>>> HELLO I'M KYLE DYER WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH.

IT IS A DISCOURAGING WEEK IN COLORADO TO SEE GUN VIOLENCE ERUPT.

LUIS GARCIA WAS SHOT IN HIS CAR.

IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

OUR KIDS DON'T FEEL SAFE.

IN TEXTING MY FRIEND SHE WROTE TIME TO MAKE CHANGES IN DENVER.

MAYOR HANCOCK SAID THE MORNING AFTER THE SHOOTING THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITY AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS NEED TO MAKE CHANGES.

FOR REAL CHANGE THIS IS GOING TO INVOLVE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE DEVOTING OUR ENTIRE SHOW TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND WELL IN DENVER AND THROUGHOUT COLORADO.

GUN VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS IS NOT ONLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN DENVER.

OUR PANEL THIS WEEK INCLUDE PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

KRISTA KAFER COLUMNIST IN DENVER POST.

AND ADAM BURG AT DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE WISHING FOR FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THIS CITY.

YOUR THOUGHTS, ALL FOUR OF YOU.

>> THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE TWO SCHOOL DEANS WERE SHOT ARE RECOVERING.

ONE WAS SENT HOME.

ONE WAS IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER SURGERY WAS DEFINITELY DOING BETTER.

WE HAVE SEEN QUICK ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THEY ARE PUTTING STUDENT POLICE OFFICERS BACK.

THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY.

IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UNFAIR CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENTS OF COLOR.

I THINK WE ARE PAST THAT NOW.

THE STUDENTS WOULD RATHER FEEL SAFE AND FEEL SOMEONE IN AUTHORITY YOU DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATOR FRISKING A BAD KID.

SO WHEN EAST IS BACK IN SESSION THEY WILL HAVE TWO GUARDS.

EVERY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL WILL HAVE ONE GUARD.

DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINED.

>> I HEARD A STUDENT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF STUDENTS.

WHAT ABOUT THE LIVES OF STUDENTS?

>> I HEAD WHEN THIS HAPPENS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT MAKES ME REMEMBER ABOUT COLUMBINE.

I WAS WATCHING UNFOLDING EVENTS AS THE MOST HORRIBLE THING HAPPENED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

YOU JUST WONDER WHY.

WHY DO KIDS KILL KIDS?

HOW DO YOU GRAPPLE WITH THAT, RIGHT?

I DO THINK I AGREE WITH PATTY WE NEED SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS BACK INTO EVERY BUILDING.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT DO WE DO WITH KIDS WHO WE KNOW ARE TROUBLED?

IF A CHILD REQUIRES A PAT DOWN TO GO TO SCHOOL.

IF YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR WEAPONS ON A KID, THAT IS PART OF A BEHAVIORAL PLAN I THINK HE SHOULDN'T BE IN THAT SCHOOL.

WHERE DO WE EDUCATE VERY TROUBLED YOUNG MEN?

WE KNOW THAT TEEN KILLERS COMES WITH HOMES WITHOUT FATHERS.

SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF STUDENT KILLERS, OF KID KILLERS COME FROM HOMES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE BOTH PARENTS.

WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.

MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT DO WE KNOW WHEN WE KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM SO WE CAN KEEP THE REST OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE.

>> YOUR KIDS WENT TO EAST.

>> CLOSE TO HOME.

OUR DAUGHTER GRADUATED HALF A GENERATION OR MORE.

OUR SON STARTED THERE BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO THE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.

IT HAS HIT HOME IN THAT RESPECT.

EVERY KID'S LIFE AT ANY HIGH SCHOOL IS PRECIOUS.

SOMETHING IN TERMS OF EAST OF THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

IT PLAYS A HISTORIC ROLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN THAT REGARD.

YOU WANT SOMETHING HOPEFUL AND WISHFUL HERE.

I'M STRUGGLING TO GIVE THAT TO YOU.

IT WAS NEW INFORMATION FOR 99% OF PEOPLE.

I DON'T THINK 99% OF PEOPLE HAD ANY IDEA THAT SOMEBODY WHO WAS SUCH A RISK FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT HE REQUIRES A DAILY PAT DOWN IS IN SCHOOL ALONGSIDE THEIR LITTLE JOHN, THEIR LITTLE SALLY.

I THINK THERE WAS A SHOCK OF THE EVENT ITSELF.

PEOPLE LIKE AUSTIN.

THEY ARE ENTITLED TO AN EDUCATION.

THERE HAS TO BE A PLACE FOR THEM.

THERE HAS TO BE NORMS AND RULES OF SOCIETY AND THE ABILITY TO SEND YOUR KID OFF TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING WITH TOTAL COMPLETE CONFIDENCE AND NOT A DOUBT IN YOUR MIND THAT THEY WILL COME HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> ADAM?

>> TO THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TALKED ON THIS PROGRAM A BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS WE HAVE SEEN IN A CITY.

THAT GOES TO OUR SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE SEEN IT THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, WE FAILED THIS CHILD.

WE FAILED THEM.

WE HAVE SOMEONE INJECTING FENTANYL IN OUR LIBRARIES WE FAIL THEM.

WHO DO WE WANT TO BE?

WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP SHORTLY.

WE NEED TO DECIDE ARE WE GOING TO FIX OUR COMMUNITY, MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND MAKE IT BETTER.

THIS IS A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.

IT HOPE IT SPURS US TO HAVE SOME OF THESE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AS A CITY.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE PRESENCE OF SAFETY IN THE SCHOOLS.

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE SAFETY PLANS BEFORE.

AND THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TWO ADMINISTRATORS JUST DOING THEIR JOB.

WE GO TO THE AIRPORT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANCE DON'T PAT US DOWN.

IT IS TRAINED SECURITY PEOPLE.

>> THIS WAS A BIG SURPRISE.

AS THE NEWS IS BREAKING.

HE WAS IN A SAFETY PLAN.

HE HAD A WEAPON IN AURORA.

WHATEVER BEHAVIOR ISSUES HE WAS NO LONGER IN THE CHERRY CREEK SCHOOLS.

EAST IS THE FLAG SHIP.

IT HAS TOUGH STUDENTS AND A TOUGH SCHOOL.

THIS KID WAS ON A SCHOOL PLAN.

EDUCATORS PATTING HIM DOWN.

YOU WOULD ASSUME YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR DEANS RESPONSIBLE FOR PATTING SOMEONE DOWN.

HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED FOR THAT NOT TO TEACH SHAKESPEARE.

>> THE WORRY I HAVE HOW DO YOU GO BACK TO LEARNING, TO BE FOCUSED IN THE CLASSROOM?

>> OBVIOUSLY, THEY WILL.

KIDS ARE RESILIENT.

TEACHERS ARE RESILIENT.

I STILL IN TOUCH WITH SOME TEACHERS I USED TO HAVE, THEY WENT BACK TO SCHOOL.

IT IS HARD.

IT IS SCARY.

I THINK KNOWING THERE WOULD BE MULTIPLE RESOURCE OFFICERS WILL BE HELPFUL.

THE VAST MAJORITY KIDS ARE NOT VIOLENT.

THE IDEA THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN IN THIS SCHOOL WITH SAFETY OFFICERS, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.

LEARNING WILL CONTINUE.

IT WILL BE HARD FOR A WHILE.

>> BECAUSE IT HAPPENED A MONTH AGO.

AT COLUMBINE NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HAPPEN BEFORE.

THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER.

WILL THE KIDS THINKING WILL SOMETHING HAPPEN NEXT MONTH?

>> THE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST 12-18 HOURS.

ONE WITH A GOOD FRIEND.

THEY WERE FRIENDS THROUGH THE SOCCER TEAM.

THIS IS A YOUNG MAN OF 17 OR 18 YEARS OLD GETTING READY TO GRADUATE.

THAT IS A WHOLE LOT OF TRAUMA.

A WHOLE LOT TO PROCESS IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

ANOTHER CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH A VERY CLOSE FRIEND AN EIGHTH GRADER.

THEY LIVED NOT FAR FROM EAST.

EVEN BEFORE YESTERDAY, THAT KID WAS NOT GOING TO EAST JUST BASED ON THE REPUTATION OF THE SCHOOLS THESE DAYS.

I THINK THAT IS TRUE FOR A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE.

WE CAN GET A WHOLE CHOICE ARGUMENT WHICH I DON'T.

FOR PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE CHOICE THEY ARE CHOOSING SCHOOL OTHER THAN EAST.

>> YOU ARE TALKING HOW WE FAILED OUR KIDS.

DIFFERENT PEOPLE -- I FEEL THESE STUDENTS THEY WENT DOWN TO THE CAPITAL.

THEY RETURNED TO THE CAPITOL ON THURSDAY.

AS ADULTS ARE WE RESPONDING TO THEM?

NOW WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO THEM?

>> AND THIS IS TOPICAL THE LEGISLATURE IS -- WE HAD AN EAST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SAYING THIS IS THE REALITY OF BEING YOUNG IN AMERICA.

WAITING FOR INFORMATION JUST BEFORE YOUR SCHEDULE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF GUN SAFETY BILLS.

STUDENTS ARE BECOMING ACCUSTOM TO.

POLITICAL PRESSURE IS INTENSE RIGHT NOW.

A BILL AIMED AT CONTINUING A PROGRAM CALLED I MATTER.

I THINK THAT IS GOING TO PICK UP STEAM IN THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THE RESOURCES BECOME AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS.

>> I WANT TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING KRISTA SAID.

COLUMBINE WAS DIFFERENT.

TWO KIDS THAT CAME FROM NONBROKEN MARRIAGES.

THEY HAD A MOTHER, THEY HAD A FATHER.

SO THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING IN WITH THIS SPECTACULAR DOOMSDAY CONCEPT.

THIS KID WHO SEEMED TO BE HE NEEDED A GUN TO GET THROUGH LIFE FOR WHATEVER REASON.

HE DIDN'T GO IN WITH SOME SCHEME.

HE WAS A KID THAT HAD GONE OFF THE RAILS.

THE QUESTION IS WHY?

DID HE NOT FEEL SAFE WITHOUT A GUN.

DO KIDS NOT FEEL SAFE?

LUIS GARCIA WAS KILLED OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL.

OTHER SHOOTINGS WERE OUTSIDE EAST HIGH SCHOOL.

NOT INSIDE.

IT IS DANGER ALL OVER.

I THINK WE NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE THE MASS TRAGEDY THAT WANT TO GET ATTENTION.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS KID.

>> ERIC?

>> I WILL FOLLOW ON THAT.

AGREED WITH WHAT IS BEING SAID AROUND THIS TABLE.

I THINK YESTERDAY ENCAPSULATED WHAT IS GOING ON WITH KIDS THESE DAYS.

IF YOU HAVE KIDS SITTING NEXT TO YOU IN CLASS OR IN THE HALLWAY WHO ARE ON THE SAFETY PLANS.

WE WONDER WHY TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE BURNED OUT?

WE WONDER WHY THERE IS EPIDEMIC OF HEALTH CRISIS.

WE WONDER WHY THE SCORES ARE AWFUL.

IT ENCAPSULATED ALL OF THAT.

MAYBE WE WILL GET IN TERMS TO THE CONNECTION OF THE STORY.

DENVER IS A CITY IN CRISIS.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING -- ANY GETTING AROUND THAT OR ANY SUGARCOATING THAT.

CLEARLY PUT AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON IT.

>> I FEEL LIKE THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE CHIEF WERE TALKING TO -- LISTENING TO THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS JUST SCREAMING, YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR FACES THEY ARE AWAY OF THAT.

THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THAT.

>> I THINK THE STATISTICS TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION REFLECT WHAT WE ARE SEEING.

ACCORDING TO THE COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, IN 2022 THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DENVER 979 KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 17 WERE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES.

THERE WERE 757 ARRESTS FOR VIOLENT CRIMES IN DENVER.

THAT IS ASSAULT, ROBBERY OR MURDER.

THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT JUMP.

IN DENVER EVEN STATEWIDE IN CASES.

THIS ISN'T JUST OUR IMAGINATION.

WE ARE FEELING IT.

WE ARE SEEING THE REPERCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

>> I WANTED TO MENTION TO PATTY'S POINT THERE IS A DIFFERENT BETWEEN A COLUMBINE KILLER AND THIS YOUNG MAN.

HOW DO YOU RAISE A CHILD WITHOUT A MORAL CORE.

I GREW UP WITH GUNS.

I WAS RE-ENFORCED IN MY LIFE YOU DON'T HURT PEOPLE.

YOU DON'T EVEN POINT A GUN HAMMERED TO ME SO MUCH.

I CANNOT POINT A FAKE GUN AT A FAKE PERSON.

IT IS SO DRILLED TO ME THAT LIFE IS PRECIOUS.

HOW DO WE END UP WITH KIDS THAT SHOOT AT ADMINISTRATORS?

HOW DO WE END UP WITH PEOPLE NOT THAT MUCH OLDER THAN THE KID.

HOW DO YOU GO 18 YEARS AT HOME AND NOT PICK UP A LESSON LIKE DON'T KILL PEOPLE?

>> IS IT US THE ADULTS SURROUNDINGs THESE KIDS?

ALLOW TEACHERS TO GIVE THE HEY, THERE IS THIS CHILD IN MY CLASS.

YOU KNOW, IS IT -- YEAH.

>> PART OF IT, IT IS KIDS WHO ARE YOUNGER.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FAILING KIDS NOT TAKING CARE OF THEM.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE NOT GETTING GOOD INPUT AT HOME.

YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMEONE IN A POSITION WHO CAN HELP THEM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CRIME, THE CRIMES ARE NOW HAPPENING 10 YEAR OLDS.

12-YEAR-OLDS.

WE HAD A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO KILLED A WOMAN DRIVING DOWN A ROADWAY INCIDENT.

NOW YOU HAVE THE LEGISLATURE TALKING ABOUT RAISING THE AGE AT WHICH THEY CAN BE CHARGED AND BE INCARCERATED.

IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS REDUCING THE AGE OR PUTTING A LOT OF PEOPLE ON SAFETY PLANS THAT ACTUALLY WORK.

>> THAT IS A VERY FIERY DEBATE IN THE STATE CAPITAL.

>> IT IS.

IT IS ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDING ALL THIS.

SORT OF THIS COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT IS TAKING SORT OF A PUBLIC HEALTH POSITION AND LOOK INTO GUNS.

THEY ARE TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS IDEA OF GUNS BEING RELATED TO CERTAIN SPECIFIC THINGS.

HOW DO WE INTERVENE AT A YOUNGER AGE?

HOW DO WE ENSURE THERE ARE REPERCUSSIONS?

WE ARE SEEING AN EFFORT FROM A DENVER REPRESENTATIVE AIMED AT TAKING AWAY LOW LEVEL OFFENSES FROM PEACE OFFICERS.

WE SHOULDN'T EQUATE ARREST TO PROSECUTION.

SOMETIMES ARREST DIVERT PEOPLE TO OTHER PROGRAMS.

WE NEED TO ENSURE WE HAVE LAWS AVAILABLE FOR THESE EARLY DIVERGENCE.

>> YOU KNOW, IN THE DENVER MAYOR'S RACE WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING MORE POLICE OFFICERS.

WE NEED TO ADD MORE.

AND A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES ARE SPLIT.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM ARE SPLIT THERE SHOULD BE BACK IN SCHOOLS.

WITH THE NEXT TEN DAYS TO GO, I THINK A LOT OF DENVER ARE THINKING WHO IS GOING TO HELP US THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW?

>> YOU GO PATTY.

>> I THINK WE WILL SEE SOME OF THE CANDIDATES ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE BEEN LESS LAW AND ORDERED.

I THINK WE WILL SEE EVERYONE GOING FOR SROs.

OR MAYBE SROs KEPT CLOSE.

THEY GOT AN ADVISORY BOARD.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE OBJECTING TO THAT AND MAKE IT A SAFER CITY.

THERE IS NO QUESTION WE MADE A MISTAKE IN 2020.

THE DENVER SCHOOL BOARD MADE A BIG MISTAKE BY REMOVING THE SROs.

>> I THINK WE ARE GETTING DOWN CANDIDATES THAT MAKE IT PLAUSIBLE.

IN TERMS WHO COMES OUT OF THE RUNOFF IT IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMEONE WHO HAD THE WRONG POSITION ON SROs.

IT IS NOT SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT ADVOCATE AT LEAST GETTING THE POLICE FORCE UP TO THE AUTHORIZE STRENGTH.

THIS IS NOT PORTLAND OR SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS NOT DENVER CIRCUIT 2019.

OUR POSSIBLY DENVER CIRCUIT 2030.

THIS IS DENVER CIRCUIT 2023.

HOMELESS IS RAMPT OUT OF CONTROL.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MORE PLAUSIBLE CANDIDATES ARE TALKING IN A WAY THEY WANT TO HEAR IN TERMS OF THE GRAVITY WHAT IS CONFRONTING OUR CITY.

>> KRISTA YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> I'M THINKING ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT HAVING POLICE VISIBLE IT IS A DETERRENT.

IT IS AN ARMED ADULT.

IT IS A DETERRENT.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE HAVE OFFICERS VISIBLE EVERYWHERE.

WE DON'T ALLOW CHAOS.

CHAOS COMMUNICATES SOMETHING.

WHETHER IT IS TRASH OR BROKEN WINDOWS, GRAFFITI ALL OF THAT COMMUNICATES SOMETHING TO PEOPLE.

WHEN THINGS ARE CLEAN, THINGS ARE SAFE IT COMMUNICATES SOMETHING ELSE.

I REMEMBER PRE AND POST GIULIANI IN NEW YORK CITY.

THE BROKEN WINDOWS VERSUS THE WINDOWS THAT AREN'T BROKEN.

PEOPLE RESPOND TO THOSE.

IDENTIFYING TROUBLED KIDS AND GETTING THEM HELP.

WHEN I SUBSTITUTE KIDS THAT WERE SO TROUBLED, I THINK I MAY BE LOOKING AT A KID THAT WILL DO VIOLENCE.

HOW DO YOU INTERVENE WHEN PARENTS ARE UNWILLING THAT YOU GOT A CHILD WHO IS ALREADY ACTING IN A VIOLENT WAY AT A YOUNG AGE.

>> THANK YOU ALL.

WE ARE NOT OVER YET.

WE WILL KEEP UP SOME TRADITION WITH THIS SHOW.

EVERY WEEK WE CLOSE TALKING ABOUT HIGHS AND LOWS IN OUR WEEK.

PATTY START THE PANEL WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT SURPRISED YOU?

>> BEFORE THE EAST HIGH SHOOTING I WAS WATCHING THE MOTION HEARING.

THIS LAWSUIT IS THE JUDGES HEARING MOTION TO DISMISS THE CASE.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP.

OUR ELECTION OFFICERS WORK HARD IN COLORADO.

THEY DO A GOOD JOB.

THEY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED.

THEY DO NOT NEED TO HAVE FOX NEWS MOCKING THEM.

GET READY TO VOTE AND TRUST THE VOTE.

>> KIND OF ALONG THOSE SAME LINES.

ONE OF THE PLAYERS ALONG WITH RUDY GIULIANI.

WHETHER SHE TOLD THEM AS LIES OR SIMPLY SHE WAS DUPED OR WERE NOT LIES.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I THINK IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF THE FOLK OS THAT WERE INVOLVED MANY PUSHING FALSE INFORMATION TO THE DETRIMENT OF COMPANIES AND OTHERS THAT THEY PAY SOME PRICE FOR WHAT THEY DID.

>> THERE IS ANOTHER ELECTION WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MAYOR'S RACE.

THERE IS AN ELECTION FOR THE DENVER SCHOOL BOARD.

THAT HAS MORE CONSEQUENTIAL AND HOTTER WITH THE EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY AND OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

THERE ARE SOME DPS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE SERIOUS EXPLAINING TO DO.

>> I'M GOING TO LOOK TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR MINE.

THERE IS A CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL THAT IS THE GUIDE OF THE BILL.

REALLY WHAT THIS WOULD DO OVERRIDE EXISTING LAW THAT THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACTION OF COLORADO HAS SHARP TEETH FOR A REASON.

THIS IS THE WAY THEY WANT TO TAKE THOSE WIPE DOWN THAT STANDARD.

BIG AND SMALL ACROSS THE STATE.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THAT BILL.

IT WILL BE UP FOR A VOTE ON MONDAY.

>> OKAY.

LET'S END ON SOMETHING POSITIVE.

>> HERE YOU GO.

IN 100 YEARS DENVER HAS MADE PROGRESS.

100 YEARS AGO, THIS YEAR, WE ELECTED A MAYOR WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE KKK.

THE CITY WAS FAR MY DANGEROUS.

JUST WROTE THIS GREAT BOOK.

IT IS CALLED GANG BUSTER.

IT CAN BE DONE.

>> OKAY.

>> I JUST ADOPTED ANOTHER ANIMAL.

I'M WORKING TO BECOMING AN ANIMAL HOARDER.

I WANTED TO GET A SHOUTOUT TO ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AROUND COLORADO.

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, IF YOU HAVE ROOM IN YOUR HOME ADOPT AN ANIMAL FROM A SHELTER OR A BAD SITUATION SO THAT ANIMAL CAN LIVE A GOOD LIFE.

>> THE BUNNY?

>> IT IS A BUNNY.

>> GOOD FOR YOU.

SPEAKING OF HOPEFUL NOTES, DANIELS FUND A LOCAL FOUNDATION 238 NEW KIDS ACROSS COLORADO HAVE DANIEL'S SCHOLAR.

THESE ARE KIDS ARE ROCKING IT.

THEY HAVE OVERCOME TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES.

TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES CAN BE OVERCOMED.

>> WE NEED THAT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

>> THE MUCH ANTICIPATED GOVERNOR'S HOUSING BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED.

ALL 106 PAGES OF IT.

I THINK IT WILL BE A BIG FIGHT FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF AS WE WIND DOWN SESSION.

EXCITED TO KICK OFF THIS CONVERSATION TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS.

>> WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

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WE NEED TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER ABOUT WHAT MATTERS TO EACH OTHER AND HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE SURE EACH OF US IS SAFE AND FEELS SAFE.

WE HAVE WORK TO DO AND WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER.

LET'S GO DENVER.

I'M KYLE DYER.

I'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.