>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH.

WE MADE IT!

OF COURSE, THE BIG STORY FOR ALL OF US IS THE SNOWSTORM THAT CLOSED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

SCHOOLS, THE LEGISLATURE, I-70, BUT BEFORE THE STORM, THERE WAS OTHER NEWS OCCURRING.

SO THANKS TO OUR PANEL AND CREW, WE HAVE COME TOGETHER FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOW.

WELCOME TO MARIANNE GOODLAND, CHIEF LEGISLATIVE REPORTER, COLORADO POLITICS AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS AND THE DENVER GAZETTES.

ALAYNA ALVAREZ, REPORTER AT AXIOS DENVER.

CHRIS ROURKE, CONSOLE CONSULTANT WITH ROURKE MEDIA.

ALTON DILLARD, A COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT WITH THE DILLARD GROUP, A FORMER DENVER ELECTIONS SPOKESPERSON.

IN A SURPRISE PRESS RELEASE THIS WEEK, COLORADO SENATOR KEN BUCK ANNOUNCED HE'S STEPPING DOWN A WEEK FROM TODAY ON THE 22nd.

WE ALL KNEW HE WASN'T RUNNING FOR OFFICE AGAIN, BUT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS SUDDEN, AND NOW THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THAT POSITION FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR; ON THE SAME DAY IN UNION WHEN VOTERS ON THE 4th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT VOTE FOR THEIR NEW, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE.

>> I HAVE GREAT SYMPATHY.

BOTH OF THE ELECTIONS ON THE SAME DAY.

I UNDERSTAND WHY THE GOVERNOR DID THAT.

IT WAS THE BEST DAY TO DO THAT.

BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A SITUATION WITH 12 OR PROBABLY NOT AS THAT MANY PRIMARY BALLOT WITH 12 REPUBLICANS ON IT.

YOU WILL HAVE A SECOND BALLOT THAT HAS THE VACANCY ELECTION ON THAT.

THAT CANDIDATE WILL BE CHOSEN BY A VACANCY COMMITTEE.

IT WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THAT LIST OF 12 ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT.

I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

THE OTHER THING AMUSING ABOUT THE SITUATION THE IMPACT IT HAD ON COLORADO THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

SOME SPECULATION THAT CONGRESSMAN BUCK DID THIS, MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT JUST TO ENSURE SHE WOULDN'T GET THE SEAT.

HE DENIES IT BUT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

>> ALAYNA?

>> EVEN BUCK'S CLOSEST COLLEAGUES WERE BLIND SIDED BY THIS.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL DWINDLE FURTHER.

IT SIMILE THEY CAN AFFORD TO LOSE TWO MEMBERS.

YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN REGULAR ABSENCES, TRAVEL, FAMILY EMERGENCIES.

WHAT MY NATIONAL COLLEAGUES ARE REPORTING THEY ARE HEARING FROM GOP LEADERS THAT BUCK'S RESIGNATION COULDN'T COME AT A WORSE TIME.

>> I BELIEVE THEY ARE CALLING DENVER AND ASKING WHAT IS GOING ON IN COLORADO.

CHRIS?

>> HE HAS NOT BEEN HAPPY IN CONGRESS FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW.

HE WAS TALKING ON CNN WHEN HE MADE HIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WANTED TO JOIN AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD REFORM HOW WE SELECT OUR CANDIDATES.

THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IN COLORADO WITH THE CEO PURSUING BALLOT INITIATIVES AND POTENTIALLY RANK-CHOICE VOTING.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS INTERESTING THIS SPAT THAT HAS DEVELOPED HIM AND LAUREN BOEBERT.

CONGRESSMAN BUCK SAID HE HAS BEEN SILENT ON MANY OF THE HEAD LINES SHE HAS MADE.

SHE TOOK AS SWING AT HIM.

HE SAID, LOOK, I'VE BEEN SILENT ON ALL THIS.

HE DID COMPARE HER TO GEORGE SANTOS.

THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING.

SHE HAS GONE AFTER HIM.

SHE HAS ATTACKED AT OTHERS IN THE RACE.

WE WILL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

SHE MADE A SMART MOVE IN FOCUSING ON THE PRIMARY.

SO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

THERE IS RUMORS THEY MIGHT IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION APPOINT AN OUTSIDE CANDIDATE TO HOLD THE SEAT.

WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> AWESOME.

>> I AGREE WITH EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR VOTER CONFUSION.

I WOULD JOKE ABOUT THAT WHEN I WAS IN DENVER.

WE COULDN'T GET VOTERS TO FIGURE OUT.

WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT OUR LARGEST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IT CONTAINS MORE THAN 20 COUNTIES.

THE POINT WAS MADE, IT IS A GOOD THING IT IS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.

BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A STAND ALONE SPECIAL ELECTION THAT IS UNBUDGETED THAT CAN HAVE A DOWNSTREAM EFFECT ON YOUR FINANCES.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO ME IS THE FACT THAT, I KNOW POLLS DON'T VOTE.

THE PEOPLE VOTE.

IT IS GOING TO BE A TEST TO SEE A, IF HER BRAND OF POLITICS CARRIES OVER FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT OR PEOPLE WANT A CHANGE.

WHOEVER WINS THAT ELECTION IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT CONGRESSPERSON.

>>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WE WILL INDEED HAVE A REMATCH.

ON TUESDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CLINCHED THEIR PARTIES' NOMINATIONS, FOLLOWING ANOTHER FOUND OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

THAT SAME DAY, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS MADE A CAMPAIGN STOP FOR THE TICKET OF DENVER.

ALAYNA?

>> JUST THE BACKDROP, BIDEN'S STANDING ISN'T SUPER STRONG IN COLORADO.

58% OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN COLORADO HELD UNFAVORABLE VIEWS OF HIM COMPARED TO 40%.

IT IS A POLL.

IT IS HYPOTHETICAL AGAINST TRUMP.

SHE KNEW HE HAD A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

SHE TRIED TO APPEAL SEVERAL GROUP OF VOTERS.

ONE WAS LATINO.

SHE TALKED ABOUT BIDEN WAS TRYING TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION COST.

I THINK SHE WENT TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES.

I HAD A HARD TIME SHE DIDN'T HAVE A POLITICAL PLAY.

SHE WAS PROTESTED BY PROPALESTINIAN PEOPLE.

THAT SIGNALS A BIG PROBLEM.

THERE ARE SO MANY DISENGAGED VOTERS WHO AREN'T ENTHUSED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

THERE ARE SO MANY ANGRY VOTERS TO STUFF THAT IS HAPPENING AT THE BORDER TO INFLATION AND AFFORDING HOUSING.

COLORADO IS A BLUE STATE.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SWINGING FOR TRUMP COMING NOVEMBER.

THAT DEW POINT MEAN THAT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT DON'T HAVE WORK TO DO TO GET THE VOTERS TO SHOW UP.

>> I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT POINTS.

NOT ONLY VOTERS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND BIDEN I'M NOT SURE THEY ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THE COUNTRY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH EITHER OF THESE TWO LEADERS.

LOOKING AT THE REFORM HERE IN COLORADO, RANK CHOICE VOTING IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THAT CATCHES SOME STEAM.

THEY ATTENDED CAUCUSES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THE ATTENDANCE WAS VERY LOW.

WE ARE TALKING VERY COUNTY DISTRICTS IT WAS A VERY BIG PART OF PEOPLE'S IDENTITIES AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN AND A FRACTION OF WHAT IT IS IN THE PAST.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT 2016 ALL OVER AGAIN.

I JUST PAID $85 FOR TWO BAGS OF GROCERIES.

MY AUTO INSURANCE AND OTHER THINGS AFFECT MY DAY-TO-DAY EXISTENCE.

AS FAR AS THE PROTEST ABOUT THE ISRAEL, HAMAS MATTER THEY KEEP TRYING TO FIND THE SWEET SPOT.

AND AS I MENTIONED SOME OTHER DISCUSSIONS.

ELECTIONS ARE A -- THEY HAVE A CHOICE COMING UP THIS NOVEMBER.

NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE MATCHUP IS GOING TO BE.

WITH CHRIS, I'M NOT SURE HOW ANYTHING MOVED FORWARD.

MAYBE WE ARE IN A PLACE OF POLITICS YOU HAVE TO HOLD SERVE.

>> A COUPLE OF ISSUES I FOUND INTERESTING.

ONE WAS ABORTION AND THIS COULD BE A WAY OF KIND OF GETTING PEOPLE ENTHUSIASTIC.

WE ARE IN LIKELIHOOD HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON A NOVEMBER BALLOT.

THE OTHER ISSUE IS ASSAULT WEAPONS.

IT IS A VERY POPULAR ISSUE AMONG THE CERTAIN SEGMENT OF COLORADO POPULATION.

IT WAS INTERESTING TO ME THAT SHE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF SEEING SOME SORT OF ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN IN A STATE WHERE THE GOVERNOR MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR HE DOESN'T SUPPORT IT IN THE SLIGHTEST.

TO THE OTHER POINT CHRIS MADE ABOUT DIFFERENT METHODS OF VOTING WHETHER RANKED CHOICE OR OPEN PRIMARY.

THE STATE OF MAINE PASSED POPULAR VOTE.

I BELIEVE IT IS OVER 200 NOW.

WHEN THEY GET TO 270 IT GOES NATIONAL WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE ASSUMING THERE AREN'T LAWSUITS TIED UP FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

CHANGE IS COMING.

>>> WITH THE SNOW THAT'S FALLEN IN OUR STATE THIS WEEK, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WATER.

THE SEVEN STATES THAT USE WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER HAVE PROPOSED COMPETING PLANS FOR HOW THE RIVER SHOULD BE MANAGED IN THE FUTURE.

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PLANS ONE FROM THE UPPER BASIN STATES COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND WYOMING AND ONE PLANNING COMING FROM THE LOWER BASIN STATES OF CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA.

THE CURRENT PLAN EXPIRES IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY YEAH, SNOW.

IT WAS JUST BELOW 100% MEDIAN.

THE LOWER BASINS ARE SAYING THEY ARE WILLING TO CUT.

AND THE RIVER IS APPROPRIATED ABOUT 15 MILLION ACRE FEEDS.

IT IS PROBABLY RUNNING AROUND 12.

MORE IS BEING TAKEN WHAT IS THERE.

THE LOWER STATES HAVE TAKEN -- THE UPPER STATES TAKE LESS THAN WHAT THEY CAN.

THE LOWER STATES ARE SAYING WE ARE CUTTING, YOU NEED TO CUT TOO.

I ATTENDED A DEBATE FOR CD4.

ONE OF THE CANDIDATES SUGGESTED WE NEED TO RENEGOTIATE THE COLORADO RIVER COMPACT.

I THINK IT WOULD HIGHLY FAVOR CALIFORNIA.

WE WOULD LOSE WHAT WE ARE ALREADY HOLDING ON TO.

WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.

I'M READING A BOOK CALLED THE WATER KNIFE.

IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF WE DON'T NOT FIGURE OUT OUR WATER POLICY.

IT IS A LOOK AT THE FUTURE WITHOUT WATER.

IT IS TERRIFYING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ALTON?

>> THAT'S SOMETHING.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO WE TALKED UPPER VERSUS LOWER BASIN.

I JUST GOT BACK FROM ARIZONA.

TO SEE WHAT A TRUE LOWER BASIN STATE LOOKS LIKE IS PRETTY FASCINATING.

WITH ALL OF OUR SNOW AND LUSH AND GREEN, EVERYTHING GETTING READY TO BE AFTER THAT.

THE STATES ARE SITING CLIMATE CHANGE WHY THEY WANT TO RESTRICT THE FLOWS DOWNSTREAM.

THE LOWER BASIN STATES NEED A MORE DATA DRIVEN APPROACH.

ONE THING THAT GETS LOST IN THE WASH HERE.

THIS IS WHY THEY MARKET CALIFORNIA AS THE CALIFORNIAS.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO, SAN DIEGO IF YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE FRESNO THAT ARE VERY AGRICULTURAL.

EVERYONE SAYS YOU GOT THE OCEAN TAKE THE SALT OUT OF THE WATER.

IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

>> THIS IS A TOPIC THAT I LOVE WRITING ABOUT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

IN MY MIND IT IS JOB SECURITY.

WE WILL NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT WATER POLICY.

I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES SHORTLY AFTER THEY MADE THE PRESENTATION ON THE LOWER BASIN PLAN.

THEY WERE GENEROUS IN SHARING THE PLAN WITH US.

THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED WHAT THE UPPER BASIN STATES HAVE PROPOSED.

THE LOWER BASIN STATES HAVE AGREED TO SOME WATER CUTS.

THEY BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED BY THE UPPER BASIN STATES.

THEY DIDN'T COME CLOSE TO GETTING IT.

WHICH WAS DISAPPOINTING.

THE POTENTIAL NOW EXISTS THAT THE BUREAU WILL COME UP WITH THEIR IDEAS AND IMPOSE THEM ON THE SEVEN STATES.

THIS PLAN THAT EXPIRES IN 2026, YES, THAT IS A GOOD TWO YEARS AWAY.

THEY HAVE A DEADLINE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR TO HAVE SOMETHING RELATIVELY CERTAIN ON THE BOOKS AND READY TO GO.

THEY ARE NOT WAITING UNTIL 2026 TO HAVE THIS DONE.

THERE COULD BE SOME VERY INTERESTING AND VERY DEVISE SIEVE CONVERSATIONS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COLORADO RIVER.

KEEP IN MIND FOLKS.

THE WATER THAT YOU GET OUT OF YOUR TAP COMES FROM THE COLORADO RIVER.

>> CONSIDERING THIS RIVER SERVES AS A LIFE BLOOD FOR 40 MILLION PEOPLE.

IT IS CONCERNING TO SAY THE LEASE THERE IS NOT A SOLUTION ON THE HORIZON RIGHT NOW.

WE WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT THE FEDS DECIDE IN DECEMBER.

THEY HAVE TO AT LEAST BY DECEMBER PUT FORTH A PLAN.

THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT EITHER REGION.

THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH.

I THINK UNDER BOTH PROPOSED PLANTS COLORADO FACES UNPRECEDENTED CUT BACKS WITH WATER USAGE.

THE COLORADO RIVER IS IN CRISIS.

WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS IT.

EVERYONE HAS TO CUT BACK.

AS MARY ANNE SAID THIS ISSUE IS NOT GOING ANY TIME SOON.

I WILL BE LOOKING TO MARIANNE'S REPORTING BOOK.

>>> WHILE EVERYONE WAS FOCUSED ON THE INCOMING STORM, GOVERNOR POLIS SIGNED INTO LAW A BILL THAT EXEMPTS LAWMAKERS FROM THE COLORADO OPEN MEETINGS LAW.

>> THAT WAS STUNNING TO ME.

THERE ARE A FEW REASONS WHY.

YOU GOT THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE OUT THERE.

RUNS FROM THE BRASS RAIL.

YOU GOT THESE SHARING OFFICES, SHARING STAFF.

THEY ARE ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER.

IF YOU HAVE A STATE THAT IS SET UP LIKE WE ARE WHERE YOU CAN TURN LEGISLATION FROM INTRODUCTION TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK IN 72 HOURS.

YOU WANT AS MANY EYES ON THAT AS POSSIBLE.

SO THIS THING OF USING DISAPPEARING MESSAGING APPS AND SAYING THERE IS ONLY TWO OF US CHATTING ABOUT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

THAT TO ME IS CRAZY.

SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE DOWN AFFECTS OF THAT GOING FORWARD.

DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS.

>> YOU ARE THERE EVERY DAY.

>> I COVER THIS ONE EXTENSIVELY.

AND IT WAS -- HAPPY SUNSHINE WEEK EVERYBODY.

WHEN WE ARE CELEBRATING GOVERNMENTAL TRANSPARENCY, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN COLORADO?

THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

THIS BILL HAS THOSE OF US IN THE PRESS A LITTLE CONCERN.

ONE IS WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS THE DAISY CHAIN COMMUNICATION.

A PERSON COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER MEMBER IN THEIR COMMITTEE.

THEY WOULD GO DOWN THE LINE UNTIL THEY GET THE RESULT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

THE OTHER THING THE LACK OF INPUT INTO HOW THIS BILL CAME TOGETHER.

THE GOVERNOR TALKED -- THE SPONSORS TALKED TO THE COLORADO PRESS ASSOCIATION.

THEY WANTED TO BE IN AN AMEND POSITION.

NOT ONE PERSON TESTIFIED IN FAVOR OF THIS BILL IN ANY OF ITS COMMITTEE HEARINGS.

NO ONE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THIS.

THE COMMON CAUSE, LEGAL WOMEN VOTERS THE COLORADO FREEDOM COALITION THE PEOPLE WERE NOT INVITED TO THE TABLE AND NEVER ALLOWED TORE PROVIDE INPUT.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH THE GOVERNOR THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THIS BILL AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IT INSTEAD.

THAT THING WAS PRIMED TO MOVE.

>> THERE ARE TWO TIMING COMPONENTS WHICH MARIANNE HAD ON.

YOU KNOW GOVERNOR WILL TAKE MONTHS ON SOME THINGS.

IT SIGNALLED HOW HE WAS ABOUT IT.

IT IS NOW HARDER FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS TO HOLD LAWMAKERS ACCOUNTABLE THANKS TO DEMOCRATS ACTION.

THIS ESSENTIALLY THEY WON'T KNOW AFTERWARD.

YOU NAILED IT.

WITH DEMOCRACY DOES DIE IN DARKNESS.

THIS WAS A BUMMER FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS.

>> I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE.

AND THIS REALLY ISN'T -- IT IS REALLY A NONPARTISAN ISSUE.

PUBLIC POLICY SHOULD BE MADE IN PUBLIC.

LOOK, WHEN I COVERED A CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL WAS DOING THE DAISY CHANEY THING.

HOW THEY CAME DOWN TO THEIR DECISIONS EASILY AND SWIFTLY.

IT IS A SHROUDED WAY.

LAWMAKERS WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO HIDE?

WHY IS THIS NOT OUT IN PUBLIC?

I THINK THIS IS AN INSEEDOUS PIECE OF LEGISLATION COMING FORWARD.

PEOPLE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION.

>> I WANT TO JUMP IN HERE FOR JUST A SECOND HERE.

ALTON YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE -- WHAT THE DOWN SIDE OF THIS EFFECTS IS GOING TO BE.

THIS APPLIES TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS TO GET THEIR PIECE OF THE PIE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT HIGHS AND LOWS.

WE TALKED ABOUT A LOW HERE.

WITH THE LOWS AND THEN HIGH.

>> I WILL CONTINUE WITH SUNSHINE WEEK.

THE STATE OF COLORADO DID SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT CELEBRATION OF TRANSPARENCY.

THE SUPREME COURT DID THE SAME ELECTED OFFICIALS UNLESS THEY ARE REPRESENTING THEIR GOVERNMENT -- THEIR GOVERNMENT FUNCTION DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO BLOCK PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

BOO.

>> SO JOE ALTMAN A LOCAL GUN SHOP OWNER TO SAY PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD BE HUNG TO DEATH WITH HAVING A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

IT FUELS THE DEVISIVE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.

IT IS SIMPLY DANGEROUS.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT.

>> I'M GOING TO HARP ON COLORADO LAWMAKERS WHO SUPPORTED THIS ANTISUNSHINE LAW.

VOTERS NEED TO BE PLAYING ATTENTION.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO PAY ATTENTION.

IT IS AN ELECTION YEAR.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT STAND FOR THIS SECRECY.

>> AND MINE IS TIME FOR EVERYONE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC.

GET OUT OF THE TRAFFIC.

WHAT I MEAN IS I WAS AT COLORADO AND COLFAX A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

THERE WAS THIS BRIGADE.

I'M NOT BEING ANTIMIGRANT.

THERE WERE AFRICANS THERE WERE VENEZUELANS.

THERE WERE TWO OR THREE LANES TRYING TO HUSTLE AND TRYING TO GET BACK OUT OF THE TRAFFIC ONCE THE TRAFFIC STARTS TO MOVE.

THAT NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED DOWN THE BOARDS.

THE JOGGLERS NEED TO BE OUT OF THE TRAFFIC.

>> LET'S START A POSITIVE NOTE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WEATHER FORECASTERS, YOU NAILED IT THIS TIME.

>> I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE PARKS OPENED A NEW PROPERTY THAT PROVIDES CRITICAL -- A BIG WIN FOR WILDLIFE AND WILD LANDS.

>> I WANT TO THANK THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE SNOWPLOW DRIVERS.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT KEPT US SAFE WHETHER WE HAD TO BE ON THE ROADS OR NOT.

AGAIN, WE NEED THE WATER.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SHOUT OUT MY BOSS PAUL LOPEZ FOR CONTINUING TO BEAT THE DRUM ON CONFINED VOTING.

HE AND SOME OTHER CLERKS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE TO TRY TO CODIFY WHAT DENVER DOES BY PROVIDING VOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CONVICTED OF FELONIES.

IF YOU ARE DOING TWO OR THREE DAYS DOWN TIME.

THAT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY YOUR VOTING RIGHTS.

BY WORKING WITH GROUPS THEY ARE STARTING TO PUT SUNSHINE ON THAT ISSUE.

>> WE WILL END IT ON THAT.

EARLIER THIS WEEK I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE BUFFS SKI TEAM.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TRACK IN AFTER THE WEEK'S SNOW.

WE HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL AT HOME DIGGING OUT.

BE CAREFUL THAT SNOW IS HEAVY.

THANKS FOR WATCHING OR LISTENING.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

AND HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

THE PARADE IS GOING ON TOMORROW IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.

WHY NOT HEAD OUT?

I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.

TAKE GOOD CARE.

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