
September 23rd, 2022
Season 30 Episode 37 | 27m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Topical experts discuss the latest in Colorado Politics.
Host: Patty Calhoun Panelist: Marianne Goodland Tyrone Glover David Kopel Eric Sonderman Topics Include: • Ballot Information Booklets (Blue Books) Sent In the Mail • There May Be Another Round of Tabor Refunds • Political Ads are All Over the Airwaves • Aurora Has Two Police Chief Finalists
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September 23rd, 2022
Season 30 Episode 37 | 27m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Host: Patty Calhoun Panelist: Marianne Goodland Tyrone Glover David Kopel Eric Sonderman Topics Include: • Ballot Information Booklets (Blue Books) Sent In the Mail • There May Be Another Round of Tabor Refunds • Political Ads are All Over the Airwaves • Aurora Has Two Police Chief Finalists
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
I'M PATTY CALHOUN THE FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.
I'LL BE YOUR GUEST HOST.
DAVID KOPEL RESEARCH DIRECTOR FROM THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE.
THANK YOU.
ERIC SONDERMANN POLITICAL COLUMNIST.
WELCOME.
THE AWARD WINNING MARIANNE.
THE COLORADO BLUE BOOK AS LANDED ACROSS THE STATE WITH A THUD.
IT IS A HEFTY LINEUP OF 11 MEASURES FOR VOTERS TO CONSIDER COME NOVEMBER.
WHICH PROPOSAL IS GOING TO BE THE HOT ONE DAVID?
>> I THINK IT DEPENDS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MUSHROOMS OR BUZZ.
IT DIVIDES OUR AUDIENCE AS WELL.
YOU CAN PUT THEM IN THREE LARGE GROUPS.
YOU HAVE ONE GROUP THAT IS TAX CUT.
IF YOU ARE AN ELDERLY PERSON LIVED IN YOUR HOME FOR OVER TEN YEARS YOU GET A SMALL BREAK ON PROPERTY TAXES WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXTENSION.
THIS WOULD EXTEND TO SPOUSES IN GOLD STAR FAMILIES OF SOMEONE WHO LOST SOMEONE IN COMBAT.
REDUCE THE STATE INCOME TAX RATE.
WE HAVE TWO TAX INCREASES.
WE NOW HAVE THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM SO POOR KIDS GET A FREE MEAL AT SCHOOL.
MOM WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE LUNCH AGAIN.
I DON'T SEE IT SHOULD BE RAISING TAXES.
WHEN THERE AREN'T TAX REFUNDS IT WOULD REQUIRE FUNDS.
WE KNOW THAT IT ALWAYS ENDS UP BEING CUTS IN THE SCHOOL FUNDING.
AFFORDABLE HOUSES BENEFITS A FEW LUCKY PEOPLE BUT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PEOPLE HOUSE HOUSE AND IS APPLY.
YOU GOT ONE THING TO LEGALIZE MUSHROOMS.
LEGALIZE POSSESSION BUT NOT SELL.
LEGALIZE IN MEDICAL SETTINGS HELPING PEOPLE DEAL WITH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY.
LIQUOR STORES BEING OWNED BY LARGE CHANGE.
YOU CAN ALREADY CALL AND THEY WILL BRING YOU A CASE OF BRING OF BEER IF YOU WANT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO COME DOWN ON.
>> ERIC YOU GOT YOUR CHOICE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE FOLLOWING THIS YEAR?
>> I THINK THE ONE I WILL BE FOLLOWING THERE ARE CATEGORIES SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN DAVID.
WE HAVE 11 ISSUES NOT ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE EQUAL IN MY MIND.
A HOMESTEAD EXCEPTION.
EVEN THOUGH IT IS A HEFTY LINEUP IT DOESN'T HAVE SOME OF THE HOT BUTTON ISSUES.
THERE IS NO ABORTION ISSUE.
THERE IS NO LAND CONTROL ISSUE.
THERE IS NO OIL AND GAS ISSUE.
SOME OF THOSE BIG MONEY DEBATES WILL BE SAVED FROM THIS CYCLE.
THE ONE THAT WILL GET MOST OF THE ATTENTION ARE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, QUOTE, BALLOT MEASURE.
I BELIEVE THAT IS NUMBER 123 FOR VOTERS.
AND 124 AND 126 THE LIQUOR OF ABILITY OF GROCERY STORE TO SELL LIQUOR.
THOSE WILL BE WELL FUNDED CAMPAIGNS BOTH FOR AND AGAINST AS WELL.
SO, I THINK IF YOU ARE TUNING IN TO THE AIRWAYS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO POLITICAL ADVERTISING PEOPLE THOSE ARE THE ADS YOU WILL BE SEEING AND CONCENTRATED ON THOSE ISSUES.
>> YOU COVERED A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES ON THE WAY TO THE BALLOT.
WHICH ONES DO YOU SEE CATCHING FIRE?
>> I'M NOT SURE I SEE ANY OF THEN CATCHING FIRE.
THERE WAS A BALLOT MEASURE ON EDUCATION FUNDING THAT PULLS REALLY REALLY WELL AND THEY COULDN'T GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT.
THAT AND ABORTION TEND TO BE DRIVERS OF TURN ABOUT.
I THINK THE INTEREST IS GOING TO BE IN THE -- MAYBE THE U.S. SENATE RACE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS RATHER THAN THESE BALLOT MEASURES.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS BEING POURED INTO THESE THE MUSHROOMS AND THE LIQUOR ONES.
IT WILL BE A ONE SIDED ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.
>> TYRONN WHICH ONE ARE YOU HOUSING?
>> THERE IS GOING TO BE IN THIS ELECTION ON THE CRIMINALIZATION.
OUR JAILS ARE CLOGGED.
A THIRD OF THE CASES IN OUR MULTIPLE COURTS HERE IN DENVER ARE FOLKS RELATED TO FOLKS UNHOUSED.
AND SO I THINK VOTERS WILL BE READY.
MANY OF WHICH ARE GOING TO BE DIVIDED ON DOUBLING DOWN ON HOMES AS BEING THE SOLUTION FOR OUR HOMELESS PROBLEM.
>> YOU ALL HAVE THIS BLUE BOOK AT HOME.
STUDY IT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE COMPLICATED.
IN THE MEANTIME IT LOOKS LIKE GOVERNOR JARED POLIS HAS ESCAPED AN ETHICS VIOLATION.
THE STATE IS COLLECTING SO MUCH MONEY THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ROUND OF TABOR REFUNDS.
THERE IS A LOT OF ECONOMIC NEWS.
>> YES THERE IS A LOT OF ECONOMIC NEWS.
THE ETHIC COMPLAINT FILED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
IT IS ALWAYS A POLITICAL COMPLAINT.
IT WAS A POLITICAL PROVE WITH THE CASHBACK.
YOU SORT OF KNOW THAT JARED POLIS KNOWS BETTER.
IT IS NO GREAT SURPRISE TO ME THAT THERE IS DEMOCRATIC SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE HAS ABSOLVED THEM OF THIS.
$4.3 MILLION OF TAXPAYER ADVERTISING RIGHT BEFORE THE 2020 ELECTION AND RIGHT BEFORE THE 2022 ELECTION.
CLEARLY THERE IS CAMPAIGNING GOING ON.
MAYBE LOWER C CAMPAIGNING ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
IN TERMS OF THE REFUND NEXT YEAR.
THERE IS SO MUCH IN THE AIR AS THE ECONOMIST INDICATED.
YES, THEY ARE ANTICIPATING GOOD ECONOMIC TIMES AND CONTINUED STRONG REVENUES TO THE STATE WHICH WILL DICTATE REFUNDS.
FROM EUROPE TO UKRAINE, TO INFLATION TO RAISE INTEREST RATES ET CETERA.
LASTLY WHAT IS INTERESTING IF THERE ARE REFUNDS NEXT YEAR WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE CASH BACK.
THAT WAS AN ELECTION YEAR TACTIC.
NEXT YEAR ANY REFUNDS WILL BE PROCESSED IN APRIL EITHER IN TERMS OF PAYING LESS TAXES OR A FEW WEEKS LATER GETTING ENHANCED TAX RETURN.
>> YOU ARE AT THE STATE HOUSE.
HOW IS THIS MONEY ISSUE SHAKING OUT THERE?
>> THE TABOR REFUNDS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR ARE ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS.
IT IS NOT A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THE COLORADO CASHBACK WAS ABOUT $2.7 BILLION.
THERE IS STILL ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL GO OUT THROUGH THE STANDARD MECHANISM.
MAYBE ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO OF STRONG TABOR REFUNDS.
AFTER THAT IT DROPS OFF.
THE THING THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE NERVEGS RIGHT NOW IS NOT ONLY THAT IS THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THE BALLOT MEASURES.
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE IS ONE THAT MAKES IT VERY NERVOUS.
THAT IS $300 MILLION HIT TO THE TABOR REFUND.
THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW YOU KEEP THAT SUSTAINING AND KEEP THAT GOING SHOULD THEY DROP OFF.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OFF IN A BIG WAY IN ABOUT THREE YEARS.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BALLOT MEASURE.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THESE CURRENT ECONOMIC?
>> WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.
WE HAVE STRONG REVENUES.
WE HAVE UNCERTAINLY GLOBAL AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC TIMES.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THIS POINT TO REALLY PUT IN PLACE THE MECHANISM THAT TARGET RELEASE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY.
I AGREE PROBABLY SOME HEART BURN IN THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT SOME OF THESE DECISIONS.
THIS GIVES US OPPORTUNITY DURING THE GOOD TIMES TO PLAN FOR THE BAD ONES.
>> DAVID, I KNOW THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE HAS PLAYED CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT JARED POLIS IS DOING.
YOU ARE HAVING A PARTY IN HIS NAME NEXT WEEK.
>> YES WE ARE.
>> HOW DO YOU SEE THESE ECONOMIC ISSUES WORKING OUT?
>> WHAT IS ILLEGAL VERSUS WHAT IS DISHONEST AND SLEAZY.
THE CASHBACK LETTER WAS IN THE SECOND CATEGORY.
BUT NOT ILLEGAL.
IF HE HAD WRITTEN THAT LETTER HONESTLY INSTEAD OF SAYING I'M PLEASED TO GIVING YOU THIS MONEY HE WOULD HAVE SAID IN THE LAST ELECTION I DID EVERYTHING I COULD SO YOU WOULD NEVER GET A TAX REFUND AGAIN.
YOU VOTED AGAINST ME, BECAUSE OF OUR CONSTITUTION, THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS TO GIVE YOU THIS MONEY BACK.
BUT I'LL TAKE CREDIT FOR IT.
>> MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY RIGHT NOW.
ESPECIALLY AS POLITICAL ADS ARE HITTING THE AIRWAYS.
IT LOOKS LIKE INDEPENDENCE EXPENDITURE COMMITTEES WILL BE PUTTING IN HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
YOU HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT THIS.
WHAT DO VIEWERS NEED TO KNOW?
>> THE INTERESTING THING AGENT THESE $10 MILLION IS THAT HALF OF IT CAME IN ONE CONTRIBUTION AND ONE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE.
THE IEC THAT IS BACKING HEIDI GANHL.
PUT $11 MILLION INTO DEEP COLORADO WEALTH.
THEY ARE BARRED BY LAW WITH COORDINATING WITH CAMPAIGNS.
HOWEVER, THAT SAID THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT DEEP COLORADO WEALTH PUT INTO BACKING GANHL IS MORE THAN JARED POLIS.
THE OTHER BIG MONEY THAT IS COMING IN IS COMING IN FOR STATE HOUSE SENATE CANDIDATES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, SECRETARY OF STATE, IEC.
THIS IS JUST $10 MILLION IF THINGS HAPPENED THE NORMALLY DO THIS IS A DROP IN THE PUCKETT.
I EXPECT THE NUMBERS IN THE 38-48 MILLION DOLLARS RANGE.
>> TV STATIONS BENEFIT FROM THE EXPENDITURES BUT DO THEY HELP VOTERS MAKE DECISIONS?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I WAS IN LAWSUIT SCHOOL WHEN THE DECISION WAS HANDED DOWN BY OUR SUPREME COURT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CRITIQUE.
I REMEMBER PRESIDENT OBAMA CRITIQUING.
RECEIVING ALL OF THAT THIS CORPORATE MONEY FLOWING INTO POLITICS.
I THINK IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR VOTERS TO ASSESS THEIR CHOICES ON THE MERITS.
THERE IS SO MUCH INFLUENCE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM.
COMING INTO INFLUENCE A CANDIDATE TOWARDS WHATEVER THEIR PARTICULAR END IS.
I UNDERSTAND THEY CANNOT COORDINATE.
THEY CAN DEFINITELY ALIGN.
THAT'S WHY I THINK WE SEE THESE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE.
>> WE KNOW THERE IS A BUNCH OF MONEYBAGS.
HOW DO YOU SEE IT AFFECTING THE CAMPAIGN.
>> AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THIS ENORMOUS GOVERNMENT WE GOT SPENDING OVER $50 BILLION A YEAR.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN POLITICS SO THEY CAN GET THEIR SHARE.
IF WE ENFORCED OR COLORADO CONSTITUTION AS IT IS WRITTEN WHICH BANS CORPORATE WELCOME.
-- WELFARE.
I THINK THERE IS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THESE EXPENDITURES.
THIS RANCHER GUY WHOSE PUTTING MONEY TO DEFEAT POLIS.
EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT IT.
THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS THESE OUT OF STATE MONEY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE A GROUP IN WASHINGTON WHICH COLLECTS ALL THIS MONEY FROM THE VERY RICH OF THE LEFT AND FUNDS THESE GRASSROOTS GROUP TO DO NASTY ATTACK ADS.
IF YOU ARE HEARING AN AD THAT CLAIMS TO REPRESENT COLORADOAN, MORE LIKELY IT REPRESENTS THE BIG MONEY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >> WE SAW HOW MUCH SOME OF THE BIG MONEY DIDN'T IMPACT THE PRIMARY.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS MONEY INFLUENCING VOTERS?
>> AD WORK.
THAT'S WHY POLITICAL CONSULTANTS PUT THEM UP THERE.
KUDOS TO MARRIANE FOR HER REPORTING ON THIS.
I AGREE WITH TYRONE BUT AGREE WITH DAVID.
AS DAVID MENTIONED AS LONG AS GOVERNMENT IS PRESENT IN OUR LIVES THERE WILL BE MAJOR MONEY SPENT.
A THIRD THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED.
ALL OF THE MEASURES PASSED OVER THE YEARS IN THE NAME OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM.
TRIED TO TAKE MONEY TO LOWER CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.
TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR CANDIDATES THEMSELVES IN THEIR OWN CAMPAIGNS TO RAISE MONEY.
INSTEAD IT GOES AROUND THROUGH THESE SIDE DOORS AND BACK DOORS AND INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE GROUPS.
THE REAL HARM THE CAMPAIGNS THEMSELVES.
LET'S GO WITH HEIDI GANHL.
HEIDI GANHL IS NOT GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF HER OWN CAMPAIGN MESSAGE.
STEVE WELLS WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ADVERTISING IN THE AIR THAN HEIDI GANHL.
HE WILL DETERMINE WHAT HER MESSAGE.
I LOVE THE NAME OF SOME OF THESE GROUPS.
IT IS LIKE COLORADOANS CREATING OPPORTUNITY.
RESTORE THE ROCKIES.
IT IS ALL MOM AND APPLE PIE FOR THESE BIG MONEY ORGANIZATIONS.
>> SADLY WE WILL SEE A LOT MORE OF THESE ADS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORSE ONES OUT THERE.
BEFORE THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE THE McCLAIN AUTOPSY REPORT BEING RELEASED WHILE WE ARE FILMING THIS.
DENVER LOST IT'S APPEAL DURING THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST TWO YEARS AGO.
>> I'D LIKE TO TALK THIS $14 MILLION JUDGMENT THAT CAME BACK.
HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE BEGINNING, OR SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE CITY OF DENVER TO CHANGE COURSE OF FIGHTING AT ALL COSTS.
YOU KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE WANT TO SEE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY WANT TO SEE RESPONSIBILITY.
THE PEOPLE SPOKE.
THEY SPOKE WITH THAT VERDICT.
THEY APPEAL IT UP AND THE HIGHER COURT.
AFTER FIGHTS OVER ATTORNEY FEES AT THIS POINT.
THAT VERDICT IS GOING TO STAND.
HOPEFULLY A LARGE ENOUGH VERDICT LIKE THIS SORT OF URGE AND MOVE THE CITY TO START DOING THE RIGHT THING IN THESE TYPES OF CASES.
>> THIS WAS THE FIRST BIG FEDERAL CASE COMING OUT OF THE PROTEST.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THE NEXT ONE COMES FROM?
>> LET'S FOCUS ON THE STAGE THAT WE ARE AT.
THERE WAS A TRIAL AND JURY VERDICT.
IF YOU LOSE THE JURY TRIAL YOU CAN ARGUE TO THE JUDGE.
NO RESPONSIBLE JURY COULD HAVE DONE THIS.
AND SO THE JUDGE SHOULD OVERTURN THE JURY VERDICT THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES BUT NOT OFTEN.
THE JUDGE WAS RIGHT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE JUDGE MIGHT HAVE DONE.
THAT HE SAID THE JURORS HAD PLENTY OF EVIDENCE TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION THEY DID.
THE ONLY THING HE CHANGED WAS THERE WAS ONE PLAINTIFF WHO HAD BEEN HIT BY MULTIPLE PEPPER BALL.
AND ONE OFFICER WHO FIRED ONE ROUND OF PEPPER BALL.
THE JUDGE SAYS THAT IS EXCESSIVE SO HE REDUCED IT TO 50,000.
DENVER WILL LIKELY APPEAL THIS.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL -- I THINK IT IS UNLIKELY THE COURT OF APPEALS WILL FIND THIS SO UNREASONABLE THEY WILL HAVE TO REVERSE IT.
>> WE CAN STAY IN DENVER OR GO TO AURORA.
>> I WILL MAINLY GO TO AURORA.
I'M NOT SURE I HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD TO THEIR ANALYSIS OF DENVER.
OTHER THAN IN THE MENTION OF ELIZABETH NOT ONLY IS SHE IS PLAINTIFF IN THIS CASE, SHE IS ABOUT TO BE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
GOING TO ATTRACT SOME ATTENTION GIVEN HER PROFILE AND HER -- PRETTY HARD LEFT IDEOLOGY.
SHE IS GOING TO BE A LIGHTNING ROD IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
IN TERMS OF AURORA.
I DON'T KNOW THE GENTLEMEN WHO ARE THE FINALIST.
THE THIRD FINALIST WITH DREW.
AURORA IS A GROWING CITY.
YOU TALKED ABOUT AURORA IS IN SOME WAYS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PLACES IN COLORADO.
THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF HAD ONE STRONG PLATFORM.
SHE WAS THERE AS A REFORMER.
I THINK WHAT SHE INDICATED WAS THAT ANY SUCCESSFUL POLICE CHIEF HAS TO BE ABLE TO SATISFIES MULTIPLE CONSTITUENTS.
SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO SLAP OFFICERS ON THE HAND OR WORSE.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT AND EVEN THE ACTION OF THOSE OFFICERS AND A FEELING FROM THOSE OFFICERS THAT THE CHIEF HAS THEIR BACK.
WILSON DID NOT HAVE TO ACT.
WE WILL SEE WHO EMERGES FROM THESE TWO.
>> POLICE ISSUES IN BOTH CITIES.
>> I'M GOING WITH AURORA POLICE AS WELL.
DIDN'T HAVE IN ADDITION TO THE SUPPORT FROM HER OFFICERS DESPITE THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE HAD WAS THE BACKING OF CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY.
I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING THING TO WATCH AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THIS WHICH STARTS ON MONDAY.
JUST TO SEE WHO IS ABLE TO SATISFY BOTH SIDES OF CITY COUNCIL WHETHER IT IS THE LIBERAL SIDE OR CONSERVATIVE SIDE.
IS THERE A CANDIDATE OF THIS GROUP OF TWO.
THEY ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND PULL SOME OTHER SEMIFINALIST.
I WISH THEM LUCK.
>> IT IS TIME FOR OUR FAVORITE PART.
DISGRACE OF THE WEEK, DAVID?
>> THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE THE WEEK BEFORE THIS RELEASE REPORT ON GOVERNOR POLIS' PROMISE TO CUT TAX EXPENDITURE.
SPECIAL INTEREST TAX BREAKS AND GIVE THE MONEY TO THE PEOPLE.
WHAT WE REPORTED WAS HE DID CUT SOME SPECIAL INTEREST TAX BREAKS BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT BUT INCREASED OTHER SPECIAL INCREASE TAX RATES BY WAY MORE.
OVER TEN YEARS UNDER POLIS WE WILL HAVE $600 MILLION MORE IN SPECIAL INTEREST, GIVE AWAYS.
WE DID THE REPORT.
THEY CAN'T DISPUTE ANY OF OUR FACTS.
SO THEY SAY THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE IS A WILDLY PARTISAN GROUP.
I WISH WHO EVER THAT SPOKESPERSON COULD HAVE BEEN AROUND IN 2005.
WHEN WE WERE FIGHTING PLANS TO BIG TAX AND BORROWING INCREASE.
>> YOUR DISGRACE.
>> DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL SEEMS TO GET THE AWARD OR RECOGNITION.
SO OF THE MESSES THEY ARE INVOLVED ARE OF THEIR OWN MAKING.
THIS WEEK THE SITUATION WITH THE YOUNG WOMEN AND THE PRINCIPAL WHERE THEY FIRED A TRADEMARK VIOLATION ON THEM FOR A CAMPAIGN THEY STARTED OF NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
WHATEVER YOU MAKE FOR THE MERITS.
THIS SHOWS THE INITIATIVE OF YOUNG PEOPLE, EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
DPS SAYS THEY OWN THE TRADEMARK.
>> A TRUE OUTRAGE.
>> I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT IS PART OF THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED TRIAL WHO MURDERED ISABELLA.
WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME WAS THE FACT THERE IS ONE ASPECT OF THIS CASE THAT HAS NOT YET, IT DEW POINT LOOK LIKE COME TO FRUITION.
THIS IS GOING TO LIGHT YOU UP.
THE GUN THAT WAS USED.
IT HAD AMMUNITION MAGAZINE THAT ALLOWED THE SHOOTER.
WHERE IS THE CHARGES RELATED TO THIS.
IF YOU WILL PASS STATE LAWS IT WOULD BE A NICE THING IF YOU ENFORCE THEM.
>> TYRON.
>> SO MUCH FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THERE.
YOUR LAST QUESTION WAS ON DPD.
THAT IS STILL ON MY MIND.
MY DISGRACE OF THE WEEK IS A NEW LAWSUIT FILED ON BEHALF OF A HIGH RANKING SERGEANT.
THERE JUST CONTINUED TO BE ISSUES.
>> VERY QUICKLY SAY SOMETHING NICE.
>> THAT WOMAN OVER THERE WON THREE INDIVIDUAL PRESS AWARDS FOR JOURNALISM.
>> SO TRUE.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR JEWIISH VIEWERS AND FRIENDS.
>> A GUY WHO GOES UP BIKE TRAILS.
A SALUTE TO GO HEAD GREG.
WHO HAS SAVED MORE CYCLIST TIRES AND MONEY THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE.
>> FALL.
IT ACTUALLY FEELS LIKE FALL FINALLY.
I'M A CALIFORNIA TRANSPLANT.
I GET EXCITED WHEN THE SEASONS CHANGE.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE COME AROUND THE GREAT HARVEST AND AUTUMN FESTIVALS.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT'S EPISODE OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
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I'M PATTY CALHOUN.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
GOOD NIGHT.

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