
October 13th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 41 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION AND NOVEMBER’S BALLOTS, SHOWING OF SOLIDARITY FOR ISRAEL.
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun Krista Kafer Jesse Paul Alton Dillard SHOWING OF SOLIDARITY FOR ISRAEL CUSTOMERS DIDN’T WANT TO VISIT TRIANGLE BAR DUE TO NUMBER OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN THE AREA GOVERNOR POLIS ON A MISSION TO MAKE COLORADO MORE AFFORDABLE AND SAFER NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION AND NOVEMBER’S BALLOTS
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October 13th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 41 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun Krista Kafer Jesse Paul Alton Dillard SHOWING OF SOLIDARITY FOR ISRAEL CUSTOMERS DIDN’T WANT TO VISIT TRIANGLE BAR DUE TO NUMBER OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN THE AREA GOVERNOR POLIS ON A MISSION TO MAKE COLORADO MORE AFFORDABLE AND SAFER NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION AND NOVEMBER’S BALLOTS
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13TH.
AND LIKE THE DATE CAN SUGGEST, IT'S BEEN A VERY FRIGHTENING WEEK WITH THE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL.
THE DEATH TOLL IS ENORMOUS AND THAT INCLUDES AMERICAN LIVES LOST, AND THERE ARE OTHER AMERICANS WHO ARE REPORTED MISSING AND FEARED TAKEN HOSTAGE.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A STRONG PANEL ASSEMBLED TO DISCUSS ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK.
INTERNATIONALLY, NATIONALLY, AND, OF COURSE COURSE, HERE IN COLORADO.
PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.
KRISTA KAFER, COLUMNIST WITH THE DENVER POST.
JESSE PAUL, REPORTER WITH THE COLORADO SUN.
ALTON DILLARD, A COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST WITH THE DILLARD GROUP AND FORMER ELECTIONS SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
MONDAY NIGHT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN DENVER SHOWING SOLIDARITY FOR DENVER IN TEMPLE EMMANUEL.
THERE WAS A RALLY SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS.
THAT RECEIVED ATTENTION BECAUSE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE.
>> IT IS SO TRAGIC.
I CAN'T BEGIN TO SUGGEST HOW IT WILL BE SOLVED.
THE ATTACKED LAST SATURDAY KILLED MORE ISRAELI JEWS WERE KILLED IN ONE DAY IN THE HOLOCAUST.
THE ATROCITIES THAT CONTINUE IS BEYOND BELIEF.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME GOOD BEHAVIOR IN COLORADO.
THERE HAS BEEN BAD BEHAVIOR IN THE LEGISLATURE.
YOU HAVE AN ISRAELI JEW SHE TALKS ABOUT THE RELATIVES SHE HAS BACK HOME.
WE HAVE ONE MUSLIM REPRESENTATIVE.
SHE IS TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE SHE IS WORRIED ABOUT.
THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CONVERSE IN THE LEGISLATURE, TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO IS SUFFERING.
WE HAVE TIM HERNANDEZ WHO WENT TO THE PALESTINIAN RALLY.
HE IS SAYING HE WAS THERE TO LEARN THINGS.
>> KRISTA?
>> IT WAS A STRATEGIC SITUATION GOING ON FOR DEDICATES.
BEAUTIFUL GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITH HISTORIC TIES TO THE LAND.
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS NOT COMPLICATED, MURDER, RAPE, KIDNAPPING, THAT IS NOT COMPLICATED, THAT IS EVIL.
NO DECENT HUMAN BEING, I DON'T KNOW -- YOU CALL OUT HAMAS AND YOU SAY IT WITH EVIL.
THOSE PEOPLE WILL NEVER AGAIN KILL CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND MEN.
THE FACT THAT TIM HERNANDEZ WAS AT THAT RALLY.
I AM SYMPATHETIC.
THAT RALLY WAS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE.
IT WOULD BE LIKE AFTER 9/11 WE WOULD HAVE RALLY TALK ABOUT WHY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS WRONG TOWARDS THE POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE FACT TIM HERNANDEZ WAS THERE, THE FACT HE HAS NOT FULLY APOLOGIZE.
IT MAKES IT SO THAT IT IS INAPPROPRIATE HE IS IN THE LEGISLATURE.
HE LACKS THE KIND OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED THERE.
I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE RECALL LAW, IT MAY BE TIME FOR HIM TO BE RECALLED.
HE WASN'T ELECTED, HE WAS APPOINTED.
>> HE WAS APPOINTED MAYBE A MONTH AGO, FIVE WEEKS AGO.
HASN'T SERVED UP FOR LEGISLATIVE WORK JUST YET.
>> I THINK FOLKS KNOW HE IS A DISRUPTER.
HE WAS EXPECTED TO BE A DISRUPTER IN THE LEGISLATURE.
HE ISN'T SERVED A DAY IN THE LEGISLATURE.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE FOR THE HOUSE SPEAKER TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
SHE CAME OUT WITH CONDEMNATION FOR HERNANDEZ.
AND I THINK, MORE BROADLY THERE IS AN INFLUX OF ACTIVIST.
THERE IS AN INTERESTING SHIFT TO SEE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS GONE FROM BEING PEOPLE WHO WERE USED TO HOLDING PEOPLE TO ACCOUNT TO BEING THE PEOPLE NOW BEING HELD TO ACCOUNT.
THAT HASN'T ALWAYS GONE SO SMOOTHLY.
REPRESENTATIVE HERNANDEZ WILL GET TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM SOMEONE LIKE ME.
WE WILL SEE HOW THAT TRANSITION GOES.
>> ALTON?
>> A SONG SUNNY CAME HOME.
THE WORLD IS BURNING DOWN.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THERE IS A NATIONAL DIVIDE.
THERE IS A POLITICAL DIVIDE THAT IS GOING ON.
THERE ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO THREAD THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN BE PROPALESTINIAN WITHOUT BEING PROHAMAS.
YOU GOT COLLEGE STUDENTS FIGURING OUT, THAT FIRST AMENDMENT THING.
IT ONLY GOES SO FAR WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ATROCITIES.
YOU GOT COLLEGE STUDENTS LOSING JOB OPPORTUNITIES, LOSING INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES VARIOUS LETTERS THAT WERE FRANKLY TONE DEATH.
IT DOES NOT QUITE RISE TO THE LEVEL.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH KRISTA.
ANYTHING SHORT OF CONDEMNATION.
>> A TOUGH SUBJECT.
A TOUGH WEEK.
>>> THE DAY AFTER A LONG TIME DOWNTOWN DENVER BAR CLOSE BECAUSE OF THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN THE AREA.
DOWNTOWN IS ONLY GOING TO BE VIBRANT WHEN PEOPLE COME BACK.
THEY TALKED ABOUT ANOTHER GRANT PROGRAM TO COME DOWNTOWN AND OPEN BUSINESSES.
>> HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE TO MOVE YOUR SMALL BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN?
IF YOU ARE ON PEARL STREET.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY TO LURE ANYONE DOWNTOWN.
JUST BECAUSE OF THE CRIME, THE TAXES, THE DIFFICULTIES.
SOMEONE SAYS YOU WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE DOWNTOWN FOR THE WEEKEND?
I'M DOWNTOWN LITTLETON SOUNDS GREAT, OR PEARL STREET OR ANY OF THESE FUN AREAS SMALL BUSINESSES, GREAT RESTAURANTS, GREAT SHOPS.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL GET PEOPLE DOWN WITH A GRANT PROGRAM.
>> I WONDER THE CAUSATION QUESTION.
I KNOW PEOPLE USE THAT DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE NOW WORK FROM HOME.
DOWNTOWN WAS SUPER VIBRANT.
THERE WERE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS AT THAT TIME.
THERE IS A DEBATE TO BE HAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DATA ON THAT AS WELL.
I'M A STATEWIDE REPORTER.
THE GOVERN SAID WHEN HE WAS TALKING MAKING COLORADO SAFER, THESE ENCAMPMENTS CANNOT BE PART OF COLORADO.
HE IS A STATEWIDE OFFICIAL.
HE DOESN'T JUST REPRESENT DENVER.
ONE THAT HAS REASON TO THE GOVERNOR'S ATTENTION.
MAYBE SPEAKING AGAINST MY LAST POINT.
IT IS QUITE A DYNAMIC SITUATION.
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO SAY DOWNTOWN LIKE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT UNION STATION.
IT STILL HAS ITS TRICKY PLACES.
I WAS DOWNTOWN ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
AS I WAS BEING PANHANDLED.
ONE OF THE PANHANDLERS CALLED ME A RACIAL SLURS.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES DOWN THERE.
ESPECIALLY WITH BUSINESSES THAT ARE TEETERING FINANCIALLY INCENTIVIZE NEW BUSINESSES AND TRYING TO GENERATE FOOT TRAFFIC.
PEOPLE ARE TIRED.
THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU CANNOT KEEP MAKING EXCUSES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHER HARASSING PEOPLE IN PUBLIC SPACES AND THE CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST ON THAT.
>> THE GRANTS APPLICATIONS START ON MONDAY.
IT IS MOSTLY ON EVENTS.
YOU CAN ONLY GET UP TO SAY $25,000.
YOU WILL NOT MOVE A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN FOR THAT.
YOU MIGHT HAVE A CONCERT.
YOU MIGHT HAVE AN EVENT IN THE CORNER.
PEOPLE DO COME DOWN ON EVENTS.
YOU SEE A LOT OF GREAT LITTLE SHOPS.
PEOPLE CAME DOWN WHEN THE STREET WAS CLOSED.
THERE ARE LOTS PARTS OF DOWNTOWN DENVER THAT ARE GREAT.
I GO DOWNTOWN EVERY DAY.
THERE ARE PROBLEM AREAS.
THE TRY ANGLE BAR WAS IN THE CENTER OF THEM.
GREAT LEGACY.
REALLY OPEN AND DIVERSE ENTERTAINMENT THAT THEY PUT ON.
THEY ARE HAVING SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS GETTING PEOPLE IN THE DOOR.
THERE ARE SOME RUMORS THE TRIANGLE SEEN THE END OF THE LINE ANYWAY.
THAT BAR HAS BEEN CLOSED OFF AND ON THROUGH THE YEARS.
SOME PEOPLE SAID IT WOULD CLOSE ANY WAY.
THAT IS A TRICKY AREA TO COME TO.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT JOHNSTON IS DOING SWEEPS.
NOT JUST SWEEPS FOR THE HOUSE 1,000 THE GUARANTEED HOUSES.
ALWAYS SWEEPS DOWN THE ROAD.
>> DO YOU THINK WE ARE ON TRACK OF 1,000 PUT UNDER ROOF?
>> I THINK THERE ARE NUMBERS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT.
THERE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HOUSED.
SOME WILL HOUSED FOR 90 DAYS OR TWO WEEKS.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WILL THOSE THOUSAND STILL BE UNDER ROOF?
WILL IT BE A ROTATING GROUP.
YOU WILL HAVE MORE PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS AGAIN.
WE HAD A HEARING THERE WILL BE TWO ENCAMPMENTS.
THERE WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST HOMES.
THERE ARE PEOPLE MOVING PLACES.
1,000 IS GOING TO BE TOUGH TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE STILL IF HOUSING.
A THOUSAND TOTAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
THE STATUS QUO WAS NOT WORKING.
BUT USING THE CAMP THAT IT WAS JUST THE VIOLENT INCIDENT AT ONE OF THE HOTEL SHELTERS.
BECAUSE VIOLENCE IS NOT CONDONED IN THOSE SHELTERS WHETHER YOU ARE THE PERPETRATOR OR THE VICTIM.
IT IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE.
>> I WONDER IF THERE IS A MISSION ACCOMPLISH MOMENT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
HOW DO YOU COUNT THAT?
DO THE GUIDELINES CHANGE?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO GET SOMEONE HOUSED?
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
IT DOES MATTER WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN CHECK THAT BOX.
>> THE OTHER INTERESTING THING, PEOPLE WHO ARE SWEPT BY THE OFFICIAL SWEEPS BUT JOHNSTON SWEEPS THEY ARE THE ONES THAT OFFER HOUSING.
THE OTHER SWEEPS THE POLICE OR PUBLIC HEALTH, THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T OFFERED HOUSING.
>> SOME OF THE FOLKS WILL END UP BACK ON THE STREETS.
A PERCENTAGE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT ACT OF MERCY TO ADJUST, TO GET A JOB, TO GET SOBBER.
OTHER PEOPLE WILL GET BACK ON THE STREET BEGGING DOING THE THINGS THAT GOT THEM HOMELESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
CALL ME A PESSIMIST.
>> GOVERNOR JARED POLIS IS ON THE MISSION TO MAKE COLORADO MORE AFFORDABLE AND SAFER.
LET'S START WITH YOU.
YOU SPOKE WITH HIM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS.
HE IS NOT GIVING UP ON A LOT OF THINGS HE WANTS.
>> HE IS NOT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HOUSING ISSUES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE GOVERNOR'S BILL FAILED LAST YEAR IN A SPECTACULAR FASHION WITH DEMOCRATS NOT ABLE TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND THE LEGISLATURE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW GOING FORWARD WITH THAT BILL WILL GET PEOPLE WHO WERE SKEPTICAL WITH IT TO PASS IT.
I'M CURIOUS IF HE BREAKS IT UP IN DIFFERENT PIECES.
WHAT KIND OF PRESSURES ARE PUT ON CERTAIN LAWMAKERS TO GET THEM TO VOTE FOR THE BILL.
I THINK THOSE DETAILS DO MATTER.
SETTING THOSE GOALS OUT.
WE WILL MOVE THE GOAL POST WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH.
HOW DO YOU REACH THERE?
WHAT GUIDELINES YOU DID TO CHECK THAT BOX?
>> THE AFFORDABILITY THING IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE.
I THINK MORE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE MODEL THEY USE IN THE SKI AREAS.
JUST LIKE DENVER, NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO WORK HERE.
THERE IS THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND OVERALL SAFETY.
THERE HAS BEEN HEADLINES ABOUT THE THREE-DAY GUN WAITING PERIOD.
ONE OF THESE DAYS WE WILL GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE QUIT THINKING LIKE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT CRIMINALS.
AND SO THREE DAY WAITING PERIOD SOMEONE WHO IS THERE FOR THE BRADY BILL.
WHAT DOES IT CHANGE?
GO FIND YOUR LOCAL 15 OR 16 YEAR OLDS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE STORE AND WAIT FOR A THREE DAY WAITING.
SAFETY AND AFFORDABILITY WILL BE TWO FRONT PAGE ISSUES IN OUR STATE.
>> I'LL RETURN TO THE SKI AREAS THAT ALTON WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I DROVE UP TO GLENWOOD SPRINGS YOU BEGIN TO SEE THE PANIC.
YOU HAVE WEALTHY AREAS.
HOW CAN THEY -- SECOND HOMES CAN ALLOW THEM TO BE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
THERE IS NO HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO WORK IN THOSE AREAS.
EVERY MUNICIPALITIES IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW.
THEY WERE VERY UPSET WHEN THE PROPOSAL WENT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DENSITY THAT COULD BE ALLOWED WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE OF SHORTAGE OF HOUSING.
YOU GOT TO HAVE ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY.
WHATEVER IS PROPOSED IN THE LEGISLATURE.
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SPECIFIC ISSUES IN EACH DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITY.
THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT.
>> I KNOW WE ALL WANT SAFETY.
THERE ISN'T A HUMAN BEING THAT DOESN'T WANT SAFETY FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
ALL THOSE GUN BILLS ARE LAW-ABIDING PEOPLE.
THINK ABOUT THE THREE-DAY WAITING PERIOD.
I WILL BE IMPACTED BY THAT.
BUT SOMEONE BUYING FROM THE BLACK IMPACT WILL NOT BE IMPACTED.
SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO MURDER ANOTHER PERSON, THEY PROBABLY PRETTY HAPPY TO WAIT FOR THREE DAYS.
IT STANDS UP UNDER THE SUPREME DECISION.
IT IS A WAIT AND SEE LONG-TERM.
WHEN IT COMES TO STOPPING CRIME, WE HAVE TO GO AFTER BAD PEOPLE WITH BAD INTENT WHO HAVE DONE BAD THINGS AND MAKING SURE THEY STAY BEHIND BARS WITHOUT UNDULY IMPACT LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS.
>> ONE OTHER WAY TO THINK ABOUT THESE BILLS IS SIMPLE DISRUPTION FROM SOMEONE'S PLAN.
THESE AREN'T MEANT TO STOP PEOPLE GETTING GUNS ALL TOGETHER.
ALTHOUGH THEY DO SLOW IT DOWN.
I THINK THAT IS THE INTENT OF IT.
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO GET AROUND IT.
DEMOCRATS TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT.
IF YOU HAVE DRIVE EXTRA HUNDRED MILES OR WAIT AN EXTRA DAY THAT CAN CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.
>> THERE ARE ISSUES BEING TALKED ABOUT FOR THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION.
THEY DO HEAD OUT IN THE MAIL ON MONDAY.
TWO STATEWIDE TOPICS.
>> HH IS GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION.
LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE II WHICH IS THE NICOTINE ACT.
IT WILL SHAKE DOWN UNION VERSUS REFORMERS.
YOU WILL HAVE THE PRESCHOOL TAX THAT GOT PASSED IN 2006.
THERE IS THINGS GOING ON LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT MAYOR KAUFMAN ATTEMPT TO GET POWER IN AURORA FAILED.
BOULDER IS GOING TO BE DOING RENT CHOICE VOTING FOR THEIR MAYORAL ELECTION.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF EYES ON THIS.
ALL ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT.
YOU NEED TO VOTE AND EDUCATE YOURSELF ESPECIALLY ON THE COMPLICATED THINGS LIKE HH.
>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU STILL HAVE YOUR FROM THE ELECTION OFFICE.
>> DENVER WASN'T THE ONLY TOWN WITH AN ELECTION IN APRIL.
WE HAVE COLORADO SPRINGS.
YOU HAVE 13 MUNICIPALITIES THAT WILL BE ELECTING MAYORS IN NOVEMBER INCLUDING THE AURORA RACE.
THE BALLOTS GO OUT NEXT WEEK.
PEOPLE NEED TO REMEMBER IT IS EASY.
YOU CAN MAIL THEM IN.
LET'S REMEMBER THE ELECTION WORKERS.
HOW MUCH ELECTION WORKERS HAVE TURNED OVER HOW BAD THINGS HAVE BEEN FOR THEM.
WE HAVE TO SALUTE THE PEOPLE MAKING SURE WE CAN STILL HAVE SAFE CONVENIENT ELECTIONS.
IT IS THE VERY LEAST WE CAN DO IS REMEMBER TO VOTE.
>> YES, I'M WITH YOU.
>> THE TAX INCREASE IN PROPOSITION HH IS THAT I CAN'T STAND THE INITIATIVE PROCESS IN GENERAL.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WHERE WE ELECT PEOPLE.
WE HAVE THESE PROCESSES FOR VETTING THINGS.
WE HAVE THE SEPARATE SYSTEM WHICH WE BYPASS ALL OF THAT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
AND THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING ON PROBABLY THE 2024 BALLOT ISSUES THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF BAD LAW MAKING.
THAT IS A GROUP COME FORWARD WE SHOULD STOP HUNTING COUGARS AND BOBCATS.
I'M NOT A HUNTER OF COUGARS OR BOBCATS.
PEOPLE THAT MANAGE OUR WILDLIFE AGENCY, THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT MAKING SURE THERE IS BALANCE IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
HUNTERS PAY MONEY TO HUNT.
IF HUNTERS AREN'T DOING THIS, THEN THE AGENCY WILL HAVE TO BASICALLY CONTRACT WITH PEOPLE TO GO IN AND CALL THE NUMBER OF MOUNTAIN LIONS AND BOBCATS.
THE FACT WE ARE GOING TO IGNORE THE ADVICE OF EXPERTS AND ALL OF THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO THROW IT OVER TO THE VOTERS.
NOT ONLY SHOULD PROP HH AND THAT COUGAR INITIATIVES GO DOWN IN FLAMES.
I THINK THEY SHOULD GO DOWN.
>> WELL, EVERYONE GOT TO VOTE ON TAX INCREASES.
IT IS NOT RAISING RATES.
IT IS LOWERING THEM.
IT IS THE MOST COMPLICATED I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT.
IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO UNPACK IT.
THIS WEEK TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON THERE.
FOCUSING ON PROP HH THIS WILL AFFECT EVERY SINGLE COLORADOAN.
I'M KIND OF CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS HERE.
WHAT HAPPENS IF IT FAILS WHICH I THINK IT IS A POSSIBILITY.
HOW THE LEGISLATURE RESPONDS?
THE WAY THESE THINGS INTERACT REALLY IMPORTANT I HOPE VOTERS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE PROPOSITION HH.
>> SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE WEEK.
PATTY, SOMETHING NEGATIVE.
>> I WILL DEBATE KRISTA.
I'M GOING TO GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE YOU WOULD THINK THE CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS HAD BIGGER FISH TO FRY.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GAITING THAT.
>> YES.
>> THE DOG IS NOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> PEOPLE SUFFERED.
>> WE NEED A COMMISSION CLEARLY.
>> I'M GOING AFTER THE ADS FOR PROPOSITION HH.
WE ARE GOING TO CUT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
THEY NEVER MENTIONED THEY WILL GET RID OF THE TABOR REFUNDS.
I WILL LOSE FAR MORE THAN I WOULD GAIN ANY KIND OF TINY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
>> THE CLAIMS ON BOTH SIDES ARE WILDLY MISLEADING.
WE WILL START UNPACKING.
>> IN TEXAS, THERE IS A KID BEING PLACED IN TO ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HOW HE WEARS HIS HAIR.
BUT IN THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT FOR KIDS FACING WEAPON CHARGES OR FACING MURDER CHARGES.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE TURNING INTO THE THUNDER DOME.
GET US SOME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN PLACE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS TO THEM NOT VICE VERSA.
>> SOMETHING POSITIVE.
>> TWO HAPPY ANNIVERSARIES FOR THE ROCKY FLATS INCIRCLEMENT.
I HAVE SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOTHER, 95.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
>> I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID HER AGE.
SORRY, MOM.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> I WANT TO GIVE HATS ON TO ALL IMMIGRANTS WHO OPENED SMALL BUSINESS AND RESTAURANTS.
KEEP COMING AND KEEP DOING THE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR OUR SOCIETY.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PATTY'S MOM.
I'M EXCITED FOR HALLOWEEN.
PLEASE COME TO MY HOUSE.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.
>> FULL SIZE CANDY BAR?
>> NO.
>> AND MINE IS A SHOUTOUT TO FRIENDLY MOUNTAIN PEOPLE.
I BORROWED A FRIEND'S CAR AND I KILLED THEIR BATTERY.
THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR CAME WITH A PACK AND JUMPED ME AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE MY FLIGHT.
SHOUTOUT TO THEM.
>> ALL THE QUESTIONS WE ARE RECEIVING.
THANK YOU AS WE ARE PREPARING FOR OUR INTERVIEW.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH US AND SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PBS12.ORG/VIEWER QUESTIONS.
MAYBE WE WILL ASK ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS NEXT WEEK ON OUR OCTOBER 20TH SHOW.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS SHOW.
THANK YOUING FOR JOINING THIS SHOW.
THANK YOU.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE LISTENING.
SPEAKING OF LISTENING WE HAVE A PODCAST ON SPOTIFY.
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK EVERYBODY.
I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON PBS12.
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