>>> HI, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO NOVEMBER 5TH, 2021, EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THE 2021 ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN AND IT WAS A TOUGH NIGHT FOR BALLOT ISSUES.

ALL THREE OF THE STATEWIDE MEASURE FAILED BY DOUBLE DIGITS.

IN DENVER, FOUR OF THE BOND MEASURES PASSED, BUT VOTERS TURNED DOWN THE BONDS FOR THE NATIONAL WESTERN ARENA.

DENVER VOTERS ALSO VOTED TO SECURE THE GREEN SPACE IN PARK HILL AND SHIFT HIRING OF THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR AWAY FROM THE MAYOR.

PATTY CALHOUN IT WAS A BIG NIGHT ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE BUT ESPECIALLY IN DENVER LET'S START THERE.

ANY SURPRISES TO YOU THAT WE SAW?

>> I WAS SURPRISED ON 119 STATEWIDE.

I WAS GOING TO LEAVE THIS CHAIR EMPTY SO WE COULD HAVE A TALK LIKE THE REALLY BAD ARENA DID.

I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE ONLY REASON THE IT WENT DOWN.

PEOPLE WERE ABLE IN DENVER TO DIFFERENTIATE WHAT WOULD IMPROVE THE CITY, WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE CAN FINANCE ANY OTHER WAY AND WHAT WAS NOT EXPLAINED WELL BY THE HANCOCK ADMINISTRATION.

THEY NEVER DESCRIBED WHY WE WOULD NEED THIS ARENA.

WHAT WOULD IT DO?

ANYONE WHAT LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWS PUTTING A MARKET IN THERE IS NOT A SOLUTION TO A FOOD DESERT.

I LIKE THEY WERE DECIDED AND WE PREDICTED THAT.

I DID HAVE TO BUY A LOT OF BEER FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE I WAS SO WRONG ON 119.

I THOUGHT GIVING POLITICIANS WHO WERE OUT THERE IT WAS GOING TO PASS IN A BIG WAY.

IT IS SO EASY TO TAX.

PEOPLE REALLY LOOKED AT WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD GO.

THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT.

>> IT IS JUST FANTASTIC.

AS A FAN OF LITTLER RATION THAT IS FANTASTIC.

THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT RESULT AND SIGNS OF WHAT PEOPLE MAKING PLANS OF 2022 WOULD BE TAKING AWAY FROM THIS.

THE SLATE IS OPEN.

YOUR THOUGHTS.

>> SURE.

THANKS, DOMINIC.

IF I HAD ONE WORD TO SUM UP TUESDAY'S ELECTION IT WOULD BE REPUTEUATION.

I WILL ONLY GET THERE BRIEFLY.

I RECEIVED SEVERAL FUND-RAISING EMAILS FROM COLORADO DEMOCRATS IN THE INTERVENING 48 PLUS HOURS OH, WE ARE IN TROUBLE.

IN MY COLUMN I'LL PREVIEW WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN VIRGINIA.

COULD IT HAPPEN HERE?

THE ODDS ARE AGAINST IT.

THE COLORADO REPUBLICANS WILL FIND A WAY TO SCREW IT UP.

THAT IS A PRETTY SAFE BET.

IT IS A QUESTION THAT IS NOW BEING ASKED TO THE LOCAL SCENE.

THE DENVER BALLOT, I HATE TO SAY IT BUT IT WAS A REPUTATION OF MICHAEL HANCOCK.

BY THE MARGINS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

ON THE ARENA THE MAGNITUDE OF PEOPLE THOSE BOND ISSUES WERE PASSING WITH 63, 64, 65% SUPPORT.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO TURNED AROUND AFTER APPROVING THOSE BONDS WE ARE NOT VOTING FOR YOUR ARENA.

ON THE STATEWIDE ISSUES LASTLY, QUICKLY, IT PUT A SPIKE ON THE THEORY OPERATING AMONG REPUBLICANS WHICH IS IT IS A BLUE STATE, WE CAN'T ELECT GOVERNORS, WE CAN'T ELECT LEGISLATURES BUT WE CAN CUT TAXES ON THE BALLOT.

THE TWO MEASURES ON THE BALLOT WENT DOWN.

THAT THEORY HAS BEEN CHALLENGED.

>> NOW MAKING HER PREMIER HERE ON COLORADO INSIDE OUT, BRI IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THEY ARE VERY GENROUS.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON DENVER ELECTION RESULTS?

>> YOU BRING UP A GREAT POINT IT WAS ALL OVER THE BOARD.

IT WAS TOUGH FOR VOTERS.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS FOR ME IS UNDERSTANDING THE BALLOT.

THAT IS A BIG BARRIER FOR FOLKS.

ACCESS IS AND ISSUE.

I THINK 301 AND 302 WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

IT FELT VERY INSIDER POLITICS.

I VOTED NO ON BOTH OF THEM.

I THINK IT WILL SIT THERE AS A DEAD GOLF COURSE.

THAT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE NEED HOUSING AND NEED MORE OPEN SPACE.

I THINK WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING YES ON EVERYTHING, NO ON EVERYTHING.

THAT BOND, IT WAS SO CLEAR.

DENVER WAS NOT HAVING IT.

WE HAD THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKEN CARE OF.

$190?BILLION A BUILDING THAT IS NOT SERVING US IS NOT ON OUR LIST.

ACTIVIST WHO CAME TOGETHER ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET SAID THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO TO US.

PLEASE SUPPORT US IN NOT ACCEPTING THIS OFFER FROM THE CITY.

VOTERS HEARD THAT MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR.

I WAS PROUD OF US FOR BEING CLEAR ON WHAT WE WANTED TO SPEND.

>> A LOT OF THE THINGS ON THE BALLOT RESULTS.

WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?

>> DEFINITELY THE NO.

AMAZING WITH $3,000 THIS SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE COULD SAY ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IT WAS OUR ENTIRE CITY SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY $190?MILLION TO PAY FOR THIS.

301 AND 302 WERE BIG ONES FOR ME AS WELL.

I HOPE IT WILL NOT SIT THERE AS A GOLF COURSE.

>> I'M HOPEFUL OF THAT TOO.

>> I HOPE THIS WHOLE SHOWING IS DENVER SAYING WE ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE A LOT MORE TO PUSH FOR WHICH IS COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WHICH IS AFFORDING HOUSING AND WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED OPEN SPACE.

>> AS NATASHA GARDNER THERE IS ROOM NOT COMMON BUT THERE IS ROOM FOR IT.

>>> AWAY FROM DENVER, SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS ATTRACTED A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY DURING THE ELECTION SEASON AND THERE WERE TIGHT RACES ACROSS THE METRO AREA.

TEACHERS UNION BACKED CANDIDATES PREVAILED IN DENVER AND JEFFERSON COUNTY WITH CONSERVATIVE SLATES WINNING IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND IN DISTRICTS IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

MEANWHILE IN AURORA, A REPUBLICAN BACKED SLATE OF CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES WON FOUR SEATS BRINGING A SEVEN TO THREE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY TO THE COUNCIL.

AURORA PROVING TO US THAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR A LONG TIME IT IS DIVERSE.

IT SHOWED THAT WAY POLITICALLY ON ELECTION NIGHT.

YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> YEARS AGO PEOPLE WITH PERSPECTIVE CANDIDATES WOULD TALK TO ME SAY I WANT TO RUN FOR THIS FOR THAT.

WE WILL MEET HERE AND THERE.

I WOULD SAY WE ARE NOT MEETING THERE.

WE WILL MEET AT THE FOOD COURT AT PARKS MEADOW.

IT WAS NO LONGER THERE.

IT WAS THE COSTCO IN HAVANA IN AURORA BECAUSE THAT IS COLORADO LOOKS LIKE.

IT IS THE MOST DIVERSE PLACE.

AURORA MAKES HEADLINES.

IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR MIKE KAUFMAN.

HE HAS A WORKING MAJORITY.

IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR HIM.

ON SCHOOL BOARD RACES IT WAS A NIGHT OF EXCLAMATION POINT.

THOSE INTERESTS AS IN JEFFCO.

IF IT WAS CONSERVATIVE IT WENT THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

THE POLARIZATION OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS IS ONLY GOING TO RAMP UP.

I THINK THE WAR IN DOUGLAS COUNTY IS ONLY GOING TO GET HOTTER.

IN DENVER WHAT IS THE CHINESE CURSE, MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES.

THESE ARE INTERESTING TIMES THAT BOARD LOOKS TO BE AGAINST CHARTERS, AGAINST REFORM INTERESTS.

INTERESTING TIMES.

>> BRI, DONE A GREAT JOB.

YOU HAD A GREAT INTERVIEW WITH THE MAYOR SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

AS YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS IN AURORA AND SCHOOL BOARDS WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU?

>> AS YOU POINTED OUT, IT IS DIVERSE.

I MEAN?-- THAT WAS KIND OF SHOCKING TO ME.

I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN AURORA.

WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD THING TO ME LOOKING AT DOUGLAS COUNTY LOOKING AT DENVER YOU ARE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT PLANETS.

WHAT I HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THIS WAS ABOUT THE PARENTS.

THIS WASN'T ABOUT?-- I HARDLY HEARD ANYONE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN.

THIS IS FOR SCHOOL BOARD.

THIS IS WHAT PARENTS WANT.

PARENTS POLITICS.

PARENTS ARE REPRESENTING THEIR CHILDREN.

I DON'T KNOW, I'VE RARELY MEET A CHILD WHO HAS A HARD TIME WEARING A MASK.

THEY ARE THE EASIEST ABOUT IT.

THIS IS ABOUT PARENT POLITICS.

I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS WE WILL SEE?-- WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE SCHOOL BOARD POLITICS PLAY INTO OUR LARGER PICTURE.

IT DOES IMPACT THE CITY WHETHER YOU HAVE KIDS OR NOT.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW THEY WILL DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND HOW IT IMPACTS OUR KIDS.

>> SHANNON, MORE MONEY WAS BROUGHT INTO SCHOOL BOARD RACES.

IT WASN'T JUST ONE HOT SPOT.

IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

DO YOU SEE IT FOR THINGS TO COME?

>> I WORKED FOR DPS FOR TWO YEARS.

I STAY OUT OF LOOKING OUT THE BOARD BECAUSE OF THE DRAMA IS INTENSE FOR ME.

I WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE AURORA RACES AND WHERE MONEY WAS COMING FROM FOR AND SOME OF THE MESSAGING.

THE MESSAGING WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

AS I LOOKED AT AURORA, THERE WERE THINGS COMING OUT THAT WERE JUST PLAIN WRONG.

PEOPLE SAID CRYSTAL WAS NOT ATTENDING HER COUNCIL MEETINGS.

SHE WAS GOING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING.

WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM AND WHAT KIND OF MESSAGING THAT MONEY IS TO FOLLOW.

>> WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?

>> MIKE KAUFMAN MUST BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON.

HE HAD TO BREAK SO MANY TIES THERE.

AURORA IS A VERY UNWILLEDY BUT FASCINATING CITY.

MOST DIVERSE IN COLORADO.

SOME OF THE AFFORDABLE PLACES FOR BUSINESSES TO GO.

YOU HAVE INTERESTING BUSINESSES OPENING UP, RESTAURANTS, THE ETHNIC RESTAURANTS.

HAVANA IS THE MOST COLORFUL AND GREAT EATING.

AURORA HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES AHEAD.

WE WILL SEE IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT WITH THE BOARD NOW.

WITH JEFFERSON COUNTY AND DOUGLAS COUNTY ARE PEOPLE SWAPPING HOUSES?

IT IS A STARK DIFFERENCE.

IT IS NOT EASY TO FIND A HOUSE IN METRO DENVER NOW.

THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A SWAMP BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND JEFFCO.

>> LIBERAL HERE AND LIBERAL THERE.

>> YOU MIGHT BE IN THE SLOT.

>> NOW THE WHOLE NEW MARKET WANT TO LIVE IN THE COUNTY.

>>> GOVERNOR JARED POLIS RELEASED HIS $40?BILLION STATE BUDGET PROPOSAL, THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE'S HISTORY.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE $400?MILLION TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, $200 MILLION TOWARD HOMELESS RESPONSE, $381?MILLION TOWARD EDUCATION, AND $424?MILLION TOWARD AIR QUALITY.

MEANWHILE, REPORT BY PROPUBLICA SHOWED DETAILS OF GOVERNOR POLIS AND OTHER WEALTHY ELECTED LEADERS ARE ABLE TO EITHER AVOID PAYING TAXES OR PAY AT A LOWER RATE THAN MOST.

BRI, WE WILL START WITH YOU.

IT HAS BROUGHT SOME INTERESTING IN COLORADO WHERE YOU SEE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS KIND OF TAX REFORM.

AS YOU SEE THESE NUMBERS AND SAW THE REPORT THIS WEEK.

WHAT WAS MOST INTERESTING TO YOU?

>> I'M THINKING ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE RIGHT NOW AROUND JOBS.

WORKER STRIKES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT UNION NICING ACROSS INDUSTRIES.

WE ARE LOOKING AT LABOR SHORTAGES.

FOLKS WANT BENEFITS AND BASIC THINGS.

WE LOOK AT PEOPLE LEADING OUR STATE.

THIS IS OUR GOVERNOR.

I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE STATE OF THE DEMOCRAT IS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

I DON'T THINK YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS.

THIS DEMOCRAT VERSUS REPUBLICAN.

IT IS NOT LIKE IT WAS WASN'T COMMON KNOWLEDGE.

WE HAVE A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GOVERNOR.

IT IS GETTING MORE AND MORE CLEAR THAT THOSE LINES ARE BLURRING.

I JUST?-- IT STILL SHOCKS ME A LITTLE BIT THINKING WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON IS GOING THROUGH IN THIS STATE AND THE PERSON THAT IS LEADING IT.

WHAT HE IS DOING.

>> IT IS KIND OF HARD TO THINK OF YOU THINK OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

SHANNON WE KNOW THE WAY THE LEGISLATURE IS SET UP.

THE LEGISLATURE WILL MAKE THE FINAL CALL ON THIS.

THE GOVERNOR IS PUT OUT OF PROPOSAL.

NOT HOW THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO.

IT IS SETTING A PRETTY BIG GOAL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?-- HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WILL IMPACT HOW THE LEGISLATURE TAKES ON THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR.

>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS IN THERE THAT I'M INTRIGUE BY WHICH IS AROUND TRANSPORTATION WHICH ARE $200?MILLION THAT ARE FACING CRISIS AMONG HOMELESSNESS.

WHILE I DO THINK THOSE LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE IMPORTANT.

I ALSO THINK HOW WILL THOSE DOLLARS BE USED.

SO YOU KNOW, AS I AM?-- I FEEL SIMILARLY WHEN I SEE A LEADER WHO IS SAYING I'M NOT EVADING TAXES I'M JUST NOT PAYING IN TAXES.

WHAT KIND OF LOOPHOLES FOR OUR MONEY IS USED.

THAT IS OUR MONEY.

WE WANT IT USED WISELY.

IF YOU GIVE A COUPLE OF MINUTE DOLLARS TO THE CITY OF DENVER RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.

I DON'T THINK THE CITY OF DENVER WILL USE IT WISELY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT USING THEIR DOLLARS WISELY TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

>> PATTY, THE TAX ISSUE IS NOT NEW.

ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THE NATIONAL REPORT IS GOING TO MAKE BIGGER NEWS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLION DOLLARS.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING HOW YOU ATTACK THAT.

DOES THIS ISSUE BECOME A BIGGER DEAL NEXT YEAR OR DOES IT GO BY THE WAYSIDE.

>> IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL.

WE KNEW THAT POLIS MADE A LOT OF MONEY.

HE MADE A LOT OF IT BY SELLING HIS PARENT'S COMPANY.

HE CAME UP WITH A WAY TO DO IT.

WE KNOW HE IS RICH.

IT MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE HE IS A HYPOCRITE.

SO THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CHALLENGE.

HEIDI SAID SHE WOULD RELEASE HERS IF HE RELEASES HIS.

IT IS INTERESTING HE IS ASKING FOR MORE COMMUNICATIONS PEOPLE.

SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THIS STORY.

HE HAS DONE PRETTY WELL.

HE HADN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF CRITICISM BEFORE THIS.

>> ERIC A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT NEXT YEAR.

IT IS THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, IT IS THE LEGISLATURE, IT IS HOW THEY WILL HANDLE THE BUDGET.

WHAT STICKS FROM NOVEMBER?21ST THROUGH THE SEASON OF NEXT YEAR?

>> GENERAL IMAGES TO SPECIFIC ISSUES.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS LEGS.

PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO IT.

IT IS EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE.

IT IS EASILY MANIPULATABLE.

TO THE BUDGET MORE GENERAL LEAVING POLIS ASIDE.

THIS IS A STATE THAT IS A WASH IN MONEY RIGHT NOW.

THE GROWTH OF THIS BUDGET IS AN 8% GROWTH.

COLORADO IS GROWING BUT NOT AT AN 8% RATE.

THERE IS EXTRA BILLION DOLLARS.

A LOT OF IT IS FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY.

THAT IS ONE PUNCH LINE FOR ME.

THE SECOND THING IT HAS BEEN A BAD WEEK FOR POLIS.

IT IS THE CAPSTONE OF A BAD WEEK.

WE WILL SEE HOW HE HANDLES IT OVER LONG-TERM.

BUT THE VIRGINIA RACE AND NEW JERSEY ON TOP OF IT WHICH WAS LESS EXFLEXIBLE.

THERE ARE RECENT POLLING IN COLORADO SHOWS HIM STILL ABOVE SEA LEVEL BUT THE NUMBERS ARE SOFTING.

THE HOSPITAL CRISIS AROUND COVID.

THIS IS NOT THE JARED POLIS WE SAW EARLY IN COVID WHO WAS PROACTIVELY TACKLING THIS ISSUE.

THIS IS A CAUTION JARED POLIS WE SEE RIGHT NOW.

>>> AURORA HAS BEGUN THE PROCESS OF SEEKING AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR, SPECIFICALLY TO OVERSEE THE?CONSENT DECREE CURRENTLY BEING NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE CITY OF AURORA AND THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE THE DECREE AROSE AFTER THE STATE FOUND MULTIPLE CASES OF EXCESSIVE FORCE, FAILURE TO DOCUMENT STOPS PROPERLY, AND THE ILLEGAL USE OF KETAMINE AND ARRESTS.

SHANNON, AURORA SEEMS TO BE MAKING A POSITIVE STEP HERE.

IS IT ENOUGH?

IS IT THE RIGHT RESPONSE?

>> I'M NOT SURE IT IS ENOUGH.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHO IS AT THE DECISION MAKING TABLE TO SELECT THIS INDEPENDENT MONITOR.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

LIKE ELIJAH McCLAIN WAS MURDERED BECAUSE HE WAS INJECTED WITH KETAMINE.

THAT HAPPENED SO MUCH THEY NEED AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR.

IT IS THE WORK OF BLACK WOMEN LIKE CANDICE LIKE SHANENE McCLAIN.

WE HAVE TO CHIP AWAY AT THAT.

THE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT BOARD WILL HAVE PART IN SELECTING THAT.

WE NEED TO SEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE TABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION OF WHO THAT PERSON IS.

>> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS.

IS THIS A SOLUTION TOWARDS SOLVING THOSE PROBLEMS.

>> IT CERTAINLY CAN'T HURT.

HE DID SAY HE WAS GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ELIJAH McCLAIN ISSUE.

HE WAS NOT THE ONE WHO WAS MAYOR THAT SAID IT WAS JUST FINE.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT AURORA HAS LEARNED LESSONS.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT.

THAT IS TURNING A BATTLESHIP.

NICK MITCHELL LEFT IN DECEMBER.

I LIKE THE MOVE OF HANCOCK ADMINISTRATION THAT THE VOTERS DEFINITE WANT THE CITIZEN GROUP.

THE CITY IS TRYING TO NOT ALLOW NICK MITCHELL TO TES FI IN CLASS ACTION CASE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT AFTER THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST.

WE WILL SEE WITH THIS CHANGE THEY ARE LOOKING AT HIM AS A CITY EMPLOYEE AT THE TIME.

YOU WOULD LIKE THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR TO SPEAK HIS MIND ON CASES LIKE THAT.

>> ERIC IS THIS A BIG STEP FOR AURORA TALKING ABOUT HOW DIVERSE THEY ARE.

NOW TIME TO BE A BIG CITY AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

>> THIS IS A RESULT OF A LEGAL SETTLEMENT.

THIS IS NOT ONE THAT AURORA JUST LAID THEIR HANDS AND LET'S GO DO AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR.

THIS WAS A CONDITION IMPOSED ON THEM.

LET'S JUST HOPE?-- I AGREE WITH SHANNON WHO APPOINTS THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR.

LET'S HOME IT MOVES SPEEDILY THAN THE COLORADO JUDICIARY MOVE.

>> BRI WRAP IT UP FOR US.

>> I MEAN AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD ELIJAH McCLAINED WAS MURDERED BEFORE TALKED ABOUT.

IS THIS GOING TO BE MEANINGFUL IS THE QUESTION.

WE WILL SEE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE TALK IS GOING TO MATTER.

>> IT IS TIME FOR THE FAVORITE PART OF THE SHOW DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> THE ELECTION.

SOME OF THE CYNICAL BALLOT MEASURES LIKE 302 YOU CAN'T IGNORE WHAT DEVELOPERS WANTED TO DO WITH 302.

301 WAS INTERESTING.

IT WAS SURPRISING THAT I THOUGHT PEOPLE WENT FOR THAT.

THE FACT THAT 302 WAS SO REPUTEUATED WAS A GOOD SIGN THAT YOU CANNOT NECESSARILY BY AN ELECTION.

>> ERIC?

>> JOHN EASTMAN A CONSERVATIVE LEGAL SCHOLAR WAS A PROFESSOR A YEAR AGO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO WHO WAS THE AUTHOR OF MANY OF THE MEMOS WITH THIS LEGAL THEORY HOW TRUMP WON THE ELECTION AND MICHAEL PENCE COULD HAVE TURNED IT ON JANUARY?6TH.

BECAME THE LEGAL FOUND INVESTIGATION FOR A LOT OF WHAT HAS UNFOLDED AND THE NONSENSE AND THE BIG LIES THAT UNFOLDED OVER THE LAST YEAR.

>> BRI, YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> I HAVE A BUMMER OF THE WEEK.

THE DENVER DINNER, WE FOUND OUT IT IS TURNING INTO A CHASE BANK.

I HAVE NOT WALKED INTO A BANK IN MANY MONTHS.

IT BLOWS MY MIND.

IT BUMMED ME OUT.

>> SHANNON?

>> MY DISGRACE OF THE WEEK ARE NOW PERMIT SWEEP ZONES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.

WHERE THE CITY OF DENVER CAN REGULARLY DISPLACE PEOPLE AND CAUSE TRAUMAISM.

>> TIME TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.

>> THE COUNTY CLERK WHO HAVE PUT WITH SO MUCH OVER THE LAST YEAR AND JUST RAN A REALLY GOOD ELECTION HERE AND THE VETERANS AS WE CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY.

>> GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.

I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING NICE TO KEN BUCK.

HE HAS DEPARTED FROM REPUBLICAN.

REGULATION AND USE OF ANTITRUST.

HE IS OPEN TO THOSE ISSUES.

HAS BECOME A NATIONAL LEADER UNLIKE MANY REPUBLICANS UNLIKE HIS TWO REPUBLICANS COLLEAGUES IN COLORADO.

>> BRI?

>> I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE FOLKS.

THEY MET THE CITY'S HOT AIR WITH FACTS.

THEY GAVE THOSE TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE.

THEY REALLY DID THAT GROUND WORK TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

A TRUE GRASSROOTS WAY.

THE CAMPAIGN WAS TRULY GRASSROOTS.

THEY DID SOMETHING IMPACTFUL FOR DENVER.

>> SHANNON?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE FOLKS THAT RAN AND LOST.

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE HOW WE CAN TRANSFORM THE WORLD.

>> I WOULD ADD A QUICK SAY SOMETHING NICE.

RECENT HONOR OF JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR.

ED, WELL DESERVED.

I HOPE EVERYTHING WENT WELL.

AND PATTY SAID TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS.

ESPECIALLY TO MY VETERAN MY DAD.

THANKS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THE MODEL.

FROM EVERYONE HERE AT PBS12, I'M DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.

GOOD NIGHT.