
December 22nd, 2023
Season 31 Episode 51 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Join panelists Patty Calhoun, David Kopel, Eric Sondermann and Chris Rourke this week.
The big story this week on Colorado Inside Out is the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to block Donald Trump from the Presidential Primary ballot. We discuss the latest with the reintroduction of the wolves in Grant County, Mayor Johnston’s House1000 progress and Christmas Miracles. Join panelists Patty Calhoun, David Kopel, Eric Sondermann and Chris Rourke for a lively conversation!
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December 22nd, 2023
Season 31 Episode 51 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
The big story this week on Colorado Inside Out is the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to block Donald Trump from the Presidential Primary ballot. We discuss the latest with the reintroduction of the wolves in Grant County, Mayor Johnston’s House1000 progress and Christmas Miracles. Join panelists Patty Calhoun, David Kopel, Eric Sondermann and Chris Rourke for a lively conversation!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22nd.
THE PLAN ALL ALONG FOR THIS WEEK WAS THAT WE'D EMBRACE ALL OF THE SEASONAL MERRIMENT AND WEAR OUR MOST FETCHING AND FESTIVE HOLIDAY SWEATERS.
THE BIG STORY THAT WAS OUT THERE, WE DIDN'T THINK WOULD MATERIALIZE THE WAY IT DID THIS WEEK.
WE HAVE LOTS TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK BUT IT'S ALSO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SO WE'VE GOT OUR SWEATERS ON, AS IS TRADITION HERE ON COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
WELCOME TO OUR PANELISTS.
PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.
DAVID KOPEL, THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE.
ERIC SONDERMANN, COLUMNIST WITH COLORADO POLITICS AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS AND DENVER GAZETTES.
CHRIS ROURKE, MANAGING EDITOR AT DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL.
COLORADO IS BACK IN NATIONAL HEADLINES WITH TUESDAY'S DECISION BY THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT THAT DONALD TRUMP CANNOT BE ON THE COLORADO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOT IN MARCH.
THIS ALL HAS TO DO WITH THE 14th AMENDMENT LEGAL CHALLENGE, THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT.
>> WELL, IT WAS BETTER THAN A CHRISTMAS CARD TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT COLORADO.
WE ARE ON THE MORNING NEWS ON EVERY CHANNEL.
WE WERE IN LATE NIGHT CHANNEL WHERE YOU HAD JIMMY FALLON AND STEVEN COLBERT ONLY IN COLORADO WOULD YOU LEGALIZE POT AND ILLEGALIZE DONALD TRUMP.
WE ARE STAY IN THE NEWS BECAUSE TRUMP HAS APPEALED THIS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY WON'T TAKE THE CASE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DECIDED.
IT WAS SPECIFICALLY DECIDED ON COLORADO'S LAW.
THERE ARE OTHER STATES WAITING IN THE WINGS.
MICHIGAN APPEALED.
THERE ARE A DOZEN OTHER STATES THAT COULD TAKE THIS UP AGAIN.
IT IS THE GIFT THAT CAN KEEP ON GIVING.
UNTIL EARLY 2024.
OUR PRIMARY BALLOT HAS TO BE FINISHED BY JANUARY 5TH.
DONALD TRUMP WILL STAY ON IT IF THE SUPREME COURT HAS TAKEN UP THE CASE.
>> DAVID?
>> FOR THE PLAINTIFF'S TO WIN THEY HAVE TO PULL FOUR ISSUES IS THE PRESIDENT AN OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES?
DID HIS MISCONDUCT ON JANUARY 6TH LEGALLY CON -- CON CONSTITUTE A RESURRECTION.
PROVIDE SUFFICIENT DUE PROCESS, ONE OF THE THREE DECENTERS HE HAS NEVER SEEN ANY KIND OF TRIAL LIKE THIS.
A KEY WEAKNESS ON THEIR CASE.
THIS IS ABOUT INSURRECTION WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM RIOTS AND ASSAULT.
NONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED.
THE GREATEST WEAKNESS ON THE TRUMP SIDE OF THE CASE THE PROCEDURES WERE VERY REGULAR.
HE DOESN'T POINT ANYTHING I WASN'T ALLOWED TO INTRODUCE THIS EVIDENCE.
HE HASN'T FOUND ANY WAY HE WAS HARMED NOT CONSIDERING FACTS.
>> AS A MATTER OF LAW, FIRST OF ALL HATS OFF TO THE FOUR JUSTICES IN THE MAJORITY AND THE THREE JUSTICES IN THE MINORITY.
THEY ALL ACQUITTED THEMSELVES WELL.
IT WAS ALL THOUGHTFUL, WELL REASONED DETAILED OPINION.
HATS OFF AND CREDIT TO ALL OF THEM.
AS A MATTER OF LAW, I HAVE A HARD TIME ARGUING THEIR FINDING.
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THAT WORD?
JUDGE WALLACE WHO HEARD THIS CASE I THOUGHT DID A MASTERFUL JOB EVEN THOUGH HER ULTIMATE RULING WAS OVERTURNED.
DETAILING ALL OF THAT.
I THINK DONALD TRUMP MASTERFULLY PLAYED THE MARTYR.
HE KNOWS THAT ROLE VERY WELL.
WHAT IS ANTIDEMOCRATIC?
FOR MANY PEOPLE JANUARY 6TH WAS THE ULTIMATE DEMOCRATIC.
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS PEOPLE SPIN AS PERCEIVE IT THIS IS ANTIDEMOCRATIC IN TERMS OF KEEPING HIM OFF THE BALLOT.
>> I SAW A HEAD LINE NO DEMOCRACY.
>> WE HAVE THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAY HER OFFICE WOULD REMAIN NEUTRAL AND CARRY OUT WHAT IS DECIDED BY THE COURTS.
SHE OFFERED HER OWN OPINION.
SHE CLEARLY SAID SHE BELIEVES DONALD TRUMP IS GUILTY OF INSURRECTION.
HE HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF THAT.
THAT IS YOUR OPINION.
DONALD TRUMP DOES HAVE TO LOVE THIS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ARE NOT FANS OF DONALD TRUMP, DO NOT LIKE HIM WHO ARE NOW GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM.
THAT UNIFIES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THE WAY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN.
I THINK IT WILL WIN OVER SOME UNAFFILIATE.
DON'T TELL ME WHO I CAN AND CANNOT VOTE FOR.
>> THEY WILL JUST DEAL WITH THE CAUCUS SYSTEM.
DO YOU THINK IT WILL PLAY OUT OR IS IT JUST A THREAT?
>> I THINK IT IS JUST A THREAT.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT THIS DECISION THEY SITED NEIL AND SO NOW IT WILL GO BEFORE HIM.
IT IS A VERY COLORADO CASE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME.
>> THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED OVER THE HOLIDAYS BEFORE JANUARY 5TH.
IF THAT APPEAL IS IN PROCESS, THE RULING IS STILL ON HOLD.
SO HIS NAME IS GOING TO BE ON THAT BALLOT.
THAT THE COURT COULD RULE BEFORE THE SUPER TUESDAY.
I THINK THAT IS A LONG SHOT.
>> I HAVE >>> I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CPR NEWS HOST VIC VELA WHO HAS A VERY GOOD FEED ON TWITTER/X.
HE POSTED ON TUESDAY NIGHT, BOY, YOU LET WOLVES LOOSE IN COLORADO FOR ONE DAY AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.
WELL DONE VIC.
SO PANEL, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW ON MONDAY, COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE OFFICIALS AND GOVERNOR POLIS RELEASED FIVE GREY WOLVES INTO GRAND COUNTRY THIS WEEK, KICKING OFF A WOLF REINTRODUCTION PROGRAM.
I WILL START YOU DAVID.
>> THIS SPECIES OF WOLF HAS NEVER NATURALLY EXISTED IN COLORADO.
THERE WAS ANOTHER SPECIES OF WOLF THAT DID LIVE IN COLORADO.
NOT THIS ONE WHICH GOT KIDNAP FROM OREGON AND BROUGHT DOWN HERE.
THE ONLY NATURAL WOLVES WE HAVE HAD IN COLORADO OF THIS SPECIES SMALL AMOUNT THAT MIGRATED DOWN FROM WYOMING.
THEY REEKED HAVOC.
TO PROTECT THE LIVESTOCK IS A JOKE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE ATTACKS BY THE SAME WOLF.
THEN YOU CAN GET A CHRONIC PREDATOR PERMIT WHICH IS VALID FOR 30 DAYS.
THIS WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR THE RURAL ECONOMY AND ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT DEPEND ON IT.
THE AFFECT OF THE WOLF INTRODUCTION IN THE VALLEYS IN IDAHO WAS DEVASTATING.
THIS IS A MAJOR OFFENSE ON THE WORLD ON COLORADO.
>> NOTHING GENERATES LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS FROM WOLF ADVOCATES.
I CONTINUE TO THINK, I THINK IT WAS UNNECESSARY.
I THINK IT WAS NEEDLESSLY PROVOCATIVE INSULT TO RURAL AND WESTERN COLORADO.
IT IS NOT ALL THAT FAR FROM BOULDER.
IT IS OVER THE PEAKS THERE.
MAYBE THEY WILL MAKE THAT JOURNEY OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
AS IT IS, IT IS MORALLY FRONT RANGE VOTERS BEING ABLE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES BY INFLECTING THIS DAMAGE AND THIS HARM ON RANCHERS AND OTHERS IN WESTERN COLORADO.
>> I READ 60% OF VOTERS SAID NO.
THEY ARE THE FIRST ONE TO GET THE WOLVES.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE VOTING STATS IT WAS VOTERS IN DENVER AND BOULDER.
I THINK IT IS PROPOSITION 114 WITH ALL WE KNOW NOW WOULD FAIL.
>> WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THE ROMATICIZING THIS EVENT.
THE GOVERNOR TWEETING ABOUT IT BEING A HISTORIC DAY.
THE WOLF SANCTUARY AND DIVIDE COMING UP WITH A NAME.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME CONTRAST.
THERE IS A REPORTER NAMED RACHEL GABLE.
SHE DID AN AMAZING ARTICLE.
SHE DID RESEARCH ON THE WOLVES PUT ON THE GROUND HERE THAT CAME FROM OREGON.
TWO OF THE WOLVES CAME FROM A PACK CALLED THE FIVE POINT PACK.
NOTHING TO DO WITH DENVER.
WHAT THAT MEANS THEY ATTACK LIVESTOCK.
THERE HAVE THREE SEPARATE ATTACKS.
WE GOT TWO OF THE JUVENILES FROM THAT PACK.
THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SURE PROBLEM WOLVES DIDN'T COME TO COLORADO.
WE WILL SEE IF THAT IS THE CASE.
RACHEL TALKED ABOUT A HEARD IMPACTS TO CATTLE.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST $15,000 FOR A LOST COW.
IT HAS A LOT OF IMPACT.
WE WILL ONLY KNOW IN THE COMING YEARS HOW BAD THIS WILL BE.
PERHAPS WE CAN BACK UP.
PERHAPS WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE.
I'M NOT SURE.
>> PATTY?
>> I'M NOT HERE TO BE A WOLF APOLL -- THE CITIZENS CAN PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS.
PERHAPS THIS ONE WAS ILL ADVISED.
IT IS INTERESTING PEOPLE WERE NOT ORGANIZED FIGHTING IT.
BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED A LESSON FROM THAT.
EVEN THOUGH VOTERS APPROVED REINTRODUCING WOLVES THE REGULATIONS CAN BE CHANGED.
THERE WERE TWO YEARS OF STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT MET TO DISCUSS THIS.
IF THEY MADE RULES, THEY CAN BE CHANGED IF THE RESULT IS AS DIRE AS IT IS.
COLORADO VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR IT WERE WELL-MEANING BUT CLUELESS.
>>> AS WE WIND DOWN THE YEAR, DENVER IS LOOKING TO HOUSE 1,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING ON THE STREETS AND THE CITY IS RECONFIGURING HOW IT IS TRACKING ITS PROGRESS.
AND A FEW DAYS AGO, NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, AURORA, REITERATED ITS STRATEGY TO LESSON THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS.
WHICH ERIC IS DIFFERENT FROM DENVER'S.
>> IT IS.
THEY WILL GET THERE.
MAYBE THEY WILL GET TO 11,000 OR 1200.
I HAVE TWO HUGE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HOUSED AND HOW THAT WORKS.
A RELATED ISSUE, IT CAME OUT THIS PAST WEEK.
IF PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING TREATMENT UNTIL YOU DEAL WITH THE UNDER LINED ISSUE.
YOU ARE NOT DEALING WITH THOSE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS.
HATS OFF TO KAUFMAN IN AURORA PUTTING IT ON THE TABLE.
>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TERMINOLOGY WHAT THEY ARE COUNTING.
NOW IT IS CALLED MOVED IN DOORS.
THERE IS A CHANGE IN TERMINOLOGY.
SOME REPORTERS POINTED OUT THE NUMBERS DIDN'T QUITE ADD UP.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING COME UP LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE BEEN LOOSE WITH THE NUMBERS OR HAVEN'T TRACKED THEM AS WELL.
I DON'T WANT TO APPLY ANYTHING.
IT TAKES AWAY FROM CREDIBILITY.
YOU HAVE THE AURORA MODEL LIKE ERIK WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WE WILL SEE.
DO NUMBERS GO DOWN IN AURORA?
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DETERMINE WITH A POINT IN TIME COUNT IN JANUARY.
IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING YEAR AHEAD SEEING AS THE NUMBERS CHANGE.
WHAT MOVES AROUND.
>> MAYOR SAID THAT AURORA IS A WORK FIRST CITY AND STABLE HOUSING ASK EARN THROUGH EMPLOYMENT.
THAT IS THEIR TACTIC.
>> WORK FIRST BUT GET PEOPLES OFF THE STREETS.
REALLY IN AURORA AND DENVER THEY HAVE THAT IN COMMON.
IF YOU DROVE TO CHANNEL 12 ON THURSDAY.
YOU HAVE SAW SWEEPS ALL AROUND HERE.
THOSE ARE MOVING PEOPLE, THEY ARE GETTING THEM INSIDE.
YOU HAVE TO GET THEM INSIDE TO OFFER TREATMENT.
LET'S HOPE THE ADMINISTRATION WORKS ON THAT.
THEY ARE CUTTING DOWN ON ENCAMPMENTS.
GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND GETTING THEM TO WORK.
I GIVE THE JOHNSTON ADMINISTRATION CREDIT FOR REALIZING THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE DASHBOARD.
THAT THE INITIAL 14 DAY CONFUSION IS GONE.
THAT IS PRETTY MINOR COMPARED TO THE BIG ISSUE PEOPLE WERE GOING INTO THESE MICRO COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T OPEN UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
THE FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO MOTELS, HOTELS.
YOU HOPE THEY CAN KEEP RECYCLING AS PEOPLE COME IN ARE OFF THE STREETS AND HOPE GET TREATMENT AND WORK.
>> I FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY YOU TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER A HOTEL AND MOTEL HAS BEEN PURCHASED.
>> YOU GET NATURAL EXPERIMENTS WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW DIFFERENT APPROACHES WORK.
A VERY UPHILL BATTLE.
WHAT HE IS DOING IS HOUSING FIRST.
THAT WAS A STRATEGY TRIED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND AND TURNED OUT TO BE A COMPLETE FAILURE.
MIKE KAUFMAN WAS A COLORADO STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
HE WAS THE LEAD SPONSOR ON THE COLORADO BILL TWO IMPLEMENT THE WELFARE REFORM LAWS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON IN 1994.
HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERTISE ON THIS TOPIC.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPENDING.
AURORA IS SPENDING 5 TO $6 MILLION.
DENVER IS SPENTING ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
ON MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
OF THE 600 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MOVED INDOORS ONLY ONE HAS ASSAULT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
>> ONE.
>>> DURING 2023, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE STATE OF POLITICS BOTH IN THE HYPER LOCAL LEVEL, THE STATE LEVEL, AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND WITH ANOTHER LAWMAKERS QUITTING THE STATE LEGISLATURE BEFORE THE SESSION STARTS NEXT MONTH, AND COLORADO PRIMARY BALLOT FACING TIED UP IN LEGAL DEBATE.
BECAUSE IT IS ALMOST CHRISTMAS TELL US WHAT YOU ARE WISHING FOR COLORADO.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHRISTMAS WISH?
>> MY CHRISTMAS WISH MAY NOT BE POPULAR.
I WANT A WHITE CHRISTMAS.
I KNOW PEOPLE TRAVEL OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
IT IS SO VITALLY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO COLORADO BUT TO THE NATION.
THE SNOW LEADS TO SNOW PACK.
THE SNOW PACK LEADS TO WATER.
COLORADO SNOW PACK IS ONLY 73% OF MEDIAN.
WE ARE 73%.
I WENT HOME TO GUNNISON COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE STREETS WERE NOT BUSY.
THERE IS HARDLY ANY SNOW.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE HAVE THE FRESH NATURAL POWDER.
IT IS VITAL THAT WE GET SNOW.
THE WATER IS IMPORTANT TO SIT UP ON THAT MOUNTAIN AND THEN COMES TO THE STREAMS AND RIVERS OF COLORADO AND QUITE FRANKLY IT COMES BACK TO THE CITY DWELLERS.
I WANT A WHITE CHRISTMAS AND A SNOWY WINTER.
>> PATTY?
>> I GO FOR THE SNOW WINTER.
I WILL EXTEND ON WHAT CHRIS SAID A SMOOTH DIA EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR SOUTHWEST WAS IN SO MUCH TROUBLE.
YOU HAD PEOPLE NEVER GOT OUT OF THE AIRPORT, NEVER GOT INTO THE AIRPORT.
LET'S HOPE IT IS SMOOTH SAILING.
MAYBE THEY WILL FINISH CONSTRUCTION EARLY.
>> THAT WOULD BE NICE.
THAT WOULD BE A HUGE WISH.
>> THAT IS VERY HARD CORE WISHING FOR TWO MIRACLES.
IF THAT HAPPENS, GOOD FOR YOU.
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE ATMOSPHERE THERE IS ALWAYS PARTISAN DIVIDES.
THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE LAST SESSION WAS TOXIC.
SO MY WISH IS THE OVER 90% OF DECENT LEGISLATURES IN BOTH PARTIES.
FIND A WAY TO GET TOGETHER AND ADDRESS THE VERY SERIOUS ATMOSPHERE THAT IS BEING TRADED BY SEVERAL TOXIC NARSIST.
>> WE WILL ALL NEED SOME DIVERSION.
THE NUGGET REPEAT AT THE NBA CHAMPS AND THE AVS HOIST THE STANLEY CUP.
>> NOW WE WILL START THE HIGH.
>> WHAT HAPPENED TO MAYOR GIULIANI.
THE INSULT AND THE THREATS THAT WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE THREATS THAT HIT THAT COME TO THE SUPREME COURT.
GIULIANI ENCOURAGED THOSE KINDS OF THREATS.
AND WITH THE LIES AND THE CONSPIRACY THEORYS HE HAS SPREAD HE HAS CREATED A HORRIBLE SITUATION.
>> ON SATURDAY THERE WAS BOMB THREATS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE BOULDER POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID WE WILL DO A SERIOUS INVESTIGATION OF THIS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID GOOD FOR THE BOULDER POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO AN INVESTIGATION.
REPRESENTATIVE THE WEAPONIZES FEAR.
WE DON'T KNOW THE RACE OR CONDITIONS WHO DID THIS.
>> I'M GOING TO THE SPORTS WORLD ABOUT MY DISGRACE.
THE SCHEDULE OUT OF 16 GAMES TEN OF THEM WILL BE ON SUNDAY CHRISTMAS EVE.
INCLUDING OUR DENVER BRONCOS PLAYING AT MILES HIGH STADIUM.
WHY ISN'T THE WHOLE SCHEDULE THIS SATURDAY ON TOP OF THE BRUTALITY AND HEAD INJURIES OF THIS SPORT.
>> MY DISGRACE OF THE WEEK IS MY CHRISTMAS TREE.
IT IS SO DRY DESPITE WATERING THAT A LOT OF THE NEEDLES HAVE FALLEN OFF.
IT IS THE STICKS.
I KNOW THE DROUGHT HAS IMPACTED CHRISTMAS TREES.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IMPACTED MY CHRISTMAS TREE.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TAKE THIS AND DECORATE YOUR TREE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SOMETHING BRIGHT.
PATTY?
>> THIS ISN'T SO MERRY.
COLORADO SPRINGS HAD GREAT INDEPENDENCE NEWSPAPER.
IT IS THE PUBLICATIONS FOR JANUARY WITH HOPES OF COMING BACK.
30 YEAR LEGACY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT VOICE.
IF YOU ARE IN COLORADO SPRINGS SUPPORT IT.
>> THE FOOTBALL TEAM IN NCAA DIVISION WENT TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
THEY ARE THE SECOND BEST DIVISION TO FOOTBALL PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY.
THEIR QUARTERBACK COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJOR SET AN ALL TIME NCAA RECORD.
>> I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> VERY COOL.
WE TALK ABOUT LEGISLATIVE EXCESSES AND BAD ACTORS ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT.
HOW ABOUT A VERY SOLID LEGISLATOR.
THAT IS MICHAEL BENNETT.
PARTICULARLY WHAT HE HAS DONE IN FUNDING UKRAINE.
THERE HAS BEEN STORIES ABOUT HIS PERSONAL FAMILY HISTORY.
HIS ANCESTORS ESCAPING UKRAINE.
MICHAEL BENNETT IS PUTTING THIS FRONT AND CENTER HOW WE ARE LEAVING IT TO PUTIN.
>> I WAS COMMANDED TO GET AN UGLY SWEATER.
PATTY LEANED ON ME TOO.
I GOT THIS FROM THE THRIFT STORE.
THEY DO AN AMAZING CREW WITH DISABLED PEOPLE.
YOU CAN GET A GREAT DEAL THERE.
I LOVE MY SWEATER.
>> YOU LOOK GREAT IN IT.
THE FAMILY TOOK THE TRIP DOWNTOWN TO THE KENDALL MARKET.
WELL DONE, DENVER.
DELICIOUS FOOD, LOTS OF DRINKS.
TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY FOR THIS MARKET.
GET DOWN THERE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN.
THE DENVER BRASS BAND IS PLAYING.
SO GRAB YOUR FAMILY AND IT IS FREE TO GET IN.
RIGHT THERE IN CIVIC CENTER PARK.
CUTE MUGS THIS YEAR.
GET DOWN THERE.
THANK YOU PANEL FOR COMING IN.
A LOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WITH YOUR FAMILY WATCHING THIS WEEKEND FROM HOME OR LISTENING TO OUR PODCAST WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
WE WILL SEE YOU FOR OUR LAST SHOW OF 2023.
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