
November 10th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 45 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Kyle Dyer hosts a panel of Patricia Calhoun, Krista Kafer, Tyrone Glove, and Ed Sealover.
Kyle Dyer hosts a panel of Patricia Calhoun, Krista Kafer, Tyrone Glove, and Ed Sealover. To discuss the filling topics. COLORADO LEGISLATURE COMING BACK TOGETHER ATTENTION THIS ELECTION JURORS IN AURORA FOUND A POLICE OFFICER NOT GUILTY.. ON ALL COUNTS RELATED TO THE DEATH OF ELIJAH MCCLAIN "WORKING TOGETHERNESS” IN DENVER BETWEEN THE NEW MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL?
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November 10th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 45 | 27m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Kyle Dyer hosts a panel of Patricia Calhoun, Krista Kafer, Tyrone Glove, and Ed Sealover. To discuss the filling topics. COLORADO LEGISLATURE COMING BACK TOGETHER ATTENTION THIS ELECTION JURORS IN AURORA FOUND A POLICE OFFICER NOT GUILTY.. ON ALL COUNTS RELATED TO THE DEATH OF ELIJAH MCCLAIN "WORKING TOGETHERNESS” IN DENVER BETWEEN THE NEW MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL?
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH.
HAPPY VETERANS DAY AND A THANK YOU TO THE 340,000 MILITARY VETERANS WE HAVE LIVING HERE IN COLORADO.
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS WEEK'S PANEL.
PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.
KRISTA KAFER, COLUMNIST WITH THE DENVER POST.
TYRONE GLOVER, SILVER RIGHTS AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY.
ED SEALOVER, VP OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AT COLORADO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ALSO EDITOR OF THE CHAMBERS ONLINE NEWS, THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE.
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE IS COMING BACK TOGETHER NEXT WEEK TO DEAL WITH THE INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES IN OUR STATE.
GOVERNOR POLIS MADE THE CALL ON THURSDAY FOLLOWING THE DEFEAT OF POP -- PROPOSITION HH.
>> I LOVE WHAT HE DID.
WENT OUT IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF MEDIA PEOPLE.
HE WANTS THIS BOX THAT SAID BREAK IN CASE HH FAILS WHICH, OF COURSE, IT DID SO BADLY.
INSIDE ONCE HE OPENED IT HE DID NOT SCATTERED GLASS OVER THE MEDIA.
HE SAID CALL A SPECIAL SESSION.
REPUBLICANS HAD BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR MONTHS.
HE WAITED.
HE WANTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH PROP HH WHICH WENT DOWN SO RESOUNDINGLY.
IF WE HAVE GOTTEN RID OF HH WE WOULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY AND SAVE THE SPECIAL SESSION WE ARE GOING INTO NOW.
THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD HAVE DEALT WITH IT LAST YEAR.
IF CONSERVATIVES AND REPUBLICANS PUSH THIS SO WELL WHY CAN'T THEY FIX THIS REPUBLICAN PARTY?
WHY CAN'T THEY GET A GOOD CANDIDATE?
THEY CERTAINLY HAD A BIG WIN HERE.
>> KRISTA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT?
>> THIS IS STILL A DEEP BLUE STATE.
IT WILL NOT BE HOODWINKED DO YOU WANT A LITTLE BIT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR TABOR REFUND.
PEOPLE WERE LIKE I LIKE THE TABOR REFUND.
EVEN THOUGH MY PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING UP 50%.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE OFF.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO FOR THIS.
WHAT I WANT THE LEGISLATURE TO DO IS MAKE BIPARTISAN GREAT AGAIN OR DOABLE AGAIN OR WANTABLE AGAIN.
THE REPUBLICANS WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATS.
THEY PUT UP LEGISLATION ONLY TO HAVE THEM SHOT DOWN.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO DO NOT LET A BAD SITUATION GO TO WASTE.
IT WAS THEIR FINAL CHANCE TO PUT THAT LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN.
THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED IN GIVING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
MAYBE WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT BIPARTISAN AND BE PRODUCTIVE AND NOT TRYING TO SCAM THE AMERICAN VOTER AGAIN.
>> I THINK COLORADO VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN.
TYRONE.
>> YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SHOT WITH A PROPOSITION THAT SOME DESCRIBE IS HARDER THAN ALGEBRA.
I THINK OPPONENTS WINGED ON THE LACK OF CLARITY WHETHER IT LOWER FOLKS TAXES.
WHEN YOU HAVE COLD HARD CHECKS YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SHOT OF PUTTING A DENT WITH SOMETHING THIS COMPLEX.
HOPEFULLY THE SILVER LINING IS THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE TO THE TABLE AND WORK WITH A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION.
>> LET'S HOPE SO.
ED, THEY ARE NOT STARTING WORK NEXT FRIDAY.
THE NEXT WEEK IS A SHORT WEEK BECAUSE OF THANKSGIVING.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO GET DONE SOON.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THEY WILL PUT PRESSURE ON LEGISLATORS.
THERE IS NO IDEA GOING INTO THIS.
THIS WILL GIVE PEOPLE A WEEK TO TRY TO DISCUSS THE PLAN.
I AM INTERESTED TO SEE.
CONSERVETIVES CAME OUT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP TABOR REFUNDS FOR THIS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CUT FROM TABOR TO CUT PROPERTY TAXES.
PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO WEALTHY HOUSES.
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM TARGETED TO THE LOWER INCOME HOUSES.
TARGETED TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE DONE RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM TABOR IN THIS.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYONE GOING IN WITH THE IDEA WHAT IS GOING TO WORK RIGHT NOW.
THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN TO START THIS IN A WEEK SEEMS TO BE MADE TO SAY CAN SOMEONE COME UP WITH AN IDEA WE CAN GET AN CONSENSUS ON.
>> SO MAYBE THEY MEET INDEPENDENTLY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
>> THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN PHONE CALLS AND IN DISCUSSIONS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A POINT OF CONSENSUS.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SUPER MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.
WHAT THEY COULD DO THAT COULD GET SOMETHING THROUGH.
>> THEY HAVE ONE POSSIBILITY, POLL LIS WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THIS FEDERAL FUNDING TO COME THROUGH FOOD FOR KIDS.
THIS IS A SECOND ITEM.
IT IS ONE THEY SHOULD AGREE ON.
THEY HAVE TO AGREE TO TAKE THE FEDERAL MONEY.
>> NEXT WEEK, NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL BE INTERESTING FOR ALL OF US.
ELECTION DAY CARVED THE FUTURE OF SCHOOL BOARDS THROUGHOUT COLORADO.
BIG TURNOVERS DECIDED SOME KEY RACES.
LET'S START WITH YOU KRISTA.
>> LET'S GO SMALL AND THEN BIG.
WOODLAND PARK OUTSIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
UNION WAS TARGETED THOSE RACES.
THEY STILL HAVE THEIR CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE GOING FORWARD.
NATIONALLY IT WAS INTERESTING.
I THINK THAT ABORTION STILL CONTINUES TO BE A BIG ISSUE.
MAYBE 75% OF DEMOCRATS SUPPORT ABORTION AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY MOTIVATED TO GET OUT IN THESE ELECTIONS.
THERE IS A QUESTION OF HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE ABORTION ISSUE.
I THINK THAT, I THINK YOU HAVE TO GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AT.
I KNOW THERE IS A TEMPTATION TO SAVE ALL LIVES AND NOT HAVE ANY EXCEPTIONS.
I KNOW A WOMAN WHO WAS CONCEIVED IN RAPE.
IF THE PEOPLE AREN'T THERE YOU WILL HAVE TO SACRIFICE SOME INNOCENT LIVES TO SAVE MORE.
I THINK COMING OUT OF THIS, THE LESSON SHOULD BE IF YOU WANT TO LOSE ELECTIONS YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE ABORTION POLICIES MET BY CONCESSION AGREEMENTS.
HAVING THE KINDS OF EXCEPTIONS.
>> TYRONE.
>> AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF TIMES, THE SUPREME COURT CASES COMING DOWN AND I SORT OF REMEMBER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WHEN HE WAS AT THE NAACP.
JUSTICE IN THE COURTS OR JUSTICE IN THE STREETS.
WHEN WE HAVE DECISIONS COMING DOWN, IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANY RELIEF IN THE COURTS.
WHAT WE SEE IN OHIO IS THEM ACTUALLY TAKING TO THE VOTERS AND FINDING A WAY TO CARVE OUT EXACTLY THE WILL OF WHAT THEY WANT.
WHICH IN THIS CASE WAS A RIGHT TO CHOOSE THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
I THINK WE WILL SEE THIS PROBABLY AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THESE OTHER DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE SEEN.
WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE AS A REACTION TO OTHER STATES.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING.
THE PEOPLE SPOKEN IN OHIO.
>> ED?
>> I THINK THEY ARE BOTH CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON ELECTION NIGHT.
THAT WAS PUSH BACK AGAINST THINGS GOING ON.
I THINK VOTERS ARE REACTING MORE THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS.
COMING AND SAYING, I'M OKAY VOTING MY PARTY LINE.
RIGHT UP UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT I DON'T LIKE.
I THINK WE SAW THAT PARTICULARLY AT THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL'S RACE.
YOU LOOK AROUND THE STATE, THEY DID VERY WELL IN A NUMBER OF AREAS THEY DON'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, THEY AREN'T EXPECTED TO DO HUGELY WELL.
YOU SEE THEM GET OBLITERATED IN DENVER.
IT IS A REACTION OF THE PUBLIC.
I THINK IT TAKES SOMETHING THAT PERSONALLY AFFECTS THE PUBLIC FOR THEM TO GET ACTIVATED TO GO OUT THERE.
TO SAY IN THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIS BOARD HAS BECOME A DISASTER.
I'M NOT SURE I'M PROUD OF MY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT THE PEOPLE WE WOULD TYPICALLY BE ELECTING.
I THINK YOU SEE THAT IN THE NATIONAL POLITICS.
YOU SEE THAT IN SOME CITY COUNCIL RACES TOO.
IN THE END IT LOOKS LIKE BOB YATES MAY NOT BE THE NEXT REPUBLICAN IN BOULDER.
THEY DIDN'T CARE IF THERE WERE 90% DEMOCRATS.
THEY WANTED SOMEBODY WHO SPOKE THEIR LANGUAGE ON THEIR SUBJECT.
SO WE ACTION FROM VOTERS IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE GOING TO A BIG YEAR IN 2024.
>> I WILL STAY WITH THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.
THERE WAS SO LITTLE ABOUT THAT RACE THAT HAD TO DO WITH ACTUAL EDUCATION.
THEY WERE EDUCATING, VOTERS WERE EDUCATING THE CURRENT BOARD.
JUST HOW DISGUSTED THEY HAVE BEEN.
NO GOOD EXAMPLE FOR KIDS.
SO IN THE YOUNG FROM THE OTHERS MADE IT EASY BECAUSE THEY WERE GOOD CANDIDATES.
FORMER PRINCIPAL AT EAST.
HE KNOWS HIS STUFF.
I THINK HE WILL BE A GOOD BOARD MEMBER.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT EDUCATION.
YOU HEARD ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY.
THAT WAS AN ISSUE TO GO TO WHAT ED WAS SAYING.
PEOPLE WANT THEIR SCHOOL BOARDS TO START BEHAVING A LITTLE BETTER.
THAT IS ONE OF THE WINS IN WOODLAND.
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE ADULTS IN THE ROOM.
>> THIS WEEKS JURORS IN AURORA FOUND A POLICE OFFICER NOT GUILTY.
LAST MONTH A JURY WAS SPLIT.
TYRONE THERE IS ANOTHER TRIAL COMING UP LATER THIS MONTH ABOUT PARAMEDICS.
>> LET ME SAY IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THIS IS A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY HERE.
THIS WAS NOT A FIRST DEGREE AFTER DELIBERATION.
THIS WASN'T A SECOND DEGREE INTENTIONAL MURDER.
WE ARE TALKING RECKLESS MANSLAUGHTER.
THE OFFICERS IN BOTH OF THESE CASES WERE NEGLIGENT AND RECKLESS.
WE ARE GETTING INSIGHT WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON.
THEY ARE LEANING ON CAUSATION AND POINTING TO THE PARAMEDICS.
THERE WAS A CAUSATION INSTRUCTION THAT I HAVE HERE THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE JURY.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTRUCTION IS INSTRUCTION ON THE CHAIN OF EVENTS.
IF YOU SET UP A CHAIN OF EVENTS YOU CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR THE CAUSATION.
AND THERE IS AN INSTRUCTION THAT IS PART OF THE MODEL INSTRUCTIONS THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT JURIES SHOULD DO.
THAT WAS NOT GIVEN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A DEFENSE WHERE YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY -- THIS IS ESPECIALLY WITH OFFICER WOODWARD'S CASE.
IF YOU ARE NOT INSTRUCTED HOW CAUSATION WORKS WE ARE SEEING HOW WHERE WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE.
THE PARAMEDICS WILL NOT HAVE THAT SAME BENEFIT.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FINGER POINTING BACK AND FORTH.
IT IS INTERESTING THEY ARE KEEPING THEM TOGETHER.
THOSE CASES HAS NOT BEEN SEVERED.
>> WHAT HAPPENS NEXT LEGISLATE.
WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE?
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WATCH LEGISLATORS TWITTER ACCOUNTS IN EXPLAINING WHAT THEY THINK WAS WRONG ABOUT THIS.
CERTAINLY, WE HAVE WEIGHED IN ON KETAMINE AS A STATE.
WE WILL FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE ABILITY TO CONVICTION WITH THAT.
WHAT COLORADO HAS NOT WEIGHED IN IS CHOKE HOLDS.
WHERE YOU ARE CHOKE SOMEONE TO DEATH IS ILLEGAL.
WHEN YOU TRY TO CHOKE SOMEONE SO THE BLOOD FLOW GOES DOWN.
I'M WONDERING THAT THE CHOKE HOLD SINCE IT HAD -- IT WAS PART OF THE EFFECT HERE.
IS THAT SOMETHING LEGISLATURE WILL CONTINUE GOING AFTER NEXT?
WILL WE GO WHAT TYRONE IS TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO LAY OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO CONSIDER THIS CHAIN OF EVENTS?
I THINK THESE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE JUST BEGINNING.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS PROCEEDS FROM HERE AROUND THE DECISIONS.
>> PATTY?
>> EVEN BEFORE THE CHOKE HOLD YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE RESPONSE TO 911.
THEY WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT A DANGER.
HE WAS A KID WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
DANCING AND HOLDING ICE TEA AND WEARING A FACE MASK.
THERE WAS NOTHING HOW HE RESPONDED TO THEM WHEN HE WAS SAYING I'M A PRIVATE PERSON, DON'T TOUCH ME.
HE WAS NOT A DANGER.
THE REACTION FROM THE START IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS A LEGISLATIVE THING.
WE SEE AURORA HAS BEEN UNDER -- THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING HIM.
THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE IMPROVED.
WE WOULD HAVE HEARD OTHER INCIDENTS BY NOW.
IT IS SO TRAGIC.
FROM THE START THERE WERE SO MANY MISTAKES MADE.
I DO THINK THE PARAMEDICS WILL WIND UP NOT HAVING TO LOOK.
>> THE SITUATION IS SO STRATEGIC.
LIKE YOU WERE SAYING.
AN INNOCENT YOUNG MAN.
ONLY 23 YEARS OLD.
SOMEONE WHO LOVES ANIMALS AND LOVED PLAYING THE VIOLIN.
OVERREACTION BY POLICE.
HE HAS THE CHOKE HOLD.
HE HAS THE USE OF KETAMINE.
ALL OF THIS ENDS UP WITH THE LOSS OF THIS YOUNG MAN'S LIFE.
THE ONLY CONSOLATION IS WE HAVE SEEN WORK ON KETAMINE.
WE WILL SEE LEGISLATURE ADDRESSING THE CHOKE HOLD.
WE ARE SEEING THE DEPARTMENT HOW DO YOU NOT OVERREACT TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A THREAT.
>> I THINK TO KYLE'S GOOD POINT.
SIMILAR TO OHIO WHERE THE COURTS ARE UNABLE TO DELIVER JUSTICE TO THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE WILL SPEAK.
WE WILL HOPEFULLY SEE SOMETHING BY WAY OF LEGISLATION OR A LAW CHANGES.
I AGREE THE CAR TOY CHOKE NEEDS TO BE OUTLAWED.
AS BEING A LAWYER AND EXPERT IN ALL THINGS I CAN TELL YOU SOME ONE WHO HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAINING TO INSTITUTE THAT TYPE OF CHOKE VERSUS AN AIR CHOKE IS VERY DIFFICULT.
OFFICERS HAVE NO BUSINESS CHOKING ANYONE.
>> WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AURORA.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK IN AURORA.
AURORA MAYOR WAS RE-ELECTED FOR SECOND TERM.
MORE REPUBLICANS WILL BE JOINING THE COUNCIL.
LET'S START WITH YOU.
>> AURORA HAS AN ALL DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATION.
IS THERE A DISCONNECT.
WHY IS IT THAT THE PEOPLE IN AURORA GOING TO RE-ELECT A CONSERVETIVE SLATE.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO BOULDER.
I THINK THIS WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY DECISION.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WHAT HAS THE AURORA CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE MOST OTHER THAN FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS THAT PUT THEM AHEAD WHETHER IT BE SOME OF THE EXTRA PENALTIES.
I THINK THE PEOPLE WILL REACT TO THAT.
I THINK THAT IS A MESSAGE.
IF THE REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT SELLS THAT IS ONE THAT DOES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN INTERESTING IT HAS BEEN A VERY PROACTIVE MESSAGE.
WE ARE I THINK GO TO DO THIS TO PROTECT YOU.
I SEE THAT WITH NO RESEARCH POLL TO SHOW THAT.
IT IS ONE THING FOR MIKE TO WIN AGAIN.
IT IS ANOTHER THING TO TAKE THAT WHOLE SLATE WITH HIM.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL STUDY THAT TO FIND OUT WHY THAT IS THAT WORKS.
>> PATTY?
>> WHAT IS INTERESTING AURORA IS THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN COLORADO YOU HAVE A HUGE IMMIGRANT POPULATION.
REFUGEES.
160 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN AURORA.
ALL THESE PEOPLE COULD AGREE.
YOU CAN HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND STILL HAVE A POLICE FORCE.
IT IS AN INTERESTING MESSAGE COMING FROM AURORA THAT IS A TOWN THAT IS TRYING TO IMPROVE ITSELF IN MANY WAYS.
I THINK PEOPLE WERE TIRED OF THE FIGHTING ON CITY COUNCIL.
THEY KNEW THAT MIGHT CONTINUE DEPENDING WHO THEY VOTED FOR.
WE HAD BETS IN OUR OFFICE.
I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THAT THOUGHT HE WOULDN'T WIN.
IT WOULD BE CLEAR THAT HE WOULD WIN AND KEEP PUSHING HIS AGENDA.
>> I'M HAPPY THAT MIKE WON.
HE IS A GOOD GUY.
HE WORKED REALLY HARD.
HE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A GUY WHO GOES OUT AND SHAKES A LOT OF HANDS AND MEETS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND TALKS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE.
HE IS LIKED BY A LOT OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
HE IS A GREAT CHAMPION FOR THE CITY.
I HAVE A LOVE FOR AURORA.
IT IS THE LAND OF GREAT FOOD.
THERE IS SO MANY UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT THAT CITY.
I LOVE THE FACT THEY ADDED MORE TO THE CONSERVATIVE RIGHT LEANING CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT IS GREAT FOR THE CITY.
I THINK IT WILL MAKE AURORA THE SAFER, BETTER, LOWER DRAMA SISTER TO DENVER AND SOME OF THE OTHER METRO COMMUNITIES.
>> WE WILL SEE.
>> JUST A POP AWAY FROM AURORA.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS WHAT SORT OF SEEMS TO BE A COMPROMISE HERE IN DENVER.
AND A COMPROMISE SEEMS MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH THE 30 MILLION DEBT CITY COUNCIL.
KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, MAKING SURE THEY ARE NOT EVICTED.
NEW RESIDENTS OF THESE TINY HOMES IS JUST PARAMOUNT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT IS NICE TO SEE IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY OF AURORA IS ACROSS PARTY LINES.
WE ARE COMING TO COMPROMISE HERE IN DENVER.
>> IT IS NICE TO SEE THE NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL GOING BACK FORTH.
IT IS GOOD THERE IS A COMPROMISE.
NOW IT IS TIME TO SHARE WHAT THEY SEE AS A HIGH AND LOW OF THIS WEEK.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT ON BOTH SIDES.
PATTY WE WILL START WITH YOU.
>> A STORY WE DIDN'T TALK TO ABOUT.
THE FUNERAL HOME IN PENROSE JUST APPALLING WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THE COUPLE WAS ARRESTED IN OKLAHOMA.
WE WILL SEE JUSTICE.
>> NOT QUITE THAT BAD BUT PRETTY BAD.
THE DISGRACE OF THE WEEK GOES TO THE COLORADO GOP.
PICKING CARRY LAKE.
A CON WOMAN FROM ARIZONA WHO HADN'T CONCEDED HER OWN RACE.
THE INTERVIEW DAVE WILLIAMS WITH LAURA.
I'M THINKING WHAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT THERE?
THE DEMOCRATS DOING CRAZY THINGS.
LET THEIR CRAZY SHINE.
>> SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE BUDGET.
MY DISGRACE IS THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE ELIJAH McCLAIN CASE.
WE SPOKEN THE NEED OF COMMON SENSE PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES.
THIS WAS TO BE AN OFFICE THAT PRIORITIZE THAT AND RETHOUGHT HOW WE JUST KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ROUGHLY $2 MILLION GOING TO COURTS.
IT IS MY DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
>> I HAD NOT HEARD THAT.
>> PATTY AND I HADN'T TALKED.
THEY FLED THE STATE AND WERE CAPTURED.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK HERE AND TREATED WITH A LOT MORE DIGNITY BY THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAN THEY GAVE TO THE BODIES TO THE LOVED ONES LEFT IN THEIR CARE.
I HOPE THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME THINGS COMING DOWN UPON THESE FOLKS.
>> OKAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING POSITIVE.
>> COMING UP ON SATURDAY THERE ARE ASSOCIATED PARADES, FUN RUNS.
IN AURORA THERE IS A DISPLAY THAT IS LIT UP FOR THREE NIGHTS SHOWING THE PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY MANY THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY.
IT IS A GOOD WEEKEND TO REMEMBER.
>> YES, IT IS.
>> HATS OFF TO THE ANTIPROP HH.
THEY WORKED TOGETHER AND DID GREAT ADS, GRADE INFORMATION.
I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND IT PAID OFF.
>> TYRONE?
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT TO ASSISTANT GENERAL.
WE TALKED ABOUT JUSTICE.
THEY HAD ORAL ARGUMENT IN THE CASE A SECOND AMENDMENT GUN RIGHTS CASE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS HISTORICAL ANALYSIS WHICH HAS BEEN BROAD.
THERE MAYBE END ROADS TO START NARROWING THAT DECISION WHICH I THINK WILL HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT HERE IN COLORADO.
I THINK PROPS FOR THEM PUTTING FORTH A GOOD ARGUMENT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE COURT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL NEXT JUNE, IT WILL BE HOW NARROW OR BROAD A RULING WILL BE.
>> OVER EIGHT YEARS AT THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE AND THE PAST FEW YEARS ON THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSION.
COMPROMISES, SEEKS TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.
JUST THIS WEEK SHE ANNOUNCED SHE WAS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR REELECTION.
SAYING IT WAS TIME TO STEP AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC ATMOSPHERE.
I LOVE THAT KIND OF THINKING THAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF ELECTED OFFICE AND STILL DO WELL.
SHE DESERVES TO BE HONORED FOR HER CAREER IN PUBLIC.
>> THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT.
MY POSITIVES OF THE WEEK THEY ARE PHONE CALLS FROM MY DAUGHTERS AWAY FROM COLLEGE AFTER THEY VOTED AND MAILED IN THEIR BALLOTS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ONE VOTED ON THE CAMPUS.
ONE PUT IT IN THE MAIL AND SENT IT BACK TO COLORADO.
YOU COULD TELL I DID SOMETHING GOOD.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO BE HEARD.
I'M HAPPY FOR THEM AND EVERYONE WHO TURNED OUT FOR ELECTION DAY.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US ON COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN OUR YOUR DEVICE OR LISTENING ON SPOTIFY PODCAST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS TO ALL OUR VETERANS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
I'M KYLE DYER AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.
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