>>> IT IS ALL ABOUT GETTING DOWN TO IT.

DIGGING INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY.

ASKING HARD QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE ARE TOO AFRAID TO ASK.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN THIS SPACE WE KEEP IT REAL.

INCORPORATING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES.

I'M SIMON.

WE HAVE AMAZING PANEL LISTS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS.>>> ACCORDING TO AN ANALYSIS BY THE COLORADO SUN, AT LEAST THREE COLORADO CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES ARE RESIDING OUTSIDE THE DISTRICTS THEY'RE RUNNING TO REPRESENT.

WHILE THE DECISION TO RUN IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IS LEGAL, IT LEAVES THE CANDIDATES PRONE TO POLITICAL SCRUTINY.

LET'S START WITH PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

PATTY, THE GREAT ISSUE DIVIDE POTENTIALLY IT SEEMS LIKE THESE CANDIDATES MIGHT BE RUNNING IN DISTRICT WHERE ISSUES AND THE COMMUNITY SERVED ARE TAKING MORE PRECEDENT OVER THE DISTRICT THEY LIVE IN.

WHAT IS AN ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT OF THESE ARGUMENTS OR AGAINST IT?

>> IF YOU ARE NOT RUNNING FOR A DISTRICT IN CONGRESS YOU ARE MAKING A MISTAKE.

A LOT OF FUN POKING FUN AT BOEBERT.

WE REMEMBER HIS AD THAT CAME OUT IN FEBRUARY WHERE HE HAD FLYING POO HITTING THE GROUND.

PLENTY OF THE POO HAS SPLATTERED ON HIM.

HE DOESN'T LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

HIS ALLEGED HOME USED TO BE PART OF THE DISTRICT.

IT IS A DIFFERENT PART OF THE DISTRICT THAN THE REST OF DISTRICT THREE.

CARRIE DONOVANN PULLED OUT OF THE RACE SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TOO DIFFICULT.

SHE HAD NO PATH TO WIN.

IT IS LEGAL TO RUN FEDERALLY.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE STATE YOU CAN LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

REPRESENTED A LOT OF AURORA INTEREST.

THE THREE THAT ARE UP FOR THE PRIMARY AT THE END OF JUNE HAVE A LONG SHOT EVEN IF THEY DID LIVE IN THEIR DISTRICT.

VOTERS WANT THEM TO REPRESENT.

>> I THINK YOU BRING OUT SOME INTERESTING POINTS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE COME TO THE SCRUTINY.

I THINK IT IS PONIANT.

ARE THEY SAYING DISTRICTS MATTER.

DO DISTRICTS MATTER?

>> IT IS NOT ABSOLUTE BAR.

JASON CROW NOW LIVING IN AURORA AND LATER MOVED THERE.

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI IS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND LIVE IN A MANSION 50 MILES OUT OF TOWN IN NAPA.

THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

WHEN HER HUSBAND IS DRIVING HOME DRUNK AT NIGHT IT IS FEW MILES TO THE MANSION.

IF YOU ARE A MILLIONAIRE LIKE JARED POLIS YOU CAN COVER ALL YOUR BASIS.

HE ACTUALLY OWNED AND MAY STILL OWN HOUSES IN FOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

HE WAS READY TO RUN FROM EVERYWHERE.

THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS HE IS A SPECIAL GUY.

THE ONLY ONE WHO I THINK HAS ANY CHANCE OF BEING SWORN IN IN CONGRESS NEXT JANUARY IS TYLER ALCORN WHO LIVES IN THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.

HE WOULD MOVE INTO IT IF HE WINS.

>> THIS IS INTERESTING.

YOU HAVE BOTH SAID THESE CANDIDATES HAVE ZELICH CHANCE OF WINNING.

THERE IS ANOTHER THING.

I FEEL LIKE A BIG PINK ELEPHANT.

THEY SWITCH THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION A FEW TIMES.

THERE ARE MANY CANDIDATES WHO SWITCHED THIS AFFILIATION PRIOR TO ANNOUNCING THEIR CANDIDACY.

AMY WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?

IS THIS A LOYALTY ISSUE?

IS THIS NEW POLITICS OF NEW POLITICIANS?

>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT IS AN OCCURRENCE THAT IS HAPPENING.

ONE OF THE THINGS I POINT OUT.

VOTERS ARE SAVVY.

I KNOW FOR US, ESPECIALLY WHEN I TALK ABOUT EDUCATIONERS.

WE DON'T LOOK AT PARTY AFFILIATION WHEN WE RECOMMEND CANDIDATES.

WE LOOK AT VALUES.

I THINK OUR VOTERS DO THE SAME THING THEY SCRUTINIZE CANDIDATES THE THING THEY REPRESENT AND THING THEY STAND FOR.

THIS ISSUE OF LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE RUNNING TO REPRESENT IS IMPORTANT.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR UNIQUELY COLORADO THINGS.

OUR COMMUNITIES ARE VERY DIFFERENT ACROSS OUR STATE.

AND SO YOU NEED TO KNOW AND BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY TO REPRESENT THOSE VOTERS AND CONSTITUENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY.

>> YOU BRING UP A REALLY INTERESTING POINT.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT POLARIZATION OF POLITICS.

THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HEARING ACROSS THE BOARD.

I LOVE THAT YOU MENTIONED THE CONVERSATION ABOUT VALUES.

SO I WANT TO ASK YOU MARY ANNE.

WHAT ARE THE LINES WE ARE RUNNING A CAMPAIGN ON VALUES.

IT ALIGNS WITH MY VALUES.

MY UPBRINGS.

WHAT IS THE THIN LINE MAKING THAT VALUE STATEMENT OR MAYBE BEING OPPORTUNISTIC WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITH THE DISTRICT AND SWITCHING PARTY LINES.

WHAT STATEMENT IS THIS MAKING ABOUT PARTISAN AND VALUES AND MODERATE VOTERS.

>> WE HAVE A VERY INTERESTING SITUATION IN COLORADO.

IN THIS PRIMARY, DEMOCRATS IN ORDER TO VOTE TO THE PRIMARY CAN DO THAT.

AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE LARGEST BLOCK OF VOTERS IN THIS STATE IS UNAFFILIATED VOTERS.

OPPORTUNISTIC ABSOLUTELY.

YOU HAVE A PUSH TO GET UNAFFILIATED AND DEMOCRATIC VOTERS TO SWITCH TO REPUBLICAN IN ORDER TO VOTE FOR DON QUARUM.

THE PARTY AFFILIATION OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IN CD3 DO YOU WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A REPUBLICAN OR A MODERN DEMOCRAT.

I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS ALL THAT MUCH.

I DON'T THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A CHANCE OF MAKING IT OUT.

THIS GOES BACK TO THE WHOLE RESIDENCY THING.

ANY OF THESE CANDIDATES WHO DON'T LIVE IN THEIR DISTRICTS OR RECENTLY MOVE THO THOSE DISTRICTS.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE COME TO SOME AGREEMENT AT THIS TABLE THAT THESE CANDIDATES AREN'T STRONG CONTENDERS AT ALL.

WE CAN AGREE ON THAT.

WE GOT ANOTHER TOPIC WE WANT TO DISCUSS.

>> AFTER MANY DISCUSSIONS AND RESIDENTIAL SURVEYS, DENVER CITY COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED THE 2023 BUDGET PRIORITIES TO PRESENT MAYOR MICHAEL HANCOCK.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE AN INCREASE IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, REDEFINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES.

SO I GUESS THE BIG QUESTION, WE ARE GOING TO START THIS WITH DAVID KOPEL RESEARCH DIRECTOR OF THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE.

BUDGET, PROP RATIONS, ILLUSTRATE PRIORITIES.

WE ALL KNOW THIS.

WHERE SHOULD THE GREATEST ALLOCATION BE?

>> CLEARLY TO CHANNEL 12.

THIS FOUR PAGE REPORT I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD HEAR SOMEONE SAY THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

THIS IS THE CHANNEL YOU GO TO THE FIND PRESTATEMENTS WHERE THE BUDGET SHOULD GO SHOULD BE INTERESTING STUFF.

AS YOU SAY HARD CORE TV.

THERE ARE GOOD IDEAS IN THERE.

FUNDING HEALTH AND THE CAUSES OF CRIME.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WAYS TO REDUCE CRIME IN THE FUTURE.

LOOKING AT MENTAL ILLNESS.

TODAY, RIGHT NOW, THE PEOPLE OF DENVER ALSO NEED REAL PUBLIC SAFETY.

NOT SOME IMAGINARY REDEFINITION.

PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM VERY HIGH LEVELS.

BIKE THEFT, BANK ROBBERIES, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND HOMICIDE.

PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO WALK IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.

PEOPLE ARE DRIVEN OUT BY GANGS AND VIOLENCE.

THE COUNCIL SEEMS TO TREAT THESE PERPETRATORS WHO NEED A BIGGER WELFARE STATE.

BUT IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CRIMINAL IS DEPRAVED OR DEPRIVED.

THE CRIMINAL HAS TO BE TAKEN OFF THE STREET UNTIL THE CRIMINAL IS ABLE TO STOP VICTIMIZING PEOPLE.

AS PATTY REPORTED WESTWORD REPORTED RECENTLY ARREST IN DENVER ARE WAY DOWN COMPARED TO 2019.

WE NEED MORE DETECTIVES TO SOLVE CRIME SO EVERYONE WHO IS A VIOLENT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC CAN BE PUT AWAY UNTIL THEY NO LONGER ARE.

>> YOU ARE BRINGING ABOUT A BIG POINT.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE PINK ELEPHANT.

WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT DENVER AND HOW SAFE IS THIS CITY?

IS IT THE DENVER OF THE '90s.

IS THIS A COMPLETELY NEW SPACE THAT DENVER IS IN?

SOMETIMES IT CERTAINLY FEELS LIKE THAT.

ONE OF THE PROPOSALS IN THE BUDGET IS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AGENCY.

SO I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION AMY.

DO THESE PRIORITIES ADDRESS THE NEEDS.

WHAT AGENCIES MIGHT WE WANT TO LOOK ENGAGING TO REALLY GET TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE OUR CITY A SAFE SPACE THAT IS SUSTAINABLE THAT IS AFFORDABLE THAT WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT LIVING IN.

>> IN EDUCATION WE TALK ABOUT THE BUREAUCRACY THAT EXISTS.

I'M NOT SURE WE NEED MORE BUREAUCRACY THAT OUR CITIES LIKE DENVER IS FACING.

WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS FUND THE SOLUTIONS.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ON THE LIST OF THE BUDGET.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS A GUY GIGANTIC IMPACT ON EDUCATION IN THE SENSE OF EDUCATORS AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS.

WHEN OUR STUDENTS DON'T HAVE STABLE, SECURE HOUSING IT IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN IN THE CLASSROOM.

JUST A FEW YEARS AGO PART OF THE DENVER TEACHER'S STRIKE WAS THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR EDUCATORS.

YOU HAVE EDUCATORS COULD NOT AFFORD AND LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE IN.

IT IS NOT UNIQUELY A DENVER PROBLEM.

I DON'T THINK CREATING A NEW AGENCY IS THE ROUTE TO SOLVE THESE PROP -- PROBLEM.

LET'S DIG IN THE SOLUTIONS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.

WE KNOW MANY OF OUR TEACHERS CAN'T LIVE IN DENVER EVEN THOUGH THEY WORK WITH THE STUDENT OF DENVER.

I WILL LOOK AT THOSE SUSTAINABLE FUNDED SOLUTIONS.

>> WE HEARD SAFETY IS A BIG THING.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A BIG THING.

IT IS A BIG THING FOR EDUCATORS.

IT IS A BIG THING FOR COMPANIES MOVING TO DENVER WHICH WE NEED OUR WORKFORCE.

YOU BRING SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

YOU SAID LESS BUREAUCRACY TO GET THESE THINGS DONE.

I WANT TO POSE THIS QUESTION.

AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE EXECUTE THIS.

THE EXECUTION OF THIS, IF WE WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YOU THROW IN A THIRD ONE.

WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER EXECUTE THE FUNDING AND INSURING THESE PROGRAMS ARE BEING RUN SO WE CAN ALL BENEFIT?

>> I'M NOT SURE THAT I SEE EXECUTION IN THIS.

I SEE BUREAUCRACY IN THIS.

IT DEPENDS HOW THIS OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS SET UP.

IT TAKES TIME OF GETTING THE WORK DONE.

I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF EXPANDING BUREAUCRACY.

SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK.

IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GET THEIR FEET ON THE GROUND AND GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW MAYBE IT IS ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS GET ADDRESS.

THIS OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOP BUDGET PRIORITY.

THEY HAD GONE OUT AND DONE THESE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES.

WE NEED AN OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I WISHED THE CITY WELL IN THEIR BUDGET PRIORITIES.

I THINK -- I'M NOT SURE THEY ARE ADDRESSING THEM IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY.

THERE IS NOT ONE THING IN THERE ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S A REAL CONCERN TO ME.

WE KNOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN DPD.

WE GOT NUMEROUS LAWSUITS GOING IN THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST.

I DON'T SEE THESE BUDGET PRIORITIES GOING AFTER ADDRESSING THESE DPD PROBLEMS.

>> YOU BRING ABOUT SOME KEY POINTS.

WE ARE FOCUSED ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE RECOVERING.

SOME OF US ARE AFRAID WHAT NEXT YEARS BRINGS TO OUR NATION ECONOMICALLY.

WE ARE IN A SPACE OF RECOVERY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

ARE THE CITY AGENCIES READY?

WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO READY THEMSELVES?

>> THEY NEED TO GET OUT IN THE CITY AND PAY ATTENTION WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT WE HAD TO GO HAVE SURVEYS AND GO KNOCK ON PEOPLE'S DOORS.

GO STAND IN LINE AT KING SOOPERS AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.

WE DID A REPORT TODAY THAT DPD ARRESTS ARE WAY DOWN WHILE USE OF FORCE IS WAY UP PERCENTAGE WIDE.

WE NEED TO DIG INTO THAT.

WHY?

IT SEEMS COUNCIL SEEMS VERY TONE DEAF, VERY OUT OF TOUCH WHAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING STARTS AND THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT.

I DON'T THINK WE LEARNED A SINGLE THING FROM THIS EXCEPT THEY LOVE BUREAUCRACY.

IF THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION ISN'T ENGAGED NOW WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

>> IT BEGS THE QUESTION WHAT DOES THE DATA REALLY SAY?

ARE WE REALLY LISTENING?

ARE WE EXTRAPOLATING IT IN THE BEST WAY.

MORE TO COME ON THAT.

>>> REPORTS SHOW THAT 14 COLORADOANS HAVE DIED UNDER THE CARE OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP, CAUSING SCRUTINY BY THE POLICY MAKERS WHO HELPED CREATE IT.

THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE GUARDIANSHIP FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE HOSPITALIZED OFTEN AND LACKED THE ADVOCACY OF FAMILY OR FRIENDS.

LET'S START WITH AMY PRESIDENT OF THE COLORADO ASSOCIATION.

THIS IS A BIG ONE.

MAYBE I WATCHED A FEW TOO MANY SCARY MOVIES ABOUT GUARDIANSHIP.

BUT IT MAKES YOU ASK WHOSE JOB IS IT ANYWAY?

THERE ARE IS A BREAK DOWN IN THE SYSTEM.

IF THIS PROGRAM WERE TO BE REVISED, WHAT DOES REVISION ENTAIL.

>> THERE SHOULD BE A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS PROGRAM.

GUARDIANSHIP IS A GOOD THING.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING.

IF YOU LOOK AND FIND 14 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

IT DOES SEEM THERE IS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE SYSTEM.

THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING WE SHOULD LOOK AT IS THE TRANSPARENCY.

THERE SHOULD BE A DEEP DIVE INTO HOW IT IS FUNCTIONING.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT IS SET UP TO CARE FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS THAT SHOULD BE WHAT IS HAPPENING.

NOT WHERE THE RESULTS ARE WHAT YOU DECIDED.

14 PEOPLE DYING.

CERTAINLY THERE NEEDS TO BE SCRUTINY AND TRANSPARENCY SOMETHING TO BE A KEY FACTOR.

>> THESE ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS.

OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENCE.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY WE GO BACK TO BUDGET.

CREATE SOME MORE FUNDING TO DO MORE STAFFING AND BE ABLE TO ADD MORE OVERSIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE DONE WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WHAT CAN BE DONE?

>> I HAVE WRITTEN A LOT ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

RIGHT NOW THEY OPERATE IN JUST ONE DISTRICT.

THAT IS IN DENVER.

NOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS PAST YEAR WAS BACK IN JANUARY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MET WITH AN OVERSITE COMMITTEE.

THIS IS OUT OF 78.

OVER THE 14 MONTHS THE PILOT HAVE BEEN RUNNING.

WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO HER.

THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY.

I HAVE BEEN ASKING REPEATEDLY ABOUT THESE 14 DEATHS.

IT IS POSSIBLE THESE WERE ALL NATURAL NOT UNEXPECTED.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS.

THEY ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE.

SO IS THIS UNUSUAL?

WE DON'T KNOW.

THEY AREN'T TALKING ABOUT IT.

I ASKED THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ABOUT THIS, I ASKED WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO ABOUT THIS?

THE THING THAT IS THE MOST SCARY THIS PROGRAM ON JULY 1ST WILL EXPAND TO TWO MORE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

THEY ARE DUE TO REPORT ON THE PROGRESS ON THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM IN JANUARY.

SIX TIMES DOES NOT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO HIRE AND TRAIN.

THIS PROGRESS REPORT IN JANUARY IS 100% SELF-DIRECTED.

SO WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THAT REPORT IS GOING TO SAY?

WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

THE TRANSPARENCY IS A HUGE, HUGE PROBLEM.

IT IS ON THE ADMINISTRATION TO STEP UP AND START LOOKING AT THIS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

LET'S DIG INTO THIS MORE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INTEGRITY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY'S LOVED ONE.

THIS IS VERY PERSONAL.

SO PATTY, HOW DO WE DRIVE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY WHERE THIS IS INVOLVED.

WHAT DO WE DO AS PEOPLE?

HOW CAN BE ADVOCATES AND ALLIES.

>> YOU CAN CALL AND SAY HOW YOU ARE IRRITATED.

WHEN MARY ANN POINTS OUT THERE ARE DEATHS YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY REALLY WANT TO.

THEY SEEM TO BE CONSIDERING THE SYSTEM MUCH MORE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT UP IN THAT SYSTEM.

THEY GOT TIME TO TURN IT AROUND.

IT WAS AN IMPORTANT MOVE BECAUSE LIKE WITH CHILDREN WHO WERE GUARDIAN THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS KIND OF HELP.

THEY NEED IT TO BE SINCERE AND TRULY HELPFUL.

>> THESE ARE ALL EXCELLENT POINTS WE ARE BRINGING ABOUT.

WITH THESE BRILLIANT MINDS RIGHT HERE AT THIS TABLE.

YOU HAVE TO SUM UP WHAT THE BRILLIANT MINDS WILL SAY.

WHAT ARE SOME KEY INDICATORS?

>> ALL I KNOW IS TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SHE SAYS.

INCLUDING THE 14th DEATH SHE SAID.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE.

THERE IS NOBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUT OUT OF HOSPITALS ALL THE TIME.

THE EDGE OF DEATH WAS 67.

MAYBE THAT WAS EXPECTED RANGE, MAYBE NOT.

IT IS AN ESSENTIAL PROGRAM TO HAVE.

HOSPITALS CAN'T DISCHARGE SOMEONE WHO IS MENTALLY AND CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES.

AND SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE STUCK IN HOSPITALS AT THE HUGE EXPENSE OF THE TAXPAYERS.

SO THIS IS NECESSARY PROGRAM.

AS MARY ANNE SAYS IT HAS BEEN RUN SO BADLY, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THE DATA ARE.

IT DOES SEEM PREMATURE BEFORE IT IS FUNCTIONING WELL.

>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WE ARE DIGGING INTO SOME BIG STUFF.

SO NOW I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE LEVITY.

DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> THIS IS ONGOING DISGRACE.

THE DISGRACE OF BUILD THE WALL MOVEMENT HAD A LOT OF INTENT.

PEOPLE WHO WERE SINCERE ABOUT IT WOUND UP GETTING RIPPED OFF.

STEVE -- WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD RIPPED OFF PEOPLE.

>> DAVE BUMPER STICKER.

GIVE A QUICK BUMPER STICKER.

>> PEOPLE CALL TRUMP A DISGRACE ABOUT A STOLEN ELECTION.

IN DENVER SOME GROUP CALLED ELECTING WOMEN IS HOLDING A FUND-RAISING FOR STACEY ABRAMS.

YOU CAN'T SAY ONE PARTY DOES IT AND NOT WHEN THE OTHER DOES.

>> THIS CERTAINLY NOT FUN.

I WOULD SAY THAT WE -- CONGRESS HAS NOT ACTED ON ANY SORT OF GUN REFORM WHILE WE HAD 19 FAMILIES BURY THEIR 9, 10, 11 YEAR OLDS.

THAT IS A DISGRACE AS A COUNTRY WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT.

>> WOMEN IN JOURNALISM THAT FIVE WOMEN JOURNALIST HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN THE MONTH OF MAY.

THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE PAST YEAR.

TO THE WOMEN JOURNALIST OUT THERE BE SAFE.

>> WOW.

ALL RIGHT.

BUMPER STICKER SAY SOMETHING NICE.

>> NEWS COLUMNIST A REALLY GREAT GUY SHOWED HOW THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED.

>> THIS WEEKEND IS THE JUBILEE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.

DEDICATION TO DUTY, HONOR, AND COUNTRY.

>> I HAVE TO THANK OUR EDUCATORS WHO ARE WRAPPING UP THE SCHOOL YEAR.

I SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS.

>> JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH.

TO ALL OF OUR LBGTQ FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HAPPY PRIDE MONTH.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

GOOD NIGHT.