
January 26th, 2024
Season 32 Episode 4 | 28m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Kyle is Joined by guests Patty Calhoun, Tyrone Glover, Jesse Paul and George Brauchler.
This week on Colorado Inside Out we talk about the shake up in the state legislature. In this first full week of the session, we discuss bills being considered including an initiative that abortion rights advocates want on the ballot this election year. And we finish our program talking about the Annual Point in Time report and what we think may be learned from the results.
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January 26th, 2024
Season 32 Episode 4 | 28m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
This week on Colorado Inside Out we talk about the shake up in the state legislature. In this first full week of the session, we discuss bills being considered including an initiative that abortion rights advocates want on the ballot this election year. And we finish our program talking about the Annual Point in Time report and what we think may be learned from the results.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 26TH.
NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY RESULTS COMING ON TUESDAY, BUT WE ALSO LEARNED OTHER ELECTION RESULTS REGARDING THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.
AND YES, FORMER COLORADO ROCKIES GREAT TODD HELTON WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 2024.
I'M SO HAPPY FOR HIM.
HE WAITED WAY TOO LONG.
SO CONGRATULATIONS.
COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR HIM.
NOW TO OUR LINEUP THIS WEEK IN COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.
TYRONE GLOVER, LEADING CIVIL RIGHTS AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN DENVER.
JESSE PAUL, POLITICAL REPORTER AT COLORADO SUN.
GEORGE BRAUCHER, FORMER DA FOR COLORADO'S 18th JUDICIAL DISTRICT AS WELL AS CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST AND HOST ON 710KNUS RADIO.
YES, THERE WERE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ABOUT POSSIBLE BILLS AT COLORADO LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK.
BUT THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF CHAOS SURROUNDING NOW FORMER HOUSE MINORITY LEADER MIKE LYNCH.
>> WE WERE TALKING THE HALL OF FAME.
IN THE LEGISLATURE WE HAVE THE HALL OF SHAME.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A BIG EFFECT ON NATIONAL ELECTIONS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLITICIANS WHO ARE OUT THERE.
HERE MIKE LYNCH LEFT THE LEADERSHIP POSITION ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE WE TAPED THIS.
IS UP AGAINST LAUREN BOEBERT AND SUCH AN INTERESTING AWAY OF PEOPLE.
YOU SHOULD NEVER TELL STATE TROOPERS NOT TO LET THE PRESS KNOW ABOUT IT.
IT TOOK A WHILE.
ONCE IT FINALLY HIT IT HIT BIG.
HE DID THE RIGHT THING TO RESIGN HIS POST AS A MINORITY LEADER.
LAUREN BOEBERT HAS HAD PLENTY OF PERSONAL ISSUES.
COMPARED TO THIS TABLE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH FUN GEORGE HAD HOSTING A DEBATE LAST NIGHT.
>> LET'S GO TO YOU TYRONE.
THIS WAS ALL THAT WAS REPORTED.
IT TOOK ALMOST TWO YEARS TO GET THIS STORY OUT.
>> EXACTLY.
AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY I BELIEVE IN REDEMPTION.
YOU ARE NOT BASED SOLELY ON YOUR WORST DAY.
NOT BEING FORTHCOMING ABOUT THESE STRUGGLES ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, NOT REPORTING IT TO HIS PARTY, TO FOLKS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THAT IS WHAT TURNED THIS INTO AS BIG OF A CONTROVERSY AS IT IS GETTING ATTENTION FOR.
HE DID THE RIGHT THING.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET PAST ALL OF THIS AND GET SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE SESSION.
>> SHAME ON ME, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT.
WHEN THESE DUIs HAPPENED IN THE PAST WE GET TIPPED OFF TO IT BY A LAWMAKER OR LOBBYIST.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING HOW WAS THIS HIDDEN.
FRANKLY WE DON'T BACKGROUND CHECK EVERYBODY AS WE SHOULD.
THERE ARE 100 LAWMAKERS.
I WONDER WHO KNEW THIS AND DIDN'T SHARE.
I DID A LONG INTERVIEW WITH HIM AND MY FIRST QUESTION WHY DIDN'T YOU DISCLOSE THIS.
YOU ARE RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.
YOU KNEW SOMEONE WAS GOING TO PLUG IN YOUR NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS I HAVE.
THE STATE PATROL DOES A NICE JOB.
THEY DID A GOOD JOB OUT IN THE STREET.
THIS IS A GUY WHO IS A FAMILY GUY.
HE HAD DEDICATED HIMSELF TO THE SERVICE OF THIS COUNTRY.
VOLUNTEERED AT A TIME NO ONE HAS TO DO THAT.
THIS IS A GUY WHO IN THAT ONE PIVOTAL MOMENT MADE A DECISION SOME ARE GOING TO USE TO JUDGE HIS CHARACTER LONG-TERM.
I THINK THAT IS DISAPPOINTING.
I TRY TO PUT MYSELF IN THE POSITION.
FOR THE MOMENT YOU MAKE THE DECISION NOT TO TELL EVERY DAY THERE AFTER IT BECOMES MORE IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL.
SITTING DOWN WITH JESSE I GOT TO TELL YOU.
I GOT ARRESTED IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO MY REELECTION.
THAT WOULD BE MIND BLOWING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND COMMIT A PUBLIC CRIME AND GET ARRESTED FOR IT.
THERE IS NO ANSWER THAN COME FORWARD RIGHT AWAY.
EVERY OTHER DECISION AFTER THAT WILL BE VIEWED AS SELFISH AND POLITICAL.
>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THE MEMBERS OF HIS CAUCUS THAT PUSHED HIM OUT WEREN'T CRITICIZING HIM BECAUSE OF THE DUI.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE GOP.
IT FILED A LAWSUIT TO KEEP INDEPENDENCE FROM VOTING FROM THE PRIMARY.
BOWING TO BLOCK DEMOCRATIC BILLS PROBABLY NOT ALL OF THEM.
THE MINORITY PARTY IS TRYING TO GET FIRED UP AGAIN AND TRYING TO MAKE A DENT.
>> SOME OF THE BILLS I'M WATCHING ARE ONES THAT HOPEFULLY ARE NOT CONTROVERSIAL.
IT HAS BEEN THIS INTERESTING SPACE REFORM AROUND HELPING FOLKS WHO ARE INCARCERATED GET JOB TRAINING TO ACTUALLY PAROL AND GET HIRING MOVEMENT.
WHAT IS LOOKING LIKE BIPARTISAN HOW TO GET OUR NUMBERS DOWN.
ACTUALLY HAVE THESE FOLKS INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WORKFORCES.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THERE IS ONE THAT MAYBE HAS ME A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED.
IT IS THE STATE OVERSIGHT IN HAVING STATE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE.
HOPEFULLY THIS IS ONE THAT IS NONCONTROVERSIAL.
WE COULD BE IN FOR A FIGHT.
>> JESSE?
>> TALKING THE NEW MINORITY LEADER.
WE ARE GOING TO STOP BIG DEMOCRATIC POLICIES.
REPUBLICANS HAVE NOTE TO SAY IN THE MATTER IN TERMS WHAT GOES ON IN THE CAPITAL.
THEY CAN'T STOP THE POLICIES.
WHAT THEY CAN DO IS HIGHLIGHT WHAT THEY FEEL DEMOCRATS ARE DOING WRONG.
THE LAST WEEK THEY HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON MIKE LYNCH AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
REPUBLICANS HAVE TO GET OUT OF THEIR OWN WAY IF THEY WANT TO HAVE INFLUENCE IN THE CAPITAL WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN'T DO.
HOW THEY WOULD ACT TO THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER REPUBLICANS CAN'T WIN BACK MAJORITIES IN THE UP COMING ELECTION.
YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE UNSUCCESSFUL IN THIS YEAR, IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.
IF THEY CAN'T WIN BACK SOME OF THE SEATS OR CAN'T HOLD ON TO SOME OF THE SEATS THEY WILL BE IN DEEP TROUBLE PERMANENT MINORITY FOUR, SIX, EIGHT YEARS.
>> GEORGE?
>> I WANT BOTH A KLEENEX AND SOMETHING ALCOHOLIC IN THIS CUP.
THAT'S JUST WATER.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON.
SOME OF THE EARLY BILLS, I GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT.
NOT THE ONE TYRONE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
ONE OF THE BILLS SEEKS TO REDUE HOW WE ADDRESS INCOMPETENCY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS TAKING PLACE WITH THE CHARGES AGAINST ME.
THE LEGISLATURE EVEN IF YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND, YOU SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN A CONTRACT WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
THEY TRY TO TIE THE DA'S HANDS YOU CAN'T USE THEIR INCOME TENSE AGAINST THEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTION THAT BALLOT MEASURE.
BACKING A SERIES OF MEASURES THAT MADE IT TO TITLE BOARD.
IF THEY GET ON THE BALLOT THEY WILL END ALL OF THIS.
IT WILL CHANGE HOW WE CONDUCT ELECTIONS MOVING FORWARD IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.
THIS THING WILL JUST BE A MATTER OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE.
>> THE BILL REGARDING DIVERSE AND INCOMPETENCY.
WE HAVE BEEN SITTING DOWN AT OUR MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THESE EVALUATIONS.
THEY ARE NOT GETTING TREATMENT.
THEY ARE NOT GETTING EVALUATED.
SO I THINK THIS IDEA MAYBE THEM COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEM FROM A TRIAL PERSPECTIVE BUT BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE AND UNDERSTAND THE DIVERSION PROCESS AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS CAN TAKE PRESSURE WHAT IS A BROKEN SYSTEM.
IT IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT I HEARD BEING DONE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS.
>> THE ADDRESS IS FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
MORE MONEY TO CONDUCT THESE.
YOU DON'T FIX A BROKEN LEG WITH NEW SHOES.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE.
>> PATTY?
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND WHAT IS GOING ON.
THEY DID NOT NEED THE MIC LYNCH DISTRACTION.
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE SUPREME COURT ISSUE ON DONALD TRUMP GETTING ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT.
WANTED TO ENDORSE AND VOTED AND PUSHED IT THAT THE PARTY ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP.
AND YOU GET INTO THE FIGHT AGAINST 108.
ONLY 23% OF COLORADOANS ARE REGISTERED REPUBLICANS.
48% ARE UNAFFILIATED.
THEY SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE IN THE STATE PRIMARY COME JUNE PAID FOR BY THE STATE.
>> PRO-LIFE AND PRO-CHOICE ARGUMENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT AGAIN.
MONDAY WAS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROE VERSUS WADE.
IN 2024 COLORADO ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES STARTED A BALLOT CAMPAIGN TO GET AN AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD INSHINE THE RIGHT TO GET EATEN ABORTION.
THERE WAS TALK LAST FRIDAY TO RECOGNIZE THE ANNIVERSARY.
>> DEMOCRATS IN THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A STATE LAW.
THIS GOES A STEP FURTHER.
I THINK THERE IS POLITICS AT PLAY.
IT IS DEMOCRATS TO HAVE THEIR VOTERS TURN OUT IN THE ELECTION YEAR.
BUT THIS WILL PROBABLY PUT THE ISSUE FOR REST FOR GOOD IN COLORADO.
HOW FAR COLORADO VOTERS WILL GO.
THERE HAS BEEN POLLING COMING OUT.
REPUBLICANS SAY COLORADO VOTERS SUPPORT SOME LEVEL OF ABORTION ACCESS.
DEMOCRATS SAID THEY WANT ABORTION ACCESS.
I'M INTERESTED TO SEE IF THERE IS ORGANIZED OPPOSITION.
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY ARE THROWING THE KITCHEN SINK AT IT.
WITH THE ELECTION RESULTS IS GOING TO SAY A LOT WHERE ABORTION POLITICS ARE IN COLORADO.
>> GEORGE?
>> AS A PRO-LIFE GUY.
WE HAVE THE MOST PERMISSIVE ABORTION LAW IN THE COUNTRY.
FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT I'M THRILLED THEY ARE DOING THIS NOW.
THERE ARE NO MAJOR ISSUES ON THE BALLOT.
MAYBE THE COMPETITIVE RACE THESE ARE THE KIND OF MEASURES THAT SPUR PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND VOTE.
WE HAVE SEEN IT IN OHIO, IN KANSAS AND OTHER STATES.
THEY WILL WASTE THAT ISSUE ON THIS BALLOT.
I'M GLAD THEY ARE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
>> INTERESTING.
>> IT IS NOT JUST GOING TO ENSHINE ABORTION.
ALSO MOVED SOMETHING THAT PASSED FOUR YEARS AGO.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH CARE FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
THE VERY FIRST STATE THAT LEGALIZED ABORTION IT WAS LIMITED.
BUT IT WAS GROUNDBREAKING WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
COLORADO HAS BEEN IN THE LEAD ON THIS AS A WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE CHOICE.
WHEN VOTERS COME OUT AND COME OUT ON THIS ISSUE IT WILL BE AFFIRMED IT IS A WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE CHOICE.
>> TYRONE?
>> SIMILAR TO OTHER STATES NOT TRADITIONALLY AHEAD OF THE CURVE AS COLORADO HAS BEEN ON THIS ISSUE.
IT MAKES THIS SENSE TO PUT THIS FORTH WHEN THEY ARE.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS OF THE PUBLIC FINANCE.
THAT DOES MOBILIZE OPPOSITION.
IF WE WERE TALKING WHAT WE SAW IN THESE OTHER STATES IN THE CONSTITUTION, THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO RALLY OPPOSITION.
OVERTURNING THE 40 YEAR BAN.
I CAN SEE THAT BEING THE TALKING POINT THAT GETS FOLKS RILED UP.
>> MONDAY NIGHT INTO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT DECIDE HOW MANY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THERE ARE.
NOT JUST IN OUR BIG CITIES IN COLORADO.
THIS IS A NATIONWIDE EFFORT.
GEORGE, LAST YEAR'S COUNT IN THE METRO AREA SHOWED ABOUT 9 THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE HOMES WHO ARE LIVING OUTSIDE.
>> IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
HOMELESSNESS IN THE DENVER METRO AREA IS IT.
WHATEVER INCENTIVES WE ARE INEFFECTIVE OF DOING THIS.
I'M HOPEFUL FOR MIKE JOHNSTON.
I WANT HIS PLAN TO WORK.
AURORA HAS TAKEN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT APPROACH.
THEY WILL MAKE IT MUCH MORE OF A REHAB RECOVERY WORKFORCE APPROACH.
I WANT TO SEE WHO GETS A BETTER RESULT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS ISN'T GOING TO GET BETTER INDEPENDENT OF SUCCESS.
THIS IS NOT GOING AWAY.
I WISH WE HAD A BETTER ANSWER.
I'M HOPING FOR BETTER NUMBERS.
>> WE FIND THE NUMBERS IN THE SPRING?
SUMMER?
>> IT SHOULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS FROM NOW.
THIS YEAR WE WILL HAVE SKEW NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE MIGRANTS.
THEY ARE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREET.
WE CAN HAVE MANY, MANY MORE.
IT WILL IMPACT DENVER MUCH MORE.
DENVER'S GROWTH WAS FAR LESS.
WHICH SIGNIFIED WHO TALKED ABOUT CONGRESS HAVING TO HELP PROVIDE.
RIGHT NOW OUR RESOURCES ARE SWAMPED.
THE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH SO MANY MORE BECAUSE OF THE MIGRANTS.
IT IS A CHALLENGE.
>> THAT WAS LAST WEEK.
THINGS WORK SLOW IN WASHINGTON.
>> RIGHT.
YOU GOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
WE MIGHT GO OVER 10,000.
>> WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE A SANCTUARY CITY ANYMORE.
WE SAY WE ARE.
NOW WE HAVE PROVEN WE CAN'T BE THAT.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO IF PEOPLE COME HERE?
YOU JUST SAY GO AWAY BUS THEM OUT?
PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS WHETHER OR NOT YOU SAY IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
>> IF WE MAKE IT EASIER MORE AND MORE SHOW UP.
>> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> FOLKS THAT WERE HERE WERE HOUSED AND BECAME UNHOUSED.
THIS SORT OF NOTION THAT THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND THE WAY WE HOLD I THINK IS STARTING TO BE DISPELLED BY THE DATA WE ARE STARTING TO SEE RIGHT NOW.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
IT SORT OF -- LOOK STRAIGHT UP AT THE MORE RECENT HOMELESSNESS.
NOT THIS IDEA THAT WE ARE ATTRACTING THIS POPULATION.
THESE WERE FOLKS THAT WERE HERE, THEY WERE HOUSED, ABLE TO AFFORD AND LIVE THIS THESE COMMUNITIES.
THEY -- IT IS ABOUT TAKING FOLKS.
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.
WE HAD 1,000 PEOPLE HOUSED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF MIGRANTS.
>> THE LEGISLATURE SEE THIS AS HOMELESSNESS AS A CITY ISSUE.
AFFORDABILITY IS PART OF THE ISSUE.
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.
THE MIGRANT CRISIS THEY HAVE TAKEN A BACKSEAT TO THIS.
THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T MENTION THIS.
I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE BILLS TO HELP CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOSPITALS THROUGH THE CRISIS AND THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE.
I THINK THERE WILL BE BUILDING PRESSURE TO DO SOMETHING WHETHER FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE TO HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH THIS.
WHATEVER THE COUNT COME OUT AS WE NEED HELP WE CAN'T DO THIS IN OUR OWN STATE.
THIS IS SOMETHING.
THE MAYOR GOING TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR ASSISTANCE BUT HE IS NOT WALKING ACROSS BROADWAY AND LINCOLN PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP.
>> I DID SEE THE GOVERNOR DID PUT SOMETHING OUT TODAY.
MY FELLOW GOVERNOR COME TOGETHER TO REACH SOME KIND OF BORDER DEAL.
>> IT IS VERY EASY FOR STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ASK CONGRESS WHICH PASS SEVEN BILLS TO DO SOMETHING.
STATES AND CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE ON THEIR OWN.
THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME LOCAL SOLUTIONS UNTIL THERE IS GRAND COMPROMISE IN CONGRESS.
>> LET'S SHARE A HIGH AND A LOW THIS WEEK.
LET'S START WITH LOW.
>> DIA IS GOING TO HAVE A NEW SECURITY SYSTEM, A NEW SCREENING SYSTEM.
>> I'M FLYING OUT THIS WEEKEND.
I'M HOLDING MY BREATH.
>> I HAVE CONFIDENCE THEY WILL GET THE TRAIN RIGHT.
HOPEFULLY THAT IS A SIMPLE FIX.
MY DISGRACE SORT OF WITH OUR LAST TOPIC AREA.
THE CUTTING OF $400,000 FROM $600,000 BUDGET.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN FOLKS ARE SLIDING INTO HOMELESSNESS SOMETIMES THE STOP IS THEIR CAR.
NOT HAVING A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO SLEEP TO HAVE A PLACE THAT IS SAFE AND NOT GOING TO GET TOWED IS IMPORTANT.
>> SO THE LEGISLATURE STARTS OUT WITH SYLLABUS WEEK.
THEY DON'T DO MUCH FOR THE FIRST WEEK.
EVERYONE'S HAIR IS ON FIRE INCLUDING MINE.
I WOULD PREFER THINGS DIDN'T GO THAT WAY.
I THINK IT WILL GO BETTER LAW MAKING IF THEY USE THEIR DAYS.
IT WOULD BE NICE FOR MY SLEEP SCHEDULE.
I THINK IT IS A DISGRACE WE ARE IN THAT CYCLE AGAIN.
>> GEORGE?
>> WE HAVE NUMBERS UNITED STATES CONGRESS THEY HAVE FAILED PASS BUDGET THAT WILL HELP AMERICA APPRECIATE WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING.
HAVE SOME CERTAINTY WE WILL BE ABLE TO FUND OURSELVES.
WE ARE BACK TO CONTINUING RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE BILLION.
WE CONTINUE TO PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION THAN GOVERNOR APPROPRIATELY.
THE BASIC BLOCKING AND TACKLING AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THEIR JOBS.
>> SOMETHING POSITIVE.
>> GOOD-BYE TO JIM.
>> TYRONE.
I THINK THEY WILL GET THE TRAINS RIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SECURITY SCREENING AREA WE ARE SEEING WHAT IS REPORTED TO HAPPEN NATIONWIDE REDUCTION IN AIR FAIR ON DOMESTICALLY.
I THINK THERE IS A HOPE WE WILL VERY QUICKLY GET BACK TO PREPANDEMIC LEVELS OF REVENGE TRAVEL PHASE.
HOPEFULLY SUN SETTING.
I THINK THAT JUST MEANS COLORADOANS CAN AFFORD TRAVEL DOMESTICALLY TO SEE LOVED ONES AND WON'T BE SO OVERBURDENED WITH AIRLINE PRICES.
>> THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
>> THE CAPITAL PRESS CORE.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE FOLKS IN IT THIS YEAR.
JUST A ROBUST NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
A LOT OF YOUNG JOURNALIST.
COLORADO IS LUCKY TO HAVE GREAT PEOPLE KEEPING AN EYE WHAT THE LAWMAKERS ARE DOING.
>> THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
>> WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE.
A GUY THAT WAS IN UNIFORM 17 YEARS ALL RIGHT HERE WHICH IS AN ANOMALY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER HE GOT TO START IN HIS SEASON HIS SENIOR YEAR BECAUSE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK GOT HURT.
HE GOT HURT.
IT ENDED UP PUSHING HIM TOWARDS BASEBALL.
THE GUY THAT ENDED UPTAKING OVER PEYTON MANNING.
I WOULD LOVE HIM TO REACH OUT.
IT WAS A FEEL GOOD MOMENT.
>> I LOVE SEEING A VIDEO OF GETTING THE PHONE CALL.
SO DESERVED.
>> THIS WEEK GOVERNOR POLIS HANDED OUT SIX CITIZENSHIP LEVELS TO THOSE THAT GO OUT OF THEIR WAY.
THIS IS CITIZENSHIP METALS AND IT GOT EMOTIONAL WHEN THE LEADER AWARD WENT TO THE LATE AND GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER.
THE AWARD CEREMONY WHERE JOHN GAVE ALL HIS WORK BEFORE HE DIED.
THIS IS THE FIRST WEEKEND FOR NEW EXHIBIT CALLED FLOW.
IT CAN BE IN THE GALLERY THAT BEARS HIS NAME.
SEE OUR STATE'S BEAUTY THROUGH HIS LENS.
HE IS A GREAT MAN.
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