">>> HI, EVERYONE."

"WELCOME TO FEBRUARY 11TH, 2022," "EDITION OF ""COLORADO INSIDE" "OUT."""

I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

">> LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE" DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO FIRE SUPERINTENDENT CORY WISE.

THE MEETING ITSELF DID NOT FEATURE A REASON FOR WISE'S "OUSTER, BUT AFTER THE MEETING" SOME BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTED ON NATIONAL NEWS PROGRAMS THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL HE SUPPORTED WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO.

THE MOVE WAS MET WITH A STUDENT PROTEST ON MONDAY AND A RESIDENT OF HIGHLANDS RANCH HAS FILED A LAWSUIT CLAIMING THAT THE BOARD VIOLATED COLORADO'S OPEN MEETING LAW BEFORE THE FIRING.

PATTY CALHOUN FROM WESTWARD YOU TALKED TO OUR VIEWERS LAST WEEK.

DID YOU EXPECT THESE KINDS OF FIREWORKS?

>> IT WENT ON 3.5 HOURS.

IT ENDED UP WITH ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ASKING TO GO HOME.

WE WERE SO OUTDATED SO QUICKLY.

YOU HAVE THESE BOARD MEMBERS.

THE MAJORITY VOTING TO KEEP WITHIN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR 26 YEARS.

HE BEHAVED HONORABLY.

HE SAT THERE AND WAS ABLE TO NOT RUN AWAY OR GO HOME.

BUT IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

WHERE DID THEY WANT TO GO?

MAYBE THEY WANT TO GO TO TEXAS WHERE THEY CAN CONTROL THE "CURRICULUM, GET RID OF ANY" TEXTBOOK WRITTEN AFTER 1940.

THEY HAVE MANAGED TO HIRE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

GOOD LUCK TO HIM.

GOOD LUCK TO THEM WITH THAT.

THEIR CLERK DID MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE INVESTIGATION WHICH GRISWOLD WASN'T FOUND TO DO ANYTHING THAT SUSPICIOUS.

GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS FOR WALKING OUT.

>> PEN TATE ATTORNEYS WITH TATE LAW.

PEN A NEW MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN HIRE AND FIRE.

THAT IS THEIR RIGHT.

"AS A LAWYER, METHODOLOGY COUNTS" FOR SOMETHING.

"AS WE SAW HOW THIS WENT DOWN," WHAT ARE YOU THOUGHTS?

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A NEWLY ELECTED MAJORITY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

A SCHOOL BOARD WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT THE PRINCIPALS AND THE BOARD SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR THE KIDS.

WHEN PATTY COMMITTED ON THE MEETINGS THERE IS ONE THING WE NEED TO KEEP SIDE OF.

I COMMEND HIM FOR TELLING THE BOARD I WANT YOU TO SIT HERE AND IN THE PUBLIC AND TELL US WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

THE BOARD DID.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT LAWYERS THE BOARD FIRED HIM WITHOUT CAUSE.

WHAT THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXPLANATION.

HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

WE MAY MAKE UP SOME REASON AFTERWARDS.

WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND WANTED SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT MORE LIKE US.

HE DIDN'T DO ANY WRONG.

PARENTS LOVED HIM.

KIDS LOVED HIM.

THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY WAS WALKING OUT.

SO IF YOU ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS WRONG WITH K-12 EDUCATION IN THIS STATE OR IN THIS COUNTRY AND LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE OF "THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT'S YOUR" ANSWER.

IF YOU WONDER WHY SCHOOLS CAN'T HIGHER TEACHERS AND KEEP THEM ENGAGED AND WHY STUDENTS SHOW UP SOMETIMES AND NOT OTHERS TIMES DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS ARE GIVING YOU ANSWER.

>> KRISTEN WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THIS BOARD NEEDS TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD?

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WERE LESSONS LEARNED HERE FOR A BOARD THAT SEEMS TO WANT TO DO BETTER.

>> MOST DEFINITELY.

THE BIG PICTURE IS THESE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN THE MICROCAUSISM.

"HAVING SAID THAT THOUGH, I'D" LIKE TO POINT OUT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO THIS EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

THEY FIRED THEIR SUPERINTENDENT RIGHT AWAY.

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

THE IDEA THAT SCHOOL BOARDS DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO FIRE OR HIRE WHOM THEY LIKE IS TOTALLY LAUGHABLE.

I DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE FROM THE OUTRANGE FROM THE PRESS ON THIS.

MOVING FORWARD IF THEY WANT TO FIGHT THEIR CRITICS AND DO RIGHT THEY NEED TO GET LASER FOCUSED ON HIRING A SUPERINTENDENT.

>> DENISE DIRECTOR OF SOLUTIONS.

IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.

THE NEW BOARD MAJORITY.

DO YOU EXPECT OTHER -- WHEN IT COMES TO THAT RELATIONSHIP OF MOVING FORWARD?

>> I DO EXPECT THE CHIPS TO FALL.

LET'S SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT KRISTEN WAS SAYING.

I'M GOING TO REPEAT THE OLD ADAGE HOW ELECTIONS MATTER.

THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PILLAR IN OUR KID'S EDUCATION.

"TURNOUT IS VERY, VERY SMALL."

SO FOR THOSE OF ALL CONTINUE TO CARE THROUGH K-12 EDUCATION.

WE NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT.

WHO KNEW THAT SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION WOULD BE WORLD WAR III.

COOL BOARD ELECTIONS THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THEY FLIPPED.

THEY FLIPPED FROM LESS RIGHT LEANING TO MORE RIGHT LEANING.

DENVER SHIFTED FROM LEFT TEACHER TO UNION LEANING TO MORE TEACHERS UNION LEANING.

I THINK TEACHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME BATTLES WITH THE DOUGLAS SCHOOL BOARD.

ELECTIONS MATTER.

PARTICULARLY SCHOOL BOARD ONES.

ONE LAST POINT ON THE LAWSUIT.

"FROM WHAT I READ, THIS" PARTICULAR LAWSUIT THAT HAS BEEN FILED IN THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW.

IT PROBABLY HAS LEGS.

"AT THE END OF THE DAY WIN, LOSE," OR DRAW CORY FAITH IS SEALED.

HE IS NO LONGER THE COOL BOARD SUPERINTENDENT.

">>> ON THURSDAY, GOVERNOR POLIS" ANNOUNCED A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN THAT WOULD DIRECT $114 MILLION TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING AND EARLY INTERVENTION METHODS.

"ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR POLIS, THE" MODEL IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY-DRIVEN RESPONSES TO CRIME.

A COALITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT "GROUPS CRITICIZED THE PACKAGE," STATING THAT POLL SISES LIKE THE ONES PRESENTED HAVE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE RISE IN CRIME RATES.

"PEN, AS THE FORMER STATE" "LAWMAKER, THIS WAS PRESENTED AS" A GROUP BILL.

"FOR THE WHOLE PACKAGE TO WORK, I" IMAGINE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE PAST.

IS IT HARD TO PASS A COLLECTION OF SPECIFIC BILLS.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WRAP UP IN A LARGER BILL BUT KIND OF A ALL OR NOTHING SORT OF APPROACH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE APPROACH OF A PACKAGE OF BILL.

>> I THINK THIS APPROACH IS EXACTLY RIGHT.

WHEN YOU GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POLICIES YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT.

YOU ARE BETTER OFF HAVING SEPARATE BILLS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE ISSUES WITH DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STRATEGY.

IF THEY CAN TWEAK OR PERHAPS GIVE A NO VOTE ON ONE BILL AND VOTE YES ON THE OTHER.

YOU HAVE A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING THEM ALL PASSED.

YOU FORCE PEOPLE TO VOTE UP OR DOWN.

EVERYBODY MAY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ONE COMPONENT OF IT AND YOU PUT THEM VOTING YES FOR EVERYTHING OR NO FOR EVERYTHING.

THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH.

THE TWO THINGS THAT SURPRISE ME WAS NUMBER ONE GOVERNOR POLIS SUPPORTED THIS APPROACH.

PEOPLE CRYING ABOUT DEFUND THE POLICE.

THIS THOUGHT WAS A THOUGHTFUL WAY LET'S REDIRECT RESOURCES.

STARTING INVESTING IN OTHER STRATEGIES TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE CAUSE AND CONDITIONS THEY MEET.

THIS SEEMED TO ME LIKE A REASONABLE APPROACH.

I'M JUST SURPRISED THE STRONG REACTION TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE A REASONABLE APPROACH TO DEAL WITH A CLEAR PROBLEM WE HAVE WHICH IS A RISING CRIME RATE.

>> IT SEEMS HOW TO ADDRESS RISING CRIME RATES IS A DEFINING ISSUES BEING AN ELECTION YEAR.

A VARIETY OF RESEARCH BETWEEN INPOLICE STATION AND OTHER ISSUES.

DO YOU THINK CRIME AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT WILL BE THE HEADLINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE ELECTION.

>> I 100% DO.

I'M SO GLAD WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CRIME TODAY.

I DO WANT TO GIVE SHOUTOUT FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING WORK.

IT IS IMPORTANT VIEWERS TO KNOW THE FACTS.

TOTAL COST OF CRIME IN THIS STATE IN 2020 WAS OVER 37 BILLION THAT'S WITH A B. COLORADO HAS THE HIGHEST INCREASE IN PROPERTY RATE.

OUR 2020 MURDER RATE WAS HIGHER THAN TEN YEARS AGO.

THOSE ARE THE FACTS.

"HOWEVER, SOME POLICY MAKERS," EVEN MEDIA OUTLETS SAY CRIME ISN'T BAD AS WE THINK.

WE SAW BOLD STATEMENTS FROM DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP WHICH SIGNALS TO ME THIS WILL BE A KEY ISSUE IN THE ELECTION.

WE SAW THE BIG PRESS CONFERENCE WITH GOVERNOR POLIS.

I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.

SOME SAY CRIME ISN'T A PROBLEM.

"MOST PEOPLE, MOST COLORADOANS" SAY IT IS ABOUT TIME WE DIG IN AND TACKLE THIS PROBLEM.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF WAYS TO ADDRESS IT.

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE PLAN PROPOSED BY GOVERNOR POLIS.

TWO THINGS ARE IMPORTANT HERE.

I DO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO GOVERNOR POLIS FOR COMMITTING DOLLARS NOT TO FAIL POLICY LIKE TOUGH ON CRIME.

RATHER THAN PUTTING TO PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT WILL HELP PREVENT CRIME IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.

SUPPORT IMPORTANT IS THE DOLLARS BEING APPROPRIATED.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THOSE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DOLLARS GO TO COMMUNITIES.

IT GOES TO COMMUNITY PROVIDERS.

WE NEED REVANT SERVICES.

COMMUNITY PROVIDES SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES IN A WAY TO GO.

I GIVE GOVERNOR POLIS KUDOS FOR RECOGNIZING IT.

THE SECOND THING I WANT TO MENTION THERE HAS BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF FEAR MONGERING ON FIGHT AND CRIME.

I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT IN SOME AREAS THERE IS A SPIKE IN CRIME.

IN OTHER AREAS THERE IS A PLATEAU.

THE AUDACITY BY SOME TO CONTINUE TO BLAME THE SPIKE IN CRIME ON CRIMINAL LEGAL REFORM OF THE PAST ASTOUNDS ME.

THERE IS SIMPLE NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT.

IT IS REALLY TIME FOR US TO "FOCUS ON TIME, OUR MONEY, AND" OUR ENERGY ON THE THINGS THAT WILL WORK.

"PREVENTING CRIME, POINTING" FINGERS ISN'T HELPFUL.

">> PATTY, CRIME FEELS LIKE ONE" OF THESE ISSUES THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES LOOKING AT CITIES AND STATE.

IS IT BEST HANDLED WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS AND PROGRAMS AT THE CITY LEVEL?

>> IT HAS TO BE HANDLED "EVERYWHERE, AT ALL FRONTEDS."

NO ONE AT THIS TABLE IS PROCRIME.

BUT HOW YOU LOOK AT STATISTICS CAN BE DIFFERENT.

WE DID A TAKE ON THE COMMON SENSE INSTITUTE REPORT.

YOU LOOK AT THE MURDER RATE IN DENVER WHICH IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS BEEN IN FOUR DECADES.

OUR POPULATION IS 20% LARGER.

CRIME IS A PROBLEM.

DIVIDE IT INTO DIFFERENT PROJECTS IS GOOD.

MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH.

THE FOCUS ON THAT HAS TO BE ON A LOCAL LEVEL.

THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HELP WITH IT.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

THE STAR PROGRAM WHICH GOT A SHOUTOUT WHICH IS SENDING SOCIAL WORKERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH SOCIAL PROGRAMS TO ENCAMPMENTS.

THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE TOO.

IT IS GOING TO BE A FIGHT ON "MANY, MANY FRONTS."

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS QUIT HAVING THE CRIMINAL AMOUNT OF FINGER POINTING AND START LOOKING WHAT WILL REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

IT IS GOING TO BE ON ALL FRONTS.

>>> FORMER COLORADO STATE SENATE PRESIDENT LEROY GARCIA'S DEPARTURE TRIGGERED NEW LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS THIS WEEK.

STATE SENATOR STEVE FENBERG FROM BOULDER WILL BE THE NEW SENATE "PRESIDENT, WHILE SENATOR" DOMINICK MORENO FROM COMMERCE CITY BECOMES MAJORITY LEADER AND SENATOR RACHEL ZENZINGER NOW RETURNS TO THE JOIN BUDGET COMMITTEE.

KRISTEN WE START WITH YOU ON THIS ONE.

SENATE LEADERSHIP IS TILTING FURTHER LEFT WITH THIS MOVE WITH GARCIA LEAVING.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL IMPACT THE FUTURE OF THIS SESSION?

">> YOU KNOW, TO ME NOT" EVERYTHING IN POLITICS IS ABOUT IDEOLOGY AND BELIEF.

"WE WANT SMART, TALENTED, CAPABLE" PEOPLE IN OUR STATE.

CONGRATS TO LEROY.

TO ME IT IS MORE EXCITING TO SEE A SMART WOMAN LEADING THE JBC.

>> I WILL ECHO THOSE REMARKS ABOUT THE SENATOR.

SHE AND I WERE BOTH CLASSMATES ON THE SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM.

IT IS NICE TO SEE A FELLOW DOING WELL.

POLITICS ASIDE LET'S GET TO THE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU DENISE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT SENATOR FENBERG AND SENATOR MORENO THEY ARE NOT SHY ABOUT DISAGREEING WITH GOVERNOR POLIS.

DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNOR HAS MORE BATTLES AHEAD THE REST OF THIS SESSION?

WE WILL THROW IT BACK TO YOU DENISE IN JUST A SECOND.

WE DIDN'T CATCH YOUR AUDIO.

THE QUESTION IS DO YOU THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONFLICT BETWEEN GOVERNOR POLIS AND SENATE LEADERSHIP NOW THEY ARE LEANING FURTHER LEFT.

>> THANK YOU.

APOLOGIES ON THE SOUND THERE.

"LOOK, I THINK THERE WILL BE A" LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION.

I THINK ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT SENATOR MORENO MADE SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO DIAL BACK HIS CRITICISMS OF THE GOVERNOR.

THERE MAYBE SOME BATTLES THAT WE WILL SEE.

A LOT OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES.

THEY PROBABLY -- THEY HAVE HAPPENED UNDER THE OTHER -- THE FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT GARCIA.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY TURN OUT.

I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO FORMER SENATOR -- SENATE PRESIDENT LEROY GARCIA.

I'M SAD TO SEE HIM LEAVE.

I'M SAD TO SEE MAJORITY LEADER MORENO LEAVE THE JBC.

HE WILL BE GREAT AT HIS ROLE.

GOOD THINGS TO COME.

>> I THINK IT IS A FAIR QUESTION.

SO DOES A MOVE LIKE THIS REALLY MATTER FOR THE AVERAGE COLORADO WATCHING THIS SHOW?

>> IT IS NOT GOING TO THIS YEAR.

WE ARE COMING ON AN ELECTION YEAR.

IF THERE WILL BE SOME FIGHTS THEY WILL BE WORKED OUT IN A POLITE WAY.

HE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ISSUES HE HAS WITH FENBERG AND MORENO ON HIS OWN.

THEY WILL BE LOOKING TOWARDS NOVEMBER AS DEMOCRATS THEY WILL WANT TO WIN AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS.

">> PEN, YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE AS A" FORMER LAWMAKERS.

IS THIS A BIG DEAL?

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO LEROY GARCIA AND HIS APPOINTMENT.

I THINK CHANGES ARE FINE.

WE WILL SEE DIFFERENCES OF STYLES IN TEMPERAMENT.

DEMOCRATS DON'T ALL THINK ALIKE.

IT IS GOOD THAT YOU GET DIFFERENT VOICES AND DIFFERENT OPINIONS AT THE TABLE TO WORK THROUGH ISSUES.

BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF ISSUES THIS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

PARTICULARLY SINCE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY.

"YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE LOST ALMOST A" THIRD OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ALREADY.

YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON GETTING THE BILLS PROCESS THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND GETTING A BUDGET IN PLACE.

">>> ON MONDAY, THE DENVER CITY" COUNCIL AGREED TO PROVIDE THE COLORADO VILLAGE COLLABORATIVE AN ADDITIONAL $3.9 MILLION TO DEVELOP SANCTIONED CAMP SITES.

THE CAMP SITES WILL PROVIDE SHELTER AND SERVICES TO AROUND "370 PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES, WITH A" GOAL TO TRANSITION 90 OF THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

THE DECISION WAS MET WITH APPEALS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY NEIGHBORS OF THE SITES WHO SAY LIVING NEAR THE REGULATED CAMPGROUNDS MAKES THEM FEEL UNSAFE.

DENISE WE START WITH YOU ON THIS ONE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ON THE MOVE OF THE CITY?

DO YOU THINK THEY WILL HAVE SUCCESS AS SMALLER ONES HAVE HAD RECENTLY?

>> I DO.

I REALLY DO GIVE KUDOS TO THE DENVER CITY COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD ON THIS INITIATIVE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VILLAGE KA -- COLAB RATIVE.

"THE FACT THE ONE HERE IN DENVER," MY PART IN TOWN WE DIDN'T ASK FOR A GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER.

WHAT ARE OUR ALTERNATIVES.

THESE OUTDOOR CAMPING SITES THEY ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE PERMANENT SOLUTIONS.

I GET THAT.

THE ALTERNATIVE IS WE HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING "HOMELESSNESS, SLEEPING ON THE" "STREETS, IN ALLY WAYS AND STORE" FRONT.

I SAY YAY TO IT.

LET'S NOW TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP.

LET'S KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT PRIZE AS WELL.

">> PATTY, WHAT DO YOU THINK" ABOUT THIS MOVE BY THE CITY OF DENVER?

>> THIS WAS MORE THAN WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE WHEN THE WAS HAPPENING IN APRIL 2020.

HANCOCK WAS AGAINST THESE CAMPING SITES.

HE CHANGED HIS MIND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.

IT IS ONE PART OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE.

THESE IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE IN INDOOR SHELTERS.

THEY ARE GETTING SERVICES.

THIS IS FEDERAL MONEY THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED.

IF IT GETS 370 PEOPLE INTO MORE "KIND OF SERVICES, IT IS A" GREATER GOOD.

">> PEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK?"

>> IT IS LONG OVERDUE.

THE TIME FRAME WHEN I AND OTHERS WERE RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

WE ADVOCATED AS A CENTRAL PART OF APPROACH TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER SO YOU CAN BRING OTHER "SERVICES WHETHER MENTAL HEALTH," "SUBSTANCE ABUSE, EVERYTHING TO" BEGIN STABILIZE THEM.

I'M GLAD THE CITY FINALLY GOT AROUND TO DOING THIS.

IT IS A VERY SMALL STEP.

IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I'M A BIT DISAPPOINTED BY THEIR OWN ESTIMATE.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE TRANSITION A THIRD OF THE PEOPLE INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

WHETHER YOU START 370 SLOTS THEY WILL FILL UP OR STAY FULL THE ENTIRE TIME.

MANAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT.

IN PARK HILL THEY HAD A SECURE CAMPING SITE.

NEIGHBORS OBJECTED INITIALLY NOT A SINGLE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED.

>> KRISTEN WRAP IT UP FOR US.

>> IT FEELS LIKE ANOTHER LARGE EXPENSE.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS WE ARE FACING.

THE CITY NEEDS A STRATEGY RIGHT NOW IN LEADERSHIP.

IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

WE ARE NOW CLOSING IN ON SPENDING OVER $800 MILLION PER YEAR IN THE DENVER METRO AREA ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR IT?

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PROGRESS.

AURORA IS GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE WITH THE CLEAR PLAN.

I THINK THERE WILL BE A BRIGHT LINE CONTRAST IN THE NEXT SIX "MONTHS, YEAR, TWO YEARS BETWEEN" AURORA AND DENVER.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT SHAPES UP.

>> LET'S GET TO OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE SHOW.

PLEASE START US OFF.

>> HEADING BACK TO MESA COUNTY FOR THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

JENA HAD A LAPTOP ON HER.

SHE HAD RECORDED THAT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE RECORDED.

THE OFFICERS WENT TO GET HER.

SHE WOUND UP KICKING ONE WHICH LED TO THE OTHER ISSUE.

YOU CAN'T MAKE UP STORIES LIKE THIS.

>> YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T.

>> THE ONE WOMAN CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.

MY DISGRACE IS DENVER.

I WAS PART OF A GROUP OF CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS.

WE WANTED CITIZEN INPUT HOW TO LAND WAS REUSED.

OUR GROUP WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT THE CITY EXPEL WHAT CALLED FROM A VISIONING PROCESS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE CITY'S VISION THAT WE HAD TO TAKE 155 ACRES AND REDEVELOP IT.

>> KRISTEN WE GO TO YOU FOR YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> IT HAS TO BE STACEY ABRAMS PHOTO.

IT IS A DISGRACE FOR SURE.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE MOMENT THAT ENDED THIS PANDEMIC.

">> DENISE, WE GO TO YOU FOR YOUR" DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> I WAS GOING TO USE TINA PETERS.

I'LL GO TO RNC STATEMENT.

VIOLENCE OF THE U.S. CAPITAL WAS QUOTE LEGITIMATE DISCOURSE.

I THINK THAT IS DISGRACEFUL.

>> TIME TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

>> I'M GOING TO BROADWAY WHERE ERICA IS RUNNING A LOCAL ARTIST.

SHE IS HAVING A BLOCK PARTY BEFORE SHE CLOSES.

>> PEN?

>> THE HISTORY OF COLORADO AND WESTWARD FOR ORGANIZING ALL THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

">> HERE, HERE."

KRISTEN WE GO TO YOU.

>> I'M JUST HOPING THAT BOND GETS ANOTHER BIG RING THIS WEEKEND.

WE WILL BE WATCHING FOOTBALL IN MY HOUSE.

">> DENISE, WE GO TO YOU TO SAY" SOMETHING NICE.

>> REALLY ENJOYED THIS WEEK READING FORMER SECRETARY'S BOOK.

WHAT I TOOK FROM IT IS THE PHRASE IMAGINE A GREAT CITY.

IT IS STILL RELEVANT.

>> I WOULD JOIN TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

WE THANK ALL OF OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE MAKING OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS POSSIBLE.

AS PEN REFERENCED YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.

YOU CAN BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT AT PBS12.ORG.

A LOT OF THOSE ARE ON DEMAND.

SOME AMAZING NEW SEASON OF FINDING YOUR ROOTS WHICH IS ANOTHER GREAT PROGRAM.

"FOR EVERYBODY HERE AT ""COLORADO" "INSIDE OUT"" AND PBS12 I'M" "DOMINIC DEZZUTTI, THANK YOU SO" MUCH FOR WATCHING.

GOOD NIGHT.