>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO THE COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH.

LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU THIS WEEK'S INSIDER PANEL.

PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTORD.

PENFIELD TATE, DENVER ATTORNEY AND COMMUNITY LEADER WHO SERVED IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE.

AMBER McREYNOLDS, NATIONAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION EXPERT AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.

SEAN WALSH, PUBLIC-AFFAIRS PROFESSIONAL WITH SEAN WALSH CONSULTING.

THIS ENTIRE ELECTION YEAR, WE'VE BEEN PROJECTING FORWARD ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT AND WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT TO GET TO THIS WEEK AS WELL.

BUT FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START THIS SHOW, ON THIS DAY, NOVEMBER, 29th BY LOOKING BACK AT 160 YEARS AGO WHICH WAS OUR FIRST DEADLIEST DAY BECAUSE OF THE SANDY CREEK MASSACRE.

675 COLORADO VOLUNTEERS SOLDIERS WITH THE U.S. ARMY ATTACKS CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHOE PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO AND 230 WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE KILLED.

THIS IS TOUGH COLORADO HISTORY BUT IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, AND IT'S A LESSON INTO THE IMPACT OF NOT UNDERSTANDING ONE ANOTHER, PREJUDICE AND FEAR.

PATTY, I WILL START WITH YOU.

>> THERE WERE NATIVES LIVING THERE.

ARAPAHOE AND CHEYENNE.

THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE ARMY.

THEY HAD A WHITE FLAG FLYING.

THEY HAD BEEN MOCKED.

THEY HAD NOT SEEN BATTLE.

BASICALLY TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR JOHN EVANS GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO MASSACRE THESE PEOPLE.

THEY RAIDED THIS PEACEFUL CAMP ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 29th.

ENDED UP KILLING WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND ELDERLY.

THEY PARADED PARTS OF THE BODIES.

KIDS ARE NEVER LEARNING ABOUT IN SCHOOL.

WHAT HAD BEEN DONE.

TEN YEARS AGO HICKENLOOPER WHO HAS BEEN GOVERNOR OF COLORADO HAD A SAND CREEK COMMISSION.

HE ASKED THEM IF HE SHOULD APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF THE STATE.

HE DID.

IT WAS A MOVING TIME.

HE WILL TALK HOW HE TALKED TO RICHARD LAMB.

THE MOST POWERFUL WORDS WE CAN SAY ARE I'M SORRY, AND YOU SHOULD DO IT.

TEN YEARS AGO COLORADO DID STAND UP.

STILL WORK TO DO BUT IT WAS AN AMAZING MOMENT.

>> I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SEE THE EXHIBIT.

WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE EXHIBIT WHEN COLORADO CURATED IT PARTS OF THE EXHIBIT ARE WITH THE NATIVE LANGUAGE AND TONGUE.

THEY CONTRIBUTED ARTIFACTS TO THE EXHIBIT.

ABOUT THE MASSACRE, ITSELF THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS AS COLORADOANS AND AS AMERICANS WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

WHEN THE MASSACRE OCCURRED A LOT WEREN'T THERE.

THEY WERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BECAUSE THEY SIGNED A PEACE TREATY AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES WERE GOING TO CO-EXIST.

PART OF THIS WHO REFUSED TO ENGAGE AND REFUSED TO MURDER THESE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND WROTE LETTERS TO THEIR COMMANDERS SAYING THEIR SUPERIORS SHOULD BE REPRIMANDED AND PUNISHED BECAUSE THIS WAS MURDER.

ONE WAS MURDERED ON THE STREETS IN DOWNTOWN DENVER FOR NOT ENGAGING IN THE MASSACRE.

>> REFLECTING ON OUR HISTORY SO WE CAN BUILD BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER BUT BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITY FOR ALL COLORADOANS AND LEARN FROM THE DEVASTATION OF THE PAST AND THE DEVASTATION THAT COMES WITH POWER AND AGGRESSION AND POLITICS.

I THINK THIS DEMONSTRATES YET AGAIN WHO GETS HURT.

IT ISN'T NECESSARILY THE LEADERS WITHIN THE MILITARY BUT IT WAS WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE OF THE POLITICS AND AGGRESSION OF THE DAY.

>> JOHN?

>> THERE IS TWO HISTORIES ABOUT THE SAND CREEK MASSACRE.

THERE IS A MORE RECENT HISTORY.

150 YEARS LATER HOW THE MASSACRE HAS BEEN WHAT HAS COMMEMORATED.

IT IS IN THE SECOND PERIOD OF COMMEMORATION HOW IT WAS DEPICTED BY HISTORY COLORADO.

A TIP OF OUR HAT TO PATTY CALHOUN WHO WROTE AN ARTICLE IN 2013 THAT REALLY PRECIPITATED AND BROUGHT TO LIGHT SOME OF THE LACK OF COLLABORATION THE HISTORY OF MUSEUM HAD WITH THE DRIVES AND THE SHORTCOMINGS WITH THE CONTRIBUTE.

TWO MONTHS AFTER PATTY'S ARTICLE THE EXHIBIT WAS CLOSED.

THE YEAR AFTER THAT THE GOVERNOR APOLOGIZED.

IN THAT MIX, THE CEO AND COO WERE NO LONGER WITH THE MUSEUM.

THERE WAS A NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE APPOINTED.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN BUT MANY YEARS LATER.

FINALLY AN EXHIBIT THAT DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE INPUT FROM THE TRIBES IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

IT HAS ADDED AND ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING THAT EVENT.

>> SOUNDS CORRECT.

HISTORY COLORADO GOT IT WRONG TELLING THE STORY THE FIRST TIME.

I THINK IT TAUGHT MANY OF US A LESSON SOMETIMES IF YOU WANT TO TELL A STORY YOU HAVE TO TELL THE PEOPLE IMPACTED WHO WERE LIVING THE STORY PARTICIPATE IN IT.

>> WHEN HISTORY COLORADO OPENED WAS LIKE DISNEY GOES TO A MASSACRE.

THEY WERE TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE.

IT WAS NOISE AND RE-ENACTMENT AND ALMOST CARTOON-LIKE.

SO GO SEE IT THIS WEEKEND.

THANK YOU.

>>> COMMUNITIES ACROSS COLORADO ARE ALL DECKED OUT IN HOLIDAY LIGHTS AND TONIGHT, THE SWITCH WAS FLIPPED AT DENVER'S CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING WITH THE ANNUAL LIGHT THE LIGHTS.

BUT THERE'S BEEN A WIDER SPOTLIGHT ON DENVER OVER THE LAST WEEK.

AFTER MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON SAID HE WOULD MOBILIZE THE DENVER POLICE TO FACE OFF WITH NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IF PRESIDENT-ELECTION TRUMP'S PLAN FOR MASS DEPORTATION BEGINS WHEN HE TAKES OFFICE.

HE WALKED BACK AND BACK BUT STILL HE'S GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

>> YOU KNOW, IT IS.

I WISH -- I'M GLAD HE WALKED BACK HIS INITIAL COMMENTS.

HE WENT A LITTLE TOO FAR.

BUT I THINK HE MAKES A GOOD POINT.

WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS, PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP MADE A BIG DEAL WHEN HIS SUPREME COURT DID WAS PUT THE DECISION ON CHOICE BACK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE STATES WHERE IT BELONGS.

NOW THAT HE HAS A DIFFERENT POLICY HE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT.

HE IS SAYING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, YOU DON'T HAVE A SAY IN THIS.

WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.

IF YOU DON'T COMPLY WE WILL ARREST YOUR LEADERS, PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL, AND PUNISH YOU.

I THINK MAJOR JOHNSTON WAS RIGHT THIS IS DENVER.

WE GET TO DECIDE HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING SOME OF THESE THINGS.

WE GET TO DECIDE HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE STATE.

YOU DON'T GET TO SEND THE U.S. MILITARY HERE.

YOU DON'T GET TO DEMAND HOW TO MANAGE OUR OWN CITY.

>> THE VOTERS ARE KIND OF TIRED OF THE POLITICS THAT PLAY OUT ON TWITTER WITH SOUND BITES IN THIS SORT OF AGGRESSIVE BACK AND FORTH.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THE KIDS IN SCHOOLS THE FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE WHEN THERE IS A POLITICAL FIGHT GOING ON.

I HOPE THEY ARE THOUGHTFUL HOW THEY APPROACH THE NEXT MONTHS AHEAD AND YEARS AHEAD TO MAKE SURE THAT CITIZENS AND CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITIES IN COLORADO ARE PRIORITIZED AS OPPOSED TO SOUND BITES, FUND-RAISING AND FIGHTS IN THE POLITICAL DOMAIN.

THEY HAVE EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERNED AND FRUSTRATION WITH THE POLITICS THAT HAVE BEEN SPINNING IN THIS COUNTRY ON VARIOUS PLATFORMS.

>> NOW WE CONTINUE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE NEWS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

>> SO MANY ANGLES ON THIS TOPIC.

TO THE SUGGESTION THAT HAS BEEN FLOATING ABOUT REMOVING THE MAYOR FROM OFFICE.

THE ONLY WAY BY DOING THAT A RECALL.

IT NEVER WENT TO THE BALLOT.

THE EFFORT FAILED.

I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE, INEFFECTIVE WAY OF BRINGING THE MAYOR TO INITIATE A RECALL EFFORT.

HE IS IN HIS ELEMENT CAMPAIGNING.

I THINK AN EFFECTIVE INDICTMENT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THEY DID.

SOME KIND OF PATTERN OF ABUSE.

NOT SOMETHING THEY SAID THEY DO.

I THINK FOR ALL THE FOX VIEWERS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

YOU MIGHT GET A PROGRESSIVE WHO IS MORE WILLING GO TOE TO TOE WITH THE PRESIDENT.

>> PATTY?

>> THE BIGGEST THING WAS A LITTLE OVER THE TOP.

THAT WOULD BE LINING ALONG THE BORDER.

THE FACT HE WANTS TO SAY WE ARE A HOME CITY.

WE WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.

YOU HAVE NO POSSESSION TO HAVE THE FEDS COME IN ON U.S.

SOIL TO FIGHT CITIZENS.

A LOT OF THE MIGRANTS ARE HERE LEGALLY WITH AN ASYLUM.

WE HAVE NO INDICATION HOW OPERATION AURORA WOULD WORK.

WOULD PEOPLE -- WOULD THEY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT.

UNTIL WE LEARN SOMETHING MORE ABOUT WILL THERE BE MASS DEPORTATION?

WILL THERE BE ANY LEGALITY, WE WILL HEAR THESE CRAZY NEWS BITES.

>> IT IS LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ARE ON TWITTER SAYING HE SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF OFFICE.

ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

>>> AS WE CLOSE OUT THIS MONTH, LET'S TALK ONE LAST LOOK AT WHAT TRANSPIRED ON NOVEMBER 5TH WITH A LOOK AT SOME POST-ELECTION ANALYSIS.

NOT ABOUT THE RACES PER SE, BUT WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE VOTERS.

AMBER, I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

>> MORE THAN A THIRD OF VOTERS A LITTLE MORE THAN 80 MILLION PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE IN 2024.

THAT IS THE STAT THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TO COME OUT OF AN ELECTION.

THAT IS MORE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

IT HAS GROWN EVEN MORE FROM 2020.

IT HAS BEEN GROWING OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

WHEN YOU LIKE AT PRIMARY TURNOUT WHICH HAS A RELATIONSHIP TO THE GENERAL ELECTION.

ONLY 25% OF COLORADOANS VOTED IN THE PRIMARY IN ABOUT 80% OR SO.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TURN OUT A LOT HAS TO DO WITH LACK OF COMPETITION.

IT CAN RELATE TO WE DIDN'T HAVE SENATE SEAT.

I THINK IT DOES HAVE AND IMPACT.

IT WILL BE GREAT TO CONSIDER MAXIMUM WORD COUNTS FOR THE FUTURE.

>> IN TERMS WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR 2025.

THE DEMOCRAT FINGER POINTING IT WILL STOP AT SOME POINT.

IT HAS TO.

WE WILL BE HEADING INTO A CYCLE CITY COUNCIL IS VOTING, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE VOTING.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST CYCLE, THE FIRST ODD YEAR CYCLE PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES ON SCHOOL BOARDS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND ON CITY COUNCILS IN AURORA OR LITTLETON WERE ELECTED IN THE NEXT CYCLE.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

IF HISTORY IS ANY GUIDE, 2025 SHOULD BE A YEAR FOR PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES.

>> ARE YOU STARTING TO HEAR ANY CAMPAIGNS?

>> A LITTLE TOO EARLY.

STILL TOO MUCH FINGER POINTING.

>> FINGER POINTING WHICH I THINK WE CAN SAY WE WILL NOT PAY ATTENTION TO NEXT TIME.

I THINK RTD WOULD SQUEAK BY.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD GET THE ENDORSEMENT IT DID.

BUT SINCE CHRIS IS NOT HERE I LOVE THE INITIATIVE PROCESS.

I LOVE IT THAT CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT THEIR LEGISLATURE IS DOING CAN PUSH TO DO THINGS ON THE BALLOT.

I LOVE THAT YOU SAW PEOPLE REALLY PICK.

THEY WERE ABLE TO ANALYZE ON THOSE INITIATIVES ON THAT LONG BALLOT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO DECIDE WHICH MADE SENSE AND WHICH DIDN'T AND VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

YOU SAW PROBABLY A SPLIT DECISIONS ON SOME OF THOSE.

IT WAS A GREAT CITIZEN OUTCOME FOR ALL THE BALLOT MEASURES.

>> YOU THINK IT IS TOO MUCH AND OVERWHELM CITIZENS.

>> I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS TO WEIGH IN ON THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS.

I THINK WE COULD SHORTEN THE QUESTIONS AND MAKE THEM EASIER TO READ.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GOT OUT SINGLE SUBJECT ISSUE.

YOU HAD THE PRIMARY CHANGE AND THE RANK VOICE CHANGE.

IT WAS LONG.

IT WAS CONFUSING.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF THIS SPEAKS TO A NEED SOME HOW TO FIGURE BIG PICTURE CHANGE.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT 80 PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE.

MORE THAN EITHER PRESIDENTIAL GOT.

WHAT THAT TELLS YOU IS THE LEVEL I'M FED UP AND I HAD IT.

PEOPLE ARE JUST OPTING OUT OF HAVING A VOICE IN THEIR OWN FUTURES.

PEOPLE TEND TO OPT OUT OF THE PROCESS IN LARGE MEASURES.

I THINK THAT IS THE DANGEROUS ABOUT DEMOCRACY.

IT CAN BE SLOPPY.

IT IS IMPORTANT.

WE NEED IT BUT IT CAN BE SLOPPY.

WE NEED TO CLEAN PART OF THE MESS.

PEOPLE ARE EXPRESSING WHAT THEIR COMMUNITY TO BE.

THEY WANT TRANSIT TO WORK.

I HAVE BEEN A BIG CRITIC TO RTD WHEN I SAY IT IS THE MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.

PEOPLE WANT IT TO WORK.

WHICH IS WHY THEY PASS THEIR BALLOT MEASURE.

AND SO, I HOPE ELECTED AND OY POINTED OFFICIALS UNDERSTAND WHEN PEOPLE VOTE AND APPROVE THINGS THEY ARE SAYING GET YOUR ACTS TOGETHER.

LET'S MAKE SOCIETY WORK.

>> AND I WOULD ADD ON, WHAT PEN JUST BROUGHT UP IT IS DISENGAGING A LOT OF PORTIONS.

COLORADO WE HAVE GREAT VOTER ACCESS LAWS.

IT IS EASY TO PARTICIPATE.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN A LOT OF STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WHEN YOU SEE STATES 50% WHILE WE HAVE 80%.

THAT IS THE SYSTEM.

ITS POLICIES.

I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE -- OR TWO OF THE ISSUES WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IS THE FACT WE HAVE VERY FEW PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECTION THAT DECIDES 80% OF THE SEATS.

ONE AND FOUR VOTERS DECIDED 80% THIS YEAR.

WE GOT TO GET THAT BETTER.

>>> COLORADO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAD TIME AWAY FROM SCHOOL THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THANKSGIVING.

IT WAS A GOOD BREATHER AMIDST DAUNTING TIMES AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO CLOSE SCHOOLS IN DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IN MESA COUNTY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY IS CONSIDERING CLOSURES AS WELL BECAUSE OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

WHICH IS ALSO AND ISSUE NOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER WHERE THE BUDGET IS BEING MADE TIGHTER.

THERE'S ALSO THE CONCERN ABOUT WHAT FUNDING WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE STATE BUDGET IN 2025 AND WHAT WILL THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LOOK LIKE IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.

THERE IS A LOT INVOLVING EDUCATION RIGHT NOW AND A LOT OF CHALLENGES.

>> DECLINING ENROLLMENT IS A THING.

IT IS NOT AN A NORMALLY.

IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE.

IT IS SO STRANGE FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

WE WERE ONLY GOING IN ONE DIRECTION.

NOW THINGS ARE LEVELLING OFF.

K-12 STUDENTS ENROLLED THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AND THERE IS SO MANY FACTORS.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING -- COLORADO IS GETTING OLDER.

THAT SLICE OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC WILL DOUBLE IN THE NEXT YEARS.

PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES THAN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS DID.

A LOT OF PARENTS ARE OPTING HOME SCHOOLING OR ONLINE LEARNING.

FEWER PEOPLE ARE HAVING KIDS.

FEWER FAMILIES ARE MOVING INTO COLORADO.

THERE ARE SO MANY DROWN STREAM.

THE COST OF HOUSING, GASOLINE, INSURANCE.

WE ARE IN A TREND HERE.

THERE ARE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS.

IT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE.

100 KIDS A FALL OFF OF 100 STUDENTS THAT IS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A DISTRICT.

THAT IS IMPACTFUL.

AS FAR AS THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR THE PARENTS IT IS AN EMOTIONAL ONE.

IT IS A TRAUMATIC THING.

>> YOU DO WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAD THEY HAD THE CLOSURE DISCUSSION BEFORE THE ELECTION.

THEY WAITED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION GIVING THE FAMILIES TWO WEEKS TO DEAL WITH IT WHICH SEEMED CHICKEN TO ME.

IT IS REALLY HARD FOR THESE FAMILIES AND KIDS.

WE DID AN INTERESTING STORY.

SHE IS SAYING IT IS NOT BIRTHRATE IS DOWN AND THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE AS NOT MANY KIDS.

NEXT IT WILL BE HIGH SCHOOLS.

THEN YOU GO TO WORKFORCE IS SMALLER.

YOU DON'T HAVE THESE KIDS GROWING UP INTO THE WORKFORCE.

COLORADO HAS 1.5 JOBS FOR EVERY SINGLE JOB APPLICANT.

IT IS A PROBLEM GOING FROM A BIG BOOM STATE TO MAYBE ONE THAT IS GETTING BUSTED.

>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE BIG PICTURE THINGS WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.

EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE IS THE BEST WAY TO SUSTAIN YOUR SOCIETY.

WE GOT SOME ISSUES THERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO FACE WE GOT DECLINING BIRTHRATES IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS STATE.

THERE ARE FEWER LITTLE KIDS GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

THERE WILL BE A RIPPLE EFFECT.

THE ATTENDANCE IS DOWN 10% OVER 14 YEARS IT IS DOWN 40% IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.

AS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MARRYING LATER, THE SCHOOL AGE POPULATION IS SHRINKING.

WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT A NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT KIDS ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE FUND BASED ON SEATS IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE HERE DOCUMENTED OR NOT, IF YOU ARE IN THE CLASSROOM YOU COUNT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL.

>> I HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

THEY ARE AT DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

I WOULD JUST ADD THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK THROUGH WHAT IS THE STRATEGY LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD AND WHY BIRTHRATES ARE GOING DOWN.

THERE IS DYNAMICS CHANGING.

I WILL CONTENT THE SCHEDULE OF THE SCHOOL DAY WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR WORKING PARENTS.

PICKING KIDS UP AT 3:15 OR 4:00.

THAT IS COUNTER PRODUCTIVE WHAT A WORKDAY LOOKS LIKE FOR MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING.

I THINK WHAT ARE THE SCHOOLS OFFERING IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOOL DAY, THE SPORTS, THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM?

DO PARENTS WANT TO HAVE OPTIONS THAT ARE CLOSER TO THEM.

IT WOULD BE EASIER TO DROP KIDS OFF WHERE KIDS ARE WORKING WHETHER IT BE DOWNTOWN AS OPPOSED TO THE COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN.

THAT IS SOMETHING, FOR ME, THAT IS A BIG ISSUE.

I DO THINK WE NEED TO REIMAGINE WHAT THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT LOOKS LIKE GIVEN THE DYNAMICS OF WORKING PARENTS AND THE HOME LIFE HAS CHANGED.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS.

PATTY, I WILL START WITH YOU.

>> SAVE YOURSELF SOME TIME THIS WEEKEND.

DO NOT WATCH THE NETFLIX SERIES ON JONBENET RAMSEY.

>> YOU STILL DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT?

>> NO.

I HAVE MY SUSPICIONS.

>> THE CITY OF DENVER SHUT DOWN THE FIVE POINT FESTIVAL.

THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT A COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATION.

THE JAZZ FESTIVAL WILL BE MISSED.

>> RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR DOORS HERE.

>> AGGRESSIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE POLITICS.

>> OKAY.

WE WILL GO WITH THAT.

>> THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT REQUIRED TO GET A RECALL QUESTION ON THE BALLOT IS 25% OF WHO VOTED IN THE LAST MAYORAL ELECTION.

25%.

IN 1988 THAT NUMBER WAS 39,000 SIGNATURES.

TODAY IT IS 41,000 SIGNATURES.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE -- 200,000 PEOPLE MOVING HERE TALK ABOUT LOW VOTER TURNOUT.

IN THE MAYORS RACE IT IS WORSE.

IMAGINE NOW.

IT IS SO MUCH EASIER NOW TO VOTE.

THE BALLOT COMES TO YOU.

IMAGINE SOME DAY WHEN WE ARE VOTING ON OUR SMARTPHONES AND TURNOUTS GOES LOWERS.

THE EASIER WE MAKE FOR PEOPLE THE LESS TURNOUT.

>> SOMETHING POSITIVE.

>> IT IS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.

GO SHOP AT A LOCAL STORE.

>> WILL DO.

>> IN MY CAREER YOU DEAL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING FOLKS IN THE LOBBY.

WE LOST A WONDERFUL PERSON.

SHE IS SOMEONE YOU COULD TAKE HER WORD.

WHEN SHE TOLD YOU SOMETHING IT WAS GOSPEL.

SHE WILL BE MISSED.

>> NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH.

I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THAT.

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT TYPE ONE THAT IS IN WHAT A LOT OF KIDS FACE.

SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION THAT DO WORK ON RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING THAT COMMUNITY.

>> KUDOS TO ADAMS COUNTY.

THEY FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE REORGANIZATION.

JUST ON NOVEMBER 5TH PASSED A BOND AND LEVY.

TO FINALLY GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO BUY AIR CONDITIONERS.

IS AN EASY CHOICE.

BOTH MY GIRLS ARE HOME FROM COLLEGE AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE EVERYONE UNDER THE SAME ROOF.

EVEN IF IT'S JUST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

AND ON THIS DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, LET ME EXTEND GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WHO IS A PART OF THIS SHOW EACH WEEK.

ALL OF OUR DEDICATED BEHIND-THE-SCENES CREW.

OUR SUPER SMART INSIDERS AND ALL OF YOU WATCHING OR LISTENING TO OUR PODCAST.

I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.

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