
October 6th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 40 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
COLORADO BAKER NOW HEADED TO THE STATE’S SUPREME COURT
Host Kyle Dyer Patricia Calhoun Eric Sondermann Tyrone Glover Chris Rourke Topics US CONGRESS PASSED A SHORT-TERM FUNDING PLAN MANNY RUTINEL SELECTED BY A STATE HOUSE VACANCY COMMITTEE REPLACING FORMER STATE REP. DAFNA MICHAELSON JENET COLORADO BAKER NOW HEADED TO THE STATE’S SUPREME COURT PLANS IN THE WORKS TO MAKE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BUSIER
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October 6th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 40 | 28mVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kyle Dyer Patricia Calhoun Eric Sondermann Tyrone Glover Chris Rourke Topics US CONGRESS PASSED A SHORT-TERM FUNDING PLAN MANNY RUTINEL SELECTED BY A STATE HOUSE VACANCY COMMITTEE REPLACING FORMER STATE REP. DAFNA MICHAELSON JENET COLORADO BAKER NOW HEADED TO THE STATE’S SUPREME COURT PLANS IN THE WORKS TO MAKE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BUSIER
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH.
THIS WEEK WE'RE PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF LAST WEEK WITH MORE CHAOS IN WASHINGTON, FINGER POINTING.
POLITICAL POSTERING, BUT AT LEAST THE BRONCOS SCORED THEIR FIRST VICTORY.
WE HAVE A STRONG PANEL TO SORT THROUGH ALL THAT HAS TRANSPIRED THIS BUSY WEEK.
PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.
ERIC SONDERMANN, COLUMNIST FOR COLORADO POLITICS AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS AND DENVER GAZETTES.
TYRONE GLOVER, CIVIL RIGHTS AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY.
CHRIS ROURKE, MANAGING EDITOR AT DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS WEEK.
SINCE WE MET LAST THE U.S. CONGRESS PASSED A SHORT-TERM FUNDING PLAN WHICH PREVENTED A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
THAT PASSAGE SPARKED A MORE CHAOTIC SITUATION IN CONGRESS.
>> LAST WEEK, I WAS WORRIED WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE ROCKY NATIONAL PARK.
WE SURVIVED AT ROCKY NATIONAL PARK.
THE REPUBLICAN SIGHT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
WE WILL FIND OUT HOW THE VOTE CAN GO.
RIGHT NOW IT IS SO UP IN THE AIR.
THE PEOPLE THROWING THEIR HATS IN THE RING ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN EMERGE.
KEN BUCK WHETHER HE IS A HERO OR VILLAIN HE CHANGED THE POSITION WHEN HE JOINED THE DEMOCRATS ALONG WITH SEVEN OTHERS WHO FOLLOWED MATT GATES.
YOU COULDN'T THINK YOU COULD MAKE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOOK GOOD AND ORGANIZED BUT THE REPUBLICANS THIS WEEK HAVE.
>> THIS WAS FADED SINCE McCARTHY GOT ELECTED.
THE DEALS HE CUT.
THE FACT HE ALLOWED ONE REPRESENTATIVE, MATT GATES TO FILE SUCH A MOTION AND HAD IT VOTED UPON.
IT IS ALL JUST BIZERTS.
END UP GOING TO JAIL TO JOHN BANER TO NOW McCARTHY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WANTS THAT JOB.
PARTICULARLY NOW.
BASICALLY EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS A SWING VOTE.
DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT THAT JOB.
AS TO KEN BUCK THERE WERE A FEW HARD CORE.
HE LOST KEN BUCK'S VOTE.
A GUY NAME TIM FROM TENNESSEE WHO McCARTHY ALIENATED.
HE DIDN'T NEED TO LOSE THIS VOTE.
HE MANAGED TO LOSE IT.
>> FOR THE PARTY THAT DENOUNCES CANCEL CULTURAL.
THEY ARE CANCELING HISTORY THEY ARE ASHAMED OF AND NOW MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN PARTY.
IT IS COMING FROM ALL ENDS.
WHEN IT WAS TIME TO VOTE, THEY SAT BACK AND LET THE DEMOCRATS DO THE DIRTY WORK.
THE FOLKS STAYED IN LINE AND TAKEN A MORE MODERATE POSITION.
THEY ARE BEING RUN AGAINST.
I DON'T KNOW, IT IS ALWAYS INTERESTING AND DOESN'T SEEM IT IS GOING TO CEASE ANY TIME SOON.
>> I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY THIS WILL BLOW OVER.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THIS HAS A HUGE IMPACT IN 2024 ESPECIALLY ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS A WHOLE.
WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOUR IT WILL GET INTERESTING.
WE HEARD REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD IS WITH THE IDEA PRIMARY.
A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WERE THINKING OF WAITING IT OUT TO SEE IF KEN BUCK DOES LEAVE CONGRESS AND BACKS OUT.
NOW THEY ARE SAYING, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR A PRIMARY.
TOYING THE IDEA OF PRIMARYING KEN BUCK.
NOW HE HAS A FULL HEAD OF STEAM.
IF REPUBLICANS -- THEY GOT TO DECIDE ONE CANDIDATE TO TAKE HIM ON HEAD TO HEAD.
IT COULD BE STEVE.
HE IS VERY POPULAR.
I THINK IT COULD BE WINNABLE IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE.
WHO IS TO SAY KEN BUCK IS NOT GOING TO BE THE NEXT SCOTT TIPPEN.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO AVERT THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AGAIN IN MID NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO GO.
234 YEARS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED.
>> APRIL NEXT YEAR WE WILL LOOK WHAT THE LANDSCAPE LOOKS LIKE.
A LOT CAN CHANGE.
FROM WHAT I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT PRETTY.
>> NOT PRETTY FOR?
>> FOR PRIMARY BATTLE.
I THINK THE DEMOCRATS SIT BACK AND EAT POPCORN AND SAY WE ARE THE PARTY YOU CAN TRUST.
>> TURNING TO THE GOLD DOME.
ON MONDAY MANNY RUTINEL REPLACE.
REPRESENT SENATE DISTRICT 21.
PEOPLE ARE ASKING IS IT A FAIR PROCESS TO HAVE COMMITTEES PICK OUR NEW LEADERS?
>> I THINK IT IS PICKING UP STEAM.
IT HAPPENS WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY.
I WROTE ABOUT THIS THREE YEARS OR MORE.
OVER 20% OF THE LEGISLATURE HAD BEEN SELECTED THE FIRST TIME OUT BY A VACANCY COMMITTEE NOT ELECTED.
WHERE I LIVE IN CENTRAL DENVER, AT THAT POINT IN TIME I HAD A SENATOR WHO TOOK OFFICE BY VACANCY COMMITTEE.
AND THEN HIS PLACE IN THE STATE HOUSE WAS BUILD BY VACANCY COMMITTEE.
NO COMMENTARY.
THEY ARE BOTH DECENT PEOPLE.
LET THEM GET THEIR POSITION THROUGH THE ELECTION.
I HAVE ZERO SAY IN A VACANCY COMMITTEE.
IN THIS CASE, NO CRITICISM OF THEM.
I KNOW DAFNA SHE IS ABLE AND A GOOD PERSON.
BUT THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS BROKEN.
IF A MEMBER OF CONGRESS RESIGNS WE HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION.
WHY CAN'T WE DO THE SAME THING IN A FAIRLY SMALL DISTRICT IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS.
WHY CAN'T WE PROVIDE MORE INCENTIVES FOR THIS CONSTANT GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS.
EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR THEIR NEXT GIG BEFORE IT IS TIME.
YOU CONTINUE THIS CYCLE OF PEOPLE TAKING OFFICE WITHOUT AN ELECTION.
>> YOU HAVE PEOPLE INHERITING POSITIONS THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SOME FOLKS SAYING GET RID OF IT.
THEY HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED.
THEY APPEAR IN COLUMNS.
THEY ARE NOT FOR THIS.
IF WE WANT FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR SYSTEMS, THERE NEEDS TO BE TRUST.
THEY NEED TO FEEL THEY HAVE A VOICE.
THEY NEED TO FEEL THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SIDELINED.
THIS INSIDER TYPE APPOINTMENTS JUST GOES ABSOLUTELY AGAINST THAT.
WE HAVE A GREAT ELECTION HERE IN COLORADO.
IF HALF THE STATES AND THE FEDS CAN DO IT.
IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE AND GIVE EVERYONE A VOICE.
>> YOU MENTION HERNANDEZ AND RENTIL.
24 OF THE 100 LAWMAKERS WERE POSITIONED THERE.
>> IT IS UNFORTUNATE, I AGREE.
IT LENDS ITSELF TO INSIDER POLITICS.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN APOINTED BY THIS SMALL GROUP.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION WHY CAN'T WE HAVE SPECIAL ELECTIONS?
THEY ARE COSTLY AND DO TAKE TIME.
OUR LEGISLATURE IS ONLY 120 DAYS.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
ONCE THE CANDIDATE IS SELECTED OR THE REPRESENTATIVE IS SELECTED THEY GO IN FOR 30 DAYS IN THE SESSION AND THEY ARE BRAND NEW.
I THINK WE CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS SYSTEM.
IS IT A GOOD SYSTEM?
NO IT IS NOT.
>> WE ARE GOING TO AGREE ON THIS.
DEFINITELY THESE REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE ELECTED.
SINCE MOST OF THE VACANCIES NOW ARE COMING UP, PRESUMABLY YOU CAN CHANGE AN ELECTION.
WE GOT MAIL-IN BALLOTING.
OF COURSE, IT IS GOING TO ADD SOME COST.
IT WILL ADD CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM THAT YOU GET A CHANCE TO VOTE.
IT IS IRONIC THAT DOMINIC MORENO THIS SET THIS WHOLE DOMINOS IN MOTION.
WE STILL HAVE IT UNTIL JANUARY.
WE COULD HAVE ELECTIONS IN THESE SPOTS THAT WOULD LET PEOPLE PARTICIPATE.
>> A COLORADO BAKER WHO HAS NOT BACKED DOWN FROM LEGAL CHALLENGES OVER THE YEARS IS HEADED TO THE SUPREME COURT.
THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE IF PHILLIPS VIOLATED THE ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW WHEN HE REFUSED TO MAKE A CAKE FOR GENDER TRANSITION.
>> DIFFERENT CAKE.
DIFFERENT CASE ALL TOGETHER.
DIFFERENT CAKE SAME DISCRIMINATION.
I THINK WITH THIS ONE IS PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS.
THIS IS A CAKE ON ITS FACE.
IT IS PINK AND BLUE.
NO SORT OF MESSAGE.
HE AGREED TO MAKE THE CAKE.
WHEN HE FOUND OUT IT WAS A GENDER TRANSITION PARTY THAT'S WHEN HE SAID NO WAY.
THE WAY THIS ONE IS TEAED UP.
IT IS TEAED UP IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION POSTURE.
IF YOU ARE SERVING THE PUBLIC, IF YOU ARE SERVING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THEN YOU HAVE A DUTY TO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE PUBLIC.
THIS WILL BE INTERESTING.
WHILE IT IS NUMBER TWO FOR MASTERPIECE CAKE SHOP WE DID HAVE THE CREATIVE -- IT WAS A BROAD HOLDING AND DECISION THAT HAS THE ONLY TO SWALLOW IT ALL UP.
COLORADO DOES HAVE A HISTORY OF BACKING SOME OF THIS DISCRIMINATION LAWS.
THIS IS OUR STATE SUPREME COURT.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
>> IT DOES COME OUT TO IT.
IS A CAKE EXPRESSION OF SPEECH.
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE ARGUE YES.
HE SEES HIS WORK AS AN EXPRESSION OF HIS VIEW.
THIS IS NO DIFFERENT A -- IT IS AN EXPRESSION HE SEES OF HIS WORK AND LIVELIHOOD.
IS IT SPEECH WITHOUT WORDS?
IT IS A VERY INTERESTING CASE.
AGAIN WITH THE SUPREME COURT CASE, THAT WAS ABOUT SPEECH.
IT WAS ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WROTE LANGUAGE.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING IF THIS CAKE IS ACTUALLY AN EXPRESSION OF SPEECH.
>> AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO DRAW THE LAW.
I CAN CREATE AN ARGUMENT WITH THE TIE I CHOSE TO WEAR.
ANYTHING THAT IS PRODUCED GOOD BEING SOME FORM OF EXPRESSION.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A LINE.
HE WAS OKAY WITH MAKING IT BEFORE HE NEW HE WAS MAKING.
I'M REALLY INTERESTED WHERE THIS ONE COMES OUT.
I THINK IT WILL BE INFORMATIVE.
>> I'M GETTING TIRED OF THE COURT CASES.
NO ONE ASKED HER TO MAKE A WEB SITE FOR A GAY WEDDING.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE HER WORDS TORTURED BY SOMETHING SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN.
WE GOT THE DECISION ON THAT.
NOW WE HAVE THIS CLEARLY SHE KNEW SHE WAS ORDERING A CAKE FROM WHEN SHE ORDERED THE PINK AND BLUE CAKE.
EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT HIM.
I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO COME TO WERE OUR FREE SPEECH LIES.
BOTH OF US ARE TRICKY ONES.
>> COOKED UP, EXACTLY.
>> IT WAS COOKED UP.
IT WAS A SET UP IF YOU WILL.
REGULAR VIEWERS WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TYRONE AND I HAVE GONE AT IT BEFORE.
I COME OUT IT AT A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT.
YOU SHOULD NOT NEED TO COMPEL SPEECH.
I AGREE YOU NEED TO AT SOME POINT WHAT SPEECH OR EXPRESSION IS.
IT CAN'T BE EVERYTHING.
YOUR TIE IS A NICE TIE AND NO ONE OBJECTS TO IT.
THIS IS ABOUT HARASSING JACK PHILLIPS.
LAST I LOOK, THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT IS STILL SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
IT COULD LAND THERE AS WELL.
IF IT BUMPS UP TO THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM.
THE 303 CREATIVE DECISION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOVERNORING IN THIS CASE AND MAYBE SLAPPED DOWN TWICE BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, THE COLORADO AUTHORITIES ON JACK PHILLIPS ONCE AND 303 FOR A SECOND TIME.
MAYBE THEY WILL NOT GO FOR A THIRD STRIKE.
MAYBE WE HAVE JACK PHILLIPS YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE WRONG.
HE HAS A RIGHT TO BE WRONG AND SHE CAN GO GET HER CAKE AT PLENTY OTHER PLACES.
>> ANYTHING FINAL, MANY ATTORNEY?
>> HE HAS A RIGHT TO BE WRONG.
MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS SHOULD NOT BE GOING TO SUPPORT HIS BUSINESS.
IF THE PUBLIC IS SUPPORTING HIM ENABLING HE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE PUBLIC.
>> I POINT THIS OUT AGAIN.
YEARS LONG GONE BY.
I WOULD DO SPEECH WRITING.
AS A JEWISH HOLOCAUST SOME HOLOCAUST DENIER COMES UP TO MY DOOR STORE SHOULD I BE COMPELLED.
I THINK CREATIVE PEOPLE HAVE ABILITY TO DISCERN AND DISCRIMINATE ABOUT WHAT CLIENTS THEY TAKE AND WHERE THEY DRAW THE LINE.
THAT HOLOCAUST DENINER CAN FIND ANOTHER SPEECH WRITER THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THIS IS MY FIRST WEEKEND IN THREE THAT I'M NOT RUNNING TO THE AIRPORT.
I'M SO OKAY WITH THAT THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS THE THIRD BUSIEST IN THE WORLD.
PLANS TO MAKE IT BUSIER.
>> THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT CAME OUT OF A REGULAR QUARTERLY UPDATE ON DIA.
THERE IS A VISION FOR DIA IN 2045.
HAVING MORE CHECKPOINTS, HAVING MORE TSA, EXPANDING TERMINALS.
100 MORE GATES THEY ARE CONFIDENT THEY CAN FILL.
IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN UNITED AIRLINES WE ARE EXPANDING AT DIA.
WE WANT 12 MORE GATES.
SO WE HAVE SEEN THE TRAFFIC THERE.
IT LENDS ITSELF TO THAT DISCUSSION.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT?
WE HAVE RAPID GROWTH HAPPENING AT DIA.
THEY ARE LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
A LOT OF TIMES THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
WE HAVE RAPID GROWTH AND EVERYONE THROWS UP THEIR HAND AND SAYS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THE PLANS COMING OUT.
HOLD ON TO YOUR SEAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HIT 100 MILLION MUCH EARLIER THAN PREDICTED.
THEY ARE ANNOUNCING 2027.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE TERMINAL RENOVATION WILL BE DONE BY THEN.
WE GOT ALL THIS ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION COMING IN.
THE A-LINE WHICH AGAIN ON THURSDAY WAS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT.
YOU GET THE TRAINS TAKING YOU FROM THE TERMINAL TO THE CONCOURSE.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN STUCK WHICH I'M SURE YOU HAVE WHEN ONE OF THOSE TRAINS IS DOWN YOU CAN WAIT AN HOUR TO GET OUT TO YOUR CONCOURSE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THEY WILL FIGURE OUT BEFORE WE HAVE 120 MILLION IN 2045.
>> THESE NEW TERMINALS WON'T USE THE TRAIN THAT IS IN PLACE?
HOW CAN YOU HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN THE TRAIN SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW.
>> I THINK THEY READ THEY WOULD COME OFF OF TERMINAL.
I HAVE BEEN LONG WINDED IN OTHER TOPICS.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE VISION.
CAPACITY HAS TO INCREASE IF ANY OF THESE PROJECTIONS ARE TRUE.
I'M SKEPTICAL OF THE CITY'S ABILITY TO PULL THIS OFF IN A TIMELY, COST EFFICIENT WAY WITHOUT MASSIVE DISRUPTION.
HOPEFULLY THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BE A LITTLE MORE APT AT THIS THAN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION PROVED TO BE.
NOT IN TERMS OF VISION BUT IN TERMS OF EXECUTING.
>> TYRONE?
>> I REMEMBER SHELTERING IN PLACE DURING COVID AND WONDERING IF WE WOULD GET BACK TO TRAVEL TO BEING INTERNATIONAL, TO BUSING AIRPORT.
THIS MOVING FREE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR WORLD.
AND WE HAVE HAD BACK-TO-BACK RECORD TRAVEL NUMBERS AT DIA.
IT HAS STEADILY CLIMBED.
WE ARE NUMBER THREE RIGHT NOW.
I COULD SEE THE VISION THIS BEING A HUB THE WAY IT WAS BEING LAID OUT.
IT IS BEING REALIZED.
WE ARE THERE WE JUST NEED TO EXECUTE.
I AGREE WITH ERIC IT COULD BE TOUGH, BUT TIME TO FOLLOW-THROUGH ON THAT VISION.
I'M SO GLAD WE ARE BACK IN THIS PLACE.
>> WHEN YOU FLY ANYWHERE ELSE, DIA IS THE MOST CROWDED.
IT SEEMS EVERY AIRPORT I GO TO.
>> HORRIBLE SIGNAGE.
I UNDERSTAND KEEPING UP WITH THE CONSTRUCTION IS DIFFICULT BUT I WISH THEY WOULD WARN YOU AS YOU COME ON THE TRAIN WHAT YOU WILL ENCOUNTER.
>> THIS WEEKEND I'M STAYING PUT.
I'M NOT GOING TO THE AIRPORT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THIS WEEK.
PATTY, LET'S START WITH YOU IN TERMS OF A LOW.
>> THE JOHNSTON ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING HARD TO COME UP WITH THE HOUSE 1,000 PLAN.
JUST THIS WEEK WE LEARNED THAT BECAUSE OF SWEEPS AND BECAUSE OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING, THE TRIANGLE BAR IS CLOSING AT LEAST TEMPORARILY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT HANDLE THE HOMELESS OUTSIDE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN OPERATE.
>> ACROSS THE CAPITOL IN THE SENATE, THIS IDEA OF GETTING RID OF ANY DRESS CODE.
AGAIN, IT IS NOT A CAPITOL LETTER KIND OF ISSUE.
I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE LOWERING OF STANDARDS WE ARE SEEING ALL OVER.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO AMEND THE DRESS CODE I'M NOT SURE WOMEN SHOW UP IN CLOSED TOE SHOES.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WE NEED GYM SHORTS AND PENNSYLVANIA SENATE SHOWING UP IN HIS HOODY.
I THINK YOU CAN HAVE SOME STANDARDS.
>> A SETTLEMENT CAME OUT IN THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
THERE WAS A REPORT ABOUT THE APPALLING CONDITIONS.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT OUR JAILS AND SIMILAR QUESTIONS WHAT WE SEE IN DOC.
YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN ATTENTION CALLED TO THE CONDITIONS FOR INCARCERATED FOLKS ACROSS OUR STATE AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
I THINK IT IS AN ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE FOLKS ARE DOWN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS PROMISING THAT ATTENTION IS BEING BROUGHT TO IT.
BUT IT IS MY SORT OF BAD OF THE WEEK BECAUSE WE CANNOT FORGET ABOUT THESE FOLKS.
>> THERE WAS A GUEST COLUMN TALKING ABOUT REPUBLICANS FIGHTING AMONGST THEMSELVES.
HE WAS CRITICAL GOP STRATEGIST.
HELPED TOM DASH L IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
THIS COLUMN THIS STATE OF THE GOP RIGHT NOW AND BLAMES HIM FOR LOSSES IN 2010.
VERY UNFAIR COLUMN IN MY OPINION.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS QUITE A DISGRACE.
>> THANK YOU.
NOW CLOSE THE SHOW WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE.
>> DOORS OPEN DENVER A GREAT PROGRAM IN DENVER.
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO INTO BUILDINGS OVER THE NEXT WEEK AND SEE THE INTERIOR.
THE DEBUT TODAY YOU CAN WATCH ON DOORS OPEN DENVER.
>> A SHOUTOUT TO GINGER DID A FIND JOB.
A TRULY GOOD PERSON.
SHE WAS NOTIFIED SHE WOULD NOT BE RENEWED IN THAT POST.
SHE LEFT A PRETTY HIGH BAR.
>> THE USE OF FORCE DASHBOARDS SEEMS IT WILL COME ON BOARD.
THIS WAS SOMETHING COMP PLAITED.
THIS WILL BE GREAT FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS WILL GIVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO DATA.
SO MORE INFORMATION THE BETTER.
>> MINE IS FUZZY.
THIS HAPPENS IN ALASKA.
THEY VIDEOTAPE BEARS UP THERE.
I'M FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
I'M USED TO BLACK BEARS.
THESE ARE GRIZZLY TYPE FUZZY BEARS.
IT IS FAT BEAR WEEK.ORG IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR YOUR FATTEST FUZZY BEAR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I PROBABLY WON'T.
MY POSITIVE THIS WEEK IS THE YES WE RECEIVE FROM NEW DENVER MAYOR IN TWO WEEKS TIME HE WILL BE HITTING HIS 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.
HE WILL COME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT FOR A HALF HOUR HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
WE INVITE YOU TO SHARE WITH US ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR THE MAYOR.
SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO PBS12.ORG/VIEWER QUESTIONS.
THERE IS A CHANCE WE MIGHT ASK YOUR QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS SHOW OR LISTENING IF YOU ARE CHECKING OUT OUR PODCAST.
THANKS TO OUR PANEL BEING SO PREPARED FOR THE WEEK.
ALWAYS BEING HERE TO DISCUSS THE CRAZINESS.
THANKS FOR WATCHING I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.
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