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Season 32 Episode 25 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
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With Primary Election Day Tuesday, Colorado Inside Out takes one more look at the races. The panel also weighs in on cases in court this week connected to the LGBTQ+ community as Pride Weekend is here. And could Denver workers be unionized by next summer?
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June 21st, 2024
Season 32 Episode 25 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
With Primary Election Day Tuesday, Colorado Inside Out takes one more look at the races. The panel also weighs in on cases in court this week connected to the LGBTQ+ community as Pride Weekend is here. And could Denver workers be unionized by next summer?
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 21st.
LET ME GET RIGHT TO INTRODUCING YOU TO THIS WEEK'S INSIDERS OUR PANEL, WELCOME TO PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTORD.
TYRONE GLOVER, LEADING CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY IN DENVER.
JESSE PAUL, REPORTER AND EDITOR AT COLORADO SUN.
EAN THOMAS TAFOYA, COMMUNITY LEADER AND FORMER CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF DENVER.
COLORADO'S PRIMARY ELECTION IS TUESDAY.
YOU CAN FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT AND TURN IT IN TO ANY SECURE BALLOT BOXES OR VOTE IN PERSON BY 7:00 ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO TAKE PART.
WE HAVE CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE RACES, STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND MANY MORE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
IT WILL BE A BIG DAY TUESDAY.
THIS PRIMARY MEANS A LOT.
>> ALSO AS STAKE IS OUR DIGNITY.
THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY CYNICAL MOVES THROUGHOUT THIS PRIMARY.
YOU HAVE THE BOEBERT MOVE WHEN KEN BUCK ANNOUNCE HE WASN'T RUNNING AGAIN.
IT LOOKS LIKE BOEBERT WILL TAKE IT.
JERRY WON'T WIN.
HE WILL NOT HAVE A WORKING FARMER IN CONGRESS FROM COLORADO.
OVER IN DISTRICT THREE PAYING TO MAKE RON HANKS TO LOOK ATTRACTIVE TO VOTERS.
THAT IS SUCH A CYNICAL PLOY.
WE HAVE THE WORST.
WE HAVE DAVE WILLIAMS WHO CONTINUES TO BE WITHOUT SHAME.
YOU KNOW, GOD SHOULD BE STRIKING PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT IN THIS ELECTION.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE WHAT HAPPENED IN DISTRICT FIVE.
NANCY IN JEFFCO I COMPLIMENTED HER LAST WEEK.
LEADING THE PETITION TO GET DAVE WILLIAMS OUT.
>> HE IS STILL IN THE RUNNING.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH HIM.
>> IN A RACE THAT ISN'T GETTING THE BIG HEAD LINES IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY IN DENVER IS OUR DEFENSE ATTORNEY RACE.
JOSH WALSH, JOSEPH.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ISSUES MOTIVATING VOTERS THIS CYCLE.
HOMELESSNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHILE THERE IS NOT THE BIG HEAD LINES, THERE IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION DONE BY A NUMBER OF NEWS OUTLETS AND FOLKS SHOULD PAY ATTENTION.
THESE FOLKS ARE GOING TO SHAPING CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR YEARS TO YEARS TO COME.
>> DOWN MANY THE NEW 23rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THERE FEATURES A FAR RIGHT PROSECUTOR TYPE ALIGNED WITH DAVE WILLIAMS FOLKS REPUBLICAN PARTY.
GEORGE USED TO BE THE 21st DISTRICT.
I MIGHT GET IT WRONG.
COMING TO STEP BACK UP AND BEING A LOCAL PROSECUTOR.
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE PRIMARIES ON TUESDAY WILL BE FASCINATING.
THERE IS SIX OR $73 MILLION PLUS SPENT.
THE OUTCOME OF THESE RACES COULD AFFECT THE TRAJECTORY POLICY DISCUSSIONS, ENERGY POLICY.
I THINK IT COULD SAY WHERE THE ELECTED IS.
I THINK VOTERS WILL PROVIDE US WITH A SIZABLE ANSWER ON TUESDAY.
>> THAT IS AN INTERESTING POINT YOU MADE ABOUT FARMERS.
FARMING IS AT THE HEART OF IT.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF ISSUES THAT I THINK THOSE VOTERS WILL BE VOTING ON.
IT MIGHT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THAT IS ONE THING BOEBERT HAS.
ON THE STATE LEVEL I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
IT COULD MEAN A LOT FACING OFF GOVERNOR POLIS WHETHER HE IS GOING TO VETO IN HIS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
EVERYTHING IS LOCAL.
THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY GOING INTO LOCAL MEDIA THAT DON'T GET COVERED.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ON COMMISSIONS WHO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLL.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE VOTE.
I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH PAUL LOPEZ.
WE NEED TO PUT UP BANNERS.
WE NEED MORE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING ABOUT VOTING.
THERE IS NO REASON WE SHOULD USE THESE RESOURCES.
WE NEED TO DRIVE IT UP.
I VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.
I LIKE TO GO IN PERSON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LAST WEEK WE TALKED HOW GOVERNOR POLIS GOT INVOLVED AND JOHNNA DID THIS WEEK.
>> EPPS IS FACING A CHALLENGE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
CAMACHO IS ON THE MODERATE SIDE.
REPRESENTATIVE JUMPED TO ENDORSE CAMACHO.
I THINK ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS I ASKED GOVERNOR POLIS CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR DECISION TO ENDORSE.
HE SAID I HAVE LED ENDORSE IN THE PAST.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I ENDORSED AGAINST THE CITY LAWMAKERS.
>>> THIS WEEKEND BRINGS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF PRIDEFEST IN DENVER.
AND THE CELEBRATIONS COME ADD MIST A LOT OF NEWS THIS WEEK, ESPECIALLY TYRONE, IN THE COURTS REGARDING THE LGBTQ-PLUS COMMUNITY.
>> WE HAVE MASTERPIECE CAKE SHOP.
FOR NONLEGAL SCHOLARS TO UNDERSTAND THE NUANCES.
THIS MOST RECENT ONE.
THE FACTS IN THIS ONE ARE SO PLAINLY OBVIOUS THAT THE CAKE IS A CAKE.
IT WAS DIRECTED WHAT TO DO BY THE PERSON WHO WAS ORDERING THE CAKE.
THERE IS NO DISCRETION OR ARTISTIC, I GUESS NUANCE FROM THE ACTUAL BAKER.
WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPRESSIVE TO GO ANYTHING THAT A CORPORATION DOES CAN BE SEEN AS SOME FORM OF EXPRESSION OR ART.
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL PREMISE FREEDOM OF SPEECH THAT COULD SWALLOW UP LIKE EQUAL PROTECTION LIKE CIVIL RIGHTS.
WE CAN'T ALLOW FREE SPEECH WIDESPREAD DISCRIMINATION.
IF IT GOES UP TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AND GET A SIMILAR RESULT, I FEEL WE CAN SEE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
>> I WONDER HOW MANY SIMILAR CASES WE WILL SEE OUT OF COLORADO WHETHER IT IS CAKES OR WEB SITES IN TERMS OF LGBT RIGHTS.
COLORADO HAS BEEN A HOT BED FOR THAT ISSUE.
IT IS A LEFT LEANING STATE.
ANOTHER BIG CORE NEWS.
HOW FAST THE CASE HAS MOVED IS REMARKABLE ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO HAVE A RESOLUTION IN TWO YEARS.
I THINK IT IS REALLY INTERESTING.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T FALL OUT OF THOUGHTS OF PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER A LOT OF THESE DON'T HAVE RESOLUTIONS.
THE PLAN PARENTHOOD SHOOTING WAS SOMETHING I COVERED IN 2015 AND THAT CASE IS PENDING ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED BUT RECOGNIZED ON WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE SURVIVORS AND VICTIM'S FAMILIES.
>> A NOTE TO THAT END, A NUMBER OF THESE CASES WERE DRAGGED ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS WERE ONES WHEN WE HAD THE DEATH PENALTY HERE IN COLORADO.
I THINK THESE SORT OF HORRENDOUS CRIMES CAN COME TO RESOLUTION MUCH QUICKER THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE PROCEDURAL STATE GUARDS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY PUT FORTH WHEN IT WAS ERADICATED.
IT IS AN INTENDED AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
>> I'M FEARFUL OF ANYTHING THAT GOES TO THE COURT SYSTEM.
I FEEL THERE HAS BEEN A LOT TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND I THINK THAT I QUESTION DOES IT MAKE FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES TO HAVE LIFETIME APPOINTS.
>> I WILL SAY THAT DENVER -- WE HAVE OUR OWN BAD HISTORY.
WE HAVE OCCUPANCY LIMIT.
WE HAVE TO OWN THAT.
ON TOP OF THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK THERE IS FEAR OUT THERE.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A HOLD OF OUR GUN CONTROL PROBLEM.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT MARCH IN THE PARADE.
MY MOM WORKED IN MI CASA.
LET'S CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE.
I HOPE PEOPLE JOIN.
>> WHEN I SAW DOBSON'S NAME IT BRINGS BACK AMENDMENT TWO WHEN WE BECAME THE HATE STATE.
COLORADO PASSED THAT NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR GAY PEOPLE BACK IN 1992.
IT TOOK US YEARS TO LIVE DOWN THAT REPUTATION THAT MOST OF US THOUGHT COLORADO DIDN'T HAVE.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE LIBERTARIAN LIVE AND LET LIVE STATE.
THIS HATRED WAS SHOCKING TO MANY OF US.
THAT'S WHY THE DAVID WILLIAMS RESPONSE IN THE LAST MONTH HAS BROUGHT HOW CAN SOMEONE -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS NOW TO BE RECOGNIZED AND GIVEN THE EQUAL TREATMENT.
WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THE COLORADO PARTY IS DOING IT IS APPALLING.
I HOPE WE REALLY CELEBRATE AND PAT THEMSELVES ON THE BACK.
REMEMBER THERE IS STILL HATE OUT THERE.
>>> LET'S TOUCH AGAIN ON AFFORDABILITY.
DENVER CITY COUNCIL FLOATED A NEW NUMBER THIS WEEK THAT THE CITY WILL PAY CLOSE TO $155 MILLION BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO HELP HOUSE OUR CITY'S HOMELESS, IN THE ALL IN MILE HIGH PROGRAM.
ALSO, THIS WEEK, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS STARTED FOR 2300 UNIONIZED JANITORS WHO WORK IN DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS.
THEY'RE DEMANDING BETTER PAY AND BENEFITS TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN DENVER.
IT COMES TO THIS AFFORDABILITY ISSUE.
BEING ABLE TO AFFORD IN THIS CITY.
JESSE, I KNOW YOU WORK A LOT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE STUFF.
THERE IS TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES.
>> THINKING ABOUT ELECTIONS RIGHT NOW.
COLORADO SUN ARE ASKING WHAT ARE YOUR TOP ISSUES.
AFFORDABILITY IS HIGH UP ON THE LIST.
WHAT HAS BEEN FASCINATING IS TALKING TO CANDIDATES ABOUT THIS.
NOBODY HAS ANY SILVER BULLET SOLUTIONS.
YOU SEE THAT AT THE LEGISLATURE.
AND SO THESE THINGS TAKE A LOT OF TIME.
THERE IS DISAGREEMENT HOW TO GO FORTH.
WHEN YOU TALK TO THE CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES THERE IS NOT MUCH WE CAN DO IN D.C.
I THINK FOLKS ARE LOOKING SOLUTIONS.
I DON'T THINK THEIR ELECTTIVE LEADERS HAVE A LOT OF ANSWERS.
AS MUCH AS THEY WANT THIS TO BE A REFORM DOM ON THIS ISSUE I DON'T THINK POLITICIANS CAN OFFER ANSWERS.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PUSH TO HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES TO GET BETTER BENEFITS.
>> A PROCESS GOING ON THROUGH CITY HALL WITH MAYOR'S OFF AND CITY COUNCIL.
WE WILL HAVE A FIRST HEARING ON MONDAY.
AS A CITY WORKER, I GET IT.
YOUR WORK CONDITIONS MATTER TO YOU.
OUR CITY WOULD BE STRONGER IF THE PEOPLE HAD A RIGHT TO COLLECTIVELY.
HAVING THE ABILITY TO GO AS A TEAM.
WE HAVE PARATY IN THE SAFETY SIDE OF THE CITY.
WHY SHOULDN'T OUR SOCIAL WORKERS DO THAT.
YOU ARE SEEING COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS.
IT IS AN AFFORDABILITY AND A RIGHTS ISSUE.
ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE NEED THEIR HELP.
THERE ARE BILLS THAT PUT $100 BILLION THAT WOULD SOLVE HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA.
THERE ARE COALITIONS FIGHTING FOR THEM.
>> WE WILL CERTAINLY SEE THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE BIG.
I ALSO THINK DENVER ARE LOOKING AT -- THEY ARE WONDERING WHAT THEY ARE GETTING FROM THEIR CITY WHICH MIGHT AFFECT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TOO.
THERE WAS THE SIDEWALK THREAT.
IT IS NOT COMING THROUGH.
THEY ARE PAYING HUGE PROPERTY TAXES.
I THINK WE ARE -- WE ARE PAYING MAYBE 155 MILLION.
MAYBE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT.
IT IS VERY VAGUE COMING OUT OF THE CITY.
I THINK WE WILL SEE PEOPLE BEING A LOT MORE DISCONTENT AS THEY ADD UP THE BILLS THEY ARE PAYING THIS YEAR AND HEAD TO THE BALLOT BOX OR THE MAILBOX IN NOVEMBER.
>> I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THOSE EFFORTS.
MY PARTNER WORKS FOR THE CITY.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW, YOU KNOW, FOLKS DISSATISFACTION WITH THE ALLOCATIONS OF RESOURCES TO ALLOW CITY WORKERS TO DELIVER SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE CAN HAVE BOTH.
AT THE END OF THE DAY UNIONIZE WORKFORCE CAN HOLD TO THE FIRE TO THOSE IN POWER TO MAKE SURE TO DELIVER SERVICES TO FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
>>> THIS WEEK, NATIONAL BOOKSTORE CHAIN BARNES & NOBLE OFFERED TO BUY INDEPENDENT BOOK SELLER TATTERED COVER, AND I SAW A POST ON X THAT SAID...
SAD.
WHY CAN'T WE KEEP ANYTHING THAT IS GOOD?
AND THIS WEEK, I'D SAY THERE ARE EFFORTS UNDER WAY TO KEEP SOME OF THE GOOD AROUND, SAVING THE TATTERED COVER.
LET'S START WITH YOU EAN TO TRY TO SAVE PART OF THAT BUILDING AND THE NEW PLANS TO REDO THAT BLOCK.
>> THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT CULTURE.
I THINK IT IS NUANCE.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE ON FIVE POINTS WILL IS A GREAT STORY THAT PATTY WILL TALK ABOUT THAT I'M IMPRESSED.
WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO OPEN THE HOTEL TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTING THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS BUILDING SOMETHING NEW.
IT IS NOT BACK FILLING MY ABILITY TO PAY MY WORKERS FROM THE LOSS BUSINESS.
WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
I THINK THAT IS A CHOICE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE BUSINESSES TURN OVER UNTIL WE SUPPORT BUSINESSES.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T HELP THE OTHERS.
>> PATTY?
>> WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING PAST IT EVERY FRIDAY.
WE HAVE WRITTEN STORIES ABOUT IT.
IT IS A STUNNING BUILDINGS.
IT IS TRIANGULAR.
IT IS THE LANDMARK.
SINCE THE '70s IT HAS BEEN DEAD.
THERE HAS BEEN A FEW ATTEMPTS TO RESURRECT IT.
THE DA WAS HOUSED THERE FOR A WHILE WHICH WAS THE LAST REAL SIGNS OF LIFE.
WE NEED TO MAKE A COMEBACK GIVEN THE MONEY WE PUT INTO IT.
WE HAVE TO PUT THE HISTORY OF THE JAZZ COMMUNITY.
WHEN THIS WAS THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, THE HEART OF DENVER, WE NEED THAT TO COME BACK.
TATTERED COVER IS ANOTHER THING THAT IS A HALLMARK OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS AREN'T STANDSTILL THERE.
THE LOCATIONS AREN'T STILL THERE.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL FACILITY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AS A GATHERING PLACE TO SHOW WE CARE ABOUT CULTURE, WE CARE ABOUT HISTORY, WE CARE ABOUT BEING TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE WAY.
>> THE BUILDING ON COLFAX.
>> IT HAS TWIST AND SHOUT.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE BARNES & NOBLE WANT TO KEEP IT AS IS.
>> IT IS HOPEFUL.
IT IS A SHAME THAT THESE LEGACY BUSINESSES CAN'T SURVIVE ON COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
WE DO HAVE CORPORATIONS COMING IN TO BAIL THEM OUT.
YOU GOT MAIL EARLIER.
WHAT I WILL REMIND YOU ABOUT THAT MOVIE.
FOX CAME IN AND OPENED UP.
MEG RYAN WAS NO MORE.
THAT IS THE NARRATIVE I REMEMBER.
ALL OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
SOME WHAT HOPEFUL THAT THEY ARE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.
INSTEAD OF OF DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEY ARE BUILDING ON TOP AND AROUND EL CHAPULTEPEC.
THEY ARE KEEPING PARTS OF IT IN TACT.
MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THESE BUSINESSES HAVE THE RESOURCES TO STAY OPEN ON THEIR OWN.
I FEEL THIS IS BETTER WHAT WE SAW IN PAST DECADES.
>> JESSE?
>> I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT INSTITUTIONS AND DENVER AND COLORADO AND TRYING TO KEEP THEM IN PLACE.
THE REALITY IS IT FALLS UNDER ALL OF US.
THE COMMUNITY, IT IS INCUMBENT TO CARE ABOUT THESE PLACES.
TO MAKE THEM FINANCIALLY VIABLE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VOTING THIS WEEK BECAUSE THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS COMING UP.
IF THEY CARE ABOUT THINGS IN THEIR COMMUNITY YOU GOT TO PATRONIZE IT OR IT WILL GO AWAY.
I LIVED HERE FOR 15 YEARS NOW IN COLORADO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT SENSE OF PLACE OR OWNERSHIP THIS IS MY HOME.
I THINK MORE OF US NEED TO ADOPT THAT AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T RELY ON OTHERS TO PROP EVERYTHING ELSE UP.
WE HAVE TO BE IN THIS TOGETHER.
>> IT IS TIME FOR US TO GO TO THE PANEL AND TALK ABOUT THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS OF THE WEEK.
>> BIKER JIM WHO HAD THE FIRST GOURMET HOT DOG STAND IN 2005.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN LOVED IT.
IT PUT US ON THE MAP NATIONALLY.
HE GOT INVOLVED IN A BAD BUSINESS DEAL.
HE IS OUT OF THE BUSINESS.
WE SHOULD BRING HIM BACK IN.
WE SHOULD BRING HIM BACK ON THE MALL.
BIKER JIM BACK ON THE MALL HE IS BELOVED AS THE TATTERED COVER WAS.
GET HIM BACK.
>> MY FIRST WAS RIGHT NEXT TO BIKER JIM.
MY SHAME OF THE WEEK.
THE LAST WEEK THE ETERNAL FAIRS THE DNA ANALYST WITH HER ANALYTICS.
WHICH IS A POTENTIAL THIS AFFECTED HUNDREDS OF CRIMINAL CASES ONES WHERE PEOPLE ARE DOING VERY SIGNIFICANT, SOMETIMES LIFE SENTENCES.
THE INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETELY RELEASED YET.
THE COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HAS RELEASED SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE COMMITTED GOING FORWARD TO TRY TO REMEDY AND REDRESS SOME OF THE DAMAGE DONE.
>> I JUST WANT TO OUT MYSELF THERE.
THAT'S MY ERA.
I MESSED ALL THOSE THINGS.
DARK MONEY IN SO MANY OF THESE LEGISLATIVE RACES AND CD3 AS WELL IS GOING TO CONFUSE THE HECK OF OUT VOTERS.
I THINK IT IS NOT GREAT WHEN VOTERS ARE CONFUSED AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO UNCOVER IT.
IT IS A THING.
>> MINE IS A RECENT REPORT.
FOUND COLORADO WAS ON $1.7 TRILLION OVER STOLEN LAND.
I'M DIGGING THROUGH IT.
I HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.
AND SO TO HEAR THIS REPORT COME OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE GOING TO BE.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ADMITTED WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE RIVER IS HARM TO THE TRIBAL NATIONS.
>> THE CANAL HAS BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE TO BRING BACK THE GEM THROUGH METRO DENVER.
DENVER WATER ANNOUNCED THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE MOST OF ITS POSSESSION OF THE CANAL WHICH WILL BRING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ON IT YOU SHOULD ENJOY IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SOMETHING POSITIVE FROM YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO REVISIT PRIDE.
THE 50th ANNIVERSARY.
A LOT OF PROGRESS.
A LOT OF PROGRESS STILL TO BE MADE IN SO MANY GREAT EVENTS.
ENCOURAGING ALL FOLKS TO GO OUT.
I MIGHT SEE YOU AT THE PARTY.
>> JESSE?
>> IT IS A NUMBER THAT IS GREAT TO SEE THAT FOLKS ARE TURNING THEIR BALLOTS.
SO JUST GET OUT THERE AND VOTE AS LONG AS YOU DO IT BEFORE 7:00 P.M. ON ELECTION DAY YOU WILL BE ON MY GOOD LIST.
>> OKAY.
>> I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO THE PROJECT WHO RELEASED THEIR RESULTS IN COMBINATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER.
SOME OF THESE OUTCOMES ARE TRANSFORMATIONAL.
SHE GOT A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
GOT THEIR CREDIT SCORE UP.
GOT THEIR GED.
THEIR KIDS AND FAMILY ARE STABLE.
NOT EVERY STORY IS GOING TO BE THAT WAY.
THIS IS THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SHOW US.
>> THEY ARE GIVEN MONEY TO GO AND MANAGE AND -- >> MAKE DECISIONS YOURSELF ON HOW TO GET YOURSELF MORE STABLE.
>> GOOD TO SEE POSITIVE OUTCOMES ON THAT.
ON MONDAY NIGHT WHEN I WAS WATCHING THEIR TIME TRIALS.
THEIR FORMER TEAMMATE CAME FROM BEHIND AT THE LAST MINUTE IN THE 100 BREASTSTROKE.
SECURING HER SPOT GOING TO PARIS WITH TEAM USA.
EMMA SWAM THE SAME SCHOOL AND TEAM THAT WAS ONCE HOME TO FIVE TIME MEDAL WINNER FRANKLIN.
SHE IS A NICE GIRL.
I KNOW THERE ARE SWIMMERS AND DIVERS IN COLORADO.
I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO EMMA.
SHE HAD AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ON MONDAY NIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHT.
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HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
GET DOWNTOWN IF YOU CAN.
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