
May 6th, 2022
Season 30 Episode 17 | 27m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Topical experts discuss the latest in Colorado Politics
Topics Include: Leaked U.S Supreme Court Draft and its Impact on Colorado Denver City Council Committee Proposes Concealed Carry Ban on All City Properties Passing of Norm Early, Colorado's First Black District Attorney
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May 6th, 2022
Season 30 Episode 17 | 27m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Topics Include: Leaked U.S Supreme Court Draft and its Impact on Colorado Denver City Council Committee Proposes Concealed Carry Ban on All City Properties Passing of Norm Early, Colorado's First Black District Attorney
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship">>> HI, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE" "MAY 6th, 2022 EDITION OF" """COLORADO INSIDE OUT."""
I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
YOU MISSED THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
THIS IS THE SECOND TO LAST SHOW.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE THE SPECIAL GUEST WE WILL HAVE.
I WILL BE NEXT WEEK.
LET'S GET TO THE FIRST TOPIC.
IN THE WAKE OF THE LEAKED U.S. SUPREME COURT DRAFT OPINION THAT POSSIBLY TELEGRAPHS THE "OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE," COLORADO FINDS ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NATIONAL DISCUSSION.
WHILE THE DRAFT IS NOT YET A "RELEASE OF THE FORMAL DECISION," THE POTENTIAL RAMIFICATIONS HAVE SENT SHOCK WAIVES THROUGH THE COUNTRY.
"LAST MONTH, COLORADO LAWMAKERS" PASSED A BILL THAT CODIFIED THE "RIGHT TO ABORTION INTO LAW, AND" AMONG THE ONLY WESTERN STATES TO HAVE DONE SO.
PATTY CALHOUN FROM WESTWORD AS ALWAYS WE START WITH YOU.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME COLORADO HAS BEEN THE TRAIL BLAZER IN THIS ISSUE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS WILL MEAN FOR COLORADO POLITICS THIS YEAR ASSUMING WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AS A DIRECT OPINION IS WHAT WE WILL SEE AS AN ACTUAL OPINION MOVING FORWARD.
>> IT MIGHT MEAN A BIG BOOM IN TOURISM.
WOMEN WHO COULD NOT GET ABORTIONS IN OKLAHOMA OR TEXAS MAY BE COMING HERE.
A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SIGNED IT.
EVERYONE AGREED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WOMEN HAVE A RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.
50 YEARS LATER WE ARE FINDING OUT THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
I'M FASCINATED THE FOCUS ON THE LEAK AS THOUGH THIS CAME OUT THE NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES A MONTH FROM NOW PEOPLE WON'T BE AS UPSET.
IN JOURNALISM PEOPLE DEPEND ON LEAKS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO LEAKED THIS.
BUT THE FACT THAT IS PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED.
"MOST OF THE COUNTRY, 69%-70%" BELIEVE IN CHOICE.
WOMEN HAVE HAD CONTROL OF THEIR BODIES FOR 50 YEARS.
I'M GLAD COLORADO CODIFIED THIS INTO LAW.
NOW I THINK IT IS A GOOD MOVE.
>> YOU WERE ONE OF OUR LEGAL EXPERTS AND PART OF SOMEONE WHO ARGUE IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT.
YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A DRAFTED OPINION.
ARE WE GETTING AHEAD OPINION WISE?
>> THIS IS A DRAFT FIRST OPINION FROM FEBRUARY 10TH.
PRESUMABLY BY NOW IT IS A MUCH REVISED THING.
SEND OUT THE FIRST DRAFT TO THE FELLOW JUSTICES.
MAYBE EVERYONE MAY HAVE SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE IT.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ACT LIKE THAT.
IT NEVER TAKEN PLACE IN ALL OF OUR HISTORY.
IT IS DISTURBING WHOEVER THAT EXTREME PERSON WHO DID THIS IS INSIDE THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING.
WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT PERSON IS DOING TO HARM THE RULE OF LAW.
COLORADOANS VOTED ON ABORTION NINE TIMES.
IN ONE VOTE THEY AMENDED THE CONSTITUTION FOR ABORTION.
IN ANOTHER VOTE THEY ENACTED PATERNAL NOTIFICATION.
NOT PERMISSION.
FOR MINORS SEEKING ABORTIONS.
SEVEN OTHER TIMES THEY VOTED OTHER RESTRICTIONS SOME OF THEM ARE SOME OF THEM SMALL.
THE NEW ABORTION LAWS IS MOSTLY CONSISTENT WITH MOST OF THE VOTERS OF COLORADO HAVE SAID.
THERE ARE TWO EXCEPTIONS.
ONE IS GETTING RID OF PARENTAL NOTIFICATION.
THE LAW ELIMINATED ALL RIGHTS OF THE UNBORN CHILD.
IF YOU INJURY A PARAKEET.
THIS NEW LAW SAYS AN EIGHT MONTH FETUS IS DENIED LEGAL PROTECTION IN COLORADO.
>> WE HAVE HAD A FEW WEEKS HERE.
LEGENDARY REPORTER OF COLORADO POLITICS JOEY IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
MIGHT IT BECOME ONE BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE ISSUE FOR WHAT WE HAVE SEEN TELEGRAPHED.
">> EVERY BEAT DOWN, THEY ARE" LOOKING FOR A SPARK.
"YOU KNOW DEMOCRATS, I DON'T" KNOW.
DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD THEIR WAY ON ABORTION.
PATTY HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
WHAT THIS MEANS IN COLORADO "MEANS MORE ABORTION, NOT LESS."
WESTERN STATES ARE GOING TO COME FOR COLORADO.
COME TO THE SKIING STATE FOR ABORTION.
WE ARE LIVING IN DISGRACE TIMES.
THIS FEELS LIKE A RELIC OF THE PAST AND OF THE TIME.
YOU MIX IN THE CONGRESSIONAL DECENCY HAS NEVER BEEN A CHEAPER COMMODITY.
WE STUNK UP THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND LET'S THROW IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH AS WELL.
ANYONE THAT IS PROUD OF THIS SITUATION WHETHER IT IS THE LEAK OR THE RULING NOBODY HAS CLEAN HANDS.
THERE IS NOT ANYTHING TO BE PROUD OF.
IF YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING TO BE "PROUD OF, THEN IT JUST SPEAKS" HOW FALL YOU HAVE FALLING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE PUT ON THE LOWER THIRD FOR OUR NEXT GUEST.
LEGEND SEEMS TO BE THE APPROPRIATE ONE.
WE WENT TO TALK SHOW HOST PETER IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
YOU HAVE SEEN ISSUES CREATE THEIR OWN MOMENTUM IN COLORADO.
DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BUILD MOMENTUM AS WE HIT CLOSER TO NOVEMBER.
>> THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO BE HERE.
AT THE END WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT.
I SEE IT ALL KINDS OF WAYS.
IT IS SO GOOD TO BE BACK AT THE TABLE.
NUMBER ONE INTERESTING STATE RIGHT THING.
COLORADO SAYS OKAY TO MARIJUANA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
DIFFERENT STATES DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
"RIGHT NOW IN FLORIDA, DON'T SAY" GAY.
THAT WAS THE ARGUMENT -- THE CONCEPTION OF THE COUNTRY.
WHERE WAS THE POWER GOING TO LIE.
>> ULTIMATELY IN THE PEOPLE.
>> THAT WASN'T IN -- HAMILTON ARGUES IT.
THEY ALL ARGUE IT.
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE IT THAT WAY.
I'M LIKE PATTY WAS IT SIGNED.
"I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS NOT GOING" TO HELP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS A DISASTER.
IT IS THE TITANIC.
AND SO THROW THIS IN THERE IS A RUNNING WHY THESE WOMEN VOTED OF DONALD TRUMP HE REMINDED THEM OF THEIR EX-HUSBAND.
LET'S TAKE WHERE WE REALLY DO NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOLKS TO PERHAPS PUSH ACROSS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHICH IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
LET'S CURVE BALL IT.
THE OUTCOME NO MATTER HOW.
DON'T YOU THINK THAT ROBERTS OR SOMEBODY WALKING RIGHT AFTER YOU WITH CELL PHONES IS GOING TO COLLECT EVERYONE'S CELL PHONE.
THAT WAS -- THAT WAS CRIMINAL.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THERE IS NO GOOD ENDING TO IT.
>> A POINT WE WILL BE TACKLING FOR WEEKS TO COME.
WE WILL BE COVERING IT FORWARD.
>> A DENVER CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE WITH SUPPORT FROM "MAYOR MICHAEL HANCOCK, IS" PROPOSING A BAN ON CONCEALED WEAPONS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTIES "INCLUDING GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS," BUILDINGS LEASED TO AND BY THE CITY OF THE PUBLIC PARKS.
THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL MAY 16TH.
"DAVID, YOU ARE A NATIONAL" EXPERT.
THERE IS ALREADY MEDAL DETECTORS.
WHAT IS THE LEGAL BACKING OF LAWS LIKE THIS DENVER CITY COUNCIL PROPOSING?
>> I WROTE AN OPEN LETTER TO THE DENVER CITY COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER TO GIVE THEM COMPLETE INFORMATION.
IT IS ON THE COLORADO WEB SITE.
THE SUPREME COURT IS WORKING ON ITSELF MAJOR CASE EVER ON THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.
IT WILL BE PROVEN FROM CITY COUNCIL TO WAIT FOR THAT DECISION TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH IT.
BASED ON THE EXISTING PRECEDENCE FROM THE LOWER COURT A BAND ON LICENSED CARRY AND GOVERNMENT BUILDING AND A BAND ON LICENSED CARRY IN PARKS IS NOT.
ADULTS WITH CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS IN COLORADO ARE MUCH MORE LAW-ABIDING THAN THE GENERAL ADULT POPULATION.
THE PEOPLE ARE 39 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
THAT ONLY MAKES SENSE BECAUSE OTHER THAN BREAKING OFF THE DO NOT REMOVE TAG FROM MATTRESS CONCEAL CARRY IS EASIEST TO GET AWAY WITH.
"THE HOURS IN DENVER IT TAKES," THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THIS JUST TO GET A CARD FROM THE GOVERNMENT SO THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH SOMETHING THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY ANY WAY.
THIS CRACK DOWN IS NOT ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT IS ABOUT POLITICAL THEATER.
">> JOEY, NOT AN EXPERT OF SECOND" AMENDMENT RULES.
THE IDEA THERE ARE LAWS YOU CAN'T CARRY GUN IN A PARK.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE TO DO SOMETHING.
WE CAN'T DO CARRY A GUN.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAPPEN.
PERHAPS I'M BEING CYNICAL.
>> I SEE THE THREE Ps ALL THE TIME.
IT IS A CITY WITH A MULL ATTITUDE OF PROBLEMS.
I DON'T KNOW.
"YOU KNOW, DAVE IS RIGHT."
IT IS POLITICAL THEATER.
I DON'T KNOW.
THERE WAS A GREAT LINE THE OTHER NIGHT THAT SAID WE ARE DEMOCRATS WE COULDN'T FIND SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH IN A PENCIL FACTORY.
SOMETHING THAT MAKES A LOT OF NOISE BUT GIVES YOU NOTHING.
WHO AM I TO TALK?
"I TELL YOU WHAT, I DON'T KNOW."
THIS IS THE REASON I HAVE HEART ATTACKS IS BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THIS.
"BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVE MADE A GOOD" LIVING AND A FUN LIVING COVERING POLITICS.
THIS IS KIND OF HARD TO TAKE THIS WITH A GUY WITH MOUTHFUL OF POPCORN.
>> I THINK YOU ARE IN A GREAT POSITION TO TALK IN A SHOW LIKE THIS.
THE CITY IS TRYING TO RESPOND TO PREHUGE LEVELS OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> DISARMING A CITIZEN FROM A CRIMINAL WHO COULD BE THERE TO DO SOMETHING WRONG SEEMS OBSCENE.
THIS IS DENVER.
YOU WILL DO SOMETHING HERE TO DISTRACT SOMETHING OVER HERE.
WE HAVE SKYROCKET IN CRIME PROBLEM.
ALL THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS.
ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PROTECT OUR OWN CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS.
WHAT IS THE DENVER CITY COUNCIL GOING TO DO.
BRILLIANT.
DAVID IS RIGHT.
DAVID IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
>> PATTY NOT THE FIRST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT DENVER CITY COUNCIL POLITICS.
>> I THINK WE WILL HAVE ONE BIG DISCUSSION.
THEY POSTPONED IT A WEEK.
"THE ISSUE OF GUNS IN PARKS, I" DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL DIFFERENCE WHY IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL TO BAN THEM IN CITY BUILDING AND NOT IN PARKS.
WE GOT TO SO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR PARKS.
WE HAD A PARK CLOSED OVER A WEEK BECAUSE OF A SHOOTING THERE THAT KILLED A GOOD SAMARITAN.
THE PERSON WHO SHOT HIM DID NOT HAVE A CONCEALED PERMIT.
AN UNLICENSED SECURITY GUARD WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PACKING EITHER.
WE HAVE ISSUES THIS WOULD NOT SOLVE.
WE HAVE ISSUES IN OUR PARKS THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.
>>> COLORADO'S FIRST BLACK "DISTRICT ATTORNEY, NORM EARLY," PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK.
SERVING AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF "DENVER FROM 1983-1993, EARLY WAS" INVOLVED IN MANY HIGH PROFILE CASES.
EARLY RAN FOR MAYOR OF DENVER IN "1991, ENTERING THE RACE AS THE" "FRONT RUNNER, BUT STATE LAWMAKER" WELLINGTON WEBB DEFEATED HIM IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION.
A LEGENDARY PERSON IN DENVER POLITICS.
REALLY RAN THE GAMUT OF SUCCESSES AND FAILURES.
YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE PAST?
>> I CONSIDERED HIM A PERSONAL FRIEND.
I COULD CALL HIM ANY TIME.
HE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE ME SMILE.
HE IS A LEGEND OF HISTORY.
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH POLITICS OR NOT.
YOU CANNOT DENY HE WAS A CONSEQUENTIAL PERSON.
WE ARE LOSING THOSE PEOPLE.
JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER WE LOST DENNIS GALLAGHER.
"AND YOU KNOW, ALL WE CAN DO IS" STAND AND SALUTE AT THE PARADE AS HISTORY GOES BY.
WE LOST ANOTHER GREAT ONE.
>> PETER WE COVERED IN THIS SHOW AND YOUR RADIO SHOW INCLUDING DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
>> I HAD LUNCH WITH A FRIEND.
AFTER THE RICO TRIAL.
"THERE WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS" JUDGE CANE SAT THAT ONE.
THAT WAS A FEDERAL CASE HERE.
NORM HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE MEN -- THREE OF THE FOUR THAT WERE IN THE CAR THAT KILLED HIM.
NORM PASSED ON THE DEATH PENALTY.
WE HAD BIG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU I WANTED TO PROSECUTE.
I WANTED TO PROSECUTE BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO.
NORM WAS A VERY GOOD MAN.
WE WERE CLOSE FRIENDS.
I LIKE WHAT JOE SAID ABOUT HIM.
HE TOOK A PAGE OUT OF THE SCRAPBOOK.
HE LITERALLY DID.
WEBB PUT ON PART OF HIS LOGO.
HE WALKED DENVER.
AND NORM GOT INTO BED WITH THE ELITE.
THE MONEY.
"I WOULD TRY TO SAY, NORM PLEASE" GET AWAY FROM THESE GUYS.
WE HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO LUNCH BY THESE GUYS TO TRY TO PERSUADE THEM.
IT KIND OF CRASHED HIS POLITICAL CAREER.
HE WAS A GOOD MAN.
I'D LIKE WHAT JOE SAID.
GOING TO USE DENNIS GALLAGHER.
I SPOKE AT HIS WAKE.
"THEY ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, WHO IS" LEFT?
">> PATTY, NORM IS PART OF A LOT" OF ISSUES IN COLORADO.
HE IS A PIVOTAL PLAYER.
>> THINK HOW BACK WE HAD JUST HAD DENVER'S FIRST CHI CAN KNOW.
YOU HAD TWO BLACK CANDIDATES.
WEBB DID COME FROM BEHIND.
IT WASN'T NORM WAS WITH THE ELITE HE GOT INVOLVED -- ONE OF THE STRANGEST CHAPTERS.
WE NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
IT WAS UNUSUAL.
HE JUST LOST HIS WAY.
I WOULD SAY HE MOJO ON THAT.
HE WAS A GOOD MAN AND A GOOD DA.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER HIM AS A GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT.
>> PART OF A LOT OF PIVOTAL CASES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT AS WE TALK ABOUT HIS LEGACY?
>> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS HE WAS -- HE BECAME A MENTOR TO YOUNG BLACK LAWYERS.
HE WAS HUGE LEADER FOR CURRENT GENERATION OF COLORADO LAWYERS.
ON THE MAYORAL THING HE WAS THE VICTIM OF THE LONG RUNNING "CURSE, IF THERE WAS AN OPEN SEAT" .
THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO CHRIS WHEN CHRIS WAS THE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.
IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF VIEWERS OUT THERE THINK ABOUT RUNNING THE MAYOR OF DENVER NEXT YEAR BE A TORTOISE NOT A HAIR.
>> PLEASE START US OFF.
>> HOMELAND SECURITY PROBABLY NOT SMART BUT LAUREN BOEBERT JUMPING ON IT.
IF ANYONE KNOWS THAT INFORMATION IS THAT COLORADO CONGRESSWOMEN.
>> DAVID?
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA IS LEADING CONTROL.
HE WON AN AWARD THE FACT ORGANIZATION.
THEY GAVE HIM THE LIE OF THE YEAR.
WHEN HE WAS SAYING IF YOU LIKE YOUR DOCTOR YOU CAN KEEP YOUR DOCTOR.
>> I LIKE THIS ONE.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN.
I'M GOING TO TAKE MADISON MAKE LAUREN BOEBERT LOOK LIKE THE ADULT.
>> I WAS GOING TO THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I BELIEVE JOHN EASTMAN WAS A FUN GUEST OF THE RADIO SHOW.
I BELIEVE THAT THE PROFESSOR NOW TAKEN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT MORE TIMES THAN FRANK CASTELLO.
>> IT IS NOW TIME TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.
>> THE CHICANO MURAL PROJECT RECOGNIZE IN ADDITION OF THESE INCREDIBLE ARTIST AND LONG LEGACY THEY LEFT IN COLORADO.
>> DAVID?
>> I WON'T BE HERE NEXT WEEK BECAUSE OF COMMITMENT.
DOMINIC HAS GIVEN THIS SHOW AND THIS STATION HIS ALL.
LONG BEEN ACCUSTOMED OF PUBLIC TELEVISION BEING BETTER.
HE WILL BE MISSED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF THE DENVER PRESS CLUB ISN'T CLEARING A SPACE ON THE HALL OF FAME THEY WOULD HAVE BURNED DOWN THE BUILDING IN THE FIRE BALL OF SHAME.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
PETER?
">> SPEAKING OF THAT, THE" COLORADO PRESS CLUB IS GOING TO BRING ALLEN BURK.
"THE RADIO HALL OF FAME, THE" RADIO TELEVISION HALL OF FAME.
THEY DECIDED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS THEY WILL BRING IN ALLEN AS WELL.
I'LL SECOND AND THIRD -- WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED.
HE WALKED IN AS AN INTERN.
ME AND MS. CALHOUN WALKED IN.
YOU THINK OF THE LEGACY.
WHAT A TABLE IT WAS.
YOU CAME IN.
HOW OLD WERE YOU?
>> 23.
>> YOU HAVE EXCEEDED.
>> THANK YOU.
I GET TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.
I'M GOING TO START AROUND THE TABLE.
I HAVE HAD THE GREAT HONOR TO WALK IN AS INTERN.
PETER RAISED ME AS A PUP.
I WAS ABLE TO WATCH A MASTER AT WORK WITH PETER WITH THE PEEP SHOW AND THE LIVE SHOW.
WHEN THEY ESTABLISHED COLORADO MEDIA THERE IS A BIG SMILING FACE.
IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME TO BE IN THIS SHOW.
THANK YOU.
I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT OUR FRIEND.
THERE IS A VERY GOOD REASON WE CALL HIM RATINGS GOLD.
EVERYONE LOVES JOEY.
IT IS A GREAT TV SHOW.
"PEOPLE ON THE LEFT, RIGHT, AND" THE MIDDLE THERE IS SOMETHING GOOD THEY WANT FROM JOEY.
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE WITH YOU IN IT.
YOU FACED YOUR FAIR SHARE OF CHALLENGE.
WE ALL LOVE.
JUST KNOW I TALKED TO EVERYONE HERE WANTS MORE TIME WITH JOEY BUNCH IN THIS SHOW.
DAVID IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER KNOWN.
I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THE THREE MOST WELL-READ PEOPLE ARE THREE OF THEM.
BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS AN AUDIENCE THE WORK DAVID DOES BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE WE DELIVER THE BEST PROGRAM TO YOU.
ARE WE COVERING THE RIGHT TOPICS?
WE LIKE TO TEASE HIM.
HE IS THE ONE HE WILL DO HOMEWORK ON THE SHOW.
IF WE ARE COVERING A LAWSUIT HE READS IT.
HE DOESN'T LOOK AT THE HEAD LINES LIKE PATTY AND I DO.
HE WILL READ THE WHOLE THING.
HE WILL PROVIDE THE BEST ANALYST TO YOU.
HE IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE ON THE TABLE.
THERE ARE FOLKS THAT WANT TO DISAGREE WITH HIM EVERY WEEK.
I LOVE ALL OF THAT.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY TIME WITH YOU DAVID.
PATTY IS WITH ME NEXT WEEK.
I HAVE ONE MORE SAY SOMETHING NICE TO A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH ALL ALONG.
IT IS THE CREW OF THIS SHOW.
WE GET TO LOOK GOOD AND SIT DOWN AND SAY FUNNY THINGS AND GREAT ANALYSIS.
THERE IS A CREW THAT WORKS SO HARD THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.
PEOPLE LIKE RAVEN WHO IS IN THE BACK.
"JEFF, KEVIN, MARK, JULIUS, AND" CHAD ALL HAVE MADE THIS SHOW HAPPENED.
I'M GRATEFUL.
ESPECIALLY JULIUS.
I THOUGHT I PUBLICLY ADMIT THAT.
TWO OTHER PEOPLE.
THE PRODUCER OF THIS SHOW.
I'M SO EXCITED THE SHOW TO BE IN HER HANDS.
SHE IS THE PERFECT PERSON TO TAKE IT ON.
"AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE CREW, OUR" OWN -- HE IS CALM IN ANY CRISIS OUR DIRECTOR.
THE REASON IT LOOKS GOOD AROUND HERE IS BECAUSE OF HIM.
HE IS SO GOOD UNDER PRESSURE.
THERE IS SOME OF MY CREW HERE.
HE IS THE GUY YOU WANT HIM IN THE FOX HOLE.
HE KEEPS EVERYTHING RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
THIS GROUP IS AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO TO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS I'M GRATEFUL.
ONE MORE SHOW TO GO.
I WILL BE WITH YOU NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL HAVE MORE SPECIAL GUESTS.
THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS SPECIAL EPISODE FOR """COLORADO INSIDE OUT."""
FOR EVERYONE HERE AT PBS12 I'M "DOMINIC DEZZUTTI, THANK YOU SO" MUCH FOR WATCHING.
GOOD NIGHT.

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