>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO "COLORADO INSIDE OUT" ON THIS FRIDAY, MAYÂ 3RD.

THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, MAYÂ 8TH, IS THE LAST DAY OF THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THIS WEEK, GOVERNOR POLIS SIGNED OFF ON A BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND HE ALSO WORKED ON SOME COMPROMISES BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT LEFT TO GET OVER THE REMAINING DAYS OF THE SESSION.

NOT ONLY DO LAWMAKERS HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS, SO DOES OUR PANEL.

WELCOME TO PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF "WESTORD."

TYRONE GLOVER, CRIMINAL CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY IN DENVER.

JESSE PAUL, REPORTER AND EDITOR AT "COLORADO SUN."

LAURA ALDRETE, CITY BUILDING CONSULTANT AND FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING THIS WEEK.

GOVERNOR POLIS SEEMS TO BE SHIFTING THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WORKING ON COMPROMISES.

SPECIFICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO INCOME TAXES AND TABOR REFUNDS AND ALSO A DEAL WITH THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.

PATTY, LET'S START WITH YOU.

>> AMAZINGLY HOW FAST THESE COMPROMISES.

ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY HE PULLED THROUGH WITH COMPROMISES THAT WILL SAVE US A LOT OF HEADACHES ESPECIALLY THE OIL AND GAS COMPROMISE.

YOU HAD BALLOT MEASURES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN NOVEMBER.

HE CAME UP WITH A DEAL OIL AND GAS WILL HELP PAY.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DRILLING.

THEY WILL PAY ESTIMATED TO BRING $130Â MILLION A YEAR.

80% OF THAT WILL GO TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WHICH HELPED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ABOUT CLEAN AIR.

THAT WAS A GREAT COMPROMISE IF THE PIECES FALL TOGETHER.

WE GOT FIVE MORE DAYS WHERE THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

THE OTHER ONE IS CONTINUING TO PLAY WITH TABOR TO SEE HOW WE CAN BRING RELIEF TO LOWER CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE BUT STILL HAVE MONEY IN THE GOVERNMENT.

IT LOOKS LIKE A TAX BREAK.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A TAKE BREAK BECAUSE IT IS A TAX BREAK.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THE INTENT IS NOBLE SO WE CAN HAVE A COLORADO THAT WORKS FOR ALL.

THE IMPACT OF THIS MONEY, I THINK, IF IT COMES TO FRUITION IS STAGGERING AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF FOLKS WHO ARE STRUGGLING DURING THIS TIME OF INFLATION WHICH SEAMS TO BE LEVELLING.

IT IS STILL VERY MUCH A PROBLEM.

THE REAL CONCERN BECAUSE IT IS A TAX BREAK IT JUST WIDENING THIS GAP THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WITH EQUALITY HERE IN COLORADO.

IT IS NICE IF WE CAN HAVE SOME RELIEF THIS YEAR AND MAYBE YEARS TO COME.

IF WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE FOLKS AT THE BOTTOM CONTINUE TO GET MORE AND MORE DESPERATE AND THE FOLKS AT THE TOP CONTINUE TO BENEFIT MORE AND MORE.

WE WILL BE DEALING WITH PROBLEMS THAT WILL BE DECADES IN THE MAKING.

>> I THINK VOTERS AND COLORADOANS SHOULD PAY ATTENTION ALL THE EXPENDITURES.

THEY HAVE DONE IN A YEAR WHERE THE BUDGET HAS A SURPLUS.

THAT IS NOT A GUARANTEE.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS DOWN THE LINE THE MONEY THE LEGISLATURE IS SPENDING.

BIG QUESTIONS THERE.

BIG VICTORY FOR THE GOVERNOR IN WINNING THE INCOME TAX.

DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN ROLLING THEIR EYES ON THIS.

THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO AN INCOME TAX REDUCTION.

ACTUALLY YOU SEE THAT BILL BE BIPARTISAN WHICH IS INTERESTING AT THE END OF SESSION.

IN THE OIL AND GAS THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DEAL MADE IN THIS TOPIC AREA SINCE 2014.

THE LAST TIME GOVERNOR POLIS WAS INVOLVED AND THEN GOVERNOR HICKENLOOPER.

I WILL URGE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THIS.

>> CERTAINLY JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, THE WAY THAT THE PROCESS HAPPENS TENDS TO HAPPEN IN LEGISLATURE.

IT GETS DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE AS WE ARE AGAIN.

ALL THE DEALS ARE GETTING CUT.

I WILL SAY FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT OVERALL, I THINK THE GOVERNOR CAME THROUGH.

I WOULD THINK THE LAWMAKERS CAME THROUGH MUCH BETTER IN TERMS OF STAKEHOLDERING, LOOKING TO COLLABORATE, MAKING COMPROMISE.

I THINK THERE IS A SHOUTOUT FOR THE BUDGET WHICH ADDED ALMOST $140Â MILLION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

$13Â MILLION OF WHICH IS TOWARDS FINANCIAL AID.

THAT BEING SAID, IT MOVES US FROM 49th IN THE COUNTRY FOR FUNDING HIGHER EDUCATION TO 43rd.

NOT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF OR A WINNING MOMENT FOR COLORADO.

BUT AT LEAST WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> THAT IS TRUE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COMPROMISE.

THIS WHOLE SESSION THERE IS STILL A LOT TO GET TO.

>> I'M WATCHING HB1416.

WHO KNOWS BY THE TIME THIS AIRS, WE MAY BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE.

YOU KNOW, THE SIMPLE PROPOSITION THAT IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

A PROPOSITION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LARGER COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS.

AMONGST REGULAR CITIZENS.

THIS NEEDS TO APPLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THE FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO SPEAK UP FOR WHAT THEY SEE AS CORRUPTION NEED THE SAME WHISTLE BLOUER PROTECTION.

SO WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST.

>> THE THING WE HAVEN'T SEEN IS PROPERTY TAXES.

LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WHEN PROPOSITION HH FAILED.

THE BIPARTISAN TAX DRAFT PROPOSAL CAME OUT.

WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.

IT WENT TO THE TAX COMMISSION WHO SAID NO THANKS.

THIS IS COMING DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE FOR THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW.

IT IS CREATING UNCERTAINTY FOR HOMEOWNERS IN COLORADO.

WE HAVE THESE BALLOT MEASURES THAT WILL HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS.

A LOT OF HUGE QUESTIONS TO GO.

DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD 120 DAYS TO DO THIS THEY STILL DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SHOW FOR IT.

IT SHOWS HOW POLITICALLY HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS.

ANY TIME YOU PULL ONE LEVER IT AFFECTS ANOTHER ONE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THINGS WILL SHAPE OUT.

NOW THERE IS TALK OF A SPECIAL SESSION.

THERE IS A TON OF PRESSURE FOR LAWMAKERS TO DO SOMETHING.

ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

THEY ARE IN THE BUDGETS THAT CAN BE AT RISK IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING AND THESE BALLOT MEASURES IN NOVEMBER PASS.

>> OF COURSE, LAND USE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

WE HAVE ONE DOWN AND FOUR TO GO.

THESE ARE NECESSARY STEPS FOR COMMUNITIES TO TACKLE AND SOLVE THE HARD ISSUES AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING INSTEAD OF MAKING EXCUSES WHY IT CAN'T HAPPEN.

I THINK WORSE YET, WE HAVE SEEN FEAR MONGERING USED.

THEY HAVE PUTÂ -- TRIED TO PUT THE FEAR OF GOD INTO THE RESIDENTS THE HARM THAT AN ADU MIGHT DO IN THEIR COMMUNITY WHICH IS NOT TRUE.

I THINK THERE IS ANOTHER QUIET BILL CALLED THE RIGHT TO REMEDY CONSTRUCTION DEFECT.

WHICH IS A SENATE BILL TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH.

IT HAS BEEN RECTIFY A CONSTRUCTION TRYING TO REMOVE A PRODUCT FROM THE MARKET WHICH WOULD ALLOWÂ -- RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE OF COLORADO WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

I'M HOPEFUL WE WILL MOVE IT FORWARD.

>> AS WE ENTERED THIS WEEK THERE WAS 300 BILLS TO BE CONSIDERED.

JESSE IS RIGHT SOME OF THE ONES HAVE PITFALLS.

LIKE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS PASSED IN 2021 ON SEX ASSAULT WEAPONS.

THAT WENT DOWN.

ALSO LOOKING LIKE WENT DOWN THE SOCIAL REGULATIONS BILL.

THERE WAS FREE SPEECH ADVOCATES FIGHTING THAT BILL.

THAT SEEMS TO BE GONE.

COMING BACK IS A SECOND BOOK BANNING BILL WHICH IS TO PRODUCT LIBRARIES AND PEOPLE WHO WORK AT LIBRARIES FROM THE SCATTER SHOT PROPOSALS TO BAN BOOKS.

THAT IS A GOOD FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE.

>> SO AS THE STATE LAWMAKERS CLOSE OUT THE SESSION.

ATTENTION NOW GOES TO THE PRIMARY RACES THAT ARE AT THE END OF JUNE.

VOTERS WILL BE VOTING ON ALL SORT OF POSITIONS.

VOTER WILL BE VOTING BOARD OF EDUCATION POSITIONS, CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, THERE IS A LOT PEOPLE WILL BE VOTING ON.

JESSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK TALKING ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR PARTIES.

>> YES, I'M CALLING THIS YEAR JUNEÂ 25TH IS A BIG DATE.

PARTICULARLY IN THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

THOSE ARE REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS.

A LOT OF THE FOCUS THIS WEEK HAS BEEN ON THE COLORADO GOP DECISION TO ENDORSE CANDIDATES IN THE FOUR DISTRICT SO FAR.

IT IS LOOKING TO MAKE ENDORSEMENTS IN THE FOURTH, FIFTH, AND MAYBE IN THE EIGHTH DISTRICT TOO.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE PARTY HAS DONE BEFORE.

THE PARTY SENT OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP, DEMOCRATS, AND ABORTION AND TRYING TO GET A TAKE.

GABE EVANS WHO IS SEEN AS A FRONT RUNNER AND IN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER WHO MADE THE BALLOT NOMINATING ASSEMBLY.

THAT IS NOT A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN WHERE THEY ARE IN HUGE MINORITIES.

>> LAURA?

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DISTRICT FOUR.

WHAT IS ACTUALLY NEWS WORTHY THERE AND WHAT IS NOT?

DO WE WANT TO KEEP GIVING THIS OXYGEN.

DISTRICT EIGHT I DO BELIEVE IS NET WORTHY.

THE WAY THAT THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION AROUND IMMIGRATION HAS PLAYED OUT NATIONALLY AND NOW AT THE DISTRICT EIGHT LEVEL WHERE YOU HAVE SUCH A CONCERN WHETHER REAL OR PERCEIVED BASED ON PERCEPTION AROUND IMMIGRATION THAT IS WAY ON PEOPLE'S MINDS.

I THINK IT ISÂ -- IT SHOULD BE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN THE DEMOCRATS AND FOR CARAVEO WHAT THAT MEZAGE NEEDS TO BE.

I THINK THAT IS INFLUENCING DISTRICT EIGHT.

>> PATTY?

>> WATCHING KEN BUCK GIVING HIS EXIST INTERVIEWS.

YOU WOULD WONDER WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO GO TO CONGRESS.

THE PICTURE HE PAINTS OF THE DISCORD THERE AND THE INABILITY OF GETTING ANYTHING DONE.

HE IS REALLY EXPERIENCING THE SWAMP AS HE GOES OUT AND CREATED QUITE THE SWAMP NOT RUNNING AGAIN BECAUSE THE FOURTH DISTRICT IS A CRAZY MESS.

IT WILL BE A NUMBERS GAME BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CANDIDATES.

I LIKED OVER THAT LONG QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT THE ENDORSEMENT WHICH IS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONALD TRUMP AS THE NEW MESSIAH?

IT IS A TEST THAT YOU HAVE TO PASS IN ORDER TO GET ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COLORADO REPUBLICAN PARTY.

SHAME ON THEM.

WHEN KEN BUCK RAN IT THE WAY YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WHICH IS TO BE FAIR TO ALL THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES.

>> I WANT TO REVISIT ABOUT IMMIGRATION.

WE ARE IN A CRISIS IN THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS AND PROVIDING THEM RESOURCES.

I HOPE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT EIGHT IS NOT AN INDICATION WE ARE GOING TO BLAME CURRENT LEADERSHIP.

THIS IS A PROBLEM AND A CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN ADMINISTRATION AND PARTIES AND DECADES IN THE MAKING.

IT IS ONE THAT EXTENDS PAST OUR BORDERS THAT IS GLOBAL IN NATURE.

AND THE BEST PEOPLE FOR THE JOB TO ULTIMATELY FISSION Â -- FIX IT AT THE END OF THE DAY COME UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO DEAL WITH THIS.

THERE IS A TENDENCY TO BLAME THOSE IN POWER AND TURN THIS INTO A PARTISAN BACK AND FORTH.

I HOPE IT IS NOT AN INDICATION OF A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.

PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST ARE TAKING PLACE ACROSS COLORADO.

SOME LARGER THAN OTHERS WITH STUDENTS TELLING THEIR COLLEGES THEY WANT THEM TOÂ -- COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT ISRAEL.

>> I'M SAD AND DISAPPOINTED.

I THINK THE NAME OF THE GAME WHERE THERE IS TENSION IS DEESCALATION.

PROTESTING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER TRAINING IN PLACE FOR THEIR CAMPUS POLICE, OFFICERS.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.

ONCE THEY STARTED THAT ESCALATION WHERE IT WAS GOING TO GO AND ALL THE MATERIAL.

SO YOU ARE BACK IN THE SAME PLACE THEY ENDED UP THAT THEY STARTED WITH THE PROTESTERS.

WHAT IF INSTEAD FOR THE STUDENTS, WHAT IF PICKING A SIDE ON A COMPLEX ISSUE THAT IS DISSUBSTANTIATE FROM OUR BORDERS THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHAT IF WE LOOK EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING HERE IN COLORADO AND LOOK TO PRACTICE AND PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING BRIDGES IN THAT WAY INSTEAD OF MAKING JUDGMENTS ON AN ISSUE THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND.

>> IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE EDUCATIONAL FORUMS OUT THERE WITH PEOPLE LISTENING TO EACH OTHER.

SO FAR, AT LEAST IN THE DENVER AND COLORADO PROTESTS IT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY DRÂ -- CIVIL.

TENTS WERE BACK WITHIN THE NEXT DAY.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GOING ANYWHERE NOW.

WHAT YOU WANT IS THE STUDENT PRACTICE FREE SPEECH WITHOUT IMPEDING THE ABILITY OF THOSE WHO WANT TO GET AN EDUCATION AND GO INTO CLASS.

WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS FOR ANY STUDENTS TO FEEL UNSAFE.

WHEN YOU HEARD THE JEWISH STUDENT WHO ARE SCARED TO GO TO SCHOOL NOW.

SCARED TO GET AN EDUCATION.

YOU HAVE TO PROTECT EVERYBODY'S RIGHT TO GET AN EDUCATION, TO HAVE FREE SPEECH.

GOOD LUCK WITH CLASSES ENDING AND THE GRADUATION NEXT WEEK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TYRONE.

>> ONE THING THAT SADDENS ME TO THESE PROTESTS.

IS AS THEY DIDN'T LEARN FROM PROTESTS RESULTS IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING PAID OUT.

WE ARE STILL SEEING A LOT OF THE SAME CONDUCT.

THESE STUDENTS ARE TAKING PLAYBOOKS OUT OF THEIR PROFESSORS, PARENTS.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE A FORUM FOR THIS TYPE OF EXPRESSION.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE BEEN THE EPICENTER FOR ANTIWAR AND PEACE ACTIVISM AND PROTEST HISTORICALLY.

WE NEED TO SEE THAT IS THERE ALIVE AND WELL.

THAT GOOD TROUBLE CAN BE GOTTEN INTO.

IT WILL BE INCONVENIENT BUT THAT IS KIND OF THE POINT.

>> JESSE, YOUR THOUGHTS.

>> I'M STUCK AT THE CAPITOL THESE DAYS.

WE WERE SITTING AT THIS TABLE AND CURIOUS HOW THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST WAS GOING TO PLAY OUT IN THE LEGISLATURE.

I THINK PEOPLE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB HAVING A RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CAPITAL THIS YEAR.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MUCH DISRUPT.

THERE HAS BEEN DISAGREEMENT BUT MOSTLY IT HAS BEEN CIVIL.

IT HAS BEEN REFRESHING TO SEE WITH ALL OF WHAT HAPPENS AT THE CAPITAL TO HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESPECT EACH OTHER ON IT.

>> THAT IS POSITIVE NEWS.

IT IS TIME TO GO DOWN THE LINE AND HAVE OUR PANELIST TALK ABOUT HIGHS AND LOWS THEY WITNESSED PAST WEEK.

WE WILL START WITH SOMETHING NEGATIVE.

>> WE WILL SEE IT TOMORROW.

REPUBLICAN FUND RISER.

SHE WILL BE AROUND HERE.

THERE WILL BE A DOG PROTEST WITH WELL-BEHAVED PETS.

IT IS A DISGRACE SHE HAD TO DO THAT.

>> THIS IS A FUND-RAISER SHE IS COMING TO SPEAK AT?

>> SHE IS COMING TO SUPPORT COLORADO REPUBLICANS.

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

TYRONE?

>> THE NOTION THAT THE ROAD TO JUSTICE IS SOMETIMES MURKY.

LAST WEEK WE HAD THE SENTENCING IN THE ELIJAH McCLAIN CASE WHERE ONE OF THE OFFICER WAS GIVEN PROBATION.

NOW MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY.

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR A RETRIAL.

WE HAVE A 90-DAY TURN AROUND.

I BELIEVE THEY WILL TRY THE CASE IN AUGUST IF IT DOESN'T GET CONTINUED.

YOU KNOW IT IS COMMENDABLE.

I THINK 10, 15, 20 YEARS AGO YOU WOULDN'T SEE PROSECUTORS BRINGING CHARGES AGAINST THESE OFFICERS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF HOW FOLKS WHO ARE NOT IN THESE POSITIONS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM WHEN THEY ARE IN FRONT OF JURY IT IS DISPROPORTIONATE.

I THINK WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS HERE.

IT IS COMMENDABLE WE HAVE LOADERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WANT TO KEEP AND WANT TO HOLD FOLKS IN POWER ACCOUNTABLE.

WE HAVE TO KEEP ON GOING.

JUSTICE DELAYED BUT HOPEFULLY NOT JUSTICE DENIED.

>> RIGHT.

>> NO REPORTERS WILL BE TO SEE OR LISTEN TO WHAT SHE TALKS ABOUT.

MY DISAPPOINT IS NOT HAVING CONVERSATION WITH EACH OTHER AND JUST ATTACK EACH OTHER.

YOU SAW SOME OF THAT PLAY OUT THIS WEEK FROM SOME FOLKS.

I JUSTÂ -- CONVERSATIONS IS WHERE DEMOCRACY HAPPENS.

LESS ATTACKING PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> LAURA?

>> IN TERMS OF DISGRACE OF THE WEEK IS LEADERSHIP.

WE SAW IT AT THE LACK OF LEADERSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY.

CHOOSING ESCALATION.

WE SAW IT WITH LAWMAKERS PUBLICLY NAME CALLING AND ENGAGING THE BREAKING DOWN OF DISCOURSE.

STAMMERING OUT OF CHAMBERS.

WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE COLORADO ROCKY'S LEADERSHIP DRIVE INTO DESPAIR.

IN MY CONVERSATIONS I HAVE SENSE THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO STAND IN THAT SPACE OF LEADERSHIP AND LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

>> LEAD BY EXAMPLE IS WHAT WE NEED.

SOMETHING GOOD.

>> THANK YOU TO DENVER WATER FOR GIVING ONE SPLASH STREET SINGERS.

>> I LOVED IT.

YOU TOOK MINE OF THE WEEK.

>> IT IS GREAT.

>> TYRONE.

>> CINCO de MAYO.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT CELEBRATIONS HERE IN DENVER.

THE ONE AT CIVIC CENTER PARK IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND LONG STANDING IN THE REGION.

IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO START.

>> FUN WEEKEND.

IT WILL BE GREAT WEATHER.

>> I'M EXCITED FOR THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION SO I CAN SEE MY WIFE AND DOG AGAIN.

WE ARE HEADING INTO ELECTION SEASON WHICH IS EXCITING.

EXCITED TO TALK TO VOTERS AND HEAR WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.

HOPEFULLY THAT SHAPES WHO GETS ELECTED.

>> WE ARE HAPPY FOR YOU THAT NEXT WEEK IS ALMOST HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LAURA.

>> I'M GOING TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE WITH CINCO deMAYO.

IT IS A MOMENT FOR US TO FIND STRENGTH BASED ON A HISTORY OF A SMALL TROOP DEFEATING THE FRENCH ARMY IN 1862.

IT IS A REMINDER FOR US HOW TO TAKE THE STRENGTH INTO SOCIAL JUSTICE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST 80-90 YEARS.

WHILE WE ARE DRINKING OUR MARGARITAS ON SUNDAY, I THINK IT IS A MOMENT FOR US TO REFLECT ON OUR NEED TO CONTINUE WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE.

THAT IT JUST CONTINUES.

>> I LIKE THAT.

TO PLAY ON PATTY'S WATER PLUG.

THE BACK STREET BOYS COMMENTED ON INSTAGRAM AND SAID YOU GUYS NAILED IT.

I DON'T THINK I WILL HEAR THAT SONG AND NOT HEAR THE WORD WATER.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.

DON'T FORGET WE GOT OUR PODCAST ON SPOTIFY.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO.

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