
June 2nd, 2023
Season 31 Episode 22 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Topical experts discuss the latest in Colorado Politics.
Host: Kyle Dyer Panelist: Patty Calhoun Krista Kafer Eric Sondermann Christine Rourke Topics: • The 46th Mayor of Denver • Bill to suspend the debt ceiling • Susana Cordova • The summer travel season
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June 2nd, 2023
Season 31 Episode 22 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Host: Kyle Dyer Panelist: Patty Calhoun Krista Kafer Eric Sondermann Christine Rourke Topics: • The 46th Mayor of Denver • Bill to suspend the debt ceiling • Susana Cordova • The summer travel season
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 2ND.
PLEASED TO BE JOINED WITH TONIGHT'S PANEL.
PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD AND KRISTA KAFER COLUMN FOR THE DENVER POST.
ERIC SONDERMANN AND CHRIS ROURKE.
IN JUST DAYS FROM NOW WE WILL KNOW WHO WILL LEAD THE CITY OF DENVER.
WHO WILL BE THE 46th MAYOR OF DENVER.
THERE ARE THREE RUNOFF RACES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SEATS.
THIS WILL BE INTERESTING.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS YOU USED WAS LEADER.
LAST SUMMER I WAS SO WORRIED THAT DENVER LOST HIS MOJO.
THE NUGGETS PLAYOFFS.
PEOPLE ARE FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
IF WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME MOMENTUM AND PUSH FOR SOME LEADERSHIP AND REAL DIRECTION FOR THE CITY I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE HUGE ISSUES STILL, OF COURSE, THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
THE ISSUE OF MONEY IN THIS RACE IS GETTING REALLY STRANGE.
YOU HAVE THE ELECTION FUND WHICH LED TO 16 CANDIDATES LOOKING FOR YOUR VOTE.
NOW YOU JUST HAVE TWO CANDIDATES.
YOU HAVE ALL THIS MONEY IN THE EXPENDITURE COMMITTEES.
I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE MARK JACKSON, WHERE THEY ARE SPENDING $4 MILLION.
LOTS OF MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON THIS RACE.
>> KRISTA?
>> IT IS NOT THE ONLY RACE.
WE HAVE THE HAUFMAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM WIN THE ELECTIONS.
TWO CANDIDATES KELLY BROUGH AND JOHNSON.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A REFERENDUM.
DOES DENVER WANT MORE OF THE SAME IN TERMS OF CRIME AND URBAN CAMPING.
MY HOPE BEING A DENVER NATIVE THEY WILL WANT SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING BETTER.
THE CITY GREAT DAYS ARE AHEAD OF IT STILL.
>> I FIND THIS TO BE AN ELECTION OF SMALL DIFFERENCES.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN KEL -- KELLY BROUGH AND MIKE JOHNSON.
YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT ASK THE MONEY FROM THESE AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THE ONLY CONCLUSION I CAN DRAW THEY DON'T CARE WHO THE MAYOR OF DENVER IS.
THEY ARE INVESTING ON MIKE JOHNSTON.
HE CAN PULL THIS OFF, I THINK IT IS BECAUSE IN THE FIRST ROUND WE ELIMINATED THE REAL LEFTY KIND OF CANDIDATES.
THE VOTERS MAY GRAVITATE TOWARD THE ONE SLIGHTLY MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE OTHER.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST FEMALE MAYOR IN DENVER IN HISTORY AND BE THE RESULT OF A OUTPOURING OF BOTH FROM THE WOMEN AROUND THE CITY WHO THINK IT IS FINELY TIME.
>> I KNOW THE TURN OUTTHUS FAR IS BETTER THAN APRIL.
YOU WILL THINK WE HAVEN'T HAD THE LEADER THE TURNOUT WILL BE BETTER.
>> THIS ISN'T THE ONLY RACE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RACES THEY ARE RAISING BIG MONEY.
THE CANDIDATES RAISING THE BIG MONEY ARE THE MODERATES.
YOU LOOK AT THESE MODERATES AND THEIR POSITIONS THE QUESTION IS WITH BUSINESS COMING IN BRINGING MONEY INTO THESE MODERATE CANDIDATES, WILL THEY SUCCEED?
WILL MONEY TIP THE SCALES OR VOTERS DECIDE OTHERWISE.
THAT IS YET TO BE SEEN.
>> WILL VOTERS ACTUALLY VOTE?
WE ARE LOOKING AT A SMALL PERCENTAGE.
YOU CAN GO UP 36% WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD IN APRIL.
THAT IS STILL OF FRACTION WHO CARES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO GET OUT AND VOTE.
IF YOU LOST YOUR BALLOT YOU CAN GET A NEW ONE ON TUESDAY.
>> I WOULD DISAGREE ON THAT.
IF SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW THE ISSUES AND CANDIDATES DO US ALL A FAVOR, DON'T VOTE.
>> OR MOVE.
>> THE TURNOUT WAS SOME WHAT KEPT DOWN BY CANDIDATES.
OVERWHELMING CANDIDATES, THE DIFFERENCES WERE SMALL DIFFERENCES.
VOTERS THROUGH UP THEIR HANDS AND GET IT DOWN TO TWO AND THEN I WILL MAKE A DECISION.
WE WILL SEE IF THAT THEORY IS RIGHT OR NOT.
THERE HAS TO BE A HECK OF A TURNOUT.
OTHERWISE THAT WILL FALL SHORT.
>> I THINK BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY IN VOTING, YOU ARE INFORMED, THAT IS PART OF THE MOJO FOR THE CITY.
WE NEED TO BE CONNECTED AND COME TOGETHER ON TUESDAY.
>> IF YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCES, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE CANDIDATES.
THERE IS INFORMATION YOU CAN LOOK AT.
YOU SHOULD STILL HAVE A FEELING WHO YOU WOULD LIKE.
I THINK BOTH OF THEM ARE CAPABLE OF BEING STRONG LEADERS.
>> ASIDE FROM A LOT OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING, A LOT OF POLITICAL MANEUVERING.
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE VOTED IN FAVOR THAT SUSPENDS THE DEBT SEALING FOR TWO YEARS.
LAST WEEKEND IT HAS BEEN THE TALK FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL WEEKS.
A LOT OF COLORADO CONGRESS PEOPLE VOTED.
DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS BILL.
ONE PERSON DID NOT VOTE AT ALL.
>> YEAH, BOEBERT DIDN'T SHOW UP.
I GET THE POSITION THAT WE ARE $31 TRILLION IN DEBT WHICH IS PATHETIC AND LONG-TERM IT WILL BE A PROBLEM.
WANTING A BETTER DEAL IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO GET?
I THINK THERE IS A SMALL VICTORY FOR REPUBLICANS.
THEY HAVE THE HOUSE.
DEMOCRATS HAVE THE SENATE AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT MORE CAN YOU GET IN SOME OF THESE MODEST CHANGES.
HONESTLY, THAT $31 TRILLION AND THE CONSTANT DEBT SPENDING IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
PEOPLE WANT FREE STUFF.
CAN YOU BLAME THE POLITICIANS THE FREE STUFF THEY DESIRE.
BETWEEN THE POLITICIANS AND VOTE AND NEVER CUT SPENDING.
THE PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING EVERY FROM PERSONAL SUBTIES, EVERYONE WANTS FREE STUFF.
UNTIL THERE IS A DEFAULT, PERHAPS A DROWN GRADING IN OUR RATING.
WE WILL GO THE DEBT CEILING AND FIX IT WITH THE MINOR REFORMS AND GO ON AND KEEP ON SPENDING.
>> I THOUGHT I WAS DEBBIE DOWNER.
I WISH I COULD DISAGREE WITH YOU BUT I CAN'T.
KEN BUCK HIS VOTED AGAINST OTHER CEILING, RELIEF EXTENSION PACKAGES.
HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF DEATH IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED QUITE FRANKLY MORE LIKE HIM.
LAUREN BOEBERT GAVE A SOUND BITE OF WHAT THIS PACKAGE WAS.
BOEBERT HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY EXPLANATION WHERE HE WAS OR WHY SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE VOTE AT THE HOUSE.
I WROTE A COLUMN A WEEK AGO.
I CALLED THIS BATTLE THE WRONG BATTLE.
THE NATION HAS TO PAY ITS BILL.
NO DIFFERENCE THAN ANYONE HAS TO DO AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
YOU CAN MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THOSE OBLIGATIONS COME DOWN OR THE REVENUES GO UP ORSOMEHOW THIS IS UNBALANCED.
WE ARE NOW DOING IT AT A MUCH HIGHER INTERESTS RATES.
THIS IS NOT FREE MONEY WE ARE BORROWING.
THIS IS CARRYING VERY SUBSTANTIAL COSTS TO EACH AMERICAN JUST TO PAY.
>> I AGREE WITH ERIC TOO.
I HEARD SEVERAL INTERVIEWS WITH HIM HE OFFERED SOLUTIONS.
LET'S PASS SOMETHING THAT KEEPS US FROM DEFAULTING.
AT THE END OF THE DAY NO ONE WANTS THIS COUNTRY DEFAULTING ON ITS DEATH.
MEANWHILE, CONGRESSWOMAN BOEBERT MAKING NOISES HOW THIS BILL IS BUT OFFERED NO SOLUTION.
TALKED ABOUT EVEN CAPPING SPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
THAT IS SOLUTION BASE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYBODY HAS TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CUT SPENDING.
YOU CAN EARN MORE, YOU HAVE TO CUT YOUR SPENDING.
THIS HAS TO BE HANDLED IN APPRECIATION.
UNTIL IT IS WE WILL KEEP SEEING THESE BATTLES.
>> WE HAVE BEEN GETTING USED TO A LOT OF SPENDING BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND GROWING MONEY AT DIFFERENT PROJECTS, STATE, LOCAL, FEDERAL.
THAT AT A CERTAIN POINT GOING TO HAVE TO END.
THEY ARE NOT JUST DEALING WITH THE DEBT CEILING.
YOU HAVE JARED POLIS CHALLENGING DESANTIS AND SAYING WE WILL BRING DISNEYLAND HERE.
WHY NOT BRING DISNEYLAND INTO DENVER.
WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE THEY WILL BE TALKING TO NICKY IN IOWA.
WE ARE ALREADY IN TO THAT CIRCUS.
WE ARE FOR A WILD RIDE.
>> MORE NAMES IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS THE FINALIST OF COLORADO EDUCATION.
SHE WILL GET APPROVED WHEN THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS NEXT MONTH.
THE FIRST LATINA OF EDUCATION COMMISSIONER FOR OUR STATE WHERE ONE-THIRD ARE LATINO.
SHE HAS A LOT TO TACKLE OFF THE BACK.
>> SHE IS THE RIGHT PERSON OF THIS JOB.
IT IS SUCH AN OBVIOUS CHOICE.
I WONDER WHAT TOOK US SO LONG?
WHY WOULD ANYONE BE SURPRISED.
WELCOME HOME TO SUSANA.
SHE HAS A BIG JOB AHEAD OF HER.
I THINK SOME APPEALS FROM DPS MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT EXTRA ATTENTION THERE GIVEN SOME OF THE MAJORITY AND SUSANA.
DPS CONTINUES TO STEP IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
ONE OTHER BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCE ON THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER THEY WANT THEM NEARBY.
AS IF NEARBY IS GOING TO WORK.
>> I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE ELECTION HAD COME UP FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SHE HAS A LOT TO DO AND A LOT OF CHANGES ARE IN THE WORKS IN TERMS OF EDUCATION FUNDING INTERSTATE RIGHT NOW.
>> SHE CAME AT A TIME OF A TEACHER'S STRIKE.
SHE NEGOTIATED ON THEIR PAY.
SHE NAVIGATED THE PANDEMIC.
THIS IS A CLASSIC STORY OF KARMA.
KARMA CAN EITHER BE GOOD OR IT CAN BE BAD.
IT IS KARMA.
KARMA IS KARMA.
ON HER CASE, SHE RESIGNED FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SHE DID IT IN A GRACEFUL MANNER.
SHE WENT TO DALLAS.
SHE MADE HER WAY AND PROVED HERSELF AND HER CAREER.
SHE CONTRIBUTED AND NOW HAS BEEN HIRED IN THIS STATE ROLE.
SHE HAS DONE VERY WELL HOW SHE HAS HANDLED HERSELF.
THE SCHOOL BOARD, ONE PARTICULAR MEMBER ANDERSON TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD USHER A NEW CHAPTER.
IT HAS BEEN GUN VIOLENCE, SCHOOL CLOSURES, AND THIS ARGUMENT OF SAFETY RESOURCES.
>> DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS ISSUES.
YOU GOT WHAT IS GOING ON IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
YOU HAVE REAL ISSUES WITH HOW KIDS ARE BEING TAUGHT, HOW THEY ARE COMING BACK FROM THE PANDEMIC.
I THINK SHE IS THE PERFECT PERSON TO BE IN THAT SPOT.
CORDOVA IS AVAILABLE, INTERESTED AND WILLING TO RETURN WHERE SHE GOT TREATED SO BADLY BY THE DPS BOARD.
WE HAD SEVERAL LATINO LEADERS.
JUST HOW BADLY SHE HAD BEEN TREATED.
HOW IMPORTANT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO STUDENTS IN DENVER.
NOW SHE GETS TO BE IMPORTANT TO THE ENTIRE STATE AND GET A LITTLE REVENGE.
>> I THINK SHE IS REALLY, REALLY THOUGHTFUL.
I INTERVIEWED HER ON RADIO.
SHE IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL PERSON.
SHE HAS BEEN A TEACHER, SHE HAS BEEN IN ADMINISTRATION.
SHE HAS BEEN IN ALL OF THESE ROLES.
SHE IS WELL-LIKED BY TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
HER ISSUE IS WITH THE BOARD.
THE BOARD HAS ISSUES.
I'M GLAD SHE IS COMING BACK IN.
I LIKE WHAT KRISTA HAD TO SAY ABOUT KARMA.
GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
I HOPE OTHER PEOPLE'S KARMA WILL RESULT IN PEOPLE GETTING WHAT THEY DESERVE.
IN THIS CASE, MAYBE PERMANENTLY BEING NEAR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
>> WHEN I SAW THAT NAME, WAS IT A SURPRISE?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY BIG SURPRISE.
I SAW THE STATEMENT FROM POLIS.
BRILLIANT BUT WHO KNEW?
>> WITH THE SUMMER SEASON UPON US, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT OF TOWN.
59% ARE TAKING SUMMER VACATIONS AND 45 ARE BOOKING FLIGHTS TO VACATION OUT OF STATE.
IF YOU HAVE FLOWN ANY TIME SOON YOU KNOW DIA THE WORLD'S THIRD BUSIEST AIRPORT IS AT CAPACITY.
PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP TO RESERVE A TIME TO GO THROUGH SECURITY.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM CLEAR OR PRECHECK.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW THIS WILL ROLL OUT.
>> VERY INTERESTING.
A HUGE MARKETING CAMPAIGN JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS AVAILABLE.
IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS AVAILABLE HOW DO THEY PLAN FOR IT?
TRAVELLERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAN TO GET TO THIS SECURITY CHECKPOINT AS THEY SIGNED UP FOR.
A NUMBER OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
MAYBE YOU DON'T GET YOUR RIDE TO THE AIRPORT.
WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
YOU ARE SITTING THERE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR HOURS.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL IT WILL WORK.
IT SEEMS TO BE A BAND-AID FOR RIGHT NOW.
NOW ONLY ARE WE THE THIRD BUSIEST AIRPORT WE ARE MAKING RECORD NUMBERS.
RECORDS BEING SHATTERED.
IT IS A BAND-AID FOR RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THE RENOVATION PROJECT THEY PLAN TO OPEN ADDITIONAL SECURITY POINT IN THE WEST SIDE.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO OPEN 17 LANES FOR SECURITY CHECKPOINT.
RIGHT NOW IT IS A BAND-AID.
THOSE LINES AND YOU TURN THAT CORNER.
YOU ARE JUST LIKE -- THIS WILL RESERVE YOUR SECURITY.
GET TO OUR GATE SOONER.
>> AT LEAST THAT WILL SHOW YOU WHERE TO GO.
THE WORST THING ABOUT GOING THROUGH SECURITY WHEN YOU HIT THOSE LONG LINES, NO ONE TELLS YOU WHERE IT STARTS.
NO ONE TELLS YOU WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO.
OFTEN YOU WALK ONE WHOLE LENGTH OF A TERMINAL.
TO FIND OUT JUST WHERE THE LINE ENDS, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR POSITION.
I HAD 32 CALHOUNS IN COLORADO HALF OF THEM FLEW THEM.
NO ONE LOST THEIR LUGGAGE AND THEY ALL MADE IT THROUGH SECURITY.
LORD KNOWS IT IS A SUSPICIOUS BUNCH.
>> THE CALHOUNS?
>> YEAH.
>> I GUESS THIS IS THE CITY SAYING WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
>> THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
I'M NOT A PERSON SENSITIVE TO ENVY.
I TEND TO FIGURE OUT I HAVE A LOT IN LIFE.
WHEN I STANDING WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE CLEAR PASSES AND I'M STANDING THERE, I HAVE TO ADMIT I FEEL A LITTLE BIT ENVIOUS.
I'M GLAD THERE IS A FREE SERVICE.
IT WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO OCCASIONALLY RUN LATE TO BE THERE WHEN THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND MANAGE THE SITUATION.
THE REAL PROBLEM EVERYONE ON THIS PANEL IS OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER PRE911.
REMEMBERING AS KIDS YOU WENT THROUGH A SCANNER, MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A GUN ON YOU.
YOU WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE AIRPLANE WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
AND, I THINK, WE REMEMBER THAT AND WE STAND IN THAT HORRIBLE LINE, HAVE WE COME SO FAR?
IT SEEMS TO ME THE REAL SOLUTION WOULD BE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE.
>> IT SEEMS OTHER AIRPORTS HAVE IT BETTER THAN DENVER.
>> I THINK THERE ARE MULTIPLE FIXES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
THE BIGGEST FIX IS JUST TO GET THIS DARN RENOVATION PROJECT TO THE FINISH LINE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT DRAGGED ON FOREVER.
FLYING THROUGH DIA OR USING IT AS THE STARTER AND TRIPS IT IS A MISERABLE EXPERIENCE.
JUST THE VIBE OF THE PLACE.
>> NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE HIGHS AND LOWS.
THERE IS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
LET'S START WITH DISAPPOINTMENT.
>> EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT FLYING TRAVELLING, DRIVING UP A PASS WITH THE POTHOLES.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET CDOT OUT THERE SOON.
THEY CLOSED BROADWAY ALL THE WAY TO ALAMEDA.
DO WE HAVE TO BAG THE METERS ON FRIDAY.
THE POOR BUSINESSES THAT WILL LOSE THAT TRAFFIC.
THE PEOPLE WOULD COME IN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THAT IS A SACRIFICE WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE.
>> WHY MAKE IT SO FAR IN ADVANCE I WONDER?
>> WE WILL GET AN ANSWER HOPEFUL AFTER THIS SHOW.
>> I SURE HOPE SO.
>> SOMEONE GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO DAVE WILLIAMS THE LACK OF FUND-RAISING THE PARTY IS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS.
I GET IT, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY CONTRIBUTE TO CONSPIRACY.
I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO STEP DOWN AND THE GOP TO BECOME A VIABLE PARTY BY PICKING A BETTER LEADER.
>> YOU BROUGHT IT LAST WEEK WHEN YOU WERE HOSTING THIS SHOW.
>> I DID.
IT IS IN MY COLUMN SUNDAY WITH A LITTLE SARCASM.
>> I WILL GO WITH TWO WORDS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I WAS DISAPPOINTED I PUT AN OFFER ON THE HOME AND I DID NOT GET ACCEPTED.
>> THE REAL ESTATE IS CRAZY RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT GOING TO WHINE ABOUT MYSELF.
INTERESTING ABOUT GOVERNOR RONDA -- RON DA SAN TIS.
IT IS INTERESTING SO MANY COLORADO BUSINESSES CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPACE INDUSTRY.
OUR REPORTER GREG AVERY DID A STORY ABOUT THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR WAR IS SPACE.
CHINA, RUSSIA, AND U.S. AND HOW THEY WILL BE FOUGHT WITH SATELLITES.
TO ME IT SAYS IT IS NOT A DONE DEAL.
>> HE IS MOVING DISNEYLAND TO COLORADO.
>> I THINK DENVER WILL HAVE ITS MOJO BACK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO GO TO BALL ARENA.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER PLACES.
THERE IS THE RETURN OF CITY PARK JAZZ.
ALL GREAT EVENTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SUCH A FADED BEAUTY.
I WISH THE SOUTH PARK THAT FIXED UP CASA AND BRING IT BACK TO ITS FORMER GLORY.
>> COLORADO SPRINGS IS GOING THROUGH A CHANGE OVER.
THAT WILL BE SOMETHING FRESH, HATS OFF TO HIM.
HATS TO JOHN A PUBLIC SERVANT AND SERVED THAT CITY WITH DISTINCTION AS HE HAS WITH OTHER OFFICES.
>> KRIS?
>> THE REV VOIR WHICH IS 70% FULL.
THE LOCALS PREDICT IT IS MAYBE PEAK SOMEWHERE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK IN JUNE.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT MUCH WATER.
THEY PREDICT IT WILL FILL 10-20 FEET FROM THE RIM.
I HAVE SEEN IT AT THE RIM.
WE COULD USE A RIM YEAR.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE THAT KIND OF WATER.
WE NEED SEVERAL YEARS OF THAT BACK-TO-BACK.
>> YES, WE DO.
I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOMETHING POSITIVE.
THAT IS HOMETOWN PRIDE THAT SPORTS BRING OUT.
HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE OUR CITY AND DENVER NUGGETS IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT.
THEIR SPORTSMANSHIP HAS STOOD OUT.
LET'S EMBRACE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
I WAS IN LONDON YOU COULD SEE HUNDREDS OF SOCCER FANS WALKING DOWN THE STREETS AND GATHERING AND SINGING SONGS AND CHEERING FOR THEIR TEAM RIGHT BEFORE AND MANY HOURS AFTER THE PLAYOFF.
THE ELATION IS HAPPY.
I HOPE WE HAVE A HAPPY COUPLE WEEKS AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AT THE TABLE.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HERE ON YOUR TV OR YOUR DEVICE.
YOU CAN CATCH COLORADO INSIDE OUT ANY TIME ON PBS12.ORG, YOUTUBE, OR SPOTIFY.
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