AT 365 LOCATIONS IN COLORADO AND BALLOTS ARE ALSO BEING TURNED IN AT 433 COLLECTION BOXES.

BUT WE'RE OFF TO A SLOW START, AND THE NUMBER OF BALLOTS TURNED IN AT THIS POINT IS WAY BEHIND WHERE WE WERE AT THIS TIME IN 2020.

PERHAPS IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR LONG BALLOTS ACROSS THE STATES THIS YEAR.

>> PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT CRAZY THING DONALD TRUMP WILL SAY NEXT.

THIS WAS A GOOD WEEK FOR IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO DO A RECAP.

IT IS JUST GET WILDER AND WILDER.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IN ADDITION TO COLLECTION BOXES YOU CAN GO TO ANY MAILBOX TO MAIL YOUR BALLOT.

MONDAY 28th.

IT IS A LONG BALLOT.

I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE SLOW.

I THINK PEOPLE -- MOST PEOPLE HAVE MADE THEIR CHOICE ON TRUMP OR HARRIS.

THEY ARE GOING WHICHEVER THEY ONE THEY LIKE THE BEST OR DISLIKE THE LEAST.

THEY ARE COMPLICATED.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL STAY HOME.

SOMETHING ON THAT BALLOT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO THEM.

WHETHER IT IS THE ABORTION ISSUE OR THE VET ISSUE OR THE SENTENCING ISSUE.

THERE IS SOMETHING THERE FOR EVERYONE YOU SHOULD WEIGH IN ON EVEN IF YOU CAN'T DECIDE WHO YOU WILL VOTE AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

>> SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE KEEPING VOTERS FROM VOTING RIGHT NOW TO LOOK HOW THE CITY OF DENVER COST CUTTING EFFORT TO TRIM THIS YEAR'S BALLOT BOOKLET.

THE CITY ONLY PRINTED BALLOT INFORMATION FOR MEASURES IT WAS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO.

THAT MEANS ONLY FIVE OUT OF THE 12 BALLOT MEASURES ARE INCLUDED IN THE BOOKLET SO THAT IS LESS THAN HALF.

IT WILL SAVE THE CITY ABOUT $2,000.

IT WILL SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT IMPACT.

VOTERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND PRINTED COPIES OF THIS BOOKLET.

I DECIDED TO CHECK IN WITH PUBLIC LIBRARIES THIS WEEK AND SEE HOW THEIR STALK WAS.

I CALLED 22 ON MONDAY.

OVER A THIRD OF THEM HAD NO COPIES OR ONLY A FEW COPIES LEFT.

THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING FAST.

CLEARLY THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE AS WE ENTER CRUNCH TIME.

DENVER VOTERS FACE THE LONGEST BALLOT IN HISTORY.

THEY ARE ON THE HUNT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS ON THEIR BALLOT.

>> CARLY?

>> WE HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS.

IT GIVES THE IMPRESSION THOSE ARE THE FINANCIAL MEASURES THERE.

WHEN IN FACT THERE ARE MEASURES THAT WILL HAVE MAJOR IMPACT.

THOSE STAND TO ECONOMIC DEVASTATE COLORADO IN SEVERAL WAYS.

IF THOSE WERE TO PASS WE COULD SEE $861 MILLION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY LOST.

IT PUTS THE STALK SHOW AT RISK WHICH IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON IN JANUARY.

WE COULD SEE 50,000 EMPTY HOSPITAL ROOMS THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURIST INSPECTORS.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT BUSINESSES IN THE STATE.

>> ADAM?

>> I THINK THE IDEA OF EARLY VOTING IS A SLOW START.

VOTING IS A SEASON NOT A DAY.

VOTING OVER 19 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE CAST THEIR BALLOTS.

I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF WE DON'T GET 80% PLUS VOTER TURNOUT IN COLORADO.

THE NUMBERS WE ARE SEEING AND THE BREAK DOWN WHO SEEMS TO BE VOTING.

45% OF THOSE VOTERS ARE DEMOCRATS.

40% REPUBLICAN.

22% ARE UNAFFILIATED.

NO BIG SURPRISE DEMOCRATS TEND TO VOTE EARLY WHEN WE SEE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE.

DON'T READ INTO THAT.

I THINK WE WILL SEE A QUICK CATCHUP FROM ALL THE SIDES AND EXPECT A HIGH TURNOUT IN COLORADO.

>>> EACH WEEK, SINCE EARLY AUGUST, OUR COLORADO COLORADO INSIDE OUT PANEL HAS DISCUSSED A VARIOUS MEASURE ON EITHER THE STATE BALLOT OR THE LOCAL BALLOT.

AND SINCE PET OWNERSHIP STATISTICS SHOW 64.7% OF COLORADO HOUSEHOLDS HAVE A PET, LET'S TALK ABOUT PROPOSITION 129 WHICH WOULD CREATE A NEW VETERINARY PA POSITION, LIKE A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT POSITION AT OUR DOCTORS' OFFICES.

LET'S START WITH YOU ALAYNA.

>> THIS BALLOT MEASURE ENDORSED BY GOVERNOR POLIS IS ASSIGNED TO ADDRESS A VETERINARY SHORTAGE IN COLORADO.

I WANT TO SHARE TWO STATS.

ONE IS THAT 3800 VETS TREAT 2.5 MILLION DOGS AND CATS.

THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR HORSES AND OTHER FARM ANIMALS.

ANOTHER STAT 20% OF COLORADO COUNTIES LACK -- HAVE LITTLE TO NO ACCESS TO ANY VETERINARY CARE.

THIS IS AT THE HEART OF THIS ISSUE.

OTHER GOALS TO PROVIDE MORE RELIEF FOR OVERWORKED DOCTORS.

EXPANDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR VETERINARY PROFESSIONALS AND PROVIDING GREATER ACCESS BY PROVIDING LOWER COST TREATMENT.

THEY ARGUE THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS TO ANIMALS.

IF THIS POSITION IS CREATED THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE FEWER YEARS OF TRAINING THAN A NORMAL VETERINARY THEY GO TO SCHOOL FOR EIGHT YEARS.

>> I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.

THERE IS SO MUCH ON THE BALLOT THIS IS ONE I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO LOOK INTO IT.

FOR ME THIS ONE ILLUSTRATES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE HOW BALLOT SYSTEM HAS REALLY, IN MY OPINION GOT OFF THE RAILS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT A BALLOT AS MANY ISSUES AS WE LOOK AT IT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THOSE.

A LOT OF THESE ISSUES ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD BE MAKING ON OUR BEHALF.

WHEN I LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT THEY DON'T HAVE THE BAND WITHTO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE.

IT IS EASY TO GET ON THE BALLOT, IT IS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE TO RUN A CAMPAIGN.

I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND THINK OUR APPROACH THE BALLOT.

>> WE ARE TEST RUN STATE.

>> IT IS.

>> ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT THIS, ME AND MY PARTNER HAD TO BRING OUR DOG TO THE VET.

$3,000 TO GET THE TEETH PULLED.

PEOPLE HAVE FELT THE COST OF VETERINARY CARE.

THIS FEELS LIKE A LEGISLATIVE ISSUE.

IT FEELS LIKE WE ELECT PEOPLE TO DISCUSS TO BECOME THE EXPERTS ON, TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT.

DESIGNATE THIS STUFF THROUGH THE SYSTEM WE HAVE IN PLACE FROM JANUARY TO MAY WHICH IS OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

IT FEELS TO ME PETITION A GROUP THAT CAME AND GOT TO SIGNATURES.

WHY NOT GO TO YOUR LEGISLATURE?

DID THEY?

IT IS CONCERNING TO ME THAT WE ARE ASKING VOTERS TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.

I'M NOT A VETERINARIAN.

THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE WHO ARE THE EXPERTS HERE.

OUTSIDE THE PER VIEW OF SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE ASKING VOTERS TO DECIDE.

>> IS YOUR DOG OKAY?

>> SHE IS GREAT.

SHE IS PERFECTLY HEALTHY.

>> ALL THE THINGS WE ARE VOTING ON MURDERERS SHOULD THEY BE LET OUT.

WE HAVE MORE OPINIONS THAN WE DO ON OTHER ISSUES.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF CITIZEN INITIATIVE.

IF YOU COULDN'T GET THE LEGISLATURE TO TAKE THE ACTION, THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.

YOU CAN'T EXACTLY PUT YOUR PET ON A TELEMEDICINE SCREEN.

THIS IS A WAY TO GET MORE CARE, LESS EXPENSIVELY.

WHY NOT?

WHY NOT THIS FOR ANIMALS?

>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT DENVER BALLOT ISSUE 2R BECAUSE WE HAVE YET TO DEVOTE A FULL TOPIC TO IT YET THIS ELECTION SEASON.

2R PROPOSES SALES TAX INCREASE TO PAY FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

CARLY I WILL START WITH YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

IN BUSINESS THE APPROACH IS TYPICALLY YOU CREATE A PLAN AND ONCE YOU HAVE THE PLAN YOU LOOK FOR THE FINANCING.

FOR THE DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHILE WE THINK ACCESS TO HOUSING IS THE CRITICAL ISSUES WE ARE FACING, WE DID NOT GET TO A SUPPORT POSITION ON THAT ONE.

THE APPROACH WAS A LITTLE BIT BACKWARDS HOW WE WOULD APPROVE FUNDING FOR A NEW PLAN.

THAT SAID, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS ENTHUSIASM ON HOW WE APPROACH THIS AS A REALLY BIG CHALLENGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE CURRENTLY RANKED IN COLORADO 46th IN THE COST OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE 39th IN THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.

WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT WHERE WE ARE GOING IN TERMS OF TAXATION.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE SO WE DO HAVE EVERYONE WITH A GOOD JOB WHO CAN AFFORD HOUSING IN OUR CITY.

THAT SAID, WE ARE STILL LOOKING FORWARD WORKING WITH THE MAYOR ON THE TEAM REGARDLESS WHETHER IT PASSES OR FAIL WE DO KNOW IT IS A CRITICAL ISSUE.

>> OKAY.

ADAM?

>> I THINK ONE THING I WOULD REITERATE TO VOTERS NONE OF THESE ARE OPERATING IN A VACUUM.

YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT 9.65% SALES TAX IN DENVER.

LARGEST WITHIN THE METRO REGION.

YOU HAVE COMPARABLE RATES.

WE ARE LOOKING AT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY TAXES.

I WILL LEAVE THAT TO VOTERS TO DECIDE IF THEY THINK THAT IS GOOD IN THE LONG-TERM.

THIS ABOVE ELSE $100 MILLION A YEAR IS NOT GOING TO FIX AFFORDABLE HOUSES IN DENVER.

THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

THE DOWNTOWN EXPANSION IS ANOTHER TOOL.

LEVERAGING FEDERAL DOLLARS IS A TOOL.

SO I WOULD SAY VOTERS LOOKING AT THIS, CAUTION OPTIMISM.

THIS IS A FOOL THAT COULD HELP TO HELP WITH DEVELOPMENT.

BUT BY NO MEANS IS THIS GOING TO GET US TO THE LEVEL OF UNIT.

>> YOU BELIEVE IT IS A TOOL NOT THE ANSWER.

>> CORRECT.

>> WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT INITIATIVES YOU WANT TO BE AN EXPERT.

THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD TO WEIGH IN.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT IS IN HOUSING.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IT IS NOT CAN YOU AFFORD HOUSING.

CAN YOU AFFORD TO PAY FOR YOUR TRASH REMOVAL.

THE OTHER COST COMING ON.

THE SIDEWALK FEES YOU WILL HAVE TO START PAYING.

IT IS EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN DENVER FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS.

THIS WILL GO DOWN BECAUSE VOTERS DON'T SEE WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.

THEY SEE WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING OUT OF THEIR OWN BANK ACCOUNTS.

THEY WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

I HOPE THEY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE REAL NEED OF DENVER HEALTH.

THAT IS THE REFERENDUM WHERE DENVER IS GOING.

THAT WILL ALWAYS PASS IN DENVER, HELP THE PEOPLE LESS FORTUNATE.

I DON'T THINK NOW IS THE TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT WAS AN ISSUE AMONG CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THERE IS A TOOL FOR HOUSING RIGHT NOW CALLED THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PROGRAM.

SO THEY ARE HASHING OVER THE CITY BUDGET.

IT HAS TO BE FINALIZED BY MID NOVEMBER.

CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO ADD CITY BUDGET PROGRAM.

A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES NO STRINGED ATTACHED TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO GIVE THEM A STABLE INCOME AND GET THEM INTO HOUSING.

FOR BACKGROUND, A STUDY FOUND THAT AFTER ONE YEAR 45% OF PEOPLE OF ROUGHLY 800 PEOPLE ENROLLED HAS SECURED HOUSING AND SAVED THE CITY $600,000 FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COSTS.

MAYOR JOHNSTON DISAGREES.

EARLIER THIS YEAR EXPANDED ITS FUNDING AND NOW HE IS BACKTRACKING.

WHAT WE ARE WATCHING WHETHER THIS STANDOFF BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND JOHNSTON WILL RESULT CITY COUNCIL USING THEIR SUPER MAJORITY TO OVERTURN A POSSIBLE VETO FROM JOHNSTON.

THEY HAVE 11 OF 13 COUNCILMEMBERS IN SUPPORT.

SO WE WILL BE WATCHING HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.

PROPONENTS OF THIS PROGRAM SAY IF THE CITY DOESN'T CONTINUE FUNDING IT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE IT WILL DIE.

>> IT HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE.

ALL RIGHT.

ALSO BIG NEWS THIS WEEK.

THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE WILL BE CHANGING WITH ZONING APPROVAL FROM DENVER CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIVE DOWNTOWN, THIS IS A BIG SHIFT IN THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL FOCUS IN OUR STATE'S LARGEST CITY AND OLD RULES OF BUILDINGS COULD ONLY BE A CERTAIN HEIGHT TO SAVE MOUNTAIN VIEWS.

THAT HAS BEEN DONE AWAY WITH IN THIS CASE.

I WILL HAVE YOU START ADAM.

>> YOU HAD THIS NEW SPORTS DEVELOPMENT.

THE SKYLINE YOU EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU GO DOWNTOWN OR GO TO THE GAME.

I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE CITY.

THIS SORT OF MIXED MULTIMODEL SEEMS TO WORK.

THE ONE THING I CONTINUE TO HEAR IS GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS.

YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS MORE AND MORE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT IS A TOOL THEY USE PRESERVING HOUSING IN PARTICULAR.

SIGNING AGREEMENTS WHO MAYBE WANT SOMETHING FROM A DEVELOPER IN RETURN FOR DEVELOPING IN THE AREA.

IT COULD BE AS EASY AS LIMITING POLLUTION AND NOISE AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS TO MUCH A CHILD CARE CENTER OFFERING.

I THINK IT IS A TOOL THAT IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITIES GETTING WHAT THEY WANT.

IT CAN DISINCENTIVIZE WHEN THEY FEEL THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS ASKING TOO MUCH.

WHILE I AM GLAD TO SEE THE CITY USING THESE TOOLS AND TRYING TO BUILD OUT IN OTHER AREAS IT IS SOMETHING I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.

>> PATTY?

>> THE VIEW PLAIN IS KIND OF ARCHAIC VIEW WE HAVE.

I HAPPEN TO LIVE ON THE BLUFF.

IT WILL RUIN MY VIEW GOING THE OTHER WAY.

BLOCK MY VIEW OF DOWNTOWN.

WHAT I CAN SEE, IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN INTO NORTH DENVER.

WE WILL HAVE TOUGH TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS UNLESS THEY ARE VERY, VERY SMART.

THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION PLAN YET.

IT WILL HAVE TO DO WITH THE BALL ARENA DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE TO THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE COME DOWNTOWN TO SEE THESE TEAMS THAT WILL STAY HERE.

THAT WAS PART OF THE DEAL.

WHO KNOWS IF PEOPLE WILL GET TO BALL ARENA THAT IS NOT AN EASY PART OF TOWN TO GET TO.

IT IS AN ISLAND.

THERE ARE SO MANY PIECES BEYOND THE VIEW PLAIN IN THIS PROJECT.

>> ONE SIDE OF STADIUM AREA AND THE CHERRY CREEK AREA WILL BE BUILDING UP TOO.

>> WE WILL NEED BUNGEE JUMPING ACROSS THE CITY.

>> YOU CAN DO IT FIRST.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST MONUMENTAL VOTE.

THE FACT A MASSIVE PROJECT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WAS SIGNIFICANT.

MUCH OF CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT RESTED ON THE AGREEMENT THAT ADAM IS REFERRING TO.

BETWEEN KROENKE AND A DOZEN NEIGHBORHOODS.

A KEY PART OF THAT MADE 18% OF THE 6,000 HOUSES THAT WILL BE BUILT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT DESIGNATED AS AFFORDABLE.

THAT WAS CRUCIAL FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.

OF COURSE, NOT ALL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT.

EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.

THAT IS A LOT TO DEAL WITH WHAT PATTY MENTIONED THE VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS.

BUT, THE PROJECT ISN'T EXPECTED TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

DEVELOPERS ARE ESTIMATING IT WILL TAKE 25 YEARS.

WHEN IT IS FINISHED IT IS GOING TO MORE THAN DOUBLE THE SIDE OF DOWNTOWN DENVER WHICH IS ASTONISHING TO THINK ABOUT.

>> WHEN I WAS DRIVING HERE TODAY I WAS DRIVING OFF PARK COURSE.

JUST THINKING IT WILL HAVE ANOTHER PART IN TWO DECADES.

CARLY?

>> I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER MAJOR CITY THAT HAS THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEART OF THAT YOU ARE DOWNTOWN.

WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING HOUSES AND NEW HOMES TO THE HEART OF THE CITY.

IT IS NO SECRET THAT DOWNTOWN DENVER HAS NOT RESPONDED FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC WITH THE AMOUNT OF VIBRANCY WE SAW PREPANDEMIC.

THIS WILL BRING RESIDENTIAL FOOT TRAFFIC SO WE CAN SEE THOSE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER RETAIL SHOPS FROM FOOT TRAFFIC EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW IN A VERY THOUGHTFUL WAY HOW WE DEVELOP THOSE BUSINESSES AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT PRESENTS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

I'M SO EXCITED.

>> PART OF THE AGREEMENT 20% OF THE BUSINESSES NEED TO BE SMALL MINORITY, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.

>> EXACTLY.

>> OKAY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS THIS WEEK.

PATTY I'M STARTING WITH YOU.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF LOWS IN THIS ELECTION SEASON.

ELON MUSK NOT JUST GIVING THE MILLION DOLLARS AWAY.

ONCE AGAIN PUSHING THE FALSITY ABOUT DEMENON THE SYSTEM COMPANY.

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT TO REST.

>> YEAH.

>> I REPORTED ON A SURVEY THAT FOUND 82% OF DENVER RESIDENTS ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT MISINFORMATION AND FAKE NEWS AHEAD OF THE ELECTION.

THERE WAS A TEXT MESSAGE SENT AROUND TO COLORADO VOTERS ACROSS THE STATE THAT WAS FALSELY STATING THAT THE TEACHER'S UNIT WAS SUPPORTING COLORADO AMENDMENT 80.

THAT WASN'T TRUE.

IT IS SCARY TO DECERTAIN TRUTH FROM FAKE.

>> CARLY?

>> A NEW REPORT HIT MY INBOX BEFORE I CAME HERE.

WHILE WE MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THE COLORADO PARADOX WHERE WE DON'T GRADUATE OUR GRADUATES FROM OTHER STATES CONTINUES TO BE TRUE.

WE STILL GOT SOME WORK TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE READINESS AND COLLEGE READINESS TRAINING.

>> THANKS.

>> I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE LENGTH OF THE BALLOT AT LARGE.

VOTERS PASS THE RAISE THE BAR MEASURE WITH THE INTENT MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT GETTING THINGS ON THE BALLOT OR CHANGE OUR CONSTITUTION.

NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT 14 MEASURES.

IT IS E -- IT MAKES ME BEG THE QUESTION IS IT WORKING THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED.

WE GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD WITH THE STATE WHAT DO WE WANT OUR BALLOTS TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE?

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT A HIGH.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT A GREAT WEEKEND WITH GOOD WEATHER AND DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVITIES.

THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION TOMORROW.

IT IS WORTH GETTING OUT THERE.

ENJOY THE CITY.

LOOK HOW GREAT PARKS IN DOWNTOWN LOOK.

JUST HAVE FUN.

LOOK AT THE MOUNTAINS WHILE YOU CAN.

>> ALAYNA?

>> PATTY TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT.

THE DENVER NUGGETS AND AVALANCHE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT.

THAT IS GREAT NEWS FOR DENVER'S ECONOMY.

>> WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE GAMES WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE.

THAT IS GOOD NEWS TOO.

>> MY JUST ORGANIZATION WRAPPED UP A CONFERENCE.

ONE OF THE MOST FUN THINGS WE GET TO DO.

WE BRING IN PEOPLE WHO FIND PLACES FOR COMPANIES TO EXPAN OR RELOCATE.

WE SHOW THEM EVERYTHING THAT IS GREAT ABOUT THE METRO AREA AND GET FEEDBACK WHERE WE ARE GREAT AND WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE.

A GREAT ROAD MAP WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE HEARD OUR REGION PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT.

THAT IS GREAT NEWS.

>> THAT IS FABULOUS NEWS.

>> COLORADO FOOTBALL IS BACK.

WE GOT CU BUFFS, DENVER BRONCOS ALL WINNING RECORDS.

FIRST TIME SINCE WE HAD THIS.

AS A PROUD CU BUFF ALUM I'M ENJOYING THE WINNING STREAK WE ARE SEEING.

>> IT IS EXCITING.

>> MY HIGH IS THE SILVER DISCOURSE WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE AT THIS TABLE EVERY WEEK.

THESE DAYS, YOU CAN'T TURN ON A DEVICE WITHOUT HEARING PEOPLE PASSIONATELY SHARING THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND MORE THAN LIKELY, INTERRUPTING OTHERS AND QUITE AFRICAN, IN A DEGRADING -- QUITE OFTEN IN A DEGRADING WAY.

HERE AT COLORADO INSIDE OUT WE WILL LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER.

AND AT TIMES, OUR PANEL WILL RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S TAKE ON AN ISSUE, BUT NEVER INTERRUPT SOMEONE WHILE THEIR SPEAKING.

THAT'S A RULE HERE.

WE'RE LISTENING TO ONE ANOTHER HERE AT THE CIO TABLE.

AND WE'RE LISTENING TO YOU, OUR VIEWERS, LISTENERS, AND FOLLOWERS.

THE FULL VERSION RUNS AS IS IN OUR PODCAST.

WE MUST LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER'S VIEWPOINTS EVEN IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE WE ARE FACING AS A COMMUNITY.

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