>>> HI, EVERYONE I'M KYLE DYER.

WELCOME ON THIS COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH.

STATE LAWMAKERS ARE FACING JUST FOUR WEEKS LEFT IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION DURING CLOSE TO 600 ITEMS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

FOR INSIGHT AND REACTION LET ME INTRODUCE TO PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

KRISTA KAFER, ERIK SONDERMANN, AND WE ALSO HAVE TONIGHT AMBER McREYNOLDS.

SO IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU.

LET'S START WITH THE RESULTS FROM THIS WEEK'S ELECTIONS.

PATTY, ONCE AGAIN WE ARE SEEING THAT EVERY SINGLE VOTE MATTERS.

>> ESPECIALLY SINCE RIGHT NOW THE COUNT ISN'T FINAL.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A RUN OFF FOR SURE BETWEEN MIKE JOHNSTON AND KELLY.

WE SEE HOW THE INDIVIDUAL VOTERS PULLED THROUGH.

THEY SHOWED THEY WANT TO CHANGE.

YOU HAD ANDY WHO WAS A BIG SURPRISE.

HE OUTPULLED JUST THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THIS -- IN DENVER.

HE WAS DOING WELL.

HIS MESSAGE RESONATED WITH PEOPLE.

EVEN THOUGH ONLY TWO OF THE 16 ARE MOVING ON TO THE RUNOFF.

YOU SEE PEOPLE LISTENING TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES AND DID VOTE FOR CHANGES IN THIS CITY.

WHICH CHANGES WERE THEY VOTING FOR AND WHICH CANDIDATE.

>> THIS WHOLE WEEK HAS BEEN TALK OF ELECTION.

NOT JUST TUESDAY.

>> I WAS RELIEVED.

I DON'T LIVE IN DENVER, BUT BORN AND RAISED IN THE METRO AREA.

I THINK JOHNSTON OR BROUG WILL BE A FINE MAYOR.

I'M GLAD SOME FOLKS WITH SOLID IDEAS VERSUS THE OTHER SIDE LET'S GO EASY ON CRIME.

LET'S GO EASY.

LET THIS WOUND CONTINUE TO FESTER.

I THINK THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME COMMON SENSE POLICY AND CLEAN UP DENVER.

I REMEMBER DENVER BACK IN THE '70s AND '80s YOU JUST DIDN'T GO DOWNTOWN.

THAT WAS IT.

YOU GOT THE HECK OUT OF THERE.

UNDER THE HICKENLOOPER ADMINISTRATION IT WAS THIS FANTASTIC CITY.

I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT SAFE CITY BACK IN.

>> EVERYBODY DOES.

>> THE ELECTION MOVED FROM WHERE IT WAS TUESDAY NIGHT TO WHERE IT IS, YOU KNOW A GOOD NUMBER OF HOURS AND DAYS LATER IN TERMS OF THE RESULTS.

I DON'T THINK THE BOTTOM LINE HAS CHANGED.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MIKE JOHNSTON AND KELLY IN THE RUNOFF.

THAT'S WHY LISA WENT UP.

MAYBE SHE WILL DO IT FROM THE NUMBER ONE POSITION INSTEAD OF THE NUMBER TWO POSITION.

IN TERMS OF WHAT THE VOTERS WERE SAYING I'M LARGELY WITH PATTY AND KRISTA HERE.

THIS IS A CITY IN CRISIS.

THEY DIDN'T WANT EITHER OF THE RIGHT OR OF THE LEFT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MEMORY, WE DON'T HAVE A CURVE BALL IN THIS ELECTION.

THESE ARE TWO CANDIDATES.

BOTH PILLARS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 40 YEARS DON'T HAVE A MINORITY FACE IN THAT RUNOFF.

>> THERE IS IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

>> WE WILL GET THERE.

>> IN COLORADO SPRINGS CONSIDERED PROGRESSIVE IS A FRONT RUNNER GOING TO THE RUNOFF.

THAT IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING THING TO WATCH.

HOW HE IS AT THE TOP.

SPEAKING OF THE SPRINGS AMBER THEIR RUNOFF IS MAY 15TH.

OURS IS JUNE 4TH.

WHY DO WE WAIT SO LONG IN DENVER TO VOTE?

>> THIS HAS BEEN A CHANGE THAT DENVER WENT THROUGH THROUGH THE LAST FEW YEARS.

WE USED TO HAVE FIRST PART OF MAY INITIAL ELECTION.

AND WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL REFERRED TO THE BALLOT WAS A CHANGE TO ALLOW MORE TIME IN BETWEEN THE ELECTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE MILITARY AND OVERSEA VOTERS.

FRANKLY THEY SHOULD CONSIDER A CHANGE WHETHER IT BE CONSOLIDATING ELECTIONS OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY ARE AT RISK LEAVING A LOT OF THEIR MILITARY VOTERS OUT THAT DOESN'T ALLOW MUCH TIME FOR BALLOTS TO GET BACK IN.

>> OKAY.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TAPING THIS SHOW PERHAPS THE FINAL VOTES ARE COUNTED, YOU ARE THINKING COME THURSDAY ARE PRETTY MUCH THE FINAL RESULTS?

>> I DON'T ANTICIPATE THEM CHANGING.

I DO POINT OUT WE TALK ABOUT THE CANDIDATE NAMES.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CANDIDATES REPRESENT IN DENVER.

RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE 45% OF VOTERS CHOSE KELLY OR MIKE.

THAT PERCENTAGE WILL MAKE THE RUNOFF.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS SOLVING PROBLEMS WITHIN DENVER.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY TRY TO GARNER THOSE VOTES IN THAT FIRST INITIAL ELECTION.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR VOTERS HERE IN DENVER.

33% OF REGISTERED VOTERS PUT IN A BALLOT.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS WE WILL HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION.

I WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE MORE.

>> I DO TOO.

YOU KNOW, I WONDER IF IT IS A QUESTION OF SENNISM.

I THINK THERE IS A SEGMENT THAT SAYS I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS.

I DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED INTO VOTING BECAUSE MY VOTE DOESN'T MATTER OR IT IS FOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHO VOTED AND WHERE THEY VOTED?

>> I THINK THE FINAL TURNOUT IS GOING TO BE THE BALLPARK OF 170,000.

JUST OVER 170,000 VOTERS.

IF YOU LOOK FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN HANCOCK WAS RUNNING THERE WAS 179,000 VOTERS.

THERE IS A LARGER VOTING BASE THIS TIME AROUND.

THE TURNOUT IS LESS WHEN THE SEAT WAS NOT OPEN.

I HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THIS ONE.

I THINK IT WAS MORE FUNCTION, THERE IS CERTAINLY SENNISM AND UGLINESS AND THAT GOES WITHOUT QUESTION.

I THINK THIS WAS THE QUANTITY OF CANDIDATES.

I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FAIR ELECTION FUND.

THE PUBLIC FINANCING, IT MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARILY A BAD IDEA.

WE CAN ARGUE THAT ANOTHER DAY.

CONTRIBUTED TO SO MANY ON THE BALLOT THAT IT DRIVES DOWNTURN TURNOUT.

>> YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT THERE.

YOU ALREADY MENTIONED AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK SINCE TUESDAY ABOUT RANK CHOICE VOTING.

WE COULD -- DO WE NEED THAT WHEN WE HAVE THIS MANY CANDIDATES?

>> I'M A HUGE FAN OF RANK CHOICE WHEN YOU HAVE A HUGE FIELD.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO GIVE VOTERS MORE CHOICE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY GET WITH THE RANK CHOICE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK WITH THIS ELECTION WE WOULD HAVE SEEN PEOPLE TURN THEIR BALLOTS SOONER AND POTENTIALLY HIGHER TURNOUT.

I DID HERE PEOPLE SAY I LIKE THIS PERSON, I'M NOT SURE WHAT QUITE TO DO.

I THINK IT WOULD HAVE HAD A MUCH POSITIVE VOTING EXPERIENCE.

I'M ALSO A FAN OF MOVING THE ELECTIONS TO NOVEMBER.

THAT WOULD INCREASE TURNOUT.

IT WOULD SAVE THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND LET'S HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LOCAL POLITICS.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING.

>> LET'S HAVE THE COUNT GO ON FOR FOUR MORE WEEKS.

IT IS SLOW LAST NOVEMBER.

I THINK THE FAIR ELECTIONS FUND HAS BEEN FASCINATING.

WE DIDN'T GO OVER THE $8 MILLION.

I THOUGHT WE WOULD RUN OUT OF MONEY.

IT IS GOING TO COME CLOSE AT A TIME WE PAY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL RUNOFFS.

THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE QUARTER OF WHAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE FAIR ELECTIONS FUND.

I LOVE WE HAVE SO MANY CANDIDATES JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE IN DENVER WANT TO TALK.

THEY WANT TO SHARE IDEAS.

THEY WANT TO HEAR OTHER IDEAS.

SOME OF THOSE UNUSUAL CANDIDATES, THE ONES WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE RANK CHOICE VOTING GAVE INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE.

DEFINITELY HEARING EAN WHO SAT AT THIS TABLE.

I THOUGHT THEY ADDED TO THIS CONVERSATION AND CHALLENGED THE OTHER CANDIDATES TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY THOUGHT WHAT THEY DID.

SO I THINK IT HAS BEEN A GREAT ELECTION SEASON.

IT IS ONLY GOING TO BE MORE FUN FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

>> IT WILL BE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD IN DENVER.

>> THAT WILL HEAD OVER TO THE STATE CAPITOL.

IT HAS BEEN BIG.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS ARE IN CONTROL OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

WE ARE SEEING EVIDENCE OF THE REALITY.

WE ARE SEEING THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN CONTROL AND REPUBLICANS CAN'T REALLY MAKE MUCH OF A DENT.

>> DEMOCRATS ARE PLENTY OF FUN.

THEY ARE INDULGING EVERY PASSION THEY HOLD, EVERYTHING THEIR CONSTITUENTIES ARE DEMANDING OF THEM.

THE CRAZY THING THIS STATE THAT TURNED SO BLUE SO QUICKLY IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.

THERE IS REALLY NO PUSH BACK.

THERE IS RHETORIC OR A FILIBUSTER.

IF YOU ARE A SENATE LEADER, OR A GOVERNOR STAFFER, THERE IS NO REASON TO LISTEN TO ALL THE PUSH BACK.

YOU DO NOT REGARD REPUBLICANS AS A POLITICAL FORCE AT THIS PARTICULAR OPENING STATEMENT.

THE BURDEN IS ON REPUBLICANS TO PROVE THEY CAN BE A VIABLE FORCE.

THEIR TRACK RECORD OF PROVING THAT CASE IS NOT A VERY STRONG ONE AT THE MOMENT.

SO DEMOCRATS FEEL THEY ARE BULLET PROOF AND PUSH THESE ENVELOPEs AS FAR AS THEY WANT TO PUSH THEM.

THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCES.

>> WHAT ARE YOU WITNESSING?

>> TWO THINGS I HAVE BEEN WATCHING.

ONE IS NOT AS EXCITING AS THE OTHER ISSUES.

THE COUNTY CLERKS HAVE PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL FOR GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED ESPECIALLY IN SMALL COUNTIES, LARGE COUNTIES.

THEY PUT FORTH A PROPOSAL TO MODIFY HOW THE STATE REIMBURSES COUNTIES WHICH HAS BEEN INCREASING WITH INFLATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I'M LOOKING FOR THAT.

I THINK THERE IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR A BIPARTISAN BILL.

I UNDERSTAND SENATOR BRIDGES HAS BEEN PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

IT WILL BE GREAT TO SEE THAT DONE TO SUPPORT OUR COUNTY CLERKS ACROSS THE STATE.

THE SECOND BIG ONE IS RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

A LARGE FIELD OF CANDIDATES.

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES TO UTILIZE LIKE RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT DONE THIS YEAR.

>> WE WILL SEE THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

PATTY?

>> I THINK I'LL BE FASCINATED TO HEAR MORE IN AND OUT THAT THEY ARE OUT OF THE MAYORAL RACE.

WILL THEY START TALKING ABOUT THEIR PROPOSALS.

YOU HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH FROM LESLIE HEROD.

I THINK WE WILL HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT JARED POLIS PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WILL GIVE MORE RIGHTS TO THE STATE.

YOU HEAR MUNICIPALITIES NOT ON THE WESTERN SLOPE, NOT IN THE PLAINS BUT IN THE SUBURBS.

PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT THE STATE SEEMING TO TAKE LOCAL POWER AWAY IN DECISIONS ON BUILDING ON ZONING, WE WILL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT IT.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN VOCAL ON TWITTER.

>> I THINK ABOUT ABORTION IN THIS STATE.

WE ALLOW ABORTION UNTIL THE BIRTH OF THE BABY.

ONE OF THE MOST LIBERAL STATES IN THAT REGARD.

THE COLORADO VOTERS HAVE OPPOSED PUBLIC FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW CONSIDER THEMSELVES PRO-CHOICE.

THEY MAY SUPPORT LEGAL ABORTION BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THAT DECISION.

THEY KNOW AT SOME LEVEL A CHILD HAS DIED.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THAT.

THEY DON'T WANT THAT MONEY GOING TO THAT.

WHAT THESE BILLS WILL DO, THEY WOULD FORCE EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WE PLAY PREMIUMS.

IT WOULD FORCE EMPLOYEERS TO TAKE -- TO ONLY CONTRACT WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES COVER ABORTIONS UP UNTIL BIRTH.

I THINK MY HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN DOES NOT COVER ELECTED ABORTIONS.

IF I WAS FORCED TO SUBSIDIZE IT, IT IS VERY ANTECHOICE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRO-LIFE OR PRO-CHOICE AND DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THAT.

IT VIOLATES THE STATE CONSTITUTION NO PUBLIC FUNDS INDIRECTLY OR DIRECTLY CAN GO TO ABORTION.

PREGNANT RESOURCE CENTERS AND NOT ALLOW THEM TO DO OUTREACH.

THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE MATERIAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS WHETHER IT IS MATERIAL GOODS OR ULTRA SOUNDS.

I LIKE AT THESE BILLS VERY ANTI-CHOICE.

I HOPE GOVERNOR POLIS CONSIDERS HIM PRO-CHOICE.

>> THEY ARE ON THERE WAY TO HIM.

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS THE FIRST TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES.

REGARDING ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HUSH MONEY WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT.

I'M USING THE WORD ALLEGEDLY.

WHAT IMPACT COULD THIS HAVE GOING TO THE GOP PRIMARY?

>> YEAH, IT IS INTERESTING.

HE RAISED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE EXPECTED TO BE INDICTED.

I HAVE SEEN THE T-SHIRTS BEING SOLD WITH FAKE MUG SHOTS.

CURRENTLY FINANCIALLY THERE IS A LOT GOING ON WITH THIS THAT BENEFITS HIS CAMPAIGN.

THEY HAVE RAISED FAR MORE MONEY IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO THAN THEY HAVE BEFORE.

WHICH I THINK THAT IS A STATE STATE OF AFFAIRS TO THINK ABOUT OUR POLITICS IN THAT WAY.

I THINK IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS.

NOT ONLY IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE CASES INCLUDING ONE IN GEORGIA THAT I STILL THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WITH REGARDS TO ELECTION INTEGRITY AND THE INTERFERENCE.

WE WILL SEE WHAT VOTERS WILL DO WITH THIS INFORMATION.

THEY ARE COURT CASES, THEY WILL TAKE TIME.

FRANKLY, THE OTHER DAY, I DON'T THINK WE NEEDED EVERY NATIONAL NEWS NETWORK COVERING AN AIRPLANE TAKING OFF WHICH IS AN OLD AIRPLANE.

I WOULD HAVE MUCH RATHER SEEN THE NATIONAL NETWORKS PAY ATTENTION TO THESE LOCAL ELECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE'S LIVES.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT.

THERE IS THAT KIND OF INFORMATION AROUND THE ELECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> LOOK, CHICAGO, WISCONSIN, THERE WERE AMAZING ELECTIONS NOT JUST HERE.

THE GEORGIA CASE IS SO INTERESTING BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE PUT ON THE ELECTION OFFICIALS THERE.

IT IS MUCH MORE INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT.

IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER.

IT IS IRONIC THIS FIRST INDICTMENT COMING FROM THAT.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER JUST HOW IMPORTANT ELECTIONS ARE.

HOW IMPORTANT SAFE AND FAIR ELECTIONS ARE.

WE ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER REFRESHER COURSE ON THAT THIS MONTH.

THE DIMONION CASE AGAINST FOX.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD A SINGLE RUMOR ABOUT A PROBLEM IN DENVER RIGHT NOW BUT IT IS EARLY.

>> KRISTA?

>> I WOULD LOVE THIS TO DAMAGE HIS CAMPAIGN.

I JUST THINK, HE PAID OFF A PORN STAR TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR HIM IN THE PRIMARY.

DOES THAT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF FELONY?

I READ DIFFERENT SIDES ON THAT.

SOME PEOPLE SAY YES, IT IS, SOME PEOPLE NO IT IS NOT.

WHEN REPUBLICANS ARE LIKE, IT IS NO BIG DEAL.

EVERYBODY LIES ABOUT SEX.

ISN'T THAT WHAT DEMOCRATS WERE SAYING IN THE CLINTON?

LYING WHETHER IT IS PERJURY IN CASE OF CLINTON OR LYING ON YOUR PAPER WORK IS LYING.

YOU CAN LIE TO YOUR WIFE.

BOTH OF THESE MEN DO.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT IN A LEGAL FORMAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE.

CLINTON GOT INDICTED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND GOT TO PUT HIS CASE BEFORE THE SENATE.

SAME GOES FOR TRUMP.

HE WILL HAVE A TRIAL, MAYBE HE WILL BE FOUND INNOCENT, MAYBE HE WON'T.

THE FACT HE IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS LIES IS AN AWESOME THING.

>> THE FACT THIS MAY MAKE DONALD TRUMP MORE ATTRACTIVE WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT OUR POLITICS.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT SAYS.

I WORRY, THAT THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT THE STRONGEST CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.

I WARRIOR IT IS A WEAK CASE.

HE BECOMES MORE OF A MART R. THE FEDERAL CASE AROUND DOCUMENTS AND TOP CREDIT CLASSIFICATIONS.

THERE IS THAT MINOR MATTER.

I THINK THEY RISE TO A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN THIS.

IN TERMS OF REPUBLICAN ATTACK WEAPONIZING AGAINST PRESIDENT CANDIDATES.

THAT COMES IRONIC WHO WERE CHANTING LOCK HER UP.

BOTH PARTIES HAVE WEAPONIZED HERE.

THE ONLY THING WORST THAN A COUNTRY WITH HOLDS FORMER PRESIDENTS ACCOUNTABLE IS THE COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T.

>> LET'S GO THROUGH OUR LIGHTNING ROUND.

PATTY, I'M STARTING WITH YOU.

WHAT WAS A DISGRACE FOR YOU THIS WEEK.

>> DISAPPOINTMENT THAT PEOPLE DO NOT SAY GO TO DOWNTOWN DENVER.

IT IS FINE TO GO TO DOWNTOWN DENVER.

THERE ARE GREAT RESTAURANTS, THERE ARE GREAT PLAYS.

I'VE BEEN HEADING DOWNTOWN SINCE THE LATE '70s.

THERE HAVE BEEN WORSE TIMES.

GO OUTSIDE ON OPENING DAY AND REALIZE HOW VIBRANT DOWNTOWN CAN BE.

THE PARKING LOT FOR CU HEALTH DON'T THINK DOWNTOWN IS THE BIG PROBLEM.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO LOOK AT THEIR BACKYARDS.

>> I HADN'T HEARD THAT ABOUT THE HOSPITALS.

>> I GOT TO BEAT THE TRUMP PROBLEM MORE.

HE WAS THE FAVORITE.

52% OF REPUBLICANS WANTED HIM TO BE THE NOMINEE.

DID YOU MISS SOMETHING?

HE TRIED TO STEAL AN ELECTION.

YOU GOT TO WHOLE THING.

THE WHOLE THING IS SO UNSEEMLY.

THERE ARE BETTER CANDIDATES WHO HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED.

LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE.

PUT THAT ORANGE FACE IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.

>> ERIK?

>> I'M GOING LOCAL AND BACK TO THE DENVER ELECTION HERE.

THE FACT THAT WE ARE SITTING HERE A FEW DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION WITHOUT KNOWING FINAL RESULTS.

SHAME ON -- AMBER CAN CORRECT ME IF I NEED CORRECTION.

SHAME ON THE VOTE COUNTERS HERE.

PARTICULARLY SHAME ON THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE THAT DIFFICULT TO PROCESS.

MANY OF THE BALLOTS WERE RECEIVEDED BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND TABULATED BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

SOME OF THIS IS BECAUSE THE WHOLE OFFICE WENT ON A DINNER BREAK EATING BARBECUE WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE VOTE COUNTING PERIOD.

IT IS HARD TO COUNT BALLOTS WHEN THEY ARE SMEARED WITH BARBECUE SAUCE.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND SINCE YOU USED TO.

>> I WAS GOING TO.

I WAS GOING TO RESPOND ON THE POSITIVE PART OF THE ROUND.

SO, LOOK, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS TO GET IT RIGHT AND GET IT ACCURATE.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER WE HAD A HUGE LOSS OF DENVER VOTERS TURN THEIR BALLOT THE LAST MINUTE.

I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT AND ADMIRE THE ELECTION OFFICIALS.

A LOT OF MY FORMER COLLEAGUES ARE WORKING HARD TO GET THIS DONE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE DENVER VOTERS TO TURN THEIR BALLOTS IN SOONER.

FRANKLY, MY DISAPPOINTMENT IS ACTUALLY TURNOUTS.

THERE ARE A TON OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKE THIS ELECTION HAPPEN THAT SPEND ENERGY, TIME, HOURS PROCESSING BALLOTS AND SERVING VOTERS, 36% TURNOVER IS VERY FRANKLY DISCOURAGING.

THAT IS A DOWNSIDE FOR ME THIS WEEK.

I WANT TO SEE THAT GO UP.

>> I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.

>> I HAVE TO BRING AN AUDIO-VISUAL AID.

IT IS THE BEST OF DENVER WEEK.

IT IS A BIG NICENESS.

IT MADE IT SO DIFFICULT TO PUT WORDS ANY LONGER, WE HAVE WRITTEN SO MANY NICE ONE ON HERE.

IT IS OUT ON THE STREETS.

IT IS ONLINE.

>> YEAH.

I LOVE IT.

>> I CAN ALMOST GIVE AWAY MY OWN AND PRAISE THIS.

I WENT TO D.C. TWO WEEKS AGO TO SEE THE CHERRY BLOOMS.

EVERYBODY WAS SO HAPPY AND JOY US.

BRINGING THESE DOOM AND GLOOM STUFF THE NATION IS COMING APART AND SO MUCH ANGER.

EVERYBODY WAS TAKE MY SEAT ON THE SUBWAY.

CAN YOU TAKE MY PICTURE?

IT WAS REALLY LOVELY.

IT IS A REFLECTION OF WHO WE ARE.

>> GOOD.

>> I WANT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO A LONG TIME VIEWER OF THIS PROGRAM WHO HAPPENS TO BE MY MOTHER.

WHO IS PROBABLY AT THE END OF A VERY LONG LIFE, VERY LONG-LIVED FROM CHILDHOOD TO A PROUD CONTRIBUTING STATE IN THIS COUNTRY IN SO MANY WAYS.

JUST A TRIBUTE THERE.

>> MY POSITIVE IS THE USE AND THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES IN THIS CITY AND ALL OVER THE METRO AREA AND ALL OVER COLORADO THAT ARE STARTING SPRING SPORTS THAT ARE OVERCOMING OBSTACLES.

MY OWN SON WAS IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO.

I'M GRATEFUL TO THE FOLKS AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE AVALANCHE WERE PAIRED SOME OF THE KIDS THAT HAVE COME FROM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND BENEFITED FROM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL THIS PAST SUNDAY.

IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE THAT WE HAVE THE SPORTS TEAM WE DO.

AND ALSO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS THAT CLEARLY SUPPORT ALL OF OUR FAMILIES IN COLORADO.

>> YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT STUFF THAT IS NOT WORKING.

YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING GREAT.

YOU.

PEOPLE COMING DOWNTOWN FOR OPENING WEEKEND FOR THE ROOKIES.

THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR SHARING.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

IT HAS BEEN A BIG WEEK IN COLORADO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING FOR THIS CONVERSATION.

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HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

ENJOY THE RETURN OF BASEBALL IN COLORADO.

I'M KYLE DYER, I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.