>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH.

WE ARE DOWN TO A DOZEN DAYS IN THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THERE IS SO MUCH STILL BEFORE LAWMAKERS INCLUDING THE LONG AWAITED PLAN TO HELP COLORADOANS WITH OUR HIGH PROPERTY TAXES WHICH, ON AVERAGE, HAVE MADE A 40% JUMP.

BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH HIGHER PROPERTY TAX INCREASES.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE, FIRST UP THIS WEEK WITH OUR PANEL.

WELCOME TO PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTORD.

ALTON DILLARD, MEDIA CONSULTANT AND 9NEWS POLITICAL ANALYST AND FORMER ELECTIONS SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.

CHRIS ROURKE, CONSULTANT WITH ROURKE MEDIA.

EAN THOMAS TAFOYA, COMMUNITY LEADER.

WHO JUST HAD A BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

THE 83 PAGE BILL AT THE LEGISLATURE IS LARGELY BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROPERTY TAX COMMISSION.

STATE SENATOR CHRIS HANSEN HAS SERVED AS THE CO-CHAIR FOR THE COMMISSION AND HE WAS QUOTED THIS WEEK SAYING, THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT MATH PROBLEM HE'S EVER TRIED TO SOLVE, BUT HE IS STILL CONFIDENT THIS BILL WILL BRING RELIEF TO BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.

>> DEPENDING HOW YOU DO THE PATH YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AN EXPERT MATH.

YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AI, YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, YOU NEED TO KNOW LANGUAGE.

IT IS SO COMPLICATED.

EVERY DAY MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY YOU HEAR OF NEW THINGS COMING OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE.

SO THIS BILL WHICH IS THE RESPONSE TO HH GOING DOWN IN FLAMES LAST NOVEMBER IS COMING UP PRETTY CLOSE TO THE END.

83 PAGES IS A LOT ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY RAMIFICATIONS.

YOU CAN TAKE UP TO 10% PROPERTY EVALUATION WHEN YOU ARE DOING YOUR PROPERTY TAX WOULD BE CAPPED $750,000.

IT WILL AFFECT PEOPLE'S HOME WHO ARE LESS WHICH IS GREAT.

IT IS UNDER THE AVERAGE IN DENVER.

EVERYONE KNOWS PROPERTY TAXES HAVE GONE UP.

WE HAVE TO PAY THEM IN FULL BY THE END OF APRIL.

WE HAVE A 4% INITIATIVE TO CAP COMING OUT OF THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

EVEN THOUGH THIS PASSES WE COULD LOSE MORE.

>> ALTON?

>> THERE IS A LOT OF MATH THERE.

WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY TAX EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.

COLORADO IS ONE OF 18 OR 20 STATES THAT ALLOW A CITIZEN INITIATIVE PROCESS.

WE HAVE A CITIZEN LEGISLATURE.

LET THE FOLKS DO THEIR THING.

IF WE DON'T LIKE IT WE ARE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE VOTERS.

THAT'S WHY YOU WILL HAVE TO GET YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASSES FOR THIS UPCOMING NOVEMBER BALLOT.

I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT IT WILL HAVE ON K-12 EDUCATION AND SOME OF THE FIRE DISTRICTS.

ALSO THE LAST REPORTING THAT I SAW IS THAT I'M NOT SURE ANY REPUBLICANS SUPPORT HAVE BEEN LINED UP.

WITH THE SUPER MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND NEAR SUPER MAJORITY IN THE SENATE, IS THIS GOING TO BE A TRUE BIPARTISAN THING?

IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GOING TO SAY WE WILL TAKE IT DIRECT THINK TO THE VOTERS.

LET'S PUT THIS SMALL NUMBER ON THIS IT WILL PASS.

KEEP THE EYE ON THIS AND NOVEMBER.

>> AS BOTH PATTY AND ALTON HAVE MENTIONED WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BACK MONEY IS COMING FROM.

IS IT GOING TO BE TABOR IN WE HAVE SEEN OTHER BILLS COMING FORWARD THAT ARE PULLING FROM TABOR.

DOWN ACROSS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO STOP GOING AFTER TABOR, THE TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS.

THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH.

THE OTHER THING THAT HAS COME UP IT IS A FRENZY TO GET THIS WORK DONE.

NOW WE HAVE A MAJORITY PARTY COME OUT WITH A LIST OF WORDS NOT TO BE USED.

ALIEN, ILLEGAL ALIEN, UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN, SQUATTER, FRESH OFF THE BOAT.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE WORDS.

ALIEN IS A RESIDENT WHO HAS NOT BEEN NATURALIZED.

IN MY BOOK THIS APPEARS TO BE SENSORSHIP.

WE NEED TO SEE HOW LANGUAGE IS BEING RESTRICTED AS LAWMAKERS MAKING THESE POLICIES.

>> EAN, YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> 83 PAGES OF LAW TO DIG THROUGH.

THIS IS SETTING UP FOR A PUDDLE THAT SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.

WE HAD OVER 100 DAYS TO WORK ON THIS ON THIS SESSION.

I DO THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THIS FISCAL ISSUE WE ARE FACING.

ON THE SIDE OF THE PARTY I'M IN TALK ABOUT HOW WE HAVE TO FUND FIXES FOR THE TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS.

I THINK I READ THERE ARE $2 MILLION IN THERE.

I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW IT WILL BE BACK FILLED.

I THINK TABOR IS THE PLACE TO GO.

MANY OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS ARE THE GOVERNMENTS.

OUR WATER DISTRICT, OUR FIREFIGHTER, OUR SCHOOL, HEALTH CARE AND GOVERNMENT ARE TWO OF THE HIGHEST.

I WILL SAY THAT THIS RANKERIST BACK AND FORTH I SEE IT ON TWITTER ALL THE TIME.

>> TWO MORE WEEKS TO GO.

WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

>>> LAST WEEK, WE SPOKE ABOUT RECENT SPIKE IN YOUTH VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA, AND WE WANT TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE THERE WAS A MEETING LAST SATURDAY ORGANIZED BY THE COLORADO BLACK ROUND TABLE.

ALTON, IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AND A LOT OF OTHERS THERE SPEAKING ABOUT HOW HELP THESE KIDS FEEL SUPPORTED AND PROTECTED AND OUR COMMUNITY SAFER.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME WAS THE TRUE TAKE THE AIR OF THE ROOM MOMENT.

WHERE THE KIDS CAME UP TO SPEAK.

I DON'T MEAN TAKE THE AIR OUT OF THE ROOM AS A NEGATIVE.

ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN, WHAT CAN WE DO?

REACH OUT TO US.

HELP US.

ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN SAID WE NEED MENTORSHIP IN OUR HOME.

THAT BROUGHT EVERYTHING TO A WHOA.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION BRIEFLY IS THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN THIS.

HAVING BEEN AROUND THE MEDIA ALL MY LIFE.

I DON'T BUY THE NARRATIVE PEOPLE ARE OUT TO PORTRAY THE COMMUNITY.

I DID REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY THIS IS RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.

YOU GOT TO BE THE ONES HELPING TO TELL YOUR STORY OR THAT NARRATIVE WILL BE TOLD FOR YOU.

>> THERE WERE NO OTHER MEDIA REPRESENTATION AT THAT MEETING.

A SHAME TO SEE.

>> THERE IS ANOTHER REPORT THAT SAYS CRIME OVERALL IS DOWN.

MURDER FELL.

IT IS 37 HIGHER THAN 2019 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

AGAIN, I HATE TO KEEP GOING BACK TO THE PANDEMIC TO BLAME EVERYTHING UPON.

THE PANDEMIC WAS DISRUPTIVE.

I THINK WE ARE RECOVERING FROM IT.

WITH SCHOOLS SHOOTING DOWN AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE.

THESE KIDS WANT SUPPORT IN TERMS OF MOVING ON, MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR LIVES THINGS LIKE INTERNSHIPS AND JOBS AND PRODUCTIVE THINGS.

ONE THING I LEARNED AS A PARENT WITH MY KIDS YOU CAN'T SAY DON'T DO THIS.

YOU HAVE TO SAY DO THIS INSTEAD.

WHAT I HEARD THERE WERE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS COMING FORWARD AND SAYING, WE WILL HELP YOU DO THIS INSTEAD.

THAT IS ENCOURAGING.

>> REACHING OUT TO THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SUMMER.

EAN?

>> THIS CAME UP A LOT WHEN I WAS RETURNING FOR MAYOR.

THEY STEPPED IN AND FUNDED A LOT OF PROGRAMS.

I GOT OPPORTUNITIES.

MY FIRST JOB WAS MUSEUM NATURE AND SCIENCE.

I GOT TO DO MANAGEMENT TRAINING.

IT KICKED ME OFF TO THE RIGHT PATH.

IN MY TIME AS AN EDUCATOR I STARTED MY CAREER AS A TEACHER.

TALKING TO THE YOUTH SAY YOUR FIRST JOB DOESN'T HAVE TO BE McDONALD'S OR GROCERY STORE.

PARENT AND PARENT EDUCATION AND ALL OF THAT IS IMPORTANT.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A GENERATION WHOSE FATHER WAS INCARCERATED.

I HAVE SEEN THIS WITH THE AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER.

I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES REQUIRE ADULTS TO HAVE JOBS.

WORKING WITH YOUTH DOES NOT PAY.

WE HAVE A GROWING CRISIS.

IT IS IMPACTING PARENTS.

IT IS IMPACTING PEOPLE TO STAY IN A CAREER THEY LOVE.

>> WHAT IS SO INTERESTING JOHN BAILEY WROTE A PIECE CALLING FOR A SAFE CITY CAMPAIGN.

PULLING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

GETTING THE CITY TO WORK WITH ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND YOU SAW A LOT OF THEM THAT WERE THERE.

THEY ARE DOING REALLY FASCINATING THINGS THAT NO ONE HEARS ABOUT.

YOU HAD THE KIDS STARTING THEMSELVES WHICH IS FASCINATING.

WE COVERED THE HIP-HOP LIKE SIX WEEKS AGO.

ONE SEGMENT KNEW ABOUT IT.

JOHN IS A GOOD COMMUNICATOR.

THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE MEDIA TO NOT BE THERE.

YOU HAD CANDIDATES FOR DA.

CANDIDATES FOR CHIEF OF POLICE.

YOU HAD PEOPLE FROM PARKS AND REC.

THERE WERE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT.

IT WAS TOO BAD THAT MORE PEOPLE WEREN'T THERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IT WAS VERY POSITIVE LIKE YOU SAY.

THINGS ARE HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD FOR THOSE KIDS.

>>> CHRIS, FOR SOMEONE WHO GOES BACK AND FORTH TO GUNNISON, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF THE US 50 BRIDGE OVER THE BLUE MESA RESERVOIR.

THIS IS HUGE.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

>> IT IS A BIG DEAL.

WHEN I TALK TO FRIENDS OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.

IT IS SORT OF CURIOUS SITUATION.

DID THAT HAPPEN?

WHAT I WANT TO TRY TO DO IS EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF THIS.

IT IS ALMOST SIMILAR IF HIGHWAY -- INTERNET 25 WAS SHUT DOWN BETWEEN DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS.

THERE IS A HUGE ARTERY BETWEEN GUNNISON AND MONTROSE.

PEOPLE GO FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, THEY GO FOR SHOPPING.

THEY ARE TWO GROCERY STORES IN GUNNISON.

BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS BRIDGE WITH THE THREE INCH CRACK IT HAS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF TRAFFIC.

THEY OPENED UP WHAT IS CALLED THE LAKE CITY CUT OFF.

YOU KNOW THE TWO TIRE TRACKS IT IS KIND OF LIKE THAT.

THE COUNTY HAS OPENED IT UP FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC.

GOING FOR GUNNISON YOU HAVE TO DIP DOWN TO A LITTLE TOWN CALLED POWDER HORN.

TAKE IT DOWN DIPPING DOWN.

IT TAKES AN EXTRA HOUR.

IT IS FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY.

>> IS THAT TWO TIMES A DAY.

>> THEY ARE DOING IT TWO TIMES A DAY.

ON TOP OF THIS, THIS COMES RIGHT AFTER THREE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE LITTLE BLUE CANYON.

THREE YEARS OF TRAFFIC DELAYS.

NOW WE HAVE THIS ON TOP OF THIS.

IT IS CLOSE TO CONCLUSION WHICH EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO CELEBRATE AND NOW WE HAVE THIS.

>> THERE ARE 32 BRIDGES THAT ARE CONSIDERED IN POOR CONDITION IN OUR STATE.

THIS STORY THIS WEEK IS BRINGING UP A BIGGER ISSUE NOT JUST POTHOLES.

>> IT TOOK 50% OF THE STATE ENTERPRISE FUND FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

ANY TIME ANYONE GOES AND DOES THAT IT IS $2 BILLION.

IT IS HIGHWAY 50 SUPER IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO TRAVEL THERE.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH CDOT TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION THERE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUSING NETWORK THERE ISN'T A CONNECTION BETWEEN MONTROSE AND GUNNISON.

IF YOU NEED TO GET TO PUEBLO AND HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO DENVER AND DOWN.

THAT IS SEVEN HOURS.

THIS IS WHY WE FOUGHT FOR THE BILL.

IT IS NOT JUST THIS.

IT IS OUR WASTE WATER, IT IS OUR DRINKING WATER.

LAYER UPON INFRASTRUCTURE WAS NOT INVESTED IN.

NOW WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT DONE.

I'M SORRY FOR THE COMMUNITIES.

IT WAS CHALLENGING.

THIS IS NO DIFFERENT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE FIRES.

IT WILL IMPACT SMALL BUSINESSES, IT WILL IMPACT TAX BASE.

IT WILL HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS MORE THAN PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SHOP AT TARGET.

>> YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A CARGO SHIP THEY ARE SO CRITICAL TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE IS FEW OPTIONS.

THE KIDS HAVE TO TAKE A BOAT TO SCHOOL ACROSS BLUE MESA NOW.

YOU COULD PROBABLY DO A FERRY NON-STOP FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T TRAVEL ON THEIR NORMAL PATHS.

WE DO NEED A SERIOUS ASSESSMENT ACROSS THE STATE NOT JUST THE URBAN AREAS.

IF YOU GET SOMETHING CUT OFF IT IS A SIX HOUR DETOUR.

WE HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN.

WE HEAR IT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

IT SHUTS DOWN PARTS OF THE STATE THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THAT.

>> DOES ANYONE THINK, THERE IS ANY TIME LEFT FOR LEGISLATION TO HELP.

ANYTHING TO HELP THIS PART OR BE MORE FOCUSED ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME UP IN MORE RECENT REPORTING THEY HAVE FOUND ADDITIONAL CRACKS.

THEY ARE BACK AT SQUARE ONE FIGURING OUT A SOLUTION.

YOU CAN TURN A BILL FROM INTRODUCTION THE WAY COLORADO LEGISLATURE IS SET UP.

WE ALSO WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT TAXES AND HAVING LIVED IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA THE ROADS ARE SMOOTH AS A STABLE.

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE SNAIT BILL PASSED A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEIR APPROPRIATION PROCESS WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

IF ANYONE GOT THE MONEY IT IS CDOT.

>> I QUESTION WHETHER THE WESTERN SLOPE IS 11% OF THE POPULATION IS LESS REPRESENTED THAN THE FRONT RANGE.

WILL THEY TAKE IT SERIOUS ENOUGH?

IT WOULD BENEFIT THE ENTIRE STATE.

>> DO THEY HAVE TIME?

ALL THE OTHER ISSUES ON THE TABLE.

>> THE CDOT HAS A COMMISSION MEETING.

IT IS THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.

IF YOU BELIEVE SUPPORTING THESE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES GET INVOLVED WITH THE CDOT COMMISSION.

I WAS THERE ON THE DAY THEY WERE TALKING $1.8 MILLION OF THEIR BUDGET.

WE WERE THE ONLY ONES IN THE ROOM.

>> OKAY.

THANKS.

>>> WE JUST HAD EARTH DAY THIS WEEK.

WITH THAT, A LOT OF STORIES EMERGED REGARDING ENVIRONMENT AND WATER AND COMBATTING CLIMATE.

EAN YOU WERE MANY WASHINGTON THIS WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

BRING US UP TO DATE.

>> BIDEN IS ON THE ROAD SHOW.

THIS WEEK ANNOUNCING CLEAN WATER INVESTMENT, SOLAR FOR ALL.

IT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE PACKAGE THAT I THINK IS NEEDED.

IT IS THE LARGEST INVESTMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

I WANT TO SAY THAT WE NEED PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED.

INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE BUILD FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

IT MEANS BEST VALUE METRICS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET LABOR JOBS.

THERE IS COMMUNITY MEMBER AGREEMENTS AND SO MUCH MORE.

LAST YEAR I WAS INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR EARTH DAY TWO YEARS IN A ROW I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL TOP THAT.

>> PATTY.

>> WHILE HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WE HAD A GROUP OF TRADE ASSOCIATION AND BUSINESSES REPRESENTING APARTMENTS, CONSTRUCTION TALKING ABOUT HOW THE STANDARD THEY WANT THEM TO MEET IN CONSTRUCTION AND TO MOVE AWAY FROM NATURAL GAS ARE GOING TO COST TOO MUCH.

THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO THE FEDERAL STANDARD.

YOU GOT A LAWSUIT AGAINST BOTH DENVER AND THE STATE AND YOU HAVE LEGISLATURE PUSHING NOW FOR A NEW STATE CLIMATE OFFICE TOO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT HAVE TO BE HAD IN THE STATE.

WHEN YOU POLL, EVERYONE IS SO CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

AFTER EARTH DAY WHO GOES OUT AND PAYS ATTENTION.

>> THE BILL THAT CREATED AMERRY CORP. AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR YOUTH OUR YOUTH NEEDS TO GET PREPARED FOR LIFE.

AND BRIEFLY ON THE CLEAN WATER ISSUE, WE ARE SPOILED HERE.

WE GET HIGHEST RATINGS FOR TAP WATER ALL THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA AND EVEN AROUND THE STATE.

WE TRAVELLED TO PLACES THE WATER TASTE LIKE IT CAME OUT OF THE SWIMMING POOL.

WE ARE SPOILED THERE.

WE NEED TO LOSE THE MINDSET THAT ENVIRONMENT STOPS AT THE CITY LIMITS.

>> TALKING ABOUT WATER, ONE THING I HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS IS THE PURCHASE OF THE WATER RIGHTS ON THE COLORADO RIVER BY THE COLORADO RIVER DISTRICT FROM XCEL.

THEY REACHED A DEAL BACK IN DECEMBER.

NOW THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH $99 MILLION TO PAY FOR IT.

THE RIVER DISTRICT PUT FORTH $20 MILLION.

LOCAL MULTIPLETIES AND WATER DISTRICTS ARE COMING FORWARD JUST THIS WEEK.

AND PLEDGING MONEY TOWARDS THIS DEAL.

THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION HAS COME FORTH WITH A MILLION DOLLARS.

THESE LOCAL DISTRICTS HAVE COME UP WITH $8 MILLION TO CONTRIBUTE.

THERE IS MONEY GOING TO COME FROM THE FEDS AND THE STATE.

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT?

THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENT WATER RIGHT.

IN THIS DEAL, THE COLORADO RIVER DISTRICT WOULD LEASE WATER BACK TO XCEL ENERGY THAT HAS THE POWER PLANT THAT DOES THE HYDRO ELECTRIC.

THAT WATER STAYS IN THE RIVER.

IT PREVENTS SOMEONE BUYING THAT WATER RIGHT AND DRAWING THE WATER RIVER IMPACTING FLOWS DOWNSTREAM.

THERE ARE ENDANGERED FISH NEAR GRAND JUNCTION.

ONE OF THEM IS THE HUMPBACK CHUB.

IT IS GREAT TO KEEP WATER IN THE WESTERN SLOPE.

WE WILL SEE HOW THIS DEAL GOES FORTH.

>> IT IS TIME FOR US TO GO DOWN THE LINE AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE WEEK.

LET'S START WITH THE LOW POINT SO WE CAN END IN A GOOD NOTE.

>> THERE WAS AN EVENT IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

THE LYNCHING OF PORTER JR. OUTSIDE LYMAN.

LAST DOCUMENTED LYNCHING.

HE WAS LET LOOSE, A MOB TOOK HIM OVER.

THERE IS A MEMORIAL SPOT WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO PRESTON PORTER JR.

SOIL WAS TAKEN TO THE LEGACY MEMORIAL IN ALABAMA.

>> MINE IS LIGHTER, IT IS A LITTLE POLITICAL THOUGH.

CANDIDATES WHO TRY TO PETITION AND COME UP SHORT.

COLORADO BY NO MEANS HAS ANY KIND OF SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS.

I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PLAY THE GRASSROOTS CARD AND I COULDN'T DO A BUNCH OF PAID CIRCULATORS.

GET AN iPAD, DO YOUR OWN THE SPOT QC.

DON'T ASSUME PEOPLE KNOW WHAT DISTRICT THEY LIVE IN.

DON'T ASSUME THEY ARE REGISTERED.

YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT ON THE SPOT.

I THINK IN A STATE AS EASY IT IS TO GET ON THE BALLOT IN COLORADO IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

>> MY LOW OF THE WEEK IS JEFF DAVIS WITH COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST TWO WOLVES.

THE REASON HE GAVE THESE TWO WOLVES ARE PARTICIPATING IN REPER DUCTION RIGHT NOW.

IT IS DISCOURAGING GET THAT RESPONSE.

NOW WE WILL START TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS WOLVES HAVE CROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

SO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

>> EAN?

>> I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE STATE OF COLORADO.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE RUN AT THE COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE WHO SHOWED TO TESTIFY RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL.

THEY JOINED FORCES TO SAY IT IS OKAY -- INSTEAD OF REDUCING EMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING POSITIVE.

LET'S START WITH YOU.

>> THERE WAS A CLASS THIS WEEK PEOPLE WHO COME FROM WEST AFRICA DON'T UNDERSTAND OUR FOOD.

THERE WAS A COOKING CLASS TO TEACH THEM HOW TO USE THIS DONATED FOOD.

SMALL INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS THAT HELP PEOPLE GET ALONG.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> MY SHOUTOUT IS TO JAMAL MURRAY NOT JUST HITTING THE GAME WINNING BUZZARD BEATER.

HE STUNK UNTIL THEN.

WATCH HIS TEAMMATE PICKING THEM UP.

THEY GET PAID MILLION OF DOLLARS.

YOU COULD TELL HOW MUCH HE CARED ABOUT STILL PUTTING THE TEAM ON HIS BACK NOT BEING AFRAID TO TAKE THAT BIG SHOT.

>> THAT'S GREAT.

>> I GOT TO FACILITATE A CONVERSATION ON COLFAX ON SENSORSHIP.

THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK JAMES AT HIS HIGHEST LEVEL AS A PUBLIC LIBRARIAN WORKED WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HE DEFENDS KEEPING BOOKS AND MATERIALS ET CETERA IN LIBRARIES TO FACILITATE CONVERSATIONS AND NOT SENSOR THEM BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE PERCEIVED AS OFFENSIVE.

>> I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DPS BOND.

I HAVE BEEN SAYING PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN PARTICIPATING.

LAST WEEK THE RANGERS WENT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ASKING FOR THEM TO LIVE UP TO THE CLIMATE INITIATIVE.

YOU JUST DON'T DO IT ON EARTH DAY YOU GOT TO DO IT EVERY DAY.

YOU HAVE TO LEVERAGE ONE CRISIS AT A TIME.

>> MY POSITIVE OF THE WEEK IS THE DECISION COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ASSOCIATION TO MAKE GIRL FLAG FOOTBALL A SANCTION SPORT.

STARTED THIS PILOT PROGRAM IN 2022 PARTICIPATION HAS JUMPED 161% IN COLORADO.

LEARNING TO WORK AS A TEAM PLAYER IS SO IMPORTANT FOR KIDS AND ADULTS.

FOR GIRLS, I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT SPORTS THAT GIVES YOU A BOOSTING CONFIDENCE.

I APPRECIATE SEEING THE STAMP OF APPROVE FOR A FUN AND GROWING SPORT IN OUR STATE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONVERSATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND LISTENING AT HOME OR AT THE PODCAST OR ON YOUR LAPTOP OR ON TV.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

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