">>> HI, EVERYONE."

"WELCOME TO THE MAY 13TH, 2022," "EDITION OF ""COLORADO INSIDE" "OUT."""

I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

IF YOU HAVE MISSED THE LAST FEW "WEEKS, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT" TONIGHT IS MY LAST SHOW.

WE'LL COVER SOME IMPORTANT "TOPICS, AND HAVE A FEW SPECIAL" WORDS AT THE END OF THE SHOW.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

TOPIC NUMBER ONE.

THE 2022 LEGISLATION SESSION ENDED IN FLURRY THIS WEEK WITH MENTIONS THAT A SPECIAL SESSION MIGHT BE CALLED SINCE THE STATE HOUSE HAD SO MANY BILLS LEFT TO CONSIDER IN THE FINAL DAYS.

ACCUSATIONS ABOUT HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN WERE LOBBED WITH BOTH PARTIES.

HOUSE REPUBLICANS UTILIZED SOME OF THE FEW STALL TACTICS THAT IT HAD AT ITS DISPOSE SAL AS A "DISTINCT MINORITY PARTY, ASK FOR" SEVERAL BILLS TO BE READ AT LENGTH.

BUT HOUSE DEMOCRATS ALSO TOOK HEAT FOR NOT MANAGING THE OVERALL CALENDAR MORE "EFFECTIVELY, LEAVING SO MUCH TO" DO AT THE END.

PATTY CALHOUN FROM WESTWORD.

LOOKING NOT MAYBE AT THE BILLS RIGHT NOW BUT LOOKING HOW IT ALL ENDED.

DID IT SEEM DIFFERENT?

DID IT SEEM CRAZY THE LAST FEW DAYS?

>> THEY ARE ALL CRAZY.

THEY ARE CRAZY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

YOU ARE GOING OVER 100 BILLS STILL TO GO.

THE HOUSE LASTED UNTIL 6:30 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE YOU HAD REPUBLICANS FILIBUSTERING.

YOU HAD TO READ ALL THE BILLS.

THEY CAME OUT OF IT SOMEWHAT OKAY.

THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THESE LAWS.

PEOPLE WILL HAVE PASSED THINGS THEY JUST DIDN'T REALIZE.

I DO HAVE TO EAT MY WORDS THAT SOME FORM OF THAT RECYCLE BILL DID MAKE IT OUT.

WHAT WE HAVE IS A TASK FORCE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

>> SPECIAL ASTERISKS I DON'T THINK YOU ARE WRONG ON THAT ONE BUT LESS RIGHT.

ERIC LONG TIME HERE AT PBS12.

ERIC I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF LAST WEEK.

THE TENNIS TERM UNFORCE ERROR POPPED INTO MY HEAD.

AS A PROCRASTINATOR I WAITED TO DO FINAL PAPERS AND PAID THAT PRICE.

IT SEEMED IT WAS AN UNFORCED ERROR.

HOW ARE YOU LOOKING AT IT?

>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT TERM.

ALL OF THESE SESSIONS THERE IS A FLURRY TO USE FROM YOUR WORD FROM YOUR QUESTION.

IT IS RELATIVE HOW BIG THE FLURRY IS.

I'M NOT AT MY BEST WHEN I'M COMPLETELY SLEEP DEPRIVED AND "GOING AT THIS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT," DAY AFTER DAY.

YES THEY HAVE A DEADLINE IN SIGHT.

I KEEP ASKING MYSELF WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PUSH AT THE END.

YOU NEED TO GO INTO THE FINAL WEEK WITH MULTIPLE HUNDREDS OF BILLS INCLUDING CONSTITUENT CIAL STUFF.

I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO THE FENTANYL BILL.

IT WILL BE CURIOUS WHAT POLIS DOES.

"EXEMPTED CITIES, EXEMPTED" EVERYONE.

THERE WERE PROBLEMS AND THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES SAVING "PEOPLE MONEY, SAVING PEOPLE" MONEY.

IT HAS BECOME HIS THEME SONG.

MY COLUMN SAID THAT COMES OUT THIS WEEKEND.

SOME WHAT GOING AFTER THAT.

>> ALSO JOINING US PEN TATE.

IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE IN MANY LEVELS.

YOU HAVE BEEN IN MANY SESSIONS.

YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.

WHETHER IT IS UNFORCED ERROR.

WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY WITH HOW IT ENDED?

>> IT IS A COMBINATION OF THINGS.

THERE ARE CERTAIN GRAVITY THAT MOVES AROUND IN THIS SESSION.

IT IS TYPICALLY BACKED UP AT THE END.

WHAT HAPPENS SOME OF THE CONTROVERSIAL BILLS ARE THE HARD ONES WHERE YOU THINK YOU GOT A DEAL IN THE WORK.

YOU NEED AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN.

THOSE BILLS GET PUSHED TO THE LAST DAY.

YOU NEED PRESSURE PEOPLE AND MAKE WHATEVER FINAL ACCOMMODATIONS YOU CAN TO TRY TO GET A DEAL.

THAT IS NATURAL.

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE LEGISLATURE IS IN PART A SYMPTOM WHAT IS HAPPENING NATIONALLY.

WE ARE SO POLARIZED THAT POLICY DEBATE SUFFERS.

POLICY DEBATE SUFFERS BECAUSE POLICY AND FACTS DON'T MATTER.

IT IS SIMPLY POLITICS.

I UNDERSTAND THE REPUBLICAN MINORITY IN THE HOUSE LET'S READ EVERY BILL SO WE CAN DRAG THIS OUT.

"NUMBER ONE, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU" DO.

WHEN THE SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT IT WILL BE FLIPPED.

THE OTHER THING THEY WERE FORTUNATE THEY DIDN'T INCUR THE RATH OF THE MINORITY.

ANYTHING THAT HAS A REPUBLICAN "NAME, WE WILL KILL ALL THOSE AND" DEAL WITH OUR AGENDA.

BUT TO HIS CREDIT SPEAKER GARNET DIDN'T DO THAT.

HE TRIED TO WORK EVERYTHING THROUGH.

"AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK" THEY ENDED UP WHERE THEY NEEDED TO.

SOME OF THE BILLS PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HELD UP THIS LONG.

OTHERS THAT WERE IMPORTANT GOT SALVAGED.

WHAT I DO SEE WHAT WAS INTERESTING I NOTICED TOWARD THE END I WENT TO VISIT ONE DAY.

YOU CAN SIT ON THE CHAMBER FLOOR.

ONE DAY THEY CONSIDERED 16 BILLS DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.

ALL BUT TWO OF THEM PASSED.

I FOUND IT INTERESTING THAT BILLS LIKE THAT WAITED UNTIL THE LAST WEEK TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

"BUT ALL IN ALL, MANAGING THE" CALENDAR IS DIFFICULT.

YOU HAVE 65 PEOPLE WHO YOU RESPECT THEIR OPINIONS.

>> A SPECIAL GUEST.

NATASHA GARDNER OFFICIALLY YOU WORK FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT.

WE WILL NOT PUT ANY PRESSING QUESTIONS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT GOVERNOR POLIS.

BUT AS A CITIZEN AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE END OF THIS SESSION WE STILL LIVE IN A PURPLE STATE.

OVERALL THE STATE IS FAIRLY BALANCED.

AS CITIZENS LOOK AT THIS "SESSION, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY" ARE TAKING AWAY FROM THE OVERALL PICTURE?

>> IT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

"AROUND THIS TABLE, ANY TIME YOU" LOOK AT POLITICS IT IS EASY TO THE DATA POINT.

IS IT THE NUMBER OF BILLS?

IS IT CHOOSING POWER OR NOT?

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT THE FACT THEY REPRESENT US.

THEY ARE IN THAT CAPITAL.

IN THE MAJOR METROPOLIS.

THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

THAT IS STILL COVID.

TWO YEARS LATER WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE TRAVEL PLANS FOR SPRING BREAK.

COULD I BOOK A CONCERT IN AUGUST?

WHO KNOWS?

HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH BILLS TO DECIDE WHAT NEEDED FINANCING AND WHAT DIDN'T.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT "HAPPENS AFTER SESSIONS, WE HEAR" THIS MORE OFTEN.

YOU TAKE TO A STATE SENATOR THEY WILL SAY IT DOES NOT END AT THE END OF SESSION.

THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITIES.

THEY ARE DOING WORK THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE BREAK.

I THINK THIS SUMMER IS GOING TO BE WORSE THAN NORMAL.

THEY HAVE THIS UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

THEIR CONSTITUENTS ARE GOING TO SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THIS LAST SESSION HAD A LOT OF THINGS YOU DIDN'T GET TO.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE LESS TO DO.

LIKE MOST OF US THEIR TO-DO LIST IS GOING TO GET LONGER.

>> MAKES SENSE.

>>> STAYING WITH THE COLORADO "LEGISLATURE, ONE OF THE VERY" LAST BILLS TO GET APPROVAL FROM BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE WAS THE FINAL VERSION OF A BILL CLARIFYING HOW TO HANDLE POSSESSION OF FENTANYL.

THE BILL SENT TO THE GOVERNOR MAKES IT A FELONY TO POSSESS MORE THAN ONE GRAM OF FENTANYL BUT ALLOWS DEFENDANTS TO ASK A JURY TO MAKE IT A MISDEMEANOR BASED ON IF THE DEFENDANT KNEW THERE WAS FENTANYL LACED IN THE SUBSTANCE IN QUESTION.

ERIC THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THERE IS A LOT OF DETAILS AND TWISTS AND TURNS.

I DO NOT PRETEND SO TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THIS.

DID ENOUGH HAPPEN POLITICALLY SO THIS DOES NOT BECOME I THINK WILL BE WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS?

>> AS MANY WAYS THIS ISSUE WAS DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THIS WILL BE A -- THERE IS INTERPARTY DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

YOU HAVE THE REPUBLICANS TO BEAT THE CRIME.

THEY WILL BEAT IT HARD.

THIS COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES REMINDED ME OF A HICKENLOOPER MOVE.

HE ALWAYS FELT THERE WAS NO ISSUE THAT YOU COULDN'T SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE.

THEY TRIED.

THAT MIGHT BE UNFAIR TO OUR FORMER GOVERNOR.

THEY TRIED TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENT HERE.

I'M NOT SURE THEY DID IT IN A WAY THAT IS TERRIBLY MANAGEABLE.

YOU HAVE A HUGE IN THE LAST 24-36 HOURS YOU HAD A HUGE COALITION OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

YOU HAVE THEM COME OUT ASKING FOR A VETO.

HE HASN'T TOTALLY CLOSED THE DOOR ON A SPECIAL SESSION.

HE PUSHED THE DOOR ON THAT ISSUE.

"I JUST THINK, IF YOU ARE" INTERESTED IN EITHER SERIOUS CRACK DOWN ON FENTANYL OR USING THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS CRACK "DOWN AS SUBSTANTIAL LEVERAGE," GET THESE PEOPLE INTO TREATMENT.

YOU HAVE CREATED THROUGH THIS PROVISION THAT IS HARD TO DESCRIBE AS YOU FOUND OUT IN "YOUR QUESTION, DOMINIC."

YOU CREATED THIS HUGE LANE THAT ANY DEFENSE ATTORNEY CAN DRIVE A MAC TRUCK DOWN.

>> I'M LOOKING AT THE PROCESS.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY TO LEAN HERE.

ANY GOOD -- IF I'M WITH WHIPPING CREAM AND YOU WHIPPED IT TO HARD IT IS BUTTER YOU HAVE TO THROW IT OUT.

IS THIS GOOD COMPROMISE?

>> YOU KNOW TO BORROW ON YOUR ANALOGY I THINK IT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE FOR NOW.

WHEN I SAW THIS HAPPENING WITH FENTANYL.

I UNDERSTAND THE TRAGEDY OF PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF THIS SUBSTANCE BEING MIXED WITH OTHER DRUGS.

I THINK TO MYSELF THEY WERE MIXED WITH OTHER DRUGS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE TAKING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IT IS NOT TO SAY IT IS THE "USER'S FAULT, I'M NOT SAYING" THAT.

I STRUGGLED WITH THIS TOPIC BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE AILING SOCIETY WHERE THE LEGISLATURE CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE SOME POSITIVE IMPACT BY THOUGHTFUL LEGISLATION.

THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES TRYING TO SAY I'M THE MOST EXTREME ON THIS ISSUE.

WITHOUT REALLY THINKING THROUGH WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING WITH SO MUCH FOCUS ON JUST ONE DRUG RIGHT NOW.

AND SO I HOPE THERE IS A SPECIAL SESSION.

I THINK YOU MAY NEED SOME TIME TO SETTLE IN TO SEE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH.

YOU ALWAYS GOT A NEXT SESSION TO FIX IT IF IT ISN'T.

>> THIS SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THESE.

THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES LIKE THIS WHERE CITIES ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

"WHILE IT IS A STATE LAW, IT IS" CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS.

DO YOU THINK THEY PROVIDED ANY CLARITY?

DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE OR MORE WORK NEED TO BE DONE?

>> NUANCE IS MY FAVORITE WORD IN 2022.

AS I DO EVERY DAY NOW I SPEND MY TIME LOOKING PAST TO SEE HOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND OUR PRESENT BETTER.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A STORY RECENTLY ABOUT PROHIBITION.

AS I WAS TALKING TO THE AUTHORS "ABOUT IT, THEY WERE FINDING AND" SHOWING ME SOME WAYS THERE ARE PARALLELS IN CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HAVING TODAY.

IF YOU EXPAND THAT FURTHER HOW DO WE DISCUSS THE REGULATION OF DRUGS OR LAWS AROUND DRUGS AT ANY DECADE AND WHAT LESSONS DID WE LEARN?

WHAT THINGS HAVE WE GAINED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE?

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS I THINK THAT IS VERY MUCH UP IN THE AIR WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE HEARING THIS YEAR AND PROBABLY WILL HEAR NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT.

IT IS NOT NECESSARY CLARITY BUT MORE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THIS MOMENT.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IN WE WILL NOT ONLY SEE IN THE 2022 ELECTION WITH THE STATE SEATS.

THIS IS CLEARLY GOING TO LEAD THE HEADLINES.

IT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO MESSAGED WITH HOW IT ENDED UP?

>> THAT WAS MY LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

IN 2019 WHEN THAT BILL WAS PASSED TRYING TO UNDUE FENTANYL WHICH WE WILL SEE AT THE BALLOT BOX.

WITH ALL THE TALK OF FENTANYL YOU THINK WE ALL BE JABBED WITH FENTANYL RATHER THAN A VACCINE OF COVID.

HOW MUCH SPEND MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE DRUG.

I WOULD SAY VERY LITTLE WAS SAID ABOUT EDUCATION WHICH WAS CLEARLY THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT FENTANYL.

THE FIVE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN "COMMERCE CITY, THAT'S WHEN WE" LEARNED THAT COCAINE IS LACED WITH FENTANYL.

WE NEED THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL MORE THAN ALL THE POSTURING WE SAW IN LEGISLATURE AND ALL THE POSTURING WE WILL SEE IN THE NEXT ELECTION.

>> GOOD POINT.

>>> A MESA COUNTY JUDGE RULED THIS WEEK THAT CLERK AND RECORDER TINA PETERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO OVERSEE THE 2022 ELECTION.

PETERS IS CURRENTLY A CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE AND WON THE TOP LINE ON THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT AT THE STATE "ASSEMBLY, RECEIVING OVER 60% OF" THE VOTE.

THERE IS SO MANY WAYS TO GO WITH THIS ONE.

I GUESS WHAT I'M WONDERING IS USUALLY SOMEONE WOULD SEE THIS AS A WAY TO MIRROR OFF A CAMPAIGN.

WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY SHE DID A CAMPAIGN IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT.

THIS IS DIFFERENT.

PERHAPS I'M CRAZY.

YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT IS CRAZY.

I THINK SHE MIGHT ACTUALLY ASPIRE TO THAT.

THIS WAS THE HEAD ELECTED OFFICIAL IN MESA COUNTY WHICH IS NOT A BLUE COUNTY BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.

NOW SHE IS INDICTED.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION.

IDENTITY THEFT.

YOU KNOW ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE A PUBLIC SERVANT.

THERE IS SOMETHING RADICALLY WRONG WITH HER POINT OF VIEW.

YOU KNOW AS YOU SAID IT IS A GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING.

YOU GOT SOMEONE WHO THINKS THE ELECTIONS WERE CORRUPT.

SHE PROVES HER POINT BY BEING CORRUPT AND BEING A CRIMINAL.

SHE JUST CAN'T HELP HERSELF.

"AND, I THINK, I WATCHED DICK ON" TV A FEW WEEKS AGO.

HE WAS MENTIONING THE FACT WE WILL LOSE REPUBLICANS IN COLORADO WHEN WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT SPEAKING TRUTHFULLY ABOUT ANYTHING.

BUT THERE SHE STANDS.

THE LAST TIME I SAW A PICTURE SHE WAS IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT.

>> PERHAPS THIS IS A FUN PRIMARY ANOMALY.

DO YOU THINK IT IS ON THE HORIZON?

>> IS THERE NORMAL IN AMERICA THESE DAYS?

I THINK WE ARE IN A NEW NORMAL IN SO MANY WAYS.

WE TALKED SO MANY TIMES ON THIS TABLE.

THE ATTENTION THAT COMES DOWN THE LEVEL ON THE POLITICAL SPECK -- SPECTRUM.

HAS IMPACTS ON THEY ARE FINANCED.

HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT A CLERK RECORDER.

I KIND OF WANT SOMEONE TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF THE TOP TEN CLERK RECORDERS.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT JOB.

THIS IS A CRITICAL PART OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

I'M SURE THINK HAS BEEN CHARACTERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

>> ARE WE IN FOR A MORE INTERESTING FALL THANKS TO MS. PETERS?

>> SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH EVERYTHING.

SHE WILL PROBABLY WIN THIS PRIMARY.

PEOPLE LIKE HER FEISTINESS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FUN RACES TO WATCH WHEN YOU GOT VERY UNUSUAL PERSONALITIES SHALL WE SAY WHEN YOU THROW IN JENNA GRISWOLD.

WE HAVE WONDERFUL SECRETARIES OF STATE OVER THE YEARS.

WE HAVE HAD A FEW NUTS.

WE HAVE HAD GOOD STRONG PEOPLE WHO HAD FABULOUS REPUTATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PARTLY BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK.

WE ARE STILL CONSIDERED THE GOLD STANDARD.

WE STILL HAVE FAIR ELECTIONS UNLESS YOU ARE IN TINA PETERS AREA.

>> I THINK ABOUT A PICTURE IN OUR HALLWAY HERE AT PBS12 WHERE YOU AND I AND MR. BENNING ARE THERE.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO THE PINNACLE OF CRAZINESS.

IS THIS A PRIMARY STORY OR IS THIS A FALL STORY?

>> WE WILL SEE.

I WILL GO FLIP OF THE COIN.

IT IS BETWEEN TINA PETERS AND PAM ANDERSON.

"AS I SAID ON, I BELIEVE, ON THIS" SHOW FOLLOWING MY SATURDAY SPENT IN COLORADO SPRINGS WHICH I'M STILL IN THERAPY.

"YOU KNOW, THE ODDS ARE MUCH" HIGHER THAN TINA PETERS WILL OCCUPY A JAIL CELL THAN SHE WILL OCCUPY AN OFFICE.

WE BRING SOME OF THESE CHARACTERS BACK.

WE DON'T HAVE CHURCHILL.

WE DON'T HAVE DAN MAYS.

WE DO HAVE TINA PETERS.

IT IS FITTING FOR YOUR LAST SHOW THAT ONE OF THESE GIFTS THAT KEEPS ON GIVING IS THE FINAL TOPIC.

>> SO AS MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW IT IS MY LAST SHOW.

THE SERIES WILL GO ON.

IT IS MY LAST SHOW.

WE WILL GET EARLY TO OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE SHOW DISGRACE OF THE SHOW.

>> XCEL CAN BILL THE EXCESS CHARGES BECAUSE OF THE STORM IN FEBRUARY.

XCEL WHICH IS SUFFERING SO MUCH IS GOING TO KEEP IT ON CONSUMERS WHO ARE SUFFERING.

>> ERIC.

>> I WILL GO BACK TO A DRUM BEATEN OFTEN.

THE DEMOCRATS IN THIS STATE AND THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY WHO OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS HAD A DECISION TO MAKE WHETHER WE WANT TO PICK UP SIZE WITH UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES.

DO WE WANT TO PICK A SIDE AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN THEY HAVE CHOSEN THE TEACHER'S UNION.

THEY JUST PASSED INNOVATION SCHOOLS.

THEY PROVED A POINT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

>> MY FAVORITE OF THE GREATEST HITS ALBUM.

PEN?

>> I'M GOING TO RISK US BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

MOTHER NATURE YOU GOT TO GIVE IT.

"IT IS DRY, IT IS HOT, THE WINDS" ARE BLOWING.

SKI RESORTS ARE CLOSING TWO WEEKS EARLY.

IT WILL BE AN AWFUL SUMMER.

>> NATASHA?

>> I'M GOING TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF OF HIM.

I HAVE WONDERFUL PLANTS.

HOPEFULLY SOME DAY THEY WILL LOOK NICE ALL SUMMER.

>> TIME TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

PATTY?

>> WE HAVE TAKEN A VOTE.

WE CAN'T SAY ANYTHING NICE OTHER THAN YOU DOMINIC.

"I CAN TELL YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN A" PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.

NOT JUST FOR ALL OF US.

YOU MADE US FEEL COMFORTABLE AT THE TABLE.

BUT FOR THIS CITY.

"I HOPE DENVER, COLORADO" APPRECIATE THE TOPICS YOU BROUGHT AROUND THIS STATE.

>> THANK YOU.

VERY KIND.

>> PATTY SAID IT WELL.

IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO BE PART OF THE SHOW WITH YOU.

EVEN BEFORE YOU TOOK THE HOST SHARE YOU WERE INFLUENCE IN DEVELOPING THIS SHOW AND IN MAKING THIS SHOW IT WAS.

A SHOW THAT PUT SEVERAL DISCORD ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.

"WE MIGHT ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER," WE DON'T ARGUE OVER EACH OTHER.

"THE PANELIST, THE FOUR OF US AND" MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO SIT AT THIS TABLE WE OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE.

THE STATIONS AND VIEWERS OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE.

I WORE A GREEN TIE IN HONOR OF NEW BEGINNINGS.

YOU ARE GOING TO ROCK IT.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE YOU WILL GO.

>> THANK YOU.

PEN?

>> DITTO.

WE TALK ABOUT POLITICS A LOT.

I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICE.

OPINIONS TO BE HEARD IN A RESPECTFUL CLEAR FASHION SO YOU CAN FORM YOUR OWN OPINION.

THAT IS WHAT DOMINIC BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE MISSED.

GREAT SUCCESS IN WHATEVER YOU DO.

>> THANK YOU.

NATASHA?

>> THAT IS QUITE THE ROUND UP.

YOU MENTORED SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THIS TABLE.

YOU HELP COLORADO POLITICS BETTER.

FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

TO BE PART IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF THE STATE.

THANK YOU FOR ME BUT I'M SURE EVERY PANELIST WHO SAT AT THAT TABLE.

YOU ARE SO GOOD AT TAKING CARE OF THE PANELIST MAKING SURE WE SHINE IN OUR MOMENTS.

WE CAN BE A LITTLE PRICKLY.

WE HAD TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD SOMETHING TO TAKE CARE OF.

SOMETHING THAT JUST REMIND YOU WHAT IT IS LIKE TO DEAL WITH US EVERY EVERY WEEK.

THANK YOU.

>> PROBABLY THE ONLY HOUSE PLANTS I WON'T BE ABLE TO HURT.

I'M GRATEFUL.

I GET A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

YOU CAN SEE I DESCRIBE MYSELF AS "A VERY, VERY LUCKY PERSON WHEN" YOU HEAR FROM THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

I WANT TO START WITH MY FRIEND NATASHA.

I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HER YEARS AGO THAT THE STATION HAD.

HE BROUGHT UP ALONG HIS COLLEAGUE.

THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PARTNER.

MY FIRST INCLINATION IS NATASHA AVAILABLE ON FRIDAYS?

WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT NATASHA.

THINGS CAN BE BETTER.

I CAN COUNT ON NATASHA TO BE WITH ME.

YOU HAVE ELOQUENTLY CONSIDERED THE OTHER VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE ALL THE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE ISSUES WE TALKED ABOUT WERE CONSIDERED AND I KNOW ALL OF OUR VIEWERS HAVE BEEN APPRECIATIVES ALMOST AS I HAVE WITH YOU BEING HERE.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING NICE BY OUR FRIEND MR. TATE.

YOU WILL TELL ME WE HAD A GOOD FORTUNATE OF GETTING A LAWMAKER MAGNITUDE ON THIS PROGRAM.

I WAS SO LUCKY -- WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THIS.

OUR VIEWERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE WHAT WE HOPE ALL LAWMAKERS TO BECOME SOME DAY.

YOU ARE A MODEL HOW WE CAN STAY TRUE TO OUR VIEWS.

WE CAN ARGUE BUT WALK AWAY AS GOOD PEOPLE.

IF EVEN JUST A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SOCIETY CAN CATCH THAT MODEL WE WOULD LIVE IN A BETTER PLACE.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME HERE.

I'VE OFTEN TOLD PEOPLE WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE ERIC SONDERMANN.

OUR TIME -- MY TIME HERE AT PBS12 HE IS THE SOURCE FOR POLITICAL COVERAGE.

THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME THE ONLY PERSON TO CONTACT WAS ERIC.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO KNOWS POLITICS IN COLORADO.

THEY HAD TO FIND MORE PEOPLE.

YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT HE IS MY WINGMAN.

I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

"IN 2008, I FOUND OUT VERY" QUICKLY I WAS SETTLING GOING TO BE THE HOST ON ELECTION DEBATE SERIES.

I CALLED ERIC TO SAY NEVER HOSTED A DEBATE BEFORE.

WOULD YOU BE AVAILABLE.

HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRIP.

YOU WERE TAKING YOUR DAUGHTER TO COLLEGE.

"HE SAID YES, HOW CAN I HELP?"

ONE OF THE WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIPS ERIC AND I TAKING ON CRAZY DEBATES.

INCLUDING THAT WONDERFUL PHOTO OF HICKENLOOPER AND THOMASSON.

THANK YOU FOR BEING MY WING MAN.

SCARE CROW I THINK I WILL MISS YOU AT ALL.

I HAVE MET THE TWO COOLEST WOMAN.

I MARRIED ONE AND I GET TO HANG OUT WITH PATTY CALHOUN.

PETER BOILS CAME DESCRIBED HER IMPACT.

"SHE IS THE HEART OF ""COLORADO" "INSIDE OUT."""

I'M NOT SURE I CAN QUANTIFY THAT.

I WILL STRUGGLE THROUGH AT SOME POINT.

BUT I CAN SUM IT UP THIS WAY.

"AS I TOLD OUR PRODUCERS, YOU" "KNOW, SEND IT UP TO THE CREW AS" THE PANEL.

THEY MIGHT LIKE IT.

BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME DEBATE.

THAT SHOULD MOVE OR WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE.

I TOLD ELLE THEY MIGHT FIND A CONSENSUS.

IF THEY DON'T FIND OUT WHAT PATTY WANTS.

THAT HAS BEEN THE SECRET OF OUR SUCCESS.

"PATTY, THANK YOU."

ONE LAST THANK YOU IS TO YOU OUR AUDIENCE.

I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU GIVE US THE HONOR TO BE IN YOUR HOMES.

TO SHARE YOUR LIVES WITH US EVERY WEEK.

I LOVE HEARING FROM YOU.

ALL OF THOSE ARE TAKEN TO THE HEART.

I COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL.

TIME IS ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS COMMODITY WE HAVE.

THE FACT YOU SHARE IT WITH US AND WITH ME IS AN HONOR I WILL NOT SOON FORGET.

SO PLEASE KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS APPRECIATED AND MY TIME HERE WITH YOU WATCHING US.

I KNOW HAVE GONE LONG.

I OWE AN APOLOGY.

THEY ARE USED TO THAT AND PROBABLY SAW THIS ONE COMING.

I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS.

LINES FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS.

WE WILL MEET AGAIN.

"I DON'T KNOW WHERE, I DON'T KNOW" WHEN.

WE WILL MEET AGAIN SOME SUNNY DAY.

THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE IN "THIS EPISODE OF ""COLORADO INSIDE" "OUT."""

FROM EVERYBODY HERE AT KDBI "COLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION, PBS" CHANNEL 12 I'M DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

GOOD NIGHT.