>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1ST.

HOPE YOU HAD A HAPPY THANKSGIVING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

OUR PANEL HAD THE WEEK OF LAST WEEK SO THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TO CHAT IN TWO WEEKS AND WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

LEADING OFF OUR PANEL THIS WEEK IS ERIC SONDERMANN, COLUMNIST WITH COLORADO POLITICS AND THE DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTES.

ATTORNEY PENFIELD TATE, WHO HAS SERVED IN BOTH THE STATE HOUSE AND STATE SENATE HERE IN COLORADO.

CHRIS ROURKE, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL.

ALTON DILLARD, A COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS CONSULTANT WITH THE DILLARD GROUP, AND FORMER ELECTIONS SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE GLOBAL CONFERENCE FOR ISRAEL IS TAKING PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.

MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, WHICH IS ORGANIZED BY THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND.

THIS EVENT SPARKED A LOT OF REACTION AND PROTESTS, EVEN BEFORE IT GOT UNDERWAY, IN THIS DIFFICULT AND DIVISIVE TIME OF WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS.

ERIC?

>> SO MUCH TO UNPACK HERE, KYLE.

OBVIOUSLY PALESTINIANS AND THOSE WHO OPPOSE ISRAELI POLICY.

THAT IS WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THEY WERE ABLE TO TERMINATE THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AFTER 90 MINUTES OR A COUPLE OF HOURS JUST CALLED IT OFF.

THERE WAS NO END IN SIGHT.

SIMILARLY THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE HAS HER FREE SPEECH RIGHTS.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO DISRUPT AS SHE TRIED TO DO WITH HER 30 MINUTE FROM THE HOUSE GALLERY.

THE GALLERY OF THE CHAMBERS.

WE ALL COME DOWN ON THE LAUREN BOEBERTS WHEN THEY HACKELED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HOW IT WAS DOING OF A DIFFERENT MAGNITUDE OR DIFFERENT ORDER -- OTHERS HAVE DONE.

>> I THINK IT IS FAIR FOR PEOPLE TO MARCH TO DEMONSTRATE, TO PROTEST.

THAT IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON.

THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU START DISRUPTING THE OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT WHEN IT BE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM.

THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS NOT ONLY IS IT INAPPROPRIATE.

WHAT SOME DON'T REALIZE IT IS COUNTER PRODUCTIVE.

EVEN PEOPLE WHO MAY BE SYMPATHETIC TO YOUR CAUSE.

THEY ARE THINKING YOU CAME IN AND EMBARRASSED ME.

IF YOU WANTED TO WAVE SIGNS AND LET YOUR PRESENCE BE KNOWN FINE.

IT IS NOT THE WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO YOU POSITIVELY.

>> I WAS GOING TO AGREE.

THERE ARE ISSUES IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.

THE TIME THAT SHE TOOK OVER AND MADE HER SPEECH.

HER SPEECH.

IT WAS DURING THE DEBATE OF A BILL THAT IS GOING TO FURTHER CHILD NUTRITION.

THOSE ARE THE ISSUES THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS FOCUSED ON AT THE TIME.

IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF A HOUSE RULE.

MY CONCERN IS THAT THE CAUCUS HAS DONE NOTHING TO DISCIPLINE THIS MEMBER IN ANY FORM OR FASHION.

AND THAT IS VERY CONCERNING.

I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS TO SHOW SOME STRENGTH HERE.

>> INTERESTING PERSPECTIVES.

YOU USE THE DEMOCRATIC AND STRENGTH IN THE SAME SENTENCE.

I STILL HOLD OUT THEY ARE FINALLY STARTING TO SHOW FLEX WITH THE MAJORITY AT THE STATE HOUSE.

ON THIS WHOLE ISRAELI/HAMAS THING HOW IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TREATING EVERYONE NOW.

FIRST AMENDMENT SEEMS TO APPLY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS GOING ON NATIONALLY WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVING SCHOLARSHIPS REVOKED.

I FIND IT INTERESTING I'M A PROUD AMERICAN, WE HAVE BEEN A COUNTRY FOR 260 YEARS WE WANT TO KEEP ON AN ISSUE THIS PREDATES THE BIBLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE WHOLE MATTER OF DISRUPTION, USING REPRESENTATIVE AS AN EXAMPLE THAT IS TOTAL UNBRAND.

SHE IS A DISRUPTER.

I DO AGREE, I HAVE SAID THIS IN THE ELECTION CONTEXT.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WATCH YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT FLANKS.

PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR WAYS TO BE HEARD.

>> THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE IN A SITUATION THEY FEEL THREATEN FOR DEMONSTRATING ANY KIND OF SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.

IT IS NOT OKAY.

IT IS ONE THING TO BE A DISRUPTER AND GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS.

>> ONE THING IS CONTEXT.

THAT'S BEEN THE CASE FOR A LONG TIME IN THE LEGISLATURE.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS IN A VACUUM.

SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS WHO IS IN THE MAJOR.

IT IS NOT AT ALL UNUSUAL TO GO OFF SCRIPT AND START ACTING OUT OVER A PARTICULAR ISSUE AND DISRUPTING THE OPERATION OF BUSINESS AND LEGISLATORS BEING SANCTIONED IN AN UNFAIR AND DISPROPOTION FASHION.

>> THEY ARE TAKING OFF STARS OF DAVID THEY ARE CONCERNED OF BEING TARGETED THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE THAT WAY.

>> I WILL SAY THAT POINTS THE DA HIM MA OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES.

THE YOUNGER PORTION OF THE PARTY DOES NOT FEEL THE SAME ALLEGIANCE TO THE U.S. POLICY IN REGARD TO ISRAEL THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS.

THEY NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT AND WORK IT OUT.

LEGISLATORS IF THEY FEEL LIKE WEARING A STAR OF DAVID.

WEAR THE STAR OF DAVID.

>>> BILL PROPOSALS FROM THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION ARE SET AND WHEN TALLIED UP, THEY ARE ESTIMATED TO COST AROUND $2 BILLION.

BUT APPARENTLY, LAWMAKERS ONLY HAVE $23 MILLION TO SPEND ON NEW PROGRAMS.

IF YOU KNOWS THE INS AND OUTS LET ME START WITH YOU.

>> I WILL BEGIN BY SAYING WORRIED.

THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.

THERE ARE ALL BILLS FILED IF THEY WERE ALL PASSED WOULD REQUIRE MORE MONEY THAN IS AVAILABLE TO FINANCE.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE JBC.

BILLS WILL GET KILLED EARLY ON.

THEY COST MONEY.

IT IS CALLED A FISCAL NOTE.

BILLS WILL BE FOR MONTHS UNTIL THE BUDGET IS PASSED.

THE ANSWER IS THEY DON'T NEED THE MONEY.

WE CAN'T FUND THINGS.

THEN YOU HAVE TO GET CREATIVE TO FUND YOUR PRIORITIES.

THE WAY THE STATE BUDGET WORK.

ONCE YOU DEAL WITH HUMAN SERVICES CORRECTIONS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS, 90% OF YOUR BUDGET IS GONE.

90% IS GONE.

YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE MARGINS.

THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES AT THAT POINT.

THE GOVERNOR HAS TO SET A PRIORITIES AND DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS HAVE DIFFERENT MAJORITY AND MINORITY CAUCUSES.

IT WILL ALL SORT OUT.

IT ALL WON'T GET PASSED.

>> I THINK IT IS FUN TO WATCH.

WE JUS SAW IT WITH THE CITY OF DENVER BACK AND FORTH WITH MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON.

LEGISLATURES GETS ABOUT THREE MONTHS SORT WHAT IS GETTING FUNDED AND WHAT ISN'T.

THE PRIORITIES OF THESE PROJECTINGS ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE GOVERNOR'S PRIORITIES EDUCATION IS THE TOP PRIORITY.

THEN ONCE THEY PASS IT THE GOVERNOR SIGNS IT.

THE PROCESS, I THINK IS FASCINATING.

I ENJOY IT EVERY YEAR.

YOU SEE WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO LAWMAKERS WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THEY SPEND MONEY ON.

>> A LOT OF THIS BIG COST DRIVER HAS TO DO WITH THE ISSUES OF CHILD WELFARE.

US BEING IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC WHERE KIDS WERE SORT OF OUT OF SCHOOL AND TRYING ONLINE LEARN.

NOW WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE REPROCONDUCTIONS OF THAT.

WITHOUT APPEARING TO BE ANTIKID.

ANOTHER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT BIG NUMBER IN THAT PRIORITY IS THE CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

WE HAVE SEEN HOW THE STATE OF COLORADO AND THE ROLLOUT OF NEW GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS IS GONE USING THE UNIVERSAL PRE-K FOR EXAMPLE.

>> THERE ARE FIVE BILLS UNDER THAT CLUSTER WHICH IS TITLED 1.8 BILLION FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

>> I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT MY FRIENDS HAVE SAID.

THEY HAVE NAILED IT.

ONE IS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE VOTED AGAINST THE LARGE PACKAGE THAT YOU JUST REFERENCED TO THE FULL GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

YOU HAVE THE SPEAKER AND SENATE PRESIDENT LINED UP AGAINST YOU.

THAT IS NOT A STRONG STARTING POINT.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN VERY -- LET'S SAY THERE HAS BEEN AN ABUNDANCE OF COVID RELEASE MONEY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THAT IS GOING AWAY.

YOU WILL SEE THIS NEED TO NARROW IT DOWN.

>> IT IS DECEMBER 1ST.

31st DEADLINE TO HOUSE 1,000 PEOPLE IN DENVER IS QUICKLY APPROACHING.

MAYOR JOHNSTON HAS TOLD US A LOT OF HOUSING NEEDS TO AVAILABLE FOR THIS MONTH.

GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND INTO TEMPER RARE RI HOUSING.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE HOUSING.

THIS CITY HAS WITH THE LEASES AND THE PURCHASES OF HOTELS AND WHAT NOT ABOUT TO BRING 1300 UNITS ONLINE.

THAT IS QUITE A BIT WHEN YOU ARE HOUSING 1,000.

IT IS GOING TO BE A MASS MOVE IN WEEKEND SOMETIMES LIKE COLLEGE WHEN THE KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

I FEEL THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

WHETHER THEY EXECUTE IT SMOOTHLY OR NOT.

NOT SURE.

YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON SPENDING HIS POLITICAL CAPITAL ON THIS.

EVEN IF HE FALLS SHORT THERE WILL BE PROGRESS MADE.

THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED SUCCESS AS HOUSING SOMEBODY FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IS MY DEFINITION OF SUCCESS.

AT LEAST SOMETHING IS BEING DONE.

>> WATCHING THE AMBITIOUS VISION OF MAYOR JOHNSTON IS INTERESTING.

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE DYNAMIC WITH CITY COUNCIL.

WHEN HE FIRST GOT ELECTED.

I WAS WONDERING HOW HE WAS GOING TO GET ALONG WITH THAT NEW MORE LEFTLINGING FLANK ON CITY COUNCIL.

SOME OF THOSE ESTABLISHING INCUMBENTS HAVE BEEN GIVING HIM THE BUSINESS A LITTLE BIT INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER CHARGED WITH DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE.

WATCHING THAT DYNAMIC PLAYS OUT IS SOMETHING I WILL KEEP AN EYE ON.

>> THE PLEDGE OF ENDING HOMELESS, I THINK THAT FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF UNREALISTIC AND NOT PLAYING STRAIGHT WITH VOTERS.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS IN THE CARDS OR REALISTIC OR NECESSARILY DOING A SERVICE TO THE ISSUE.

>> IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE GOALS.

IT IS ANOTHER THING GOAL WITH A POLITICAL OBJECTIVE.

I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING THAT.

I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WAS GETTING TO.

WE WANT TO BE HELPFUL.

WE HAVE TO APPROVE THESE CONTRACTS.

YOU NEED TO BE STRAIGHT WITH US.

I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE ON CITY COUNCIL THINK THERE IS A LOT OF GAINSMANSHIP HERE.

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.

I LIVE IN PARK HILL.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL WILL IS DISPARITY IN THE NUMBER OF HOTELS BEING ACQUIRED TO PLACE THE UNHOUSED ARE NORTHEAST DENVER.

UP AND DOWN QUEBEC AND OTHER PARTS OF NORTHEAST DENVER.

SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD?

WE THOUGHT WE WERE ALL GOING TO SHARE SORT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY HERE FOR ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM.

IT IS NOT SHARED IF YOU ARE ONLY BUYING HOTELS IN ONE PART OF THE CITY AND PLACING PEOPLE THERE.

ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OBJECTED TO A PROPOSED SHELTER AND IT WAS PULLED OFF THE TABLE IMMEDIATELY.

WE NEED TO WATCH HOW THAT PLAYS OUT ALSO.

>> NEXT YEAR IS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS GARNERING A LOT OF TALK.

PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS HERE A FEW DAYS AGO.

THE MARCH PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY GETS MORE ATTENTION.

>> I'M GOING TO GO IN REVERSE ORDER.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRUMP LAWSUIT I HAVE TO ADMIRE THE JUDGE.

IF YOU CAN MAKE EVERYONE MAD ON BOTH SIDES YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.

WHEN IT COMES TO BIDEN'S VISIT AGAIN, REMEMBER THERE WAS A TIME WHEN DEMOCRATS DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK PUEBLO.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE THIRD CD AND THINK ABOUT BOEBERT AND THINK HER PART OF THE DISTRICT.

THEY FORGET ABOUT THE PART IN ASPEN.

THEY FORGET THE PART OF THE DISTRICT IN DURANGO.

I UNDERSTAND WHY THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO SURE UP AND BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT WE BROUGHT THAT YOUR CONGRESS PERSON VOTED AGAINST.

I THINK THAT IS WELL PLAYED.

>> I WILL GO IN THE SAME ORDER.

FIRST WITH REGARD TO THE LAWSUIT THAT THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT NOW HAS UNDER CONSIDERATION.

I ADMIRE JUDGE WALLACE'S RULING.

DID SHE LAY OUT A FACTUAL CASE FOR THE NATURE OF TRUMP'S PARTICIPATION.

LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS.

I THINK MORE THAN ANY OTHER JUDGE IN THESE CASES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

SHE WENT CHAPTER AND VERSE OF TRUMP'S INVOLVEMENT AND CULPABILITY IN THIS.

I'M NOT SO SURE HE DID LAUREN BOEBERT A FAVOR.

IF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT EXACTLY MR.

POPULARITY.

IF HE IS GOING UP IN THAT PERSONAL WAY, THAT ONLY CAN HELP BOEBERT IN THAT PRIMARY AMONG THOSE ANTIBIDEN KIND OF VOTERS.

I THINK HE MAY HAVE PUT A COUPLE OF POINTS ON HER PRIMARY ELECTION.

>> I DISAGREE.

I THINK WHAT BIDEN DID, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS CALCULATED.

I THINK LAUREN BOEBERT'S GREATEST EXPOSURE I THINK IS THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

I THINK WHAT BIDEN DID HIGHLIGHTED THE ISSUE THAT COLORADO REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO FACE WHICH IS DO WE REALLY NEED SOMEONE WHO IS SUCH A POLARIZING FIGURE TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR THIS SEAT?

IF SHE IS NOT IN THE EQUATION, WHAT DO YOU DO THAT.

I THINK IT DIDN'T HELP HER QUITE AS MUCH.

I RESPECT THE JUDGE'S OPINION.

I RESPECTFULLY THINK IT IS WRONG.

I THINK THE AMENDMENT IS CLEAR WHEN IT SAYS THE PROVISION APPLIES TO ANYBODY WHO HOLDS AN OFFICE UNDER THE UNITED STATES OR UNDER ANY STATE.

SO IT IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE.

IT REFERS TO ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT.

I HAVE A DIFFICULT UNDERSTANDING HOW SHE MAKES THAT DETAIL RULING HOW JUMP ENGAGED AND ARGUED THAT THE AMENDMENT DOESN'T APPLY TO HIM.

THERE ARE TWO OTHERS THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE GOING ON.

FOR DIFFERENT REASONS THE JUDGES GOT TO THE POINT THAT WE CAN'T ENFORCE THIS.

CONGRESS HAS TO ENFORCE THE AMENDMENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO DOES THAT.

I THINK THE REALITY, IF I WERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP I WOULD WANT MY LAWYERS GO TO THE SUPREME COURT QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

GET THESE CASES BUNDLED TOGETHER.

YOU CAN'T LOSE TWO OR THREE STRAIT RULINGS.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TO GET BACK ON THE BALLOT.

>> I AGREE WITH ERIC 100%.

I DON'T THINK BIDEN'S VISIT REALLY DOES A LOT OF GOOD.

IT FIRES UP LAUREN BOEBERT.

THAT SAID, I AGREE WITH ERIC.

I DON'T THINK LAUREN BOEBERT IS A ATHLETE.

COUNTY COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WHO WERE VERY LOYAL TO BOEBERT HAVE TURNED.

HE APPEARED AT AN EVENT WITH THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE GOP.

WHO ADORED LAUREN BOEBERT.

I THINK THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL.

I THINK JEFF HEARD WINNING THE PRIMARY.

>> IT IS TIME FOR THE PANEL TO POINT OUT WHAT THEY SEE AS HIGHLIGHTS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE WEEK.

LET'S START WITH A LOW SO WE CAN END ON A HIGH NOTE.

>> I AM GOING BACK TO THE SPECIAL SESSION.

WHATEVER YOU MAKE OF THE OUTCOME OF THAT SESSION, I THOUGHT THAT SENATE PULLED AN UNFAIR MOVE AND UNWISE MOVE IN CLEARING RULING THERE WAS A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY TO GO TO SPECIAL ORDERS WHEN THERE WAS NOT.

THE DEMOCRATS ARE ONE VOTE SHORT OF A TWO-THIRDS VOTE MAJORITY.

HE CALLED FOR A VOICE VOTE.

HE KNOWS BETTER.

HE KNOWS THERE WERE NOT TWO-THIRDS THERE.

THERE WILL BE A POINT IN TIME WHEN THOSE KINDS OF TACKICS ARE USED AGAINST THEM.

THEY SHOULD BE CALLED OUT FOR WHAT THEY ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

>> I DISAGREE WITH THE ARGUMENT.

MEMBERS OF ELECTED BODY CAN EXPEL A MEMBER WHO HAVEN'T BEEN OF A CRIME.

THAT BEING SAID, HE IS A DISGRACE.

HE OUGHT TO RESIGN AND STEP ASIDE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PARTY, FOR THE SAKE OF THE INSTITUTION, FOR THE SAKE OF HIS CONSTITUENTS.

HE KNOWS HE BROKE THE LAW OR COLORED THE GRAY AREAS WHERE HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN.

>> MINE IS REPRESENTATIVE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SITUATION.

LAWMAKERS ARE KIND OF LETTING HER BE ISOLATED.

THEY DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE WITH HER.

THEREFORE YOU BECOME INEFFECTIVE IN BEING A LEGISLATOR.

>> MY IS GOING TO BE AROUND THE ISSUE OF AUTOTHEFT.

OUR MAYOR HAS HAD HIS CAR STOLEN.

DO YOU REMEMBER IN AURORA THE PAST YEAR OR SO THEY CRACKED DOWN ON THE CRIME.

THE FORCES OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GOT IN A HUFF ABOUT THAT.

THAT IS THE TAKING OF SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY.

IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE STOLEN MY 500 CAR WHEN I WAS MAKING $500 AT THE AIRPORT I WOULD HAVE BEEN UP THE CREEK.

WE HAVE TO STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

>> LET'S SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ERIC.

>> RIGHT ON ALTON.

WELL SAID.

COLORADO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAS LOST TWO NOTABLE REPUBLICANS OF A PREVIOUS GENERATION AND QUITE FRANKLY A DIFFERENT BREED OF REPUBLICAN.

RAN FOR HIGHER OFFICE AND JIM JOHNSON WHEN IT INCLUDED FORT COLLINS.

BOTH PASSED AWAY IN RECENT WEEKS.

THEY WILL BE MISSED.

>> THEY WILL.

LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM COACH SANDERS HAS CHANGED THE VIBE IN THIS STATE.

COLORADO HAS NOT BEEN ON TV SO MUCH SO FREQUENTLY AND VIEWED BY SO MANY PEOPLE IN A LONG TIME.

LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM, HIS APPEAL IS OBVIOUS.

>> ALSO ON THE COVER OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED.

>> THE SUPER FAN.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

WALL STREET JOURNAL CAME OUT WITH AN EDITORIAL WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SPECIAL SESSION HERE.

POINTED OUT THAT VOTERS SAID NO TO PROPOSITION HH AND SHOWED HOW THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR PUSHED THROUGH THINGS THAT ARE IN PROPOSITION HH.

POINTING OUT THAT THE HIGHEST TAXPAYERS WILL GET AT LEAST 1,000 LESS THAN THEIR TABOR REFUNDS.

THEY FINISHED BY SAYING VOTERS CAN'T DO ANYTHING BY THIS RIGHT NOW.

>> SO YOU ARE POSITIVE WE WERE CALLED OUT?

>> I AM POSITIVE THAT IT ROSE TO THE LEVEL OF UNNATIONAL ATTENTION.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO COLORADO.

WITH A REALLY WELL WRITTEN EDITORIAL WHAT IS GOING ON IN COLORADO.

>> WE NEED LESSONS TOO.

>> MINE IS PERSONAL.

I KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET TO A WOMEN'S AGE.

MY MOM AT 85 EMBARKED ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRAIN TRIP TO HANG OUT WITH HER GIRLFRIENDS AND OUR COUSINS.

WENT SOLO.

I'M TIRED OF THREE HOUR TARMAC DELAYS.

I JUST TALKED TO HER BEFORE COMING INTO THE STUDIO AND SHE IS BACK SAFELY.

>> GOOD FOR HER.

>> SHE HAD A GREAT TIME.

>> FOR MY HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK.

HERE IS A SHOUTOUT TO THE FUN SPIRIT OF BOULDER.

FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW CREATIVE SCHOOL KIDS HAVE HELPED NAME THE CITY SNOWPLOW FLEET.

SOME OF MY FAVORITES ARE NICOLA SNOW-KIC, KING SCOOPERS, AND SNOWMUCH FUN.

THE FULL LIST IS ON BOULDER COLORADO.COM.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ON YOUR DEVICE OR ON TV OR LISTENING TO OUR PODCAST.

I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON PBS12.

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