
September 29th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 39 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
HOW DENVER IS DOING AS AN ATTRACTION FOR WORK AND PLAY
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun David Kopel Chris Rourke Alton Dillard Topics CONGRESS WORKING ON A SPENDING PLAN FIRST ENCAMPMENT SWEEP IN WHICH UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS MOVED INTO TEMPORARY HOUSING HOW DENVER IS DOING AS AN ATTRACTION FOR WORK AND PLAY COLORADO LEGISLATORS APPROVED LAW.. WHICH SAYS IT’S ALRIGHT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BAN ANYONE FROM THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
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September 29th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 39 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Kyle Dyer Guests Patricia Calhoun David Kopel Chris Rourke Alton Dillard Topics CONGRESS WORKING ON A SPENDING PLAN FIRST ENCAMPMENT SWEEP IN WHICH UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS MOVED INTO TEMPORARY HOUSING HOW DENVER IS DOING AS AN ATTRACTION FOR WORK AND PLAY COLORADO LEGISLATORS APPROVED LAW.. WHICH SAYS IT’S ALRIGHT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BAN ANYONE FROM THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH.
AS WE CLOSE OUT THE MONTH, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON AND ALL UNDERNEATH A FULL MOON.
LET'S GET STARTED BY INTRODUCING YOU TO THIS WEEK'S PANEL.
PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.
DAVID KOPEL, RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE.
CHRIS ROURKE, MANAGING EDITOR AT DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL.
ALTON DILLARD, A COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIAL LIST WITH THE DILLARD GROUP AND FORMER ELECTIONS SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.
EACH WEEK OUR PANEL GETS TOGETHER AND DISCUSS.
BY THE TIME OUR SHOW AIRS, STORIES MAY EVOLVE.
CONGRESS IS WORKING ON A SPENDING PLAN.
PATTY, THIS DEADLINE HAS BEEN SET FOR A WHILE.
THERE IS STILL THAT FRANTIC CRISIS MODE TO FIND AN AGREEMENT.
>> IT IS BEGINNING TO FEEL FAMILIARLY, UNFORTUNATELY.
DOES IT REALLY HAPPEN?
THE BIGGEST TIME OF THE YEAR THE NATIONAL PARK WITH THE FALL TURNING LEAVES.
THAT COULD SHUT DOWN ON SUNDAY MORNING.
TEN YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE SHUTDOWN THE GOVERNOR FOUND MONEY FROM THE STATE TO KEEP THE NATIONAL PARK OPEN FOR TEN DAYS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH POLIS THIS YEAR.
YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FORLOW.
THE MILITARY PEOPLE WHO WON'T GET PAID.
AND ALL OF NORTHERN COLORADO AND ANYONE AROUND A NATIONAL PARK WHO WILL NOT GET THE TOURISM INCOME THAT IS HUGE IN THE FALL.
IT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT IF IT HAPPENS.
>> IF IT HAPPENS.
DAVID?
>> IT IS A SIGN OF CONTINUING BIPARTISAN DYSFUNCTION IN CONGRESS.
THE WAY SPENDING IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN CONGRESS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES AN APPRECIATIONS BILL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.
PASSES AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL.
SPEAKER McCARTHY PROMISED WE WOULD RETURN TO THAT NORMAL CONSTITUTION PROCESS.
WE ARE IN THIS RELENTLESS CYCLE OF CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS.
LET'S KEEP THINGS GOING AT THE SAME LEVEL WHICH, OF COURSE, IF YOU DID THAT, YOU COULD WRITE A FAIRLY SHORT BILL.
THESE CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PAGES LONG.
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO READ IN TIME TO CAST AN INTELLIGENT VOTE.
>> YOU ARE AGREEING TO WHAT DAVID SAID.
>> I AM.
HISTORICALLY SHUTDOWNS BOUNCE BACK ON THEM.
THERE IS AN EFFECT WE WILL SEE IN 2024.
LIKELY THAT THE GOP COULD LOSE THE HOUSE.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL GET THE SENATE SEATS THEY WANT TO GAIN.
I THINK IT IS -- THIS IS AN EXERCISE FOR OF ALL.
THEY WILL EVENTUALLY PASS SOMETHING.
THERE WILL BE THIS MANAGE OVER OF WHAT HAPPENED.
WE HAVE THE SIDE SHOW GOING ON.
THERE WAS A REPORT THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK ABOUT CONGRESSMEN KEN BUCK.
HE HAS SINCE COME OUT SAYING HE IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION.
NOW I LEARNED HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AND DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY IS HE TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN HIS POSITION OR IS HE BACK TRYING FOR CNN.
>> ALTON?
>> I'M A FORMER U.S. STATE STAFFER.
THIS WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER HE SWITCHED PARTIES.
I MOVED TO WASHINGTON, D.C. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THEIR SALARIES ARE LOCKED IN.
THEY STILL GET PAID.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE JANITORIAL STAFF WHO GET THE ADVERSE AFFECTS OF THAT.
THIS ONE FEELS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
USUALLY SHUTDOWNS COME DOWN TO SPENDING.
DURING THE MID-90s SHUT DOWN THAT SAYS WE WILL SHUT THIS THING DOWN.
IF IT DOES GO TO A SHUTDOWN THIS CAN BE PROTRACTED THAN THE ONES IN THE MID-90s THAT WERE ABOUT A WEEK A PIECE.
>> REPUBLICANS CANDIDATES CAME TOGETHER AND POINTING FINGERS AND BOTH SIDE.
EVERYONE TO BLAME FOR THIS.
NO COMMENTS ON THAT.
>> THEY ARE TALKING OVER EACH OTHER.
>> I KNOW I WAS BEHAVING MYSELF THE WAY THEY DID NOT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
>> I HAD TO TURN IT OFF.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO LISTEN WHAT PEOPLE'S POSITIONS ARE?
IT WAS JUST A FREE FOR ALL.
I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE CONTROL.
CUT THE MIC.
JUST DO IT.
>> IF I MAY SAY SOMETHING.
>> [ LAUGHTER ] >> FOR ME A HIGHLIGHT WAS WHEN ONE OF THE MODERATORS ASK THIS RIDICULOUS QUESTION OF WHICH OTHER CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE DO YOU WANT TO VOTE OFF THE ISLAND.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
THIS IS NOT A GAME SHOW AND HAD A PROPER ANSWER.
ANOTHER GOOD ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS CHRIS CHRISTIE.
HE IS WONDERFUL ON TELEVISION.
HE SAID THE ANSWER SHOULD BE TRUMP.
THE GUY THAT WON'T SHOW UP IN DEBATE AND DEFEND HIS IDEAS.
HIS BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN INDEFENSIBLE.
HE CAN'T GO TOE TO TOE WITH THE OTHERS.
>> TUESDAY SWEEP OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT FOR THE FIRST ENCAMPMENT SWEEP UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WERE MOVED INTO THE TEMPORARY HOUSING.
MORE MIGRANTS ARE ARRIVING IN DENVER EVERY DAY AFTER CROSSING THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER.
>> HOMELESS IS A RIDICULOUS -- THEY HAVE TERRIBLE SITUATIONS GOING ON.
THE FACT THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE IS A CONSEQUENCE OF OTHER THINGS, BEHAVIORALLY THAT ARE WRONG WITH THEM.
WE HAVE SEEN PUT THEM IN A HOUSE, IT DOESN'T WORK.
IT MAKES THE SITUATION WORSE.
ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WILL MAKE IT WORSE AND WORSE IS MIGRANTS.
WHEN YOU HAVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE UNLAWFUL PRESENT POPULATION IN YOUR CITY.
BUT WHEN THE BORDER TOWNS AND STATES FINALLY GET FED UP AND SAY YOU ARE A SANCTUARY CITY EL PASO CAN'T HANDLE 2,000 PEOPLE COMING OVER THE BOARD.
THE PROBLEM IN DENVER IS GOING TO GET WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE.
24 IS GOING TO BE WORSE AND 25 WILL BE WORSE THAN THAT.
THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO SPREAD STATEWIDE.
>> DOES IT WORK?
THERE WILL PEOPLE ARGUE THAT OF COURSE, IT DOES.
HE BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT ABOUT THE MANY CITIES TRIED THIS AND FAILED.
SAN FRANCISCO AMONG THEM.
THE HOMELESS POPULATION, THOSE UNHOUSED HAS GROWN FROM 2005 TO 2020 SKYROCKETED DEFEAT THE BEST EFFORTS TO PROVIDE HOUSING FIRST.
THIS IS THE FIRST TEST OF MAYOR'S PLAN.
WE WILL SEE IF IT WORKS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM IF HE FOUND THE SILVER BULLET.
I'M NOT SURE IT IS.
>> I HAVE SEEN SOME REPORTING INCLUDING IN WESTWORD ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T THERE WHEN THE SERVICES WERE OFFERED BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING.
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE STILL NOT INTERESTED IN THE SETTING IF IT CAME TO GETTING OFF THE STREETS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M KEEPING AN EYE ON IS WHAT GOVERNOR IS DOING IN CALIFORNIA.
MAYBE GETTING SOMEBODY ALL THE WAY INTO CONSERVATIVESHIP IS A BIT OF A STRETCH.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO KEEP NEGOTIATING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE A DANGEROUS TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
GETTING THEM INSIDE COURT ORDER CARE.
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE WITH A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD BUT TO DAVID'S POINT.
IF ALL YOU ARE DOING IS PUTTING THE ISSUE OUT OF SIGHT YOU WANT PEOPLE BEING HELPED TO GET OUT OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> PATTY?
>> A VERY INTERESTING STORY.
WE ALREADY HAD A SAFE CAMPING SOMEPLACES OVER TWO YEARS.
THEY FOUND THAT ONLY 50% OF THE PEOPLE BEEN IN THOSE CAMPS THEN WENT ON INTO HOUSING.
THE REST KIND OF DISAPPEARED.
SO A CRITICAL ISSUE HOW IS THE JOHNSTON ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO CHART THIS.
THEY WERE OFFERED A PLACE AT THE BEST WESTERN MOTEL.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE IT.
MANY OF THEM DID.
YOU WILL WANT TO FOLLOW AND SEE HOW DID IT WORK FOR THEM?
WHAT KIND OF SERVICES ARE THEY BEING OFFERED.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE STREETS BECAUSE OF ISSUES OF VARIETY OF ISSUES.
THAT WILL BE THE CRITICAL ISSUE.
IF THE TEXAS GOVERNOR WILL KEEP BUSING MIGRANTS CAN WE BUS THOSE TEXAS DEERS BACK TO HIM?
>> THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR GETS GEARED UP FOR BIG ANNUAL EVENTS.
PEOPLE WILL COME TO TOWN, TO SHOP.
BUT FIRST, CHRIS, THIS WEEK'S 600 PEOPLE GATHERED.
TO HEAR HOW DENVER IS DOING IN BEING ATTRACTED FOR WORK AND PLAY.
>> THE DOWNTOWN DENVER PARTNERSHIP HELD THIS EVENT.
THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE ABOUT DOWNTOWN.
THEY ARE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESSES WE ARE SEEING AND THE WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON.
KUDOS TO THEM.
WHEN YOU CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE.
YOU WILL CHANGE PEOPLE'S ADDITIVE.
WE STILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS HOMELESS PROBLEM WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THE SANITATION ISSUES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN CHANGE THAT WITH JUST WORDS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ACTIONS.
YOU HAVE TO SEE RESULTS.
I MET A FRIEND AFTER WORK.
WE MET OUT IN THE SUBURBS.
WE GOT TEXT FROM MUTUAL FRIENDS.
THEY SAID COME DOWNTOWN.
MY FRIEND SAID I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWNTOWN.
>> I'M OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.
IT TURNS TO AMATEUR NIGHT AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
YOU GOT THIS EXCUSE MAKING ABOUT THE PANDEMIC BEING THE THING THAT LED TO DOWNTOWN DOWN FALL.
YOU KNOW WHAT STARTED THE DOWN FALL WAS THAT GUY SWINGING THAT PIPE AT PEOPLE ON THE 16th STREET MALL.
THAT WAS BACK IN 2016.
THAT PREDATED THE PANDEMIC.
I KNOW THERE IS MOVE TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS IN DENVER.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SEMI TRANSIT SYSTEM IT DOESN'T WORK.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO GO DOWNTOWN.
BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR PUBLIC SPACES WITHOUT BEING PANHANDLED.
YOU NEED TO GO IN PUBLIC AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
DOWNTOWN DENVER IS NOT SET UP FOR THAT.
>> ONE OF THEM IS THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THAT WAS PLANNED LONG BEFORE COVID.
ONCE YOU STARTED IT, YOU GOT TO FINISH IT.
IT WAS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IF YOU GO DOWNTOWN, IT IS LIKE AN OBSTACLE COURSE.
I DECIDED I DRIVE TO THE TAIL END OF THAT DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP EVENT.
IT WAS A GOOD HALF HOUR.
WE MADE UP FOR -- WHERE THE EVENT WAS.
IT WAS A GREAT AFTERNOON.
BEAUTIFUL IN DENVER.
EVEN THOUGH THE MALL WAS IN MESS.
PEOPLE WERE WALKING AROUND, PEOPLE WERE SHOPPING.
IT IS NOT THE HOLE PEOPLE DESCRIBE.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ISSUES.
LOWER DOWNTOWN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BROMANCE CENTRAL.
IT HAS BEEN A STUFF SPOT TO GO TO.
THERE ARE STILL GREAT PLACES TO GO DOWNTOWN.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO GO AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.
THE ARTS YOU DO NOT WANT TO AVOID AT THE DENVER PERFORMING ARTS.
THE FORMER BUILDING WHICH HAD A CONCERT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH IS TRYING TO BRING BACK NIGHT LIGHT AND REMIND PEOPLE HOW IMPORTANT THE NIGHT ECONOMY IS.
GO EXPERIENCE IT.
YOU MIGHT FIND IT IS MORE PLEASANT THAN TRYING TO FIND PARKING IN CHERRY CREEK.
>> DAVID?
>> I GREW UP AS A TEENAGER WALKING OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER IN THE '70s.
IT WAS A LESS SIGNIFICANT AK -- ARCHITECTURE.
IT WAS SAFE TO WALK AROUND.
PEOPLE PROPERLY, ACCURATELY DON'T FEEL THAT WAY NOW.
IT IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM OF THE -- MANY PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE TAKING RTD BUS AT 11:00 OR 11:30 AT NIGHT.
AS FOR COMING IN BY CAR, MAJOR HANCOCK WORKED HARDER THAN ANY ONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE TO CAUSE TRAFFIC JAMS.
AND MAYOR HASN'T DONE A SINGLE THING.
UNTIL THEY SOLVE THE ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEM ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THE MALL OR SKYLINE PARK WON'T BE ENOUGH.
>> COLORADO LEGISLATORS APPROVED A LAW IT IS ALL RIGHT FOR ELECTED OFFICIAL TO BAN ANYONE FROM THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT.
HER RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH WAS VIOLATED WHEN SHE WAS BLOCKED OF THE SCHOOL'S VICE PRESIDENT.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
MAYBE IT IS TIME TO REVISIT THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT 99.9% OF THE TIME I'M GOING TO GET ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL PUTS THEIR NAME ON THE DOTTED LINE TO SOLVE A POP PEW LOSS ON THESE CRAZY TIMES.
THERE COMES A TIME HOW MANY POT SHOTS DO YOU WANT TO TAKE?
MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF SEPARATION BETWEEN YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PROFILES AND MAYBE THAT IS ONE WAY TO TACKLE THAT.
I JUST THINK THIS IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
>> LET'S NOT FORGET THAT ANDERSON BLURRED THE LINE WHEN ASKING FOR BABY PRESENTS.
THIS WOMAN WHO FILED A SUIT FASCINATING.
SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE DPS HAD SAID.
AND SHE HAD A CHILD THERE AND WANTED THE WORD TO GET OUT.
AT THE TIME DPS WAS FRAMING THE NARRATIVE ON THAT SCHOOL.
WE HAVE SINCE SEEN THERE WAS NOTHING RACIST ABOUT HOW THE HOLDING ROOM WAS USED.
THE STUDENTS IN THERE WERE OF ALL COLORS.
IF YOU AREN'T BEHAVING PROPERLY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME AT YOU ANY WAY THEY CAN.
>> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO TAKE TWO CASES ON THIS.
THE NINTH CIRCUIT SAYS LOOK AT THE -- HE IS DOING BUSINESS ON IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A GOVERNMENT WEB SITE.
ON THE OTHER HAND IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES THERE IS NOTHING IN THE LAW THIS OFFICIAL HAD TO MAINTAIN A WEB SITE.
NOTHING -- NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE SPENT ON THIS.
NOBODY ELSE IN THE GOVERNMENT IS TELLING THIS OFFICIAL WHAT TO SAY OR PUT ON IT.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT LAW THERE ARE GOOD ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES.
MAYBE HEAR SOMETHING WE CAN AGREE ON.
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS DOING A MONTH LONG EXHIBIT TO HONOR THE ONE YEAR TERM OF DIRECTOR ANDERSON IN HIS CAREER.
MAYBE THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES SHOULD SPEND THEIR RESOURCES ON HONORING WHO HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CITY.
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE SO FUNNY.
I AGREE WITH DAVID.
MORE ABOUT THIS LAWSUIT SORT OF A CHALLENGE TO THE LAW RATHER THAN INFORMATION.
POSTING ABOUT WORK ON HIS PERSONAL PAGE.
DOES HE HAVE A BUSINESS PAGE?
I'M NOT SURE.
HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES TO A PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA SITE I'M FOR BLOCKING ALL DAY LONG.
ULTIMATELY I THINK DAVID IS RIGHT IT WILL COME DOWN TO A SUPREME COURT DECISION.
>> NOW LET'S HAVE THE PANEL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DISGRACES AND THE GOOD THINGS OF THIS PAST WEEK.
SOMETHING THAT TICKED YOU OFF.
>> THE BEHAVIOR OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WAS SO BAD.
THE MODERATORS WERE NOT GREAT EITHER.
AND DANA WHO WAS A DENVER WOMAN.
WHEN SHE ASKED A SURVIVOR QUESTION, THAT WAS A NEW LOW POINT IN DEBATES.
>> THE COLORADO REPUBLICAN PARTY IS BROKE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN IT.
THEY ARE HAVING THEIR ANNUAL FUND-RAISING DINNER IN NOVEMBER.
THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN A SPEAKER WHO WILL PROBABLY SELL A LOT OF TABLES AT LEAST AT THE BASIC RATE.
DESPITE THE BEEF AND CABBAGE SHE IS A TERRIBLE CHOICE FOR THE PARTY'S IMAGE.
FIRST OF ALL SHE IS A LOSER.
SHE LOST WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY EASILY ELECTION.
SECOND, SHE IS A COMPLETE LIAR.
SHE SAID THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR FORCED PEOPLE TO TAKE COVID SHOTS.
WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE TRUTH.
THE PARTY NEEDS TO BRING IN SERIOUS PEOPLE AND NOT PERFORMANCE ARTIST WHO ARE DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY.
>> MY DISGRACE OF THE WEEK IS CONGRESS.
I THINK WE NEED GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE PUT IN OFFICE.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE SENATOR BEING ACCUSED OF THE FINANCIAL ISSUES.
WHEN YOU HAVE OUR OWN CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN BOEBERT, WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT THE CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE ELECTING.
I THINK IT SHOULD START SOON.
>> MY DISGRACE WILL GO TO MY HOMETOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY PUT OUT A REPORT AND A BUNCH OF MISLEADING STAFF.
INDUSTRIAL TRYING TO DIVERT PEOPLE FROM THE SCHOOL SAFETY ARGUMENT.
THAT IS JUST TWO OR THREE SCHOOLS.
IT IS A COMBINATION WHAT IS BEGINNING ON WITH THE TEACHERS.
WE REMOVED THE CONSEQUENCE FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
IT IS GOING TO COME TOGETHER IN A NOT SO GOOD DAY.
>> IT IS SIX WEEKS AWAY.
LET'S GO TO SOMETHING POSITIVE.
PATTY?
>> IT IS NAMESAKE BALLPARK IS DEPRESSING.
THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD CITIZENS OF THAT CITY AND THIS STATE.
SO CHEERS TO COORS BEER BREWERY.
>> THE BUSINESS IS OLDER THAN OUR STATE.
>> YOU WANT WANTING FOOTBALL COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES.
THEY HAVE FOUR WINS.
THEY ARE RANKED NUMBER TWO IN THEIR DIVISION WHICH IS DIVISION TWO IN NCAA FOOTBALL.
LAST SEASON THEY WENT TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
YOU CAN GET TICKETS WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT IN LINE AND SEE THEM ON TV.
GIVE THEM A SHOT.
>> PARKING IS 50 BUCKS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> GOOD.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY STATE THAT COACH PRIME IS MY LIFE COACH.
THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS A BRAKE ON THE SUSAN CASE.
SHE WENT MISSING THREE YEARS AGO.
THEY DISCOVERED HER REMAINS.
AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN THEY DO ANSWERS.
IT IS A COUNTY OF 6500 PEOPLE WHERE THERE IS -- THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TROUBLE THERE AS PEOPLE GO MISSING.
THERE WAS A CULT THAT MOVED THROUGH THERE THAT WAS CAREY -- CARRYING A MUMMIFIED.
>> MINE IS SHUTOUT TO THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
AS MY GOOD FRIEND SAYS, NOTHING WORKS AND NO ONE WORKS.
AND SO THERE ARE PEOPLE IN RESTAURANTS, THERE ARE PEOPLE AT SPORTING EVENTS, THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THEATER EVENTS WHO ARE TRYING IN THEIR SHORTHANDED SITUATIONS.
YOU HAVE TWO BARTENDERS AND 60 CUSTOMERS.
I'LL CALL THE MANAGER TO COMPLIMENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
I UNDERSTAND THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN WITH NO HUMAN RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS SUCCESSFULLY.
>> THAT IS A GOOD REMINDER FOR EVERYONE WHEN WE GO OUT.
THANK YOU ALTON.
MY POSITIVE IS THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
THIS MONTH DID NOT DISAPPOINT THIS YEAR.
THE COLORS OF THE CHANGING LEAVES ARE STUNNING BEFORE THEY PASS THEIR PEAK.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO AND AND LOOK.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.
THAT GOES FOR OUR PANEL AND THOSE AT HOME WATCHING ON YOUR TV OR DEVICE.
IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO OUR PODCAST.
I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON PBS12.
TAKE CARE.
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