>>> HELLO I'M KYLE DYER.

WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, MAY 12TH.

FOR 120 DAYS LAWMAKERS HAVE CLOSED OUT THE 2023 COLORADO LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

ONE OF THE MOST GRACEFUL THINGS TO COME OUT OF IT OUR PANELIST MARIANNE GOODLAND PLAYING THE HARP.

THAT WAS EARLY IN THE DAY ON MONDAY.

IT WAS A TRYING FOUR MONTHS.

I THINK WE ALL AGREE.

THERE IS A LOT TO DISCUSS THIS WEEK.

WE HAD PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

DAVID KOPEL RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE AS WELL AS KRISTA KAFER.

WHERE TO BEGIN ON HOW THIS 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED PATTY?

>> YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WATCH LEGISLATION BEING MADE JUST LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE SAUSAGE BEING MADE.

EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO FAST AT THE END AFTER A FAIRLY LEISURELY PACE THAT WE HAD AMENDMENTS FLYING.

YOU KNOW GOVERNOR POLIS BIG MOVE.

WE HAVE BALLOT MEASURES WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY TAX.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW TASTY IT IS GOING TO BE.

>> DAVID, WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> THE CHAOS WAS THE RESULT OF TERRIBLY BAD MANAGEMENT BY THE MAJORITY PARTY LEADERSHIP.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE RULES SAY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL YOUR BILLS INTRODUCED BY CERTAIN DEADLINES.

IN THE NORMAL ORDER OF THINGS, THE LAST ONE, COMES IN AROUND JANUARY 25TH.

THIS YEAR, WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A RECORD.

OVER HALF OF THE BILLS WERE LATE BILLS.

THAT IS GROSSLY IRRESPONSIBLE.

IT IS THEIR FAULT THIS CHAOS RESULTED AT THE END.

>> HALF OF THEM, YEAH.

>> I WANT TO BECOME A VEGETARIAN.

WE HAD A LAND BILL FOR LOCALITIES.

LUCKILY THAT GOT STRIPPED FROM THE BILL.

THE HOUSE GOT MAD.

SO THAT NEVER MADE IT OVER TO THE FINISH LINE.

WE HAVE LAWMAKERS GOING AFTER THE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS AT THE PREGNANT CENTERS.

WOMEN THAT WANT TO STOP THE ABORTION FROM HAPPENING.

WE GOT FORCING TAXPAYERS ALL THOSE WILL BE COUNTERED IN COURT.

WE ALSO HAVE THAT ROB PETER TO PAY PETER.

I'M GOING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR TABOR REFUND AND THEN GIVE IT BACK TO YOU TO TRY TO OFFSET THIS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

IT IS A BIT OF A CON GAME IF I CAN THINK OF A BETTER SIMILE I THINK IT WOULD INVOLVE SWEARING.

I THINK IT WAS A LOUSY SESSION.

I THINK THEY WENT AFTER OUR POCKETBOOKS AND OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

>> IT IS A LOUSY WAY TO RUN A RAILROAD.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THIS WAY.

THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE RUSH AT THE END.

PROCRASTINATION IS HUMAN NATURE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TO THIS EXTENT.

DUE TO THE PLETHORA OF LATE BILLS.

THE GOVERNOR HAS A RESPONSIBLE IN THIS AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP.

THE WORST KEPT SECRET THERE WILL BE A PROPERTY TAX.

EVERYONE KNEW THIS WAS COMING THEY CHOSE 2.5 DAYS TO ROLE OUT A PROPOSAL.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT GOT THE SCRUTINY IT DESERVES.

THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO RUN A RAILROAD OR A LEGISLATURE.

>> I'M SURE THEY COULD HAVE REWRITTEN IT.

>> SO YOU MENTIONED IT.

THIS IS NOT THE WAY GOVERNOR POLIS WANTED THIS TO TURN OUT WITH HIS BIG AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN.

>> YOU WONDER POLIS IS A SMART POLITICIAN.

HE HAD TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONCERN THIS WOULD RAISE THAT YOU HAD PEOPLE IN AGREEMENT.

EVERYONE WAS UPSET THAT LOCAL CONTROL WAS GOING TO BE LOCKED.

THEY STILL TRIED TO RESURRECT IT AT THE END.

>> I THINK THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE ONE PARTY GOVERNMENT AND ONE PARTY GOVERNMENT WITH THOSE KINDS OF HUGE MAJORITIES.

IT BREATHES THE KIND OF ARROGANCE IN THIS CASE THAT WE CAN RAM THESE KINDS OF THINGS THROUGH.

WE CAN OVERCOME ARGUMENTS OF LOCAL CONTROL.

ONE PARTY GOVERNMENT IS BAD WHETHER IT IS ONE PARTY GOVERNMENT ON THE HARD LEFT OR HARD RIGHT.

>> I TALKED TO TWO MAYORS.

ONE ON THE LEFT AND ONE ON THE RIGHT.

BOTH OF THEM HATED THAT CHANGE, THAT PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE AUTHORITY FROM LOCAL DISTRICTS TO DO THEIR OWN ZONING.

LITTLETON TOOK A YEAR ZONING FROM THE '80s.

IT WOULD WIPE AWAY THAT HARD WORK.

>> YOU GUYS ARE TOO HARSH.

IT IS TRUE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S BILL TO CRAM DENSITY AND SUBSIDIZE IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT DIDN'T PASS.

THE LEGISLATURE DID ANOTHER MAJOR STEP TO MAKE THE HOUSING UNAFFORDABLE.

THEY PASSED A BILL, THE ONLY BILL IN THE COUNTRY LIKE THIS.

THAT IF YOU HAVE APARTMENTS AND YOU WANT TO SELL IT, AND YOU HAVE A DEAL TO SELL IT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN STEP IN AND SAY MAYBE WE WANT TO BUY IT GOVERNMENT HOUSING.

THEY CAN TAKE MONTHS TO DO IT.

PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE TO BUILD IN THE OTHER 49 STATES THAT DON'T HAVE THIS.

DON'T SAY THE LEGISLATURE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING IMPORTANT ON HOUSING.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX AS SHALL WE NOW.

TWO BILLS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF ARE EXPECTED TO SIGNED INTO LAW.

IT WILL BE COLORADO VOTERS WHO WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN NOVEMBER.

DAVID I WILL START WITH YOU ON THIS.

>> THIS IS THE SLEAZIEST THINGS GOVERNOR HAS GONE IN HIS PUBLIC CAREER.

WHICH HAS BEEN MOSTLY HONORABLE.

THEY PUT ON THE BALLOT LAST YEAR, SOMETHING TO REPEAL THE GALLAGHER AMENDMENT.

THAT BALLOT BEGAN WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.

THAT WAS OUTRIGHT LIE AND THEY KNEW THAT.

IT WOULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE THE CALCULATION THAT PROCEEDS THAT WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT FOR EVALUATION.

THEY KNEW THE MINUTE IT PASSED THE PROPERTY TAXES WERE GOING TO SKYROCKET.

SO NO SURPRISE AT ALL.

IF THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, THE TIME TO GET TO WORK ON THAT WAS NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND THEY COULD HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE AND HAD A BILL READY TO GO ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND BY THE WAY, THEY WERE INCOMPETENT THIS HAS TO BE HH ON THE BALLOT.

HH HAS BEEN TAKEN BY ANOTHER INITIATIVE.

SO THEY CAN'T EVEN GET IT CORRECT ON THIS.

>> NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE.

THEY KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN THAT WE WOULD SEE THE SPIKES.

MINE WENT UP 57%.

I'M GOING TO SEE A BIGGER BILL.

STARBUCKS EMPLOYEE MINUS THE BENEFIT AND FREE COFFEE.

ANYONE WHO IS NOT HEALTHY THAT OWNS A HOME IS GOING TO STRUGGLE BECAUSE OF THE REPEAL OF GALLAGHER.

THEY KNEW THIS ALL ALONG.

RATHER THAN EVEN VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN PROPOSAL WHICH THEY KILLED IN COMMITTEE THAT SAID -- THEY JUST PUT A MODEST CAP ON THE INCREASE.

THEY SHOT THAT DOWN AND ROLLED INTO LAST WEEK OF THE SESSION WITH THE CRISIS THEY HAD BEEN WANTING SINCE TABOR WAS PASSED AND THAT WAS TO ELIMINATE IT THIS WAY.

IT IS DISINGENUINOUS.

IT GIVES VOTERS BAD OPTIONS.

GET A TINY LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF BY SACRIFICING THE TABOR REFUND.

WHICH IS WHY I CALL IT ROB PETER TO PAY PETER.

>> I THINK IT IS FASCINATING HOW THIS ELECTION UNFOLDS.

TWO THOUGHTS.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE COLORADO CASH BACK WE GOT THESE CHECKS.

AND GOVERNOR POLIS AT THAT POINT IN TIME ACCUSED ANYONE WHO QUESTIONED THE MOTIVES OF CYNICISM.

THE GOVERNOR SAFELY RE-ELECTED DEMOCRATS THEIR MAJORITIES AND NOW, OF COURSE, THERE IS NO CASH BACK.

IT COMES A YEAR FROM NOW.

THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THAT REFUND TO FUND POOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

CHRIS HAS A GREAT LINE.

I WISH WHO THIS PETER WAS.

IT IS A GREAT LINE.

SO IT IS VERY DEEP.

THIS IS THE ISSUE.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS MUCH IN THE STATE THAT THREATENS DEMOCRATIC CONTROL IN THE STATE.

IT IS COMPLETE AND DOMINATE.

IF THERE IS AN ISSUE OUT THERE THAT THREATEN THOSE MAJORITIES AND THREATENS DEMOCRATS RUNNING THE STATE INDEFINITELY, IT IS THIS PROPERTY TAX ISSUE.

PEOPLE BETTER PAY ATTENTION TO IT.

>> PATTY?

>> WE HAVE HAD 30 YEARS FROM TABOR PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH TABOR.

WE HAVE TWO YEARS SINCE THE REPEAL OF GALLAGHER.

THERE IS NO REASON THEY COULD HAVE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE ALL LIVING IN TENTS.

BUT WE KNEW THERE HAD TO BE A FIX.

THE FACT THEY WAITED SO LONG TO DEAL WITH IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHO IS REALLY PLOTTING OUT THE FUTURE OF THE STATE.

WE ARE HEADING TO THE 150th ANNIVERSARY AND THIS IS ONE BIG FIGHT THAT IS COMING UP.

IT WAS A MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT WHICH IS BEFORE ALL THE MONEY WAS GOING TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T OWN PROPERTY WERE GOING TO LOSE THEIR MONEY, THEIR TABOR REFUND.

AT LEAST NOW, NOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT COMPLETELY SCREWED.

IT IS STILL A VERY BAD DEAL.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL NEXT NOVEMBER.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> TITLE 42, THE PANDEMIC RULE.

NOW THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS IS EXPECTED TO REACH 10,000 PEOPLE MAYBE EVEN MORE.

COLORADO CITIES ARE GETTING READY TO PREPARE.

KRISTA.

>> SOME ARE TRUE ASYLUM.

THEY ARE FLEEING BAD GOVERNMENT.

THEY ARE FLEEING CRIMINALS.

A LOT ARE COMING OVER ECONOMIC MIGRANTS.

THEY HAVE COME HERE.

I THINK WE ARE A BIG COUNTRY THAT HAVE ROOM FOR A LOT OF FOLKS.

THERE IS A FLIP SIDE TO THAT.

WE DON'T NECESSARY HAVE ENOUGH SHELTERS FOR THESE FOLKS.

YOU GOT KIDS THAT MAY NOT BE LITERATE, THAT MAY NOT SPEAK ENGLISH.

IT MAKES IT A LOT HARDER TO TEACH.

THE REASON WE HAVE A BORDER SO WE DON'T OVERWHELM THESE SERVICES.

TO LOOK AT THAT PROGRAM AND I HOPE OUR SENATORS FROM COLORADO WILL LOOK AT THAT PROGRAM SO THAT ONLY ASIGH LEES COME IN AND ECONOMIC MIGRANTS, THERE IS ANOTHER WAY FOR THEM TO APPLY SO THEY DO NOT OVERWHELM OUR SYSTEMS.

>> TO KRISTA POINT I'M THE SON OF TWO REFUGEES.

TWO REFUGEES UNLIVABLE CONDITIONS.

THAT IS NOT THE WHOLE EQUATION HERE.

I DON'T THINK IT IS THE LARGEST PART OF THE EQUATION.

ANY COUNTRY, ANY SOVEREIGN NATION HAS TO CONTROL THESE BORDERS.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT WANTS TO DO THAT.

THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT CAN PROPEL SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

DEMOCRATS BETTER GET IT UNDER CONTROL.

>> HERE IN DENVER THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE A PLAN.

PEOPLE ALL RIGHT STARTED COMING TO THIS COUNTRY AND COMING TO DENVER.

>> ANOTHER ONE, WE HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS COMING WHEN 42 WAS LIFTED.

YOU KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES WE COULD HAVE DEALT WITH FINDING A WAY TO LET PEOPLE WORK.

THEY COME -- A LOT SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK AND LEGALLY THEY CAN'T.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR ALL THESE JOBS GOING UNFILLED WE COULD HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO LET THESE MIGRANTS WORK.

>> MOST OF THE REFUGEES ARE FLEEING FROM VENEZUELA.

THE PARTY STEALS ALL THE RESOURCES FROM EVERYONE ELSE AND PUTS THEM INTO SLAVERY.

THEY WANT TO COME TO FREE COUNTRIES LIKE THE UNITED STATES OR WHATEVER ELSE IS AVAILABLE.

WHILE THIS IS GOING ON, THE COLORADO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ADOPTED A RESOLUTION SAYING THAT CAPITALISM IS EVIL.

ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE THOSE DELEGATES THAT AMERICA IS A TERRIBLE COUNTRY WE ARE RACIST.

THEY CAN MOVE AND GIVE UP THE HOMES TO SOME OF THE REFUGEES AND LIVE IN VENEZUELA.

EVERYBODY WILL BE BETTER OFF.

>> I LIKE THAT.

WE COULD HAVE A TRADE.

WE CAN TAKE THE COMMUNIST HERE, MILEY CYRUS, AND DONALD TRUMP AND DO A TRADE.

MAKE A LIST.

HERE IS OUR TRADE YOU GUYS GET THIS.

WE GET HARD WORKING PEOPLE AND ULTIMATELY BECOMING BETTER CITIZENS.

IT IS PERFECT.

IT IS PERFECT.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE LIKE IN DENVER?

WE HAD THOSE SEVERAL WEEKS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER I SEE AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE COMING IN THE WINTER.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH.

AGAIN, WE GOT TO FIND ROOMS FOR THESE FOLKS.

THERE IS ALSO MEDICAL CARE.

ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

IT REALLY IS INCUMBENT ON CONGRESS AND ADMINISTRATION TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

>> TO ADD ON THAT THIS IS ALREADY A CITY ON CRISIS.

THIS IS A CITY THAT IS TAXED.

IT COMPOUNDS ALL OF THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT LOCAL POLITICS.

THE COLORADO SPRINGS MAYORAL RUNOFF.

THE BALLOTS WILL HIT THE MAIL.

ERIK I WILL START WITH YOU.

>> LET'S START WITH COLORADO SPRINGS MY HOMETOWN OF MANY YEARS AGO.

I KEEP BUMPING OR HEARING FROM REPUBLICANS, SOLID ACTIVE REPUBLICANS IN EL PASO COUNTY WHICH IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE PARTY.

I'M SURPRISED BY THE NUMBER OF THEM.

WAYNE WILLIAMS TRYING TO RALLY THE REPUBLICAN CONSTITUENCY.

REAL QUICKLY ON DENVER, I THINK WE ARE NOW SEEING -- EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE CANDIDATES WE SEE HOW THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE BEING SHAPED BY RECENT ENDORSEMENTS GOING WITH BOROUGH.

MUCH MORE OF THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC GOING WITH JOHNSTON.

THE OUTLINES OF THIS RACE ARE CLEAR.

>> THEY HAVE DIFFERENTIATED THEMSELVES THROUGH ENDORSEMENT.

FOR THE AVERAGE DENVER PERSON OUT THERE, THEY STILL DO NOT GET THE DIFFERENCE.

COLORADO SPRINGS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO CANDIDATES.

IT DOES MAKE IT AN EXCITING RACE BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH REALLY INTERESTING WHO WILL BE GOOD MAYORS.

I THINK WE CAN SURVIVE KELLY BOROUGH OR MIKE JOHNSTON.

PEOPLE IN DENVER WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS VOTE.

THEY ARE TIRED OF THE SAME ADMINISTRATION.

THEY WANT SOMETHING NEW BUT NOT SURE WHICH ONE YET.

>> THE COLORADO SPRINGS RACE, ERIC I THINK YOUR POINTS ARE INTERESTING.

THE SPRING VOTERS WANT EXECUTIVE COMPETITION.

WAYNE WILLIAMS OFFERS THAT.

DID A SOLID JOB OF RUNNING THAT OFFICE EFFICIENT MONEY SAVING WAY.

AND YOU KNOW, WAS OUTSTANDING SECRETARY OF STATE WHICH SUGGESTED HE WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

THE NINTH DENVER CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THERE IS A RUNOFF WITH INCUMBENT.

SHE WAS ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE ISSUES OF REPARATIONS.

YOU COULD BE COLLECTING THOSE EXTRA TAXES ALL OVER THE CITY AND REDISTRIBUTING TO BLACK AND BROWN OWNED BUSINESSES.

THIS ISN'T A PLAN SHE TENDS TO ENDORSE.

HOWEVER, IT IS SO OBVIOUSLY RACIST IT MAKES HER VISIBLY UNFIT TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE.

OUR COLORADO CONSTITUTION FORBITS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.

>> ELECTIONS THERE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE.

MY HOPE FOR WAYNE WILLIAMS IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

HE IS AN HONORABLE GOOD GUY.

I DON'T KNOW HIS OPPONENT.

THE CITY WILL BE WELL RUN WITH WILLIAMS.

WHEN IT COMES TO BOROUGH AND JOHNSTON.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOROUGH FOR TWO REASONS.

I KNOW THAT MALE AND FEMALE DOESN'T MATTER.

IT COMES DOWN TO CHARACTER AND IDEAS.

IT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY.

SHE WORKED FOR MAYOR HICKENLOOPER.

HICKENLOOPER WAS A WONDERFUL MAYOR.

REALLY OVERSAW THE CITY GOING FROM -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY BACK WATER.

IT JUST BECAME A MUCH MORE FABULOUS CITY.

IT HAS DEFINITELY BACKTRACKED.

I THINK HAVING HER MAYBE BRINGING BACK SOME OF THOSE GOOD IDEAS THAT WERE UNDER HICKENLOOPER.

I THINK THE CITY COULD HAVE DONE WORSE COMING OUT OF THAT FIRST ELECTION.

EITHER WAY, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE ON THAT LIST THAT WERE PRETTY SCARY.

I'M GLAD THEY CHOSE TWO OF THE BEST PEOPLE.

WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> LET'S START NOW WITH OUR LIGHTNING ROUND.

TALK ABOUT THE GREAT, NOT SO GREAT STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN COLORADO ALL THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK.

WE WILL START WITH NEGATIVE AND END WITH A POSITIVE NOTE.

>> I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE MAYORS RACE.

WE CELEBRATED TEN YEARS OF ALL MAIL VOTING.

WE MADE VOTING MUCH, MUCH EASIER.

PEOPLE IN DENVER HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT STUDYING THE ISSUES AND VOTING IN JUNE.

IT IS CRITICAL.

WE HAD JUST OVER A THIRD OF THE VOTERS DID IT LAST TIME.

LET'S GO MUCH HIGHER THIS TIME.

>> WE HAVE TO.

>> I THINK FEMALES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO VOTE TOO.

IN CALIFORNIA THEY HAD A LAW FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS HAS FORBIDDEN THE SALE OF NEW MODEL OF PISTOL.

YOU CAN'T BUY ANY NEW PISTOL INVENTED.

FILED A BRIEF URGING TO UPHOLD THAT CALIFORNIA LAW BANNING THAT NEW MODEL.

WHICH SUGGESTS HE IS NOT A GUN CONTROL ADVOCATE.

>> I'M GOING TO THROW SHADE AND SHAME ON LEGISLATURE FOR ALL THE STUPID STUFF THEY DID THIS LAST SESSION.

WHETHER IT BE -- I TALKED AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT ALL THE BAD BILLS.

I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE GOOD THING THEY DID OTHER THAN ADJOURN.

I HOPE VOTERS REMEMBER THIS.

WHEN THIS NEXT ELECTION GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO DO BETTER.

>> I'VE BEEN A WAY A WHILE.

I WILL DO A QUICK TWO FOR ONE.

COLORADO PARA MANAGING $66 BILLION.

SENT THEIR CEO WITH ZERO DISCLOSURE OF WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.

SECONDLY I WOKE THIS MORNING ABOUT DENVER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS NOW GETTING PAID.

IF THERE IS A GROUP THAT EARNED THEIR SALARY, THAT IS IT.

>> I DIDN'T SEE THAT HEADLINE.

SOMETHING POSITIVE.

>> WE WIND UP DOING A HISTORICAL EVENT THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS STATE WHAT IT IS.

WE JUST LOST WALTER.

WHEN THERE WAS A CAUSE OUT SOMEWHERE IN THIS STATE, HE WAS THERE.

JUST A FASCINATING CHARACTER.

>> WANT TO RE-ELECT ANDERSON TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND 56% ARE OPPOSED TO THAT.

NO SURPRISE BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE EVER SINCE HE HAS BEEN IN OFFICE.

SPEARMAN ANNOUNCED HE WILL RUN AGAINST ANDERSON.

THE SCHOOLS NEED A COMPETENT LEADER.

>> THAT IS ALSO IN NOVEMBER THAT SHOW DOWN.

>> YES.

>> THERE IS A GUY PULLED A 73 POUND LAKE TROUT.

HE WAS FINISHING WITH HIS SON.

A QUICK WAY ON THE BOTH.

THAT IS NOT GOING TO COUNT IF THEY WERE TO TRY TO SET A RECORD THE WAY THEY DID IT.

IF HE WERE TO -- THE RIGHT WAY TO SET A RECORD IF THE FINISH WOULD HAVE DIED.

AND HERE HE IS IN FRONT OF HIS SON.

THEY TOOK A PICTURE.

AND HE RELEASED THE FISH.

RATHER THAN GET THE -- SET THE RECORD, HE SET THIS RATHER OLD AND LARGE FISH FREE.

WAY TO MODEL TO HIS SON RESPONSIBLE FISHING.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH EATING FISH.

BUT LETTING THAT FISH TO CONTINUE GROW.

>> GREAT STORY.

TWO JOURNALIST KYLE CLARK REALLY HELD JARED POLIS AND OTHERS TO ACCOUNT ON THE PETER'S ANALOGY ON PROPERTY TAXES.

CAITLIN COLLINS TRYING TO MODERATE A TOWN HALL.

SHE HELD HER OWN AND GOT -- WELL-DONE.

>> SHOUTOUT TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS IN COLORADO.

WE HOPE THAT YOU FELT LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM YOUR COMMUNITIES DURING THIS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.

YOU ARE THE MOTIVATING OUR KIDS SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

ALSO IN THE EDUCATION NOTE, CONGRATS TO CLASS OF 2023.

FOR THE GRADUATES AND ALL THE TEACHERS YOU ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT ON TV AND DEVICE.

YOU CAN CATCH COLORADO INSIDE OUT ANY TIME ON PBS12.ORG.

I'M TAKING VACATION WITH THE FAM.

I'M KYLE DYER THANKS FOR WATCHING.

I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF JUNE HERE ON PBS12.