>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON FRIDAY, MAY 17TH.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO INTRODUCING YOU TO OUR PANEL THIS WEEK.

WELCOME TO PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTORD.

KRISTA KAFER, COLUMNIST WITH THE DENVER POST.

ERIC ERIC SONDERMAN, COLUMNIST FOR COLORADO POLITICS AND THE DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTES.

EAN THOMAS TAFOYA, COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND FORMER CANDIDATE FOR DENVER MAYOR.

THIS WEEK, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT RELEASED THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY THAT FOUND COLORADO TO BE THE 3rd MOST DANGEROUS STATE IN THE COUNTRY, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF OUR HIGH PROPERTY CRIME RATES.

ON WEDNESDAY, GOVERNOR POLIS SIGNED OFF ON NEW LAWS THAT HE SAYS WILL GO FAR IN MAKING COLORADO SAFER.

AND BE THAT, ON MONDAY, DENVER MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A NEW OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WHICH WILL FOCUS ON COMMUNITY-LED, VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVES.

PATTY?

>> LET'S GO BACKWARDS ON THIS.

THEY ARE BETTER FROM THE LIST THAT YOU GET FROM LAWN SWEEPING USA.

USED TO BE A LOT MORE CREDIBLE ON SOME OF THIS.

IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THIS REPORT.

MAYBE THE THIRD MOST DANGEROUS IN 2022.

THAT'S WHERE THE STATS ARE FROM.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, COLORADO SCORED SO BADLY BECAUSE OF PROPERTY CRIMES.

THE LIST ISN'T THAT ACCURATE.

IT IS INTERESTING THAT GOVERNOR POLIS WHEN HE WAS SIGNING A BUNCH OF BILLS HE WAS SIGNING ABOUT GUNS, ABOUT DRIVER'S ED.

BUT HE DID POSITION IT WE ARE GOING TO BE THE TENTH SAFEST STATE.

THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY IS WHAT CAN BE DONE OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED BUT BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY.

GOOD NEWS FOR SAFETY ON BOTH ENDS AS LONG AS YOU DON'T READ U.S. NEWS.

>> THEY SAID LET'S LOOK AT THESE BILLS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE MINOR.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY.

SIMPLY TWEAKING THE DRIVER ED PROGRAM IS NOT GOING TO MAKE US THE TOP TEN MOST SAFE STATES.

THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS HIRING MORE OFFICERS.

RETURN TO THE BROKEN WINDOWS POLICING.

YOU GET RID OF THE VANDALISM, THE TRASH, THE CAMPS, THE UNRULING TENT CITY.

I THINK WE ARE TURNING TO MORE OF THOSE TRADITIONAL POLICE FORMS.

WE HAVE POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE VISIBLE.

THE PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN SEND FOLKS OUT WHEN SOMEONE IS HAVING A MENTAL ISSUE AND WE DON'T NEED TO GET THE POLICE INVOLVED.

WE HAVE CRIMINALS OF SOUND MIND THEY BELONG IN ONE PLACE.

THAT IS JAIL.

>> WE CLAMPED DOWN WITH CAR THEFTS.

IT HAS IMPROVED.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRESSIVES IN THE LEGISLATURE HAVE DABBLED WITH DECRIMINALIZATION AND BAIL REFORMS.

THAT HAS NOT HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT.

THE BILLS THAT GOVERNOR POLIS SIGNED YESTERDAY STRUCK ME AS A SMALL BALL.

THE OTHER THING, IT WAS NOT PART OF YOUR QUESTION, THE RACE GOING ON AT THE MOMENT FOR DENVER DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

TWO INCREDIBLE ABLED PEOPLE JOHN WALSH AND JOSEPH EITHER ONE WOULD BE A FINE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

IT IS SAD THAT ONE HAS TO LOSE.

THERE ARE DIFFERENCES THAT EMERGE BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO I THINK THAT ONE IS, YOU KNOW OPEN TO THE NEXT SIX WEEK BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION.

THAT WILL PLAY OUT.

>> EAN I LOVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS.

>> I DON'T TAKE ANY GRAIN OF SALT FOR A REPORT SAYING WE ARE THE BEST OR THE WORST.

IT IS UP TO THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE.

RUNNING FOR MAYOR AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY REIMAGINING THE POLICE PUT FORWARD THIS IDEA THAT OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY.

HOW DO WE SHIFT AWAY FOR THE NEED OF PROPERTY CRIME.

I THINK INFLATION AND SO MANY ISSUES PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING.

PROPERTY CRIME IS A SIGN OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING.

I'M NOT TO SAY PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

WHEN YOU CAN'T GET TO WORK THAT IMPACTS YOUR ABILITY TO LIVE DAY-TO-DAY.

THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN LEADERS AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE ADMINISTRATION ITSELF.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO INDEPENDENCE MUCH LIKE THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR WHERE THERE IS A DISCONNECT FROM THE LEADERSHIP THAT ALLOWS THEM TO MAKE MORE DECISIONS.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHERE IT GOES.

THIS IS ONLY 100 RECOMMENDATIONS.

I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF US PROMISED WOULD DO IT THE FIRST DAY.

I'M GLAD IT IS HAPPENING.

>>> ASIDE FROM SIGNING BILLS INTO LAW THIS WEEK, GOVERNOR POLIS RECEIVED SOME NATIONAL ATTENTION WHEN HE BLASTED PRESIDENT BIDEN A PRETTY RARE OCCURRENCE OVER THE ADMINISTRATION'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF TARIFFS ON GOODS MADE IN CHINA.

GOVERNOR POLIS SAYS, THESE TARIFFS WILL BE A MAJOR BLOW TO CLEAN ENERGY, ONE OF HIS PRIORITIES FOR COLORADO.

KRISTA LET'S START WITH YOU.

>> WE KNOW GOVERNOR POLIS TOOK ECONOMIC CLASSES IN PRESTON.

THOSE END UP GOING DOWN TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND I WHEN WE BUY PRODUCTS.

IT DOESN'T HURT OTHER COUNTRIES.

I COMMEND THE GOVERNOR FOR CALLING IT OUT.

I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK TOWARDS HOME WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE WITH REGARD TO ENERGY POLICY.

I WISH THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE IN GETTING A WAIVER FROM THE EPA.

WE WILL SEE A MUCH HIGHER GASOLINE PRICES.

WE WILL SEE HIGHER PRICES BECAUSE OF WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE $138 MILLION FEE ON PRODUCERS.

THEY DON'T HAVE A MONEY TREE IN THE BACK OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR BUSINESS.

THEY PASS THOSE COSTS ON TO US WHEN WE BUY A TANK OF GAS.

LOOK AT WHAT THE MAJORITY IN THE LEGISLATURE DID.

WE REALLY NEED TO PUT NUCLEAR ON THE TABLE.

IT IS THE BEST CARBON FREE WAY TO MAKE A LOT OF ENERGY.

WHILE I APPRECIATE HE HAS CALLED BIDEN ON BAD ECONOMIC POLICY.

I THINK THERE IS PLENTY OF BLAME HERE AT HOME.

HE NEEDS TO CALL THEM OUT AS WELL.

>> ERIC?

>> IN THIS INFLATION TIME IN THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASES THAT COLORADOANS GOT HIT WITH.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO LAYER ON TOP OF THAT A 50%-60% INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE FRONT RANGE.

NOT AS FAR SOUTH AS COLORADO SPRINGS.

I KNOW THAT EPA WHEN THEY FIRST SUGGESTED THIS, YOU KNOW ESTIMATED THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT OF $0.03 A GAL GONE.

EPA ONLY MISSED IT BY A FACTOR OF 20 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

POLIS HAS BEEN ON ALL SIDES OF THIS ISSUE.

RIGHT NOW, HE IS VERY FORCEFUL IN TRYING TO GET EPA TO BACK OFF.

BACK IN 2019 WHERE PREVIOUS GOVERNOR JOHN HICKENLOOPER HAD ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION AROUND OZONE ATTAINMENT AT THE NEW GOVERNOR JARED POLIS PULLED BACK ON THAT EXTENSION REQUEST.

THAT LED US TO A SERIES OF EVENTS.

>> JUNE 1ST IS WHEN WE SHOULD EXPECT THE GAS PRICES TO GO UP.

>> TWO YEARS LATER THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FIRST EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS SIGNED.

WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT GAS AND VEHICLES HAVE GONE BETTER.

SO PUTTING MORE ETHANOL INCREASES THE COST.

IT REQUIRES TRUCK TRAFFIC OR PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE IS ONE IN PARTICULAR OUT IN AURORA CALLED THE MAJELEN TERMINAL.

IT WOULD RESULT IN MORE AIR POLLUTION.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT GOES BACK MANY, MANY YEARS.

IN REGARDS TO THE TARIFF.

I THINK IT WILL MAKE IT CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE TO BUY THEM.

IF YOU ARE ACCESSING SOME MUST BE THAT CAME FROM BIDEN I DON'T THINK THAT WILL MATTER AS MUCH.

I DO WANT TO SAY THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT WHO HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR YEARS TO CREATE THESE SORT OF RESOURCES THEY HAVE BEEN CALL FOR SOLAR PANELS.

>> DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE A BIG HALT BECAUSE OF THESE TARIFFS IN.

>> DO I THINK SO, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

WE ARE SEEING MORE INSENSITIVES THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO ACCESS THAT.

HINDERING THE ABILITY TO MOVE TO CLEAN ENERGY WHICH CLEANS UP OUR AIR ARE INTERRELATED TO EACH OTHER.

I THINK WON'T ENGAGER THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT CAN BE PULLED DOWN BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

>> WE WILL SEE MORE BY AMERICA MANEUVERING.

HE SAID HE WANTS TO RESCHEDULE MARIJUANA.

YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF FLIPS RECENTLY IN POLITICS.

SPEAKING OF THE FLIPS.

WE HAD THE INCREDIBLE MOVE.

EAN CAN TALK MORE TO THIS.

THE COMPROMISES MADE WHEN WE HAD THE BALLOT AT THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHEN YOU HAD PEOPLE COME TO THE TABLE, MAKE AGREEMENTS, HAVE PROPOSED BALLOT MEASURES PULLED OFF SO COLORADO COULD CONTINUE REALING WORKING ON SOLUTIONS TO AIR POLLUTION, TO OIL AND GAS PROBLEMS.

YOU SEE PEOPLE KIND OF PULLING TOGETHER.

WE HAVE SEEN MORE THAN TEN YEARS FROM JARED POLIS ON THIS ISSUE.

WE WILL CONTINUE SEEING THAT.

I DON'T SEE COLORADO GOING NUCLEAR AGAIN IN THE NEXT GENERATION.

>> I HAVE CONCERNS WHAT IT DOES FOR SMALL PRODUCERS.

THE JOBS IMPACTS ACROSS THE STATE OF COLORADO.

WE KNOW SCIENCE IS CALLING FOR US TO SHIFT.

>> OKAY.

>>> WE ARE NOW APPROACHING A MONTH OF WHEN PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS STARTED GATHERING AT THE AURARIA CAMPUS IN DENVER.

AND THE CAMPUS HAS REPORTED CLOSE TO $300,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE BECAUSE OF THE PROTESTERS.

ERIC, THERE WAS A BRIEFING ON THURSDAY WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ARRESTS AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO THEY ARRESTED.

>> I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE FREE SPEECH.

I SUPPORT THAT EVEN WHEN I DISAGREE WITH THE NATURE OF THAT SPEECH.

THAT IS WHEN YOUR COMMITMENT COMES TO LIFE.

IT IS EASY TO SUPPORT FREE SPEECH WHEN YOU AGREE WITH.

THE CHALLENGE IS TO SUPPORT SPEECH YOU DISAGREE WITH.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPEECH AND OTHER FORMS OF CONDUCT.

IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO AN ENCAMPMENT AND ON AND ON AND ON.

I KNOW OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST TO GET A GRIP ON THIS SITUATION.

I DO NOT ENVY WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH.

THE STANDARDS OF THAT SCHOOL, THOSE ADVOCATES WHETHER PALESTINIAN RIGHTS OR WHATEVER ARE WELL WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO BE ADVOCATING BUT DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISRUPT OTHER STUDENTS.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A BALANCE AND LAWS NEED TO BE ENFORCED.

>> I THINK WE HAVE FAILED ACROSS THE GLOBE.

PEOPLE CAN ENTER THE U.S. CAPITOL AND PEOPLE DON'T BE HELD TO THE SAME ACCOUNT.

I HOPE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN HERE THIS RESULTS IN A LESS FREE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE CAMPUS.

FOR THE $300,000 I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FULL BREAK DOWN.

LOSS REVENUE THAT TOOK PLACE ON CAMPUS THAT IS NOT THE MISSION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO I THINK IT COMES DOWN THE MIDDLE.

WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR, WHAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE LOSS OF LIFE.

IT IS TERRIBLE WHAT HAPPENED TO TRIGGER THE WHOLE THING.

THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE CELEBRATING AND LOSE THEIR LIFE IS HORRIFIC.

I HOPE THE STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE BE HARMED.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE LOSE THEIR LIFE.

WE DON'T WANT IT TO ESCALATE.

>> A LOT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY.

>> WHILE SOME OF THE CAMPUS RENTALS ARE FOR FOOD THING AND PARTIES OTHERS ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THOSE ARE BEING CANCELLED.

SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

YOU KNOW THE BAN ON CAMPING DATES BACK TO 2003 WHEN THEY WERE PROTEST THEN.

THEY WORKED THINGS OUT PEACEFULLY.

LET'S HOPE THEY ARE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN PEACEFULLY NOW.

IT IS TRICKY.

IT IS NO COINCIDENCE WE ARE HAVING THE RALLIES FOR THE NUGGETS AND THE AVS.

NOW YOU HAVE FOR GAMES YOU HAVE MARCHES FOR AVS, FOR THE NUGGETS, YOU GOT THEM FROM UNION STATION TO BALL ARENA.

DOWNTOWN LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

IT IS NO ACCIDENT THEY ARE NOT IN THE QUAD.

>> KRISTA.

>> I THINK IT IS TIME TO TAKE AWAY THE ENCAMPMENTS.

I'M SYMPATHETIC WHY THEY ARE PROTESTING.

I'M SYMPATHETIC TO ISRAEL.

THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTECT THEIR BORDERS AND PEOPLE.

TO GO AFTER THOSE WHO MURDERED THEIR CITIZENS.

IT IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE.

WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM DOING IS HUMANIZING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PALESTINIANS.

THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SUFFERING.

WHEN THINGS ARE BROKEN, WHEN THERE IS ANTI-SEMITISM, WHEN THERE IS DAMAGE TO PUBLIC PROPERTY.

ALL OF THAT SIM THINK THAT IS EARNED -- PEACEFUL PROTEST, PEACEFUL RALLY WHEN YOU ARE NOT BREAKING THINGS.

I HOPE THOSE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELI WHO WANT STABILITY IN THE REGION THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMUNICATE THAT IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.

IT IS NOT SAFE AND NOT EFFECTIVE AND IT IS TIME TO SHUT IT DOWN.

>>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION LAWMAKERS VOTED TO FULLY FUND K-12 SCHOOLS.

BUT THIS WEEK, THE STATE'S LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEM, DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAID THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN STATE FUNDING WON'T BE ENOUGH FOR DPS TO GIVE TEACHERS THE COST OF LIVING PAY RAISES.

EAN?

>> WE HAD A CONVERSATION OF THIS LAST TIME.

I STARTED MY CAREER AS AN EDUCATOR.

I LOOK TO THE STATE AND TABOR.

IS THIS INHIBITING TO RAISE OUR RESOURCES TO EDUCATE OUR FUTURE?

I WOULD SAY YES.

I WOULD ASK COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT.

YOU CAN LOOK FOR TAX CREDITS ALL DAY BUT WE NEED TO BE FIND A WAY TO PASS MORE RESOURCES ON.

THIS IS MORE TRUE IN RURAL COLORADO WHERE THE COST OF LIVING IS EQUALLY OUT OF HAND.

THE HOUSING CRISIS EQUALLY AS LARGE.

WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PUT MORE RESOURCES TO THIS.

TEACHERS ARE UNDER VALUED IN OUR SOCIETY.

WE HAVE TO HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET THEM WHAT THEY NEED.

BE ABLE TO GET THEM THE STABILITY TO STAY AND ENRICH LIVES.

I KNOW SO MANY TEACHERS EXITING THE FIELD BECAUSE IT IS CHALLENGING AT THIS MOMENT.

>> THIS IS WHERE WE DIDN'T GET A COMPROMISE.

THE DPS NUMBERS ARE REALLY TRAGIC.

YOU LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING THEY WERE GETTING A SIGNIFICANT COST OF LIVING RAISE.

MAYBE THEY ARE LOOKING AT 2% NOW.

THEY POINT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAS GOTTEN A 10% RAISE.

YOU LOOK AT THE LAYOFFS OF TEACHERS IN DPS.

SO THERE ARE REAL INEQUITIES IN THE DPS.

WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL FALL.

YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE BALLOT BOX WITH PROPERTY TAXES, HOW COLORADO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON FUNDING.

>> KRISTA?

>> I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT A LARGER PICTURE BECAUSE OF THE LOWER BIRTHRATE WE WILL SEE FEWER KIDS.

WE WILL SEE SCHOOLS THAT ARE HALF FILLED.

THERE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS GOING FORWARD.

I'M A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.

I SEE WASTED OPPORTUNITIES.

FUNDING IS A COMPONENT.

I THINK PARENTAL CHOICE IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK CLIPPING DEADWEIGHT IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS IS IMPORTANT.

OUR FUNDING IS ABOUT MIDWAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE STATES IN THE COUNTRY.

I THINK THERE IS SOME BIGGER TRENDS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

I THINK THE ISSUE OF -- OF BEING MORE EFFECTIVE WHETHER IT IS LETTING GO INEFFECTIVE TEACHERS OR MAKING SURE THE CLASSES HAVE FULL NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

MAKING SURE PARENTS COME ALONGSIDE TEACHERS AND KIDS BEHAVE.

IT IS A COMPLEX SITUATION.

>> ERIC?

>> DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACES SOME TOUGH CHALLENGES.

AS OTHERS HAVE POINTED OUT IT IS TOP HEAVY.

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

THEY NEED TO CUT PEOPLE AT TOP AND MIDDLE LEVEL.

SECONDLY THEY NEED TO CLOSE SOME SCHOOLS.

THE POPULATION OF DPS EVEN WITH THE MIGRANT INFLUX IS LESS THAN IT WAS AT IT PEAK.

CLOSING SCHOOLS IS TOUGH.

NO ONE SUGGESTS IT IS EASY.

YOU HAVE TO RIGHT SIZE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE DONE GOOD REPORTING ON THIS.

IT IS NOT THAT DENVER TEACHERS HAVE NOT RECEIVED SOME SIGNIFICANT RAISES.

THE AVERAGE DENVER TEACHER IS MAKING 47% MORE THAN THEY DID IN 2018.

THAT IS 6 YEARS AGO.

IN THE LAST YEAR 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR DENVER TEACHERS RECEIVED 15.5% RAISE OVER THE COURSE OF THAT YEAR.

IN TERMS OF WHAT IS ON THE TABLE NOW, THE DISTRICT PROPOSED A 5.2% RAISE PLUS A $1,000.01 TIME STIPEND FOR EVERY TEACHER.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BUT NOT A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE.

DENVER TEACHERS ARE BETTER PAID THAN THEY WERE SOMETIME AGO.

>> OKAY.

NOW IT IS THE TIME WHERE WE GO DOWN THE LINE AND TALK ABOUT HIGHS AND LOWS.

WE WILL START WITH DISAPPOINTS.

>> SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THE COLORADO REPUBLICAN PARTY I FEEL LIKE I MUST.

WHAT A SHOCK THAT DAVE WILLIAMS PARTY HAS ENDORSED DAVE WILLIAMS.

>> YOU STOLE MINE.

THE ABSOLUTE WORST POSSIBLE PICKS IN THE FOURTH, THE THIRD, THE EIGHTH, AND THE FIFTH.

THERE ARE SOME GOOD CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT SHOULD WIN THAT DESERVE TO WIN.

I WOULD GO SO FAR IT IS -- THAT VOTERS IN THOSE DISTRICTS WOULD DO BETTER TO HAVE DEMOCRATS FOR TWO YEARS AND HAVE SERIOUS PEOPLE RETURN FROM THEIR REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 2026.

>> A LITTLE OVER A MONTH BEFORE THE PRIMARY.

>> I'VE BEEN GONE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.

YOU KNOW THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO THEY ARE A BACK STORY HERE.

IT SHOULD COME OUT AT SOME POINT.

THE WAY THEY TREATED A RENOWNED SCHOLAR THERE.

THE FOUNDER OF THE CENTER OF THE AMERICAN WEST.

THERE WAS SEPARATION WITH PATTY.

UNIVERSITIES HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.

THERE SHOULD BE MORE TRANSPARENCY.

YOU NEED TO GIVE THIS WOMAN THE ACCESS TO HER LIFE'S WORK.

THEY ARE WITH HOLDING PAPERS AND FIRES AND THE ABILITY FOR HER TO ACCESS THE CAREER THAT SHE BUILT FOR HERSELF AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE PRODUCED.

>> EAN?

>> NOT ONLY CHALLENGED THE WATER PERMIT WHERE THEY GOT CAUGHT DUMPING TOXICING INTO THE WATER.

THEY WERE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE REPUBLICANS TO FILIBUSTER ALL THE BILLS TO BLOCK 1338.

INCLUDES A REFINERY REGULATION.

IT WAS A SHOCKER.

PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER.

INDUSTRY PARTNERS WERE SAYING WHAT WERE YOU DOING.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING POSITIVE.

>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF FREE SPEECH.

A CHAMPION OF FREE SPEECH IS BEING HONORED.

THERE IS A NEW BOOK OF ESSAYS IN HONOR OF JOY LONG TIME MANAGER.

GO 3:00.

>> WHAT DAY?

>> SATURDAY.

>> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVING IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THEY DID GOOD WORK THIS LAST SESSION.

THEY OPPOSED SOME BAD STUFF.

I THINK THEY ARE THE COME OPPOSITE OF THE CRAZY STATE PARTY.

THESE ARE SERIOUS MEN AND WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

>> A SHOUTOUT TO URBAN PEAK WHICH IS A SERVICE AGENCY LOCALLY.

PROVIDING HOUSING AND SERVICES PARTICULARLY FOR HOMELESS YOUTH AND THOSE -- THEY ARE OPENING A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW WHAT THEY CALL THE MOTHER SHIP.

THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN A BUREAUCRATIC CITY HALL MESS IN TERMS OF THE PREVAILING WAGE AND WHICH PREVAILING WAGE SHOULD PAY.

I WON'T GET INTO THE SIDE BAR WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE PREVAILING WAGES OR THE MARKETPLACE TAKE CARE OF THIS.

COME UP WITH EXTRA $2 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE CITY RULING THEY WERE PAYING INAPPROPRIATE PREVAILING WAGE.

THERE IS A BETTER SOLUTION.

>> I WANT TO SHOUT OUT ON THE DPS BOND.

IT WILL COME OUT ON THE 28th.

ON SATURDAY ARE FOUR OF MY RELATIVES BIRTHDAYS.

ALL ON THE SAME DAY.

>> A GOOD WEEKEND.

MY POSITIVE IS PROOF BEFORE ALL OF US HERE IN COLORADO YOU ARE NEVER REALLY STUCK.

WILL IS OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMEBACK.

WE SEE THAT WITH NUGGETS AND AVS.

EVEN THE ROCKIES WHO GOT ON A WINNING STREAK.

WHO KNOWS HOW THE REST OF OUR TEAM SEASON WILL PLAY OUT?

IT IS NICE TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS RESILIENCY, GRIT, AND DETERMINATION.

THANK YOU PANEL FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYONE IN YOUR FAMILY.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AT HOME.

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