
September 24th, 2021 Edition
Season 29 Episode 38 | 27m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Masks working in schools, Blue Books sent, Mesa County Clerk seeks funds, Boebert's FEC
Topics include COVID Update showing masks lowering school infection rates, Blue Books sent to voters for 2021 election issues, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder seeks money for a defense fund, Rep. Boebert is the subject of a FEC filing
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Season 29 Episode 38 | 27m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
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AND WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 24TH EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
AS YOU CAN TELL WE ARE OFF TO A ROCKY START.
FIVE MINUTES BEFORE WE ROLL TAPE IS INTERESTING.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT SHOW.
LET'S GET TO IT.
IF IT'S FRIDAY, THERE MUST BE A COVID UPDATE.
COLORADO HOSPITALS ARE TAKING ON PATIENTS OVERFLOW FROM WYOMING DUE TO OVERCROWDING IN WYOMING INTENSIVE CARE UNITS.
MEANWHILE, SCHOOLS WHO HAVE ISSUED MASK MANDATES HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TRANCE MISSION RATES AND THE STATE OF COLORADO IS OFFERING TO SEND OUT FREE AT-HOME RAPID TESTS TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY.
PATTY CALHOUN FROM WESTWARD A WHOLE LOT OF TAKES FROM THIS ONE.
IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE GETTING TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THIS ERA.
IT FEELS LIKE A DIFFERENT SEASON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WE ARE HEADING INTO COLD WEATHER AGAIN.
PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO BE OUTSIDE AS MUCH.
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GO TO RESTAURANTS?
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GO TO THEATERS?
SO PEOPLE WANT TO STAY AS SAFE AS THEY CAN.
WE HAVE ONE UPDATE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WHERE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID WIN A VICTORY OF THREE SCHOOLS THAT WEREN'T FOLLOWING MASK MANDATES.
SCHOOLS FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED RULES FOR MASKS SEE LOWER RATES.
SO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO KEEP IT DOWN THERE IS GREAT.
WYOMING I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
ALWAYS VERY INTERESTING.
YOU RARELY SEE A MASK.
NOW MAYBE WE ARE SEEING THE RESPONSES TO THAT.
THE HOSPITALS ARE OVERRUN.
THEY HAD TO BRING OUT THE NATIONAL GUARD IN WYOMING WHICH DOES NOT HAPPEN ONLY HAPPENS AT THE START OF HUNTING SEASON.
>> A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES TO THIS ONE.
ARE WE SEEING A DIFFERENT TREND?
WHETHER IT BE THE MASK MANDATES OR SOME THINGS COMING FROM DIFFERENT OFFICIALS?
>> A TREND IS GOOD AS YOU SAID THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SENDING HOME AT-HOME RAPIDS TESTS.
THAT SHOWS HOW FAR WE ARE IN THE UNITED STATES.
YOU CAN BUY AN AT-HOME TEST IN EUROPE AND THE FDA HAS BEEN A MAJOR OBSTRUCTER OF TESTS.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT INSISTED ONLY SOME DEFECTTIVED WHICH THEY KNEW WERE DEFECTIVE BE USED.
WE STARTED TO GET ACTUAL TESTS THAT COULD GIVE YOU GOOD RESULTS.
WE ARE A LOT WORSE OFF BECAUSE OF THEIR INTERFERENCE.
ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DATA THERE WAS AN INFECTION RATE OF 250 STUDENTS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
IN OTHER WORDS PER ONE THOUSAND STUDENT 2.5 WITH THE MANDATES, THREE WITHOUT.
IS THAT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE?
IT HAS ALL THESE CHARTS AND STUFF BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE DATA FOR ANYONE TO VERIFY.
WHAT THEY DON'T ACCOUNT FOR, IN THE COUNTIES THAT HAVE THE LOWER RATES.
THEY ALSO HAVE HIGHER INFECTION RATES ALSO GO ALONG WITH HIGHER VACCINE RATES.
WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEA IT IS THE MASKS OR VACCINES AND A SERIOUS RESEARCH REPORT RATHER THAN A POLITICAL ONE WOULD HAVE DONE A STATISTICAL ANALYST.
>> PEN I THINK SOME OF THE FRUSTRATION PEOPLE ARE FEELING WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR A WHILE.
WE WERE LEARNING THINGS AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
FROM ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, POLITICAL SPECTRUM FRUSTRATED WITH RAPID AT-HOME TESTS.
DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE OFFICIALS, MAYBE AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT WANT TO GET THINGS RUNNING THE RIGHT WAY SO WE ARE NOT RUNNING THIS KIND OF CONFUSION.
>> I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET THINGS RUNNING THE RIGHT WAY.
I'M FRUSTRATED TOO.
I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SUFFER UNDERSTAND NECESSARY.
I WANT PEOPLE TO GET TREATED.
ON THE OTHER HAND I'M FRUSTRATED AMERICANS ARE BEHAVING AS SELF-ABSORBED KIDS.
WE KNOW MASKS WORK, WE KNOW THAT VACCINES WORK.
THEN THEY HAVE THE NERVE AND ACT AMAZE THEY ARE SICK OR GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.
THEY GET AGGRAVATED BECAUSE THE HOSPITALS ARE OVERRUN AND COULDN'T ACCOMMODATE.
I RESPECT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEGITIMATE RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS TO ALL OF THESE THINGS.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE REGISTRATION OBJECTIONS JUST WANT TO DO WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO.
ALWAYS OF US NEED TO RECOGNIZE WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER.
ANY INDIVIDUAL'S BEHAVIOR IMPACTS ANYBODY ELSE THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH.
WE NEED TO CHANGE.
WE NEED TO CHECK OURSELVES.
>> THAT POINT OF THAT RELIGIOUS.
REALLY MAKING A CASE OF IT.
OTHER FOLKS GOOGLING CAN I GET SOMETHING AN ONLINE PASS TO GIVE ME A PERMISSION SLIP.
>> SOMEONE WHO WANTS AN ONLINE PERMISSION SLIP HASN'T SET FOOT IN CHURCH BEFORE.
>> EXACTLY.
WE SHOULD EXPLAIN TO OUR AUDIENCE STARTING THIS GIG WILL BE TAKING BREAK FROM THE SHOW.
NATASHA AS WE GET INTO WHAT A TERRIBLE JOB THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS DOING AS THE STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE PUT YOU IN A DIFFICULT POSITION.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
PUTTING THAT TO THE SIDE, LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENT COVID HEAD LINES, WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU?
>> AS YOU SAY, ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER WEEK OF COVID HEAD LINES.
THERE ARE REALLY INTERESTING NEWS.
THE AT-HOME TEST IS GREAT.
I THINK THAT WILL BE A WONDERFUL RESOURCES FOR PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO VACCINES.
THOSE FAMILIES WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MORE PEACE OF MIND.
SOMETHING I NOTICED LATELY IN CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE.
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT COVID AT ALL TIMES.
IT IS STARTING TO BE THESE CONVERSATIONS, DO YOU REMEMBER.
LOOKING BACK AT MARCH AND APRIL.
I THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
I TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
WE HAVE BEEN HURDLING THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC NOT A LOT OF TIME TO REFLECT AND HOW IT IMPACTED OUR LIVES.
MORE THAN 600 THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE PASSED AWAY.
MORE THAN 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GRIEVING TO DO.
THAT IS DEALING WITH THE LIVES WE HAVE LOST.
NOT DEALING HOW THIS IS IMPACTING JOBS AND FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I THINK THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SOME OF THEM ARE FUNNY.
WHAT WE DO WITH GROCERIES AND TOILET PAPER.
>> >>> BLUE BOOKS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY TO MAILBOXES, WHICH MEANS IT'S TIME TO START RESEARCHING SOME OF THE BALLOT MEASURES COLORADO WILL BE VOTE ON.
THIS YEAR'S ELECTION WILL COVER EVERYTHING FROM OUT-OF-SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE RENOVATION OF THE NATIONAL WESTERN COMPLEX AND MORE.
DAVID, CLEARLY, IF YOU ARE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF A STATE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT BLUE BOOKS.
DENVER A LOT MORE THAN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
FROM WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU?
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BY FAR IS A NONPARTISAN GOOD CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE IN THE STATEWIDE BALLOTS.
THE ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THERE.
IT IS CALLED AMENDMENT 78.
IT IS TO HAVE THE PEOPLE THE SOVEREIGNS IN THE STATE TAKE CONTROL BACK SKETCHY SLUSH FUNDS IN THE GOVERNMENT.
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE STATE OF COLORADO SPENDING MONEY, THE PROPER PROCESS IS THE LEGISLATURE LED BY PEOPLE APPROPRIATE THE MONEY.
THE GOVERNOR ULTIMATELY SIGNS THE BILL.
THE PEOPLE DECIDE HOW THE PEOPLE'S MONEY WILL BE SPEND.
THERE HAS BEEN THIS INCREASING PROBLEM OF FREELANCERS IN THE GOVERNMENT GETTING THEIR OWN MONEY AND KEEPING IT AND SPENDING IT WITH LITTLE OR NO SUPERVISION.
I WILL PAY FOR EXTRA STAFFERS FOR YOU IN YOUR OFFICE.
THE STAFF NOT APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR SOMEBODY ELSE WINS SOME LAWSUIT AGAINST, YOU KNOW, THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES OR TOBACCO OR WHATEVER.
THE BIG BUSINESSES PAY UP A LOT OF LOOT.
THAT LOOT OUGHT TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE LEGISLATURE HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE A SLUSH FUND AT HIS OR HER DISPOSAL.
>> PEN, IT CAN BE A LITTLE SNEAKY.
THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS RUNNING.
WE CAN EASILY FORGET WHAT IS GOING ON AND NOT GET INFORMED.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT IN THESE LAST FEW WEEKS?
>> I THINK WHAT WE WILL SEE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF INTERNET ADS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS TO DEAL WITH A NUMBER OF BALLOT ISSUES.
I'M WORKING ON ONE PERSONALLY.
WE WILL BE FLOODING YOUR AIR WAYS AND EMAIL.
THAT IS THE WAY PEOPLE WILL COMMUNICATE.
THESE AREN'T THE ELECTIONS.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO IS RUNNING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD VACANCY WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE GIVEN ALL THE CONTROVERSY AROUND DPS AND ONE OF THEIR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAT IS PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENTAL BODY THAN THE EDUCATION OF OUR KIDS AND COMMUNITY.
THAT IS THE SITUATION.
GOT A HOST OF BALLOT ISSUES FROM REDEVELOPMENT OF CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL WESTERN AND MORE MONEY GOING INTO THAT TO A HOST OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
THE ONE DAVID MENTIONED HAS ME PARTICULARLY CONCERNED.
I LONG BELIEVE TABOR WAS A MISTAKE.
TAXPAYERS DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OR HAVE THE LEGISLATURE GIVE OVERSIGHT WHETHER ONE HAD FUNDING CAN RUN THEIR OPERATION FROM GIFTS, GRANTS, AND OTHER DONATIONS.
MAKE SURE IT IS BEING SPEND IN A CERTAIN WAY.
IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING.
>> NATASHA WE CAN HAVE AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP.
I THINK MOST AMERICANS NAME PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S DOG BUT COULDN'T NAME THEIR CITY COUNCIL PERSON OR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
IMPACT THE STREET THEY LIVE ON.
DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ATTENTION ON THIS OFF YEAR ELECTION CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT MAY BE HAD.
>> MAYBE.
CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION, WHEN YOU GET YOUR BALLOT READ THROUGH IT.
READ THROUGH THE BLUE BOOK.
IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
I THINK OUR VIEWERS ALWAYS DO.
I THINK IT IS INTERESTING.
THEY ARE NOT AS INTERESTING THEY DON'T GATHER THE SAME KIND OF HEADLINES.
THEY DON'T GET THE SAME KIND OF COVERAGE.
I THINK ANYONE WHO REPORTS ON POLITICS IF YOU ARE LOOKING BACK AT TURN OUT NUMBERS YOU HAVE TO PUT A FOOTNOTE AND WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE IS NOT RELEVANT AS NOW.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE A GOOD TURN OUT.
AND MORE DATA GIVE US MORE IMPRESSIONS WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN COLORADO.
THAT MAKES THE REPORTER JOB'S EASIER.
THAT IS ANOTHER REASON FOR PEOPLE TO RETURN THEIR BALLOTS.
>> DID YOU TIP YOUR POSTAL EXTRA THIS MONTH BECAUSE OF THE BLUE BOOK HE OR SHE DELIVERED TO YOUR HOUSE.
>> NO I'M TOO BUSY OF HAVING A FIGHT ABOUT WORDING.
YOU DON'T NORMALLY HAVE IT.
THERE ARE 13 MEASURES ON DENVER'S BALLOT PLUS THE STATE ONES.
AND I CAN SAY, THERE ARE -- THIS DARK MONEY GROUP HAS PUT IN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS INTO THESE THREE MEASURES.
THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A CITY BALLOT MEASURE.
WE ARE VOTING EVERYTHING FROM GROUP MEETING TO PARK HILL GOLF COURSE.
I DO BELIEVE THE ARENA AND THE RENOVATION OF THE OLD ARENA, THAT WILL BE A BIG ONE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHY DENVER HAS A NEED FOR ANOTHER ARENA.
>>> MESA COUNTY IS BACK IN THE NEWS.
THE COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE HAS OFFICIALLY ASKED THAT THE MESA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE BARS CLERK AND RECORDER TINA PETERS FROM OVERSEEING THIS YEAR'S ELECTION, PUTTING SECRETARY OF STATE WAYNE WILLIAMS IN HER PLACE.
MEANWHILE, TINA PETERS IS GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE AND RAISING MONEY FOR HER DEFENSE FUND.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT SITUATIONS COMING OUT OF THIS?
WE WANT TO MAKE FUN OF IT?
SOON OR LATER IT WILL GET SERIOUS.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TRUTHS YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF TINA PETERS COME OUT OF HIDING YET.
SHE IS RAISING MONEY FOR HER DEFENSE WHICH IS ODD.
HER ATTORNEY IS FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE.
IN THEIR DEFENSE THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING INAPPROPRIATE INFORMATION WAS LEAKED OUT AS WELL AS PASSWORDS.
CLEARLY SOMETHING DID SOMETHING WRONG.
I WONDER WHO IT WAS.
>> FOR MESA COUNTY.
>> IT IS PROBABLY WHY SHE IS STILL IN HIDING.
THIS IS CRAZY.
I HOPE IT DOES NOT PUSH SOME PEOPLE TO WANT TO LET THE STATE TAKE OVER DIRECT CONTROL OF ALL ELECTIONS.
I THINK THERE IS A VALUE IN HAVING ELECTIONS RUN MUNICIPALLY AND LOCALLY AND SEND THE DATA UPWARDS.
SOMEONE HAS TO DO SOMETHING.
YOU CAN'T LET PEOPLE GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY JUST DON'T TRUST THEIR VOTES BEING COUNTED PROPERLY.
>> CLERKS AND RECORDERS GO FOR THE BORING NEWS.
THEY ARE ON THE STRAIGHT NARROW.
THEY ARE THE RA'S OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO IS THIS GOING TO BRING SOME UNWANTED ATTENTION TO OTHERS.
IT MAY NOT DESERVE IT.
THINGS WE SEE NATIONALLY THAT CLERK AND RECORDERS HAVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I FIND INTERESTING WE HAVE NOT ONE SECRETARY OF STATE INVOLVED.
NOT TWO BUT THREE.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE CURRENT SECRETARY OF STATE.
OF COURSE WAYNE WILLIAMS WHO HAS SERVED IN THAT OFFICE.
SECRETARY OF STATE WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT FELL DOWN BELOW THE FOLD OR INSIDE THE PAGES IN ELECTION COVERAGE.
NOT ANYMORE.
WHETHER IT IS MESA COUNTY WHETHER IT IS NATIONAL HEADLINES.
>> GET MORE AND MORE POLITICAL WITH SECRETARY OF STATE GRISWOLD.
>> HER OFFICE, OF COURSE, DID THE FIRST INVESTIGATION.
HE DID HAVE HER IN HIDING FOR A WHILE.
SHE CAME BACK LAST WEEK AND SPOKE AT A CHURCH IN GRAND JUNCTION.
HE HAS SUPPORTERS THERE.
SHE HAS HER DEFENSE FUND.
SHE HAS SCOTT WHICH WAS THE ONLY THING MESSING IN THIS STORY.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING THE DEMENON VOTING SYSTEMS.
YOU ARE BEGINNING TO GET DEPOSITIONS IN THAT CASE AGAINST RUDY GIULIANI.
YOU SEE THESE DEPOSITIONS, THEY ARE CRAZY.
THIS WILL GO ON FOR A LONG TIME.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD PHOTO FRAUD HAS NOT BEEN PRODUCED.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE AGREEING.
>> DAVID, WRAP IT UP FOR US.
>> AS YOU KNOW WITH PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA.
THE COMMISSIONERS IS ALSO A PARTY IN THESE CASES.
THEIR VIEW IS PETERS HAS BEEN DOING A TERRIBLE JOB AND B THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS FAR OVERSTEPPED HER LEGAL AUTHORITY IN SOME OF THE THINGS SHE IS DOING.
BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR MOTION FILED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHICH WOULD ONLY SAY TINA PETERS IS NOT THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER FOR MESA COUNTY FOR THE 2021 ELECTION.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE MESA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE IN COMPLETE ALIGNMENT ASKING THE COURT TO DO THAT.
>>> TWO DIFFERENT COLORADO ELECTED LEADERS RAN INTO INTERFERENCE THIS WEEK.
REPUBLICAN LAUREN BOEBERT ALLEGEDLY PAID RENT FOR HER BUSINESS WITH CAMPAIGN FUNDS ACCORDING TO FEC FILINGS THIS WEEK.
MEANWHILE, THE INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION DENIED A REQUEST FROM COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE JENA GRISWOLD FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR PRIVATE SECURITY.
A LOT OF PRIVATE FUNDING OPTIONS HERE WITH MORE PUBLIC ELECTED LEADERS.
YOUR QUICK TAKE?
>> IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
>> I WON'T DEAL WITH BOTH OF THEM.
I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THEY WEREN'T TURNING IT DOWN BECAUSE THE THREATS WEREN'T THERE IS THE QUESTION WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE SECURITY IF THAT SECURITY EXISTS.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE THREATS ALL THE TIME.
THAT IS AN UNFORTUNATE PART OF THEIR JOB.
EVERYONE WHO IS A REPORTER THEY HAVE PULLED OUT THEIR PHONE AND SHOWN SOME OF THOSE.
AND SO ANY TIME WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHED LIGHT ON THAT REALITY IN TODAY'S WORLD.
>> PATTY, YOUR QUICK TAKE ON GRISWOLD CAMP AND BOEBERT CAMP.
>> YOU LOOK AT THE CLERK.
THE LONG CLERKS WHO NOT JUST IN COLORADO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS GOTTEN THREATS THIS YEAR.
SOMEONE SHOULD BE PAYING FOR SECURITY WHEN THREATS ARE REAL.
BOEBERT THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING FOR JOURNALIST.
>> WILL WE CONTINUE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE ISSUES?
>> THE VOTERS OF COLORADO WHETHER WISELY OR NOT ADOPTED CONSTITUTION ACCEPTING ANY GIFT OF MORE THAN $50.
THE GIFT THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE WANTED FREE SECURITY.
SHE HAPPENS TO BE PRESIDENT AND HAPPENS TO BE FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE UNION.
THE INDEPENDENCE ETHICS COMMISSION HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SAY YOU RUN GIVE YOU SOMETHING WORTH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
ARTICLE 29 FORBIDS IT.
>> PEN, WRAP IT UP FOR US.
>> WHAT WE AS VOTERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
WHEN WE DO THESE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THEY ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
TAXPAYERS ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
THEY WILL HAVE TO PUT STATE PATROL ON SOMEBODY WITH HER.
AS FOR LAUREN BOEBERT, LET'S BE CLEAR, THE RENT DIDN'T GET PAID BY ACCIDENT OUT OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
YEAH, FOLKS LET'S BE REAL ABOUT THIS.
>> THAT'S NOT GRABBING THE WRONG CHECKBOOK.
SO YOU GET MORE WORK THAN THAT.
DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
PLEASE START US OFF.
>> WE ALREADY HAVE VOTING SYSTEMS ON THIS NATIONAL ELECTION MESS.
NOW IF YOU SEE BOB'S NEW BOOK SUPPOSED TO BE THE SUCCESSFUL CHAIR AND HAD A CHAIR THERE.
HE IS NOW HAS BEEN LET GO FROM CU.
BEFORE THAT HE CAME UP WITH A MEMO THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW TRUMP COULD WIN THE ELECTION IF VICE PRESIDENT PENCE FOLLOWED THESE TALKING POINTS.
>> WE HAVE DAN QUAIL.
DAVID?
>> IF YOU DON'T THINK THERE IS A CAST SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
GO WATCH A REPLAY OF THE RECENT EMMY AWARDS.
SO MANY OTHER PLACES WHERE THE UPPER CLASS -- THEY ARE IN MASKS ALL THE TIME.
RICH PEOPLE CAN'T TRANSMIT DISEASE BUT WORKING PEOPLE MUST BE DIRTY AND DANGEROUS.
THESE SAME PEOPLE IN THE UPPER CLASS CONGRATULATIONS THEMSELVES SO MUCH HOW THEY BELIEVE IN SCIENCE.
>> IT IS ABOUT THE MET GALA MADE COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
WE GO TO YOU.
>> IT IS TRAGIC AND UNFORTUNATE.
THE RESENT REVELATION THAT THE WORKERS -- THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS KILLED WAS SITTING ON HER SEAT BELT RATHER THAN BEING BUCKLED IN.
IT IS PREVENTABLE.
>> SUCH A TRAGIC STORY.
I KNOW IT IS BRONCOS SEASON.
DON'T FORGET THE COLORADO RAPIDS ARE HAVING AN EXCITING SEASON.
>> TIME TO SAY SOMETHING NICE.
>> NATALIE MEYER WHO PASSED AWAY AND A WONDERFUL GROUNDBREAKING SECRETARY OF STATE.
>> DAVID?
>> THE GREAT NATASHA GARDNER FOR BEING CONSCIOUSOUS, FAIR MINDED, CONSTRUCTIVE.
COULDN'T HIRE A BETTER PERSON.
>> HERE, HERE, HERE.
>> I AGREE WITH BOTH OF THOSE.
LET ME THANK ALL OF YOUR SPORTS GAMBLERS.
YOU PUT $9.4 BILLION THAT IS GOING TO WATER CONSERVATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
>> I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT THIS TABLE AND THIS STUDIO WHO LET ME CALL THIS HOME FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
>> IT IS OUR PLEASURE.
I WILL ECHO PATTY AND DAVID.
HAVING NATASHA PART OF THIS GROUP.
YOU WILL SEE HER ON OTHER DIFFERENT PBS12 ENDEAVORS.
ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN GET HER BACK IN THE STUDIO.
GOOD LUCK.
I HOPE IT IS A LONG TENURE.
IF IT CHANGES THERE IS A SEAT WARM HERE FOR YOU.
FROM EVERYONE HERE I'M DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
GOOD NIGHT.

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