
January 28th, 2022
Season 30 Episode 3 | 27m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Topic experts discuss the latest in Colorado politics headlines.
Panelists Patricia Calhoun, David Kopel, Eric Sondermann, and special guest Kalina Kulig: youth activist and 2021 Both Sides of the Story champion. Topics include Union rights, county clerk investigations, El Paso County conflicts and more.
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Panelists Patricia Calhoun, David Kopel, Eric Sondermann, and special guest Kalina Kulig: youth activist and 2021 Both Sides of the Story champion. Topics include Union rights, county clerk investigations, El Paso County conflicts and more.
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WELCOME TO JANUARY 28TH, 2022, EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
A VERY SPECIAL EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
WE HAVE DAVID BACK IN TOWN.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST.
YOU WILL SEE WHY IT IS SUCH A SPECIAL EDITION.
LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.
DEMOCRATIC STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING SWEEPING UNION RIGHTS FOR MANY PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES.
THE BILL IS FACING OPPOSITION BY MANY INCLUDING GOVERNOR POLIS, WHO HAS SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT APPROVE THE BILL AS IT STANDS, AND WOULD PREFER MUCH NARROWER LEGISLATION.
PATTY CALHOUN FROM WESTWORD, WE START WITH YOU.
DO YOU THINK THE LEGISLATURE WILL PULL GOVERNOR POLIS TO THE LEFT THIS YEAR OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND?
>> I THINK IN THIS CASE HE WILL PULL THEM IN THIS ELECTION.
WE WERE JUST SITTING HERE LAST WEEK WHEN THEY SAID THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT.
THE SENTIMENTS IN THIS STRIKE COMPARED TO THOSE OF US AROUND IN '96 PEOPLE WERE SUCH MORE SYMPATHETIC TO THE STRIKERS.
THE INFORMATION HOW MUCH THE KROGER CEO EARNED.
I WOULD SAY OF THE WORKERS WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKERS GOT BETTER TREATMENT.
THEY GOT MORE PROTECTION.
SO I THINK AS THE LEGISLATURES LOOK AT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THIS, THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUT POLIS IN THIS CASE.
THERE WILL BE SOME NEW RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC WORKERS.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL GO AS FAR AS ORIGINALLY.
>> JOINING US IS DAVID KOPEL.
DAVID KOPEL IS BACK WITH THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE AND DU LAW SCHOOL.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I GOT TO BELIEVE IS THIS GOING TO BE A POPULAR STANCE FOR GOVERNOR POLIS THIS YEAR?
>> YES, AS PART OF HIS RECOGNITION THE LEGISLATURE HAS GONE TOO FAR.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WAS THE GREATEST GUY IN HISTORY.
HE SAID THE PROCESS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CANNOT BE TRANSPLAITED INTO THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
GOVERNMENT CREATES MONOPOLIES FOR WHAT IT DOES.
IT IS NOT FAIR TO GO ON STRIKE AGAINST THE PUBLIC.
IN THE FREE MARKET BOTH LABOR AND MANAGEMENT WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP WAGES AND WORK RULES WITHIN REASON.
GOVERNMENT MONEY COMES FROM TAXPAYERS WHO DON'T HAVE CHOICE INSTEAD OF CUSTOMERS WHO DO.
FINALLY GOVERNMENT WORKERS HAVE A GREAT DEAL THAN OTHERS DO.
IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIRE THEM BECAUSE OF CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
>> WE ARE BARELY INTO DAVID'S FIRST APPEARANCE AND WE ALREADY HAVE HIM BACK.
ERIC SONDERMANN COLUMNESS WITH THE GAZZETT NEWSPAPERS.
MAYBE THERE IS OTHERS IN THE HORIZON, THE CRYSTAL BALL MAYBE SO CLEAR.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS TO HAVE DAVID BACK HE QUOTED ROOSEVELT WITH PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS.
HE STOLE MY THUNDER.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE COME VERY, VERY FAR FROM THE 1930s AND THE DAY OF FDR AND THAT PARTICULAR QUOTE.
THE ESSENCE WAS NOT CORRECT IN TIME.
THEY'LL WILL BE GIVE AND TAKE BOTH WAYS.
PUT YOUR MONEY ON JARED POLIS BASED ON THE LAST THREE YEARS HE WILL PULL THE LEGISLATURE IN HIS DIRECTION FAR MORE THAN THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO BE PULLING THE GOVERNOR IN THEIR DIRECTION.
IN DAYS OF OLD, PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT WAS LOOKED AT BEING UNDER PAID THE PRIVATE SECTOR, UNDERBENEFITED ET CETERA.
GIVEN THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
BUT ALSO JUST THE SALARY EQUITY OR MORE THAN EQUITY THE PUBLIC SECTOR LAUNCHED IN THE PRIVATE SECTORS.
WHAT IS THE PARTICULAR NEED THAT IS TRYING TO BE ADDRESS HERE?
>> IT IS A SPECIAL EDITION FOR US.
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WE ARE ABLE TO FEATURE A CHAMPION FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY SERIES.
OUR CHAMPION KALINA KULEG.
SHE IS THE CHAMPION OF OUR SEASON LAST YEAR.
IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THE DEBATES LOOK AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH WITH KALINA AND ANOTHER STUDENT FROM CHERRY CREEK.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
AS WE LOOK AT THIS TOPIC, AS PATTY MENTIONED THERE IS A LOT OF UNION RIGHTS IN THE NEWS.
PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE RECENT STRIKE.
IT IS ON THE CITIZEN'S MINDS.
>> WHY THESE EMPLOYEES ARE GOING ON STRIKE?
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND THE BAD CONDITIONS WE HAVE SEEN BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF THAT PANDEMIC.
ONE OF THE REASONS I KNOW MY FAMILY DECIDED NOT TO PAT -- PATRONIZE.
THERE IS CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT REASON WHY MAYBE PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES SHOULDN'T HAVE ALL OF THESE RIGHTS ENUMERATED.
THE TEACHER STRIKE CAME WITH SALARY RAISES AND SMALLER CLASS SIZES.
>> I THINK WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EDITION.
>>> MESA COUNTY IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE FOR CLERK AND RECORDER DRAMA IN COLORADO.
SECRETARY OF STATE JENA GRISWOLD ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT SHE IS INVESTIGATING A POTENTIAL SECURITY BREACH TO FIND OUT IF ELBERT COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER DALLAS SCHROEDER COPIED A VOTING SYSTEM HARD DRIVE.
MEANWHILE, GRISWOLD FILED LAWSUIT LAST WEEK TO PREVENT COUNTY CLERK TINA PETERS FROM OVERSEEING THIS YEAR'S ELECTION IN MESA COUNTY DUE TO HER REFUSAL TO ACCEPT NEW STATE PROTOCOLS.
DAVID WE START WITH YOU.
IT SEEMS WHILE I KNOW WE WANT ISSUES LIKE THIS TO BE INVESTIGATED WE ARE SEEING GRISWOLD IN THE NEWS.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
>> EVEN AN UNETHICAL PROSECUTOR GOES AFTER PEOPLE.
ALLEGING SOME VOTING KWIPT WEREN'T CERTIFICATED.
SCHROEDERS FILED AN AFFIDAVIT THAT HE MADE AN IMAGE ON THE ELECTION SERVER AND SAVED THAT TO AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE.
IT IS PERFECTLY LEGAL FOR CLERKS TO MAKE A BACKUP OF THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
THERE ARE PROCEDURES THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED.
SECURITY IN THE ROOM AND WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE COMPUTERS?
THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE.
PRODUCED DOCUMENTATION HOW THE BACKUP WAS MADE.
SHE SENT HIM ANOTHER ORDER THAT HE APPEAR BEFORE A DEPOSITION THAT HE BE EXAMINED UNDER OATH.
>> ANOTHER COUNTY AT LEAST HAVE QUESTIONS.
DO YOU THINK THESE ARE ISOLATED CASES OR COLORADOANS WILL BE WORRIED ABOUT SABOTAGE?
>> I THINK THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTION.
BOTH SIDES BUT PARTICULARLY THE REPUBLICAN SIDE IS EATING THAT NARRATIVE.
I DON'T THINK DALLAS SCHROEDER IS THE ULTIMATE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.
WHEN THE CAME OUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO A COUNTY CLERK WAS REQUIRED TO ISSUE GAY MARRIAGE LICENSES DISPARAGING THAT WHOLE INSTITUTION AND IDEA.
THE PROBLEM HERE, I WROTE A COLUMN ABOUT IT GRISWOLD IS SO POLITICAL IN HER OWN RIGHT EVEN WHEN SHE MAKES THE RIGHT CALL, EVEN WHEN SHE MAKES THE RIGHT CALL, SHE HAS SO LITTLE CREDIBILITY BECAUSE SHE IS SEEN SUCH AN OVERT AND AMBITIOUS.
SECRETARIES OF STATES WHO ARE NOT POLITICAL AND NOT SO CONSUMED OF POLITICAL.
>> KALINA IT SEEMS LIKE THE WHOLE IDEA OF ELECTION SECURITY BOTH NATIONALLY AND IN COLORADO HAS BEEN A FOCUS.
WHETHER IT MAY BE STATEWIDE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT ISSUE?
>> THANKS.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT GOING FORWARD THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE SECURITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.
WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT ISSUE ABOUT THE CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY WITH POLITICAL MOTIVATES.
ELECTIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION.
IN A WAY COLORADOANS CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE COLORADO IS ONE OF THE FEW STATES THAT EMPHASIZE MAIL-IN VOTING WHICH WE DEEM NECESSARY IN THE PANDEMIC.
THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT IS ON COLORADO.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MAIL-IN VOTING.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE COLORADO SET THAT EXAMPLE GOING FORWARD.
>> PATTY, ARE WE SEEING THE BEGINNING OF THE CLERK WARS?
>> A FEW CLERKS.
MOST OF THE CLERKS -- THIS USED TO BE A SLEEPY JOB.
SO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
IT USED TO BE SLEEPY.
JENA CHANGED THAT.
THE OFFICE GOT THE WORK DONE.
IT IS GETTING THE WORK DONE NOW.
COLORADO MAIL-IN VOTING MAY HAVE STARTED ROCKY BUT IT IS GREAT.
WE HAVE GOOD TURNOUT AT THE POLLS.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF VOTER FRAUD.
I THINK WE WILL SEE SOME SIGHTS BUT FOR MOST PEOPLE IN COLORADO WILL ACCEPT OUR SYSTEM IS WORKING.
I HOPE MORE OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY PICKS IT UP.
MAYBE BANNON WAS THERE TOO.
WE ARE BOUND TO HEAR A LOT MORE.
>> COLORADO POLITICS BRING US ANYTHING, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THIS.
IT WILL BE WACKY.
>> COLORADO POLITICS DID -- WAS THE COLORADO SUN VOTED FOR THOSE AMENDMENTS OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE AGREED THAT WERE WONDERFUL AND NOBLE PEOPLE AND WE DON'T TRUST THE COLORADO VOTING SYSTEM.
>>> EL PASO COUNTY FOUND ITSELF IN THE POLITICAL HEADLINES TWICE THIS WEEK.
THE EL PASO COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY IS CONSIDERING AN AMENDMENT TO ITS BYLAWS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE PARTY TO BANISH MEMBERS WHO ARE CAUGHT OPPOSING OR VIOLATING ETHICS RECOMMENDED THAT U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DOUG LAMBORN BE INVESTIGATED FOR ACCUSATIONS THAT HE MAY HAVE ENGAGED IN THE SOLICITATION OF GIFTS FROM SUBORDINATES AND IMPROPER USE OF OFFICIAL RESOURCES.
ERIC WE START WITH YOU ON THIS ONE.
THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN UNDER CRITICISM.
>> YOU CAN NEVER PREDICT.
THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE WHETHER ONE PARTY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT OR ONE REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT DOES NOT TEND TO PRODUCE OR BRING OUT THE BEST IN GOVERNESS.
THE WORRY IN YOU ARE REPUBLICAN IN COLORADO SPRINGS NOT THAT YOU WIN ELECTIONS BUT YOUR IMAGINEINS ARE A NARROWING AND WE SAUNA IN 2020.
YOU CAN ELECT REPUBLICANS.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A NICE IDEA TO BRING MARGRI.
I'M RUNNING OUT OF TOWN.
THE CITIZENS OF COLORADO SPRINGS CAN DO BETTER.
>> KALINA, AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS THERE IS A COUPLE OF ANGLES HERE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN A PROPOSED BYLAWS CHANGED.
THIS IS ONE COUNTY.
THERE IS CLEARLY REPUBLICANS THAT ARE CRITICAL OF IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE IMPACT CAN BE?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK THESE BYLAWS ARE A MISTAKE.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE VARIATIONS AND OPINIONS OF COLORADOANS.
I THINK REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE UNDERSTAND IN THE NATIONAL CONTEXT IDENTIFY AS INDEPENDENCE.
I THINK WE NEED REPRESENTATIVES WHO CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF US AND EXPRESS THE UNIQUE OPINIONS OF EVERYBODY THEY ARE SPEAKING FOR AND NOT JUST CARRY THE PARTY LINE.
>> WE LOOK AT REPRESENTATIVE LAMBORN THEY ALL SAY THIS IS A DISGRUNTLE STAFFER.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT IS A BIG ISSUE.
>> DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF ERRANDS HE HAS HIS STAFFERS DO.
IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT EL PASO COUNTY -- THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ON THE PLANET.
YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT NEEDS TO GROW NOT SHRINK.
THEY ARE NOT ON THE PLANET WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING WHAT MOST COLORADOANS WANT.
>> DAVID, IT SEEMS THAT ISSUE WISE THE PLAYING FIELD IS TILTED TOWARD REPUBLICANS IN COLORADO.
WE GET HEADLINES WHERE THERE IS AN ADVANTAGE.
DO YOU THINK REPUBLICANS IN COLORADO WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THESE HEAD LINES AND KEEP FOCUS ON ISSUES THAT SHOULD GO THEIR WAY THIS YEAR?
>> PROBABLY.
I DON'T THINK MOST COLORADOANS DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO POLITICS.
SUING LAMBORN.
HE WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE WAS BAD TEMPLERED AND NEVER SHOWED REGRET OR REMORSE.
LATER HE BEGAN SUPPORTING THE FIRED EMPLOYEE.
THE ALLEGATIONS FROM LAMBORN COME FROM THESE TWO.
THEY SAY THEY WERE STUFFING CAMPAIGN ENVELOPES WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING CONGRESSIONAL WORK.
THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE RECORDS BACK HIM UP AS THEY DO IN OTHER ALLEGATIONS, THE OTHER RECORDS.
THE HOUSE IS TO CONSIDER INFORMATION.
IT WOULD CREATE AN INVESTIGATETIVE SUBCOMMITTEE.
>>> GOVERNOR JARED POLIS FACED CRITICISM FROM TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS THIS WEEK.
DA'S MICHAEL DOUGHERTY OF BOULDER COUNTY AND DANIEL RUBENSTEIN OF MESA COUNTY SAID THAT POLIS OVERSTEPPED HIS BOUNDS BY REDUCING TRUCK DRIVER ROGEL AGUILERA MEDERAS' 110 YEAR SENTENCE TO 10 YEARS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE SENTENCING WAS UNDER REVIEW.
KALINA, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS ISSUE, WE SEE IT IS BASED ON A ORIGINAL LAW THAT MADE THAT 110 YEAR MANDATORY.
IF HE HAD THE OPTION MAKE IT SHORTER HE WOULD.
HE WAS STUCK BY THAT LAW.
DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE ATTENTION TO THAT BEYOND WHAT GOVERNOR POLIS SAYS?
>> SUCH A LONG SENTENCE SEEMS ABSURD.
LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED EVEN CELEBRITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERY CASE WILL GENERATE THAT LEVEL OF PUBLIC OUTCRY.
NOT EVERYONE WILL HAVE THAT MOMENT.
THE REAL CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS A CHANGE TO THOSE LAWS THAT CAUSE THE SENTENCE TO BE LONG IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> PATTY, TWO VERY DA'S FROM TWRO PARTS OF -- TWO PARTS OF COLORADO AGREEING ON SOMETHING.
>> WHAT POLIS -- THE CASE WAS UNUSUAL BECAUSE OF THE NATIONAL AMENDMENT OF ATTENTION IT HAD GOTTEN.
ALSO WHAT IT BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE MANDATORY SENTENCING LAW.
BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH WHAT POLIS, HE IS GOVERNOR.
HE HAS RIGHT TO PARDON.
WHAT IS UNPARDON IS TO TALK TO THE VICTIMS AND THE PROSECUTORS BEFORE PEOPLE HEARD ABOUT IT IN THE NEWS.
>> DAVID, DO YOU THINK THIS WILL STICK WITH GOVERNOR POLIS CONSIDERING THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR?
>> YOU CAN CRITICIZE HIS JUDGMENT BUT THE INSTITUTION IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS THIS POWER.
IT IS NOT LIMITED TO BEING EXERCISED ONLY AFTER A CERTAIN TIME.
THE GOVERNOR SHALL HAVE POWER PARDONS FOR ALL OFFENSES.
SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER AT WHAT STAGE HE EXERCISES IT.
THAT IS HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DISCRETION.
>> HOPING WITH THE SIGNATURE OR PRESSING A BUTTON TO SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN.
IT IS NOT SHUT DOWN.
HE WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
DO YOU THINK THIS WILL HAVE LONG TAIL FOR HIM?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE ONE ISSUE WHOEVER HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT IS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DECISIVE.
I AGREE WITH KALINA'S POINT ABOUT ALL THE CASES WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT.
I AGREE WITH PATTY AND DAVID HAVE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR WAS WITHIN HIS RIGHT DOING THIS.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I REGARD THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CIRCLING THE WAGON AT THIS POINT.
PATTY WAS RIGHT THE GOVERNOR COULD HAVE COMMUNICATED BETTER.
I THINK IF THERE IS A QUESTION MARK ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING IT GOES TO THE JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHAT SEEMS AN OVERCHARGING OF THIS GENTLEMAN.
THESE SENTENCES WOULD BE CALLED FOR.
THE PROSECUTOR HAS DISCRETION AND COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING OF OVERCHARGING.
>> LET'S GET TO OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE SHOW.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A NEW CHAPTER WHICH CLOSED BACK IN DECEMBER 2020.
THE FAMILY DIDN'T WANT TO RUN THE JAZZ CLUB.
THE BUILDING WENT TO THE OWNER WHO LEASED HIM TO VALENTE.
HE HAS HAD TROUBLE WITH THE CITY.
HE GAVE THE KEYS BACK TO THE OWNER.
THERE IS NO LEASE ON THE BUILDING.
LET'S SEE WE CAN'T RESURRECT A TRUE FAMILY TRADITION.
>> HERE, HERE.
WE GO TO YOU FOR YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
>> THE SCHOOL BOARD IN POLICY CRACK DOWN OF SCHOOLS.
THEY MUST HAVE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY.
THE DENVER BOARD WANTS TO TAKE IT AWAY.
INNOVATION SCHOOLS COULDN'T HAVE A LONGER SCHOOL DAY.
THE TEACHERS CAN'T WORK WITH STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.
>> ERIC WE GO TO YOU.
>> HOW SHORT SIDED YOU CAN BE.
YOU EXPECT INNOVATION SCHOOLS TO BE INNOVATIVE?
SHIFTING GEARS.
ANYONE OUT THERE HAS THIS NOTION OF ELECTORAL FRAUD.
TRUMP IS THE NON-STOP ON THIS.
JOE BIDEN DIDN'T DO HIMSELF ANY FAVORS WHEN HE REFERENCED OR THE NOTION IF THE VOTING RIGHTS BILL DOESN'T PASS THAT THE ELECTION OF 2022 COULD BE SUBSET.
>> KALINA WE GO TO YOU.
>> THE WINTER OLYMPICS ARE COMING UP.
I THINK IT IS SIGNIFICANT.
EVERYTHING FROM THE POSSIBLE SENSORSHIP OF INTERNET AND CELL PHONES.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE VIEWERS TO LOOK INTO THAT AND DECIDE IF IT IS WORTH IT TO PATRONIZE THE WINTER OLYMPICS.
>> TIME TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.
>> GREAT SPORT CASTER AND A GOOD GUY.
>> SOMEONE WHO HAS A HISTORY WITH CHANNEL 12.
HE HOSTED SPORTS ZONE.
WE SEND OUR WISHES TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
DAVID WE GO TO YOU.
>> THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PREPARING TO RESIST DIBBING TORE YAL.
>> KALINA WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE JOB.
I WAS ONE OF THE JUDGES WHEN SHE WON.
TO BE IN THIS PROGRAM TODAY HAS ADDED.
I DO WANT TO SEE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE, I BELIEVE WITH THAT MATURITY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT SHE IS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR.
>> HERE, HERE, ERIC.
I AGREE.
KALINA THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU.
MY SOMETHING NICE IS GOING TO BE A SHOUTOUT TO ALL THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
>> WHAT A -- WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR SO LONG.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL SEASON OF BOTHS SIDES OF THE STORY.
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR THIS WEEK'S COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN.
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK.
GOOD NIGHT.

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