>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

I'M YOUR GUEST HOST KRISTA KAFER.

WE ARE JOINED BY PATTY CALHOUN, DAVID KOPEL, MARIANNE GOODLAND.

THE PARENTS OF CHRISTIAN GLASS RECEIVED $19 MILLION SETTLEMENT.

THEIR SON WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST YEAR BY A CLEAR CREEK DEPUTY.

WILL THIS HANDLE HOW THEY HANDLE SIMILAR INCIDENTS?

>> YOU WOULD HOPE JUST HIS DEATH HAS CHANGED HOW THINGS HAPPENED.

IT WAS SUCH AN EGREGIOUS CASE ABOUT BAD CASES.

CHRISTIAN GLASS LIKED TO DRIVE AND HIKE IN THE MOUNTAINS.

HE CALLED FOR HELP BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING AN EPISODE.

HE WAS LOCKED INSIDE HIS CAR WHEN THEY ARRIVED.

THERE WAS A KNIFE BY HIM BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY STAB SOMEONE THROUGH A LOCKED CAR AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.

WHAT THE CLEAR CREEK PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED WERE NOT PREPARED TO DEAL WITH IT IN SO MANY WAYS YOU COULD HAVE WAITED IT OUT.

SOMEONE GOT TIRED, JUMPED THE GUN AND WOUND UP KILLING THIS KID BECAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY, BECAUSE OF BODY CAMERAS.

IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE FOR THE NEWS TO GET OUT.

THIS WAS THE FASTEST SETTLEMENT WE HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

THERE IS THE AGREEMENT FOR TRAINING, THE AGREEMENT FOR THE APOLOGY AND HIS PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE SO THEY KNOW WHAT RAMIFICATIONS THEIR ACTIONS CAN HAVE.

>> NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE TO HANDLE SWITCHES BUT STILL BE ABLE TO GO AFTER CRIMINALS AND DO THAT SIDE OF THE POLICING, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY?

>> WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO.

WHICH WAS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE GOTTEN THE APPROVAL TO TRY TO GET SOMEBODY TO HELP THEM THIS KIND OF CRISIS RESPONSE.

POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT PSYCHIATRIST AND PSYCHOLOGYIST.

HE GOT HIS CAR STUCK AND CALLED FOR HELP.

BECAUSE OF MENTAL PROBLEMS HE HAPPENED TO BE TERRIFIED OF THE POLICE OFFICERS.

HE CALLED THEM FOR HELP.

EVERYBODY MADE A LOT OF BAD DECISIONS.

IF YOU HAD A -- SOMEBODY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING THEY MAY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO DEESCALATE IT.

IT IS A SMALL COUNTY.

I THINK THEY HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY.

THE SETTLEMENT IT IS NOT UNTIL 2025 THEY UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS FOR RURAL COUNTIES TO HAVE THESE PROFESSIONALS AVAILABLE.

>> IF THE PARENTS HAD NOT RECEIVED THE FOOTAGE FROM THE BODY CAMS THEY WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AND BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS SETTLEMENT.

TELL US ABOUT THE VICTORY FOR TRANSPARENCY.

>> I DO THINK THIS IS A VICTORY FOR TRANSPARENCY.

BUT THIS KIND OF TRANSPARENCY CANNOT BE LIMITED TO THIS ONE SHOOTING.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE PLACE BODY CAMERA FOODAGE THAT SHOWS MISCONDUCT BY POLICE OFFICERS DOESN'T COME OUT FAST ENOUGH IF AT ALL.

I THINK THAT IS A REAL CONCERN THAT POLICE AGENCIES NEED TO LOOK GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THE BODY CAMERAS ARE TURNED ON.

I'M NOT SURE WE ARE SEEING ENOUGH OF THAT.

UNTIL WE GET A BETTER LOOK AT THESE THINGS, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ENOUGH TRANSPARENCY.

>> WE LOOK AT THIS PIECE OF THE REFORMED PUZZLE DO YOU THINK THINGS WILL GET BETTER.

>> I'M STILL SKEPTICAL.

WE NEED TO GO BACK TO LEVEL OF POST TRAINING THAT OFFICERS HAVE TO RECEIVE.

HOW YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF WITH YOU COME INTO CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I JUST THINK THERE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THIS ISSUE.

THANK GOODNESS FOR BODY CAMS, THANK GOODNESS FOR CELL PHONES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD THINK THIS IS ANTIDOTAL.

LOOK AT THE PAYOUTS OF THE DPD.

LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEM SHOOTING INTO CROWDS.

LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH ELIJAH McCLAIN.

I HEAR EVERY SECTOR HAS THE BAD APPLE ARGUMENT.

>> IT IS INTERESTING, SO GOVERNOR JARED POLIS CALLED IT CHRISTIAN GLASS DAY ON WEDNESDAY.

THIS IS A STATEWIDE EFFORT.

CLEAR CREEK IS NOT THE MOON.

YOU WOULD THINK THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A METRO COOPERATION.

THEY COULD GO UP AND PLAY THE WAITING GAME AND HELP HIM DEAL WITH IT.

BUT THE BODY CAMERA ISSUE IS CRITICAL.

ELIJAH McCLAIN THE BODY CAMERAS WENT OFF.

>> WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE BUT NOT QUIET ENOUGH TO DRINK.

THE WEST IS GETTING DRIER AND DRIER.

40 MILLION PEOPLE IN SEVEN STATES DEPEND ON THE COLORADO RIVER.

PRESSURE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS CALLED THE SEVEN STATES TO COME TO AGREEMENT FOR THE LOWER BASIN.

WILL IT BE ENOUGH?

DAVID?

>> IT CUTS WATER CONSUMPTION BY 30% IN THE LOWER COLORADO BASIN.

ARIZONA, NEVADA, AND CALIFORNIA.

MOST OF THAT REDUCTION IS PAID FOR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYING FARMERS NOT TO USE THEIR WATER RIGHTS OR TO USE LESS.

SO THAT CAN'T GO ON FOREVER.

THE FEDERAL DEFICIT SPENDING CAN WANT GO ON FOREVER.

LONG-TERM.

CALIFORNIA HAS TO GET MUCH MORE SERIOUS.

THEY GOT ALL THE WATER RIGHT THERE ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEY NEED TO TAKE THE SALT OUT AND USE IT PLENTIFULLY.

SAN DIEGO ALREADY DOES.

THERE ARE 18,000 PLANTS PROVIDING WATER FOR 300 MILLION PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO THINK WHERE THEY TOOK A LOT OF WATER OUT OF THE -- BEFORE IT GOT TO LAKE POWELL AND DIVERTED IT FOR NATURE AND RECREATION.

AND THIRD WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE IN COLORADO.

WE ARE THE ONLY STATE THAT DOESN'T USE ALL OF THE WATER A LOCATED UNDER THE WATER RIVER COMPACT.

SO MANY DECADES OF FIRE SUPPRESSION, WHEN YOU HAVE DENSITY OF TREES THEY USE A LOT OF WATER.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATEMENT THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION WHICH INCLUDES FOUR STATES INCLUDING COLORADO.

THEY WOULD SUPPORT SENDING IT -- DECIDED THEY WILL NOT BE PLAYERS IN THE SITUATION.

THEY SAID WE HAVE GIVEN UP ALL THE WATER WE HAVE GIVEN UP.

WE HAVE DONE OUR PART.

THAT MEANS THEY ARE GOING TO GET LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION.

THAT MEANS THAT THE HOUR BASIN STATES WILL BE DRIVE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WILL BE APPALLING IT WILL BE ONE MILLION ACRES PER YEAR.

THE COMMISSIONER ISSUED AN EDICT COME UP 3 MILLION ACRE PER YEAR.

IS THAT ENOUGH TO KEEP LAKE POWELL PROVIDING WATER TO THE LOWER BASIN STATES?

WE ARE IN THE 23rd, 24th YEAR OF A DROUGHT.

WE GOT LUCKY THIS YEAR WITH THE SNOW.

THIS YEAR IS SUPPOSED TO GET 2026.

THE PEOPLE I'M TALKING TO SAY SAY NO.

WE WILL BE BACK IN THE SAME BOAT BEFORE THIS TIME RUNS OUT.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE?

>> THEY SAID IN THE WEST WHYS SKI FOR DRINKING.

THE FEDS FINALLY SAID WE HAVE DONE IT YOUR WAY FOR MANY YEARS.

NOW WE ARE TRY IT OUR WAY.

ESPECIALLY WITH IN-DEPTH THAT MARIANNE'S DONE ON THIS ISSUE.

I WAS JUST RECENTLY IN CALIFORNIA.

WHEN YOU ARE HEARING DROUGHT WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING OVER A HORIZON OF NOTHING BY WATER, YEAH, THEY DEFINITELY GET INTO IT.

THAT'S WHAT IT WILL TAKE.

THIS SOLUTION IS A BAND-AID ON TOP OF A BAND-AID.

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE?

>> THE GOLF COURSES ARE GONE FROM ARIZONA.

WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE PEOPLE RATIONING MUCH MORE.

YOU CAN GET RID OF THE LAWNS.

YOU CAN GET RID OF THE GOLF COURSES.

WE ARE IN THE WEST.

WE ARE IN THE DESERT WEST.

IT IS TIME TO START LIVING THAT WAY.

WITH THE GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING IN ARIZONA, IN PARTS OF CALIFORNIA, IN PARTS OF NEVADA.

THE DEMAND IS SO HUGE.

THIS IS JUST LITERALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET WHAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.

YOU LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING LET'S TAKE IT FROM THE MIDWEST.

BUT IMAGINE TRYING TO TRANSPORT ALL THAT WATER OVER HERE.

IT WILL TAKE AN ENTIRE SHIFT ON HOW WE USE OUR RESOURCES.

>> ONE THING TO THINK OF THAT SHIFT.

THE FEDERAL BUREAU DOESN'T OWN THE WATER.

THE WATER RIGHTS BELONG TO THE STATES.

SO THIS REPORTED EDICT THAT MARIANNE MENTIONED I CAN ORDER THE PEOPLE TO GET UP ON SATURDAY AND WATCH CARTOON.

THEY HAVE NO POWER, NO AUTHORITY TO DECIDE THE ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS.

>> THE ONE THING I WOULD LOVE PEOPLE TO REMEMBER.

I HEARD IT THIS REPEATEDLY FROM PEOPLE IN THE COLORADO BASIN MANAGEMENT.

THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT RANGE EVERY TIME YOU OPEN THE TAB HALF OF THAT WATER CAME FROM THE COLORADO RIVER.

IT FALLS UPON EVERYONE TO BE SMARTER ABOUT THEIR WATER USE EVEN IF WE CAN'T GET THE UPPER BASIN STATES TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY.

>> I COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER.

SPEAKING OF NEEDING SOLUTIONS.

THE COLORADO GOP IS HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE.

THEY HAD EMPLOYEES LAST MONTH THAT DIDN'T GET A PAYCHECK.

THE FIRST TIME IN TWO DECADES THAT THE COLORADO REPUBLICAN PARTY DID NOT ISSUE PAYCHECKS BACK WHEN DAVID WILLIAMS WAS CHAIRMAN SOME WONDERED IF IT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE PARTY.

IS MONEY TROUBLE THAT PERHAPS IT IS JUST THAT?

MARIANNE?

>> I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT TIMES AHEAD FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING OVER THE LAST TWO ELECTION CYCLES.

I'M TALKING ABOUT 2020 AND 2022 REPUBLICANS THAT RAISED THE MOST MONEY WERE NOT THE ELECTION DENIERS.

YOU SAW MONEY GOING TOWARDS PEOPLE WERE MORE MODERATE IN THE PARTY.

IT DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH THEM ANYTHING.

I HAVE SEEN SCIENCE IN THE PAST WHEN I READ CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS.

THIS PERTAINS TO THE BIG TICKET DONORS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE BACKING AWAY TO SOME EXTEND BOTH WITH THE LACK OF SUCCESS AND THE PARTY'S DIRECTION.

I THINK THE PARTY NEEDS SOUL SEARCHING.

IT IS NOT WILLING TO ENGAGE IN RIGHT NOW.

THINGS AREN'T GOING TO GET BETTER, THEY WILL GET WORSE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO CHANGE?

>> A VARIETY OF THINGS NEED TO CHANGE.

THEY ARE ON THE BRINK OF IRRELEVANT.

WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THE PARTY OF LINCOLN.

THE PARTY OF LET'S TAKE HOME OUR HARD EARNED MONEY.

LET'S SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS, LET'S HAVE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WHAT USED TO BE A MAINSTREAM MESSAGE.

GOING BACK TO THE ELECTION DENIAL THING.

I CITY TAKE THAT PERSONALLY BECAUSE THAT NARRATIVE RUINED PEOPLE'S LIVES.

TRYING TO LOCALIZE TO COLORADO.

THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS OKAY TO BE CONSERVATIVE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OFF THE RAILS.

UNTIL THE COLORADO GOP THINKS IN THOSE TERMS THEY MAY NOT EVER BECOME RELEVANT AGAIN.

>> DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE PRETTY RADICAL THINGS THAT REPUBLICANS COULD USE IF THEY CAN SIMPLY GET OFF THE TRUMP MESSAGE.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THEM?

>> FIRST OF ALL, DRY UP AND GO AWAY.

THAT'S IS WHAT HAPPENING WITH THE PARTY.

YOU DIDN'T NEED TO FIND OUT PEOPLE WEREN'T GETTING PAYCHECKS TO KNOW THE COLORADO REPUBLICAN PARTY IS IN TROUBLE.

YOU JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE RESULTS FROM THE LAST ELECTION.

IN COLORADO SPRINGS WHICH THE MAYORAL RACE SHOWED THAT COLORADOANS ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO CONSIDER INTERESTING, SMART, USUAL CANDIDATE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE TRADITIONAL PARTY BACKGROUND.

COLORADOANS ARE NOT WILLING TO PUT UP THIS ELECTION DENIAL THAT WE HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS SHE DID NOT DO BETTER RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.

I THINK A REASONABLE CANDIDATE NIGHT HAVE GIVEN JARED A RUN MAYBE NOT FOR ALL HIS MONEY, AT LEAST FOR A RUN FOR HIS MONEY.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES, THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR ELECTION DENIERS.

>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK AND POOR FUND-RAISING WILL NOT HELP.

WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE THE COLORADO GOP?

>> OBVIOUSLY TRUMP AS POLL INDICATES IT IS A 5% DRAG.

POLLS IN COLORADO SHOWED THAT DESANTIS WOULD NOMINEE HE WOULD BE NECK IN NECK WITH BIDEN.

BUT THE COLORADO GOP CREDIT THEY BROUGHT IN A NEW TREASURER WHO FOUND OUT THAT THEIR ACCOUNTING AND OFFICIAL REPORTS FILED EARLIER THIS YEAR HAD BEEN INCORRECT.

SO HE GOT TO THE BOTTOM AND FILED NEW AND ACCURATE REPORTS.

THE PARTY IS GOING TO GET UP OFF THE FLOOR.

>> A LITTLE ACCURACY GOES A LONG, LONG WAY.

SPEAKING OF INACCURATE APPROPRIATION HH 12 COUNTIES REGARDING SENATE BILL 303.

DEMOCRATS HAVE PASSED THE REFERRED MEASURE AT THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

VOTERS WILL DECIDE NEXT ELECTION WHETHER PROP HH WILL CONTINUE.

IT PROVIDES PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR THIS SUIT?

>> I THINK IT STANDS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE.

I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR DAVID'S TAKE ON THIS.

SINGLE SUBJECTS HAS BEEN PRETTY CLEAR.

BUT THE WAY IT TIES BACK TO THE TABOR DISCUSSION.

YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE DON'T READ WHAT IS ON THE BALLOT, SOME SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA.

YOU EMBED IT IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION THAT IS WHAT CAUSES THESE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS.

ONE THING I'VE BEEN WATCHING ON THIS THE OVERALL REACTION TO THE ISSUE.

THE WAY PEOPLE FREAKOUT WHEN THE GOVERNOR DOES SOMETHING LIBERTARIAN.

PEOPLE FREAKOUT THEN TOO.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING WRAP UP TO THIS.

IT IS GOING TO BE -- I'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE WHETHER THIS GETS TO THE VOTERS.

>> IT SEEMS THEY COULD HAVE DONE IT EASIER WAY.

THAT EASIER WAY WOULD HAVE COMPORTED WITH THE SINGLE RULES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> THE EASIER WAY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LONGER WAY WHICH IS WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.

THEY KNEW THEY WANTED THIS COLLUSION COURSE PROPERTY VALUES RISING WITH THE END OF THE GALLAGHER AMENDMENT.

EVERYONE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE TROUBLE.

AND WHEN SOMETHING GOES THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AT THE LAST SECOND, YOU KNOW THEY WILL FORGET TO READ A LINE HERE AND THERE.

INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE THAT HH WAS CLAIMED.

WE GOT THE WRONG LETTERS FIRST OF ALL.

YOU HAVE CONFUSING RULES THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE VOTERS WHO ARE SO CONFUSED ABOUT PROPERTY TAX AND TABOR THAT EVEN IF IT MAKES ALL THE WAY TO NOVEMBER, I THINK IT MIGHT GET THROWN OUT.

IT WILL BE SO HARD TO EXPLAIN TO VOTERS.

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HAVE HIM BACK ON THE STAGE.

>> HE IS.

HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE ASSESSORS RIGHT NOW.

>> DAVID?

>> THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO AMENDED THE CONSTITUTION.

SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THAT THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE HAD -- PUT ON THE BALLOT.

IF YOU HAVE A BALLOT MEASURE THAT RAISES TAXES, RAISES SPENDING, OR RAISES DEBT, THEN AFTER TEN YEARS THOSE RAISES SUNSET.

THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT SAID TEN YEARS.

IT IS ABOUT TEN YEARS ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT THINGS.

THAT IS THREE DIFFERENT MEASURES.

THIS THING I DON'T COUNT HOW MANY.

IT WOULD BE AT LEAST FIVE.

IT GIVES MONEY TO RENTERS.

IT INCREASES STATE GOVERNMENT SPENDING.

IT GRADUALLY ELIMINATES TAX REFUNDS.

>> WHAT ODDS DO YOU GIVE THE SUIT?

>> I DO BELIEVE IT HAS PRETTY GOOD ODDS.

I DID WRITE ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.

IT HAS FOUR DIFFERENT CLAIMS.

IT IS GOING TO GET THE COURT'S ATTENTION.

IT WILL APPROPRIATE MONEY TO A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUND.

THAT IS IN SENATE BILL 303 AS FAR AS PROP HH.

HOW DOES IT FIT UNDER PROPERTY TAXES?

FOR NO OTHER REASON THAT CAN BE THE ONE THE COURT LOOKS AT AND SAYS THAT IS A LITTLE WEIRD.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

AND I WANTED TO BRING UP TO THIS BUSINESS ABOUT PROP HH AND THE NAME OF IT.

I ASKED THE SPONSORS YESTERDAY WHEN THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BILL AND REPRESENTATIVE MIKE WAS CLEAR ABOUT THIS.

THE LEGISLATION SAYS PROP HH SO THAT IS THE WAY IT IS GOING TO BE.

>> OKAY.

>> EVEN IF THE COURTS AREN'T CONFUSED VOTERS, THINKING ABOUT WHAT DOES THE TENANT ISSUE HAVE TO DO WITH PROPERTY TAX ISSUE.

>> THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT RENTERS WILL BE PAYING FOR THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF WITH A PORTION OF THE TABOR REFUND.

IT DOES INCLUDE AN EQUALIZED TABOR REFUND.

THAT IS ONE TIME ONLY EQUALIZE TABOR REFUND.

RENTERS ARE GIVING UP A PORTION TO PAY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

THEY THROUGH IT IN FOR THE CONCERNS OF 40% OF COLORADOS WHO RENT.

IS IT CONSTITUTIONAL?

THAT WILL BE THE COURT'S DECISION.

>> TIME WILL TELL.

IT IS TIME FOR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK AND OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

PATTY?

>> AGAIN LAST SECOND LEGISLATION GOVERNOR POLIS HAS BEEN VETOING SOME BILLS.

ONE OF THEM THAT HE VETOED THIS WEEK WOULD HAVE ALLOWED CASINOS TO LOAN MONEY SO THEY CAN CONTINUE GAMBLING.

I WONDERED EXACTLY WHAT COLORADO IS GETTING OUT OF SPORTS BETTING, THE WATER PLAN THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNDING.

THIS WAS A SMART VETO.

DAVID?

>> 12 COUNTIES FILED A LAWSUIT JOINED THIS LAWSUIT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

CHANNEL 7 HEAD LINE FOR IT AGAINST PLANS TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES.

ONE LITTLE PART OF THE BIGGEST TAX INCREASE IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE.

>> MARIANNE?

>> TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHAME ON YOU GOING HOME OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WHEN WE HAVE A DEBT CEILING CRISIS.

>> PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO DRIVE.

I'M SORRY PEOPLE RUN STOP SIGNS.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO MERGE.

YOU ARE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN THE LEFT LANE AND SOMEONE IS MERGING FOUR LANES OVER AND YOU HAVE TO SLAM ON YOUR BRAKES.

TIGHTEN UP THOSE DRIVING SKILLS.

>> EVEN DOGS ARE DOING IT.

SAY SOMETHING NICE.

>> A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

IT IS NOT JUST THE NUGGETS BUT DU WOMEN'S LACROSSE.

THE GAME WILL BE OVER BY THE TIME THIS HAS AIRED.

>> THE BASKETBALL TEAM MAKING THE FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

THINK ABOUT WHEN THIS FRANCHISED STARTED IN 1967 AS THE DENVER ROCKETS OF THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.

THE GREAT GOOD PLAYERS A DU GRAD AND NATIONAL LEVEL PLAYERS LIKE SPENCER HAYWOOD, RALPH SIMPSON.

>> MARIANNE?

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NUGGETS FOR A PHENOMENAL PLAYOFF SERIES WITH THE LAKERS.

BEST WISHES.

GO GET THEM.

>> THE THING I'M GOING TO JUMP BIG SHOUTOUT FOR CHARLES BARKLEY FOR CALLING IT WHAT IT IS.

THE FACT THAT BE PEOPLE HAVE IGNORING THE DENVER NUGGETS.

NOT CONCENTRATING THAT THE DENVER NUGGETS ARE IN THEIR FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITY ALONG THEY ARE LED BY AN EASTERN EUROPEAN AND A CANADA.

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