>>> HELLO, I'M KYLE DYER, AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT, JANUARY 13TH.

WITH THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW FACES.

MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE MEMBERS ARE BRAND NEW TO THEIR JOBS.

IN THE HOUSE HALF OF THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE FIRST TIMERS.

ONE PERSON RETURNING IS GOVERNOR JARED POLIS.

WE HAVE TONIGHT PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

SCOTT MARITNEZ, DENVER ATTORNEY WITH MARTINEZ AND PARTNERS; JESSIE PAUL, POLITICAL REPORTER AND EDITOR AT THE COLORADO SUN; AND LUIGE DEL PUERTO, MANAGING .

ASIDE FROM THE NEW FACES.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER NEW FACES WHO MADE HISTORY AT THE STATE CAPITOL THIS WEEK.

>> WE SEE GOOD BEHAVIOR AND VERY BAD BEHAVIOR.

WE SAW BAD BEHAVIOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE WHEN YOU HAD THE OPTION TO THE NEW SPEAKER.

AND JUST NOT BEHAVING WELL.

IT WAS A BAD START.

YESTERDAY ON WEDNESDAY, YOU HAD THE YOUTH.

THEY WERE THERE DOING A JOINT ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATURE.

WHAT TOOK THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE SO LONG.

THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF DENVER, COLORADO.

BACK WHEN THE CHIEF OF STAFF PUSHED THAT.

LET'S HOPE WE PAY ATTENTION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WILL AFFECT THE TRIBES.

>> THEY WERE HERE FOR US TO LISTEN, THAT WAS GREAT.

SCOTT, THEY MADE CLEAR THE PRIORITY SESSIONS.

WE KNOW IT IS A PRIORITY SENATE BILL NUMBER 1.

>> IT IS NOT ONLY THE TITLE BUT IT IS THE PRIORITY FOR THE STATE SENATE.

THAT PARTICULAR BILL SET ASIDE $13 MILLION OF PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.

IT WOULD INVEST THE MONEY INTO SOME BUILDING THE STATE OWNED AND LAND THE STATE OWNED AND CHANGE IT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS.

WHAT SENATE BILL I THE ISSUE IS HIGH ON PEOPLE'S MIND.

IT IS NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR LOTS OF FOLKS.

YOU HEARD THAT WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE POCKETBOOK ISSUES.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY WORK.

TEACHERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE WHICH THEY HAPPEN TO BE TEACHING.

YOU ARE GOING TO SEE NOT SENATE BILL I.

YOU HAVE SEEN THERE ARE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BILLS COMING TOWARDS THE PIPES.

WHAT IS INTERESTING TO ME IT IS GOING TO PIT SOME LOCAL CONTROL ISSUES FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES.

I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIG BATTLE COMING OUT.

I HOPE THEY CAN FIND A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND COMMON GROUND AND CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL COLORADOANS.

>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE RESIGNED FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES LYING ABOUT WHERE SHE LIVED.

HAS TO NAME SOMEONE FOR HER SPOT.

AND ONE WELL-KNOWN COLORADO POLITICIAN HIS NAME IS ALREADY THERE JESSE.

>> WE KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN WILL RUN FOR IT AS WELL.

FIRST OF ALL, TRACEY -- ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU WILL HAVE THE EVEN SPLIT.

THERE IS EXCITEMENT HAVING MAJORITY IN THE LEGISLATURE.

THESE VACANCY COMMITTEES ARE INTERESTED.

REPRESENTATIVES FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THIS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE BECAUSE OF THESE VACANT OPPONENTS.

>> A LOT OF AFFORDABILITY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK'S GUN VIOLENT PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

DO WE HAVE A BUDGET?

WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT WHEN YOU CRUNCH THE NUMBERS?

>> IT SETS THE SPENDING PRIORITIES.

IT TELLS US WHERE THEY WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON.

PUTTING FUNDS INTO HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION.

YOU KNOW ACCOUNTING GIMMICK WE DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IF WE FUND WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING ABOUT $56 MILLION DEFICIT.

WHICH MEANS -- LET ME BACK UP A BIT.

THE FUNNY THINK ABOUT BUDGETING THAT $56 MILLION DEFICIT.

WHAT I MEAN IT IS ART, IT IS POLITICS.

THEY CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN OR NOT MAKE IT HAPPEN.

BOTTOM LINE $56 MILLION IS A MORE SOLVABLE NUMBER.

THAT IS PROBABLY WHY THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE PERMIT THE $0.02 GAS FEE?

HE SAID NO, WE DO NEED A LOT OF THE MONEY.

THERE IS SPENDING BY THIS SUPER MAJORITY BY DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNOR.

HE WAS SWORN IN FOR A SECOND TERM ON TUESDAY.

GOVERNOR POLIS SAID FOR TOO MANY COLORADOANS LIFE IS TOO HARD AND TOO EXPENSIVE.

I KNOW WE WILL GET INFORMATION ON TUESDAY.

SCOTT, AFFORDABILITY NOT JUST FOR HOUSING BUT IN SO MANY ASPECTS AS YOU MENTIONED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THEY ARE HUGE FOR HIM.

>> YEAH, AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

I THINK ABOUT THAT BE NEW YORK MAYORS RACE THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH.

THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE FEELING PINCH IN THEIR POCKETBOOK.

WHERE THE INTERSECTION OF INFLATION AND THESE INSANE HOUSING PRICES ARE CAUSING A PINCH ON FOLKS WHO ARE OUT THERE.

WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE GOVERNOR AND ASK ON LEADERSHIP ON THESE ISSUES.

THE BIGGEST HURDLE STILL REMAINS TABOR.

WHAT TABOR IS A CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT CAN BE COLLECTED AND WHEN THERE IS A CAP, WE HAVE A HARD TIME SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT WE KNOW EXIST.

THE NUMBER ONE AND BIGGEST ISSUE IS TABOR.

I HOPE THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE TABLE FOR HIM AND THE ADMINISTRATION AS WE GO TO THE NEXT 115 DAYS.

>> GOVERNOR POLIS WANTS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

IS THAT THE BEST MOVE FOR OUR STATE?

>> LET ME TALK ABOUT TABOR TOO.

IT IS INTERESTING.

LEGISLATURE IS LOOKING AT SOME DEMOCRATS WANTING TO GET RID OF THE TABOR EXCESS.

LAST NIGHT I WAS TALKING TO THE HOUSE SPEAKER.

VOTERS IMPROVE ALL TAX INCREASES THAT IS HERE TO STAY.

ON PROPERTY TAXES THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $200 MILLION.

BRINGING A TOTAL RELIEF $900 MILLION FOR TWO YEARS.

THESE ARE ALL BAND-AID APPROACHES IN RESPONSE TO THE END OF THE GALLAGHER AMENDMENT.

I THINK THAT YOU WILL SEE THEM TALK LEGISLATURE.

IT REMAINS ELUSIVE.

NO ONE HAS PROVIDED CONCRETE SOLUTIONS.

>> THERE IS A REAL TENSION.

ON THE ONE HAND PEOPLE ARE SAYING INFLATION IS SOARING.

AFFORDABILITY IS A REAL PROBLEM.

ON THE OTHER HAND WE HAVE PRIORITIES BY LEGISLATURES WE CAN USE THAT MONEY, LET'S SAY IN K-12 EDUCATION.

THERE IS REAL TENSION.

IT IS A MORE DEMOCRATS ARE DOMINANT.

I SEE IT MORE PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATURE.

>> YOU KNOW ONE MIGHT LOOK FROM THE OUTSIDE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE FOR HIM.

IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT, I THINK.

>> I THINK AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A MORE PROGRESSIVE WING PUSH FOR CERTAIN THINGS.

NOW IN THEORY.

THE LEADERSHIP ARE MORE SEN TRUS IF YOU WILL.

THE GOVERNOR FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS GOOD AS KILLING LEGISLATION BEFORE THEY REACH HIS DEATH.

>> GOVERNOR POLIS IS MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES.

BUT THERE IS STILL WRITINGS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN COLORADO.

WE KNOW MORE PEOPLE WILL BE COMING HERE.

>> NOT JUST IN COLORADO, OF COURSE.

NEW YORK AND CHICAGO HAVE BEEN HIT MUCH HARDER.

PEOPLE STARTED NOTICING THE MIGRANTS COMING TO DENVER.

IT IS JUST LIKE THE GOVERNORS OF TEXAS.

THEY ARE SETTING THEM HERE.

THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.

THEY ARE PUTTING IN DENVER.

AS IT TURNS OUT THE MIGRANTS WERE COMING ON THEIR OWN.

THEY FIGURED OUT WAYS TO GET HERE.

A LOT OF THEM THIS WASN'T THEIR LAST STOP.

THIS WAS A PLACE THEY KNEW THEY COULD COME WHILE THEY WERE MOVING ON.

SOME WANTED TO GO TO CHICAGO, SOME WANTED TO GO TO NEW YORK.

I SEE THAT HAVING POLIS HELP THEM GET THERE WAS HUMANITARIAN MOVE.

IT WAS STUPID NOT TO TALK TO THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK.

THE COMMON COURTESY SAYING WE ARE GOING TO SEND THEM THERE OR HOW CAN WE HELP?

NOT TO COMMUNICATE.

I THINK HE HAS RECOGNIZED IT AND MADE GOOD.

>> A COMPUTER OUTAGE AT THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.

THE THOUSANDS OF DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS.

A HUGE HEADACHE EVEN THOUGH THE SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT.

THE SYSTEM WENT DOWN.

IT IS WHAT PROVIDES PILOTS WITH THAT SAFETY NOTICES.

DO WE HAVE TO OVERALL THIS SYSTEM?

>> THESE ARE THE AIR MISSIONS AND THEY ALERT PILOTS TO THINGS LIKE CLOSED RUN WAYS OR LIGHTS THAT AREN'T WORKING.

IT IS NOT A HUGE SYSTEM.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE PILOTS TO GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THEY TAKE OFF.

FOR ME WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS.

IT IS A REMINDER HOW IMPORTANT DENVER IS.

SO MUCH OF THE STRUGGLE OR THE CANCELLATION PASSED THROUGH DENVER MISSED UP THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

IT CREATES PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE ELSE.

IT HIGHLIGHTS HOW DENVER NATIONAL AIRPORT IS.

>> NOW THE CURRENT CEO OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL EFFORT IS ONE WHO WAS NOMINATED LAST YEAR TO TAKE OVER THE FAA.

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

HE IS STILL IN DENVER.

LUIGIE.

MAYBE THERE WILL BE A PUSH NOW IF HE WILL TAKE OVER?

>> THEY NEED SOMEONE THERE.

THEY NEED SOMEONE OVER THERE QUICKLY.

ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SOUTHWEST MELT DOWN, NIGHT CANCELLATIONS.

THEY ARE ALL A GRAVE REMINDER HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE WORKING.

WITHOUT LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP DIRECTING AND INSURING SYSTEMS NEED TO BE WORKING, IT BECOMES REALLY DIFFICULT.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT SOUTHWEST WAS USING WAS ARCHAIC.

IT IS ANOTHER REMINDER TO KEEP THOSE SYSTEMS RUNNING AND IF NECESSARY REPLACE THEM.

JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU ARE PLANE GEEK HOW DEPENDENT WE ARE ON PLANES.

CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, THAT THE NEXT BIGGEST MAJORITY CITY OUTSIDE OF COLORADO IS SEVEN HOURS AWAY FROM DENVER.

YOU EITHER HAVE TO DRIVE REALLY LONG OR TAKE THE FLIGHT.

THEY ARE CONVENIENT IF THEY ARE WORKING.

>> IF THEY ARE WORKING.

THE SENATOR SAID LET'S LOOK AT THIS NOMINATION AND GET THINGS MOVING FOR PHIL WASHINGTON.

>> HE IS RELATIVELY NEW TO AVIATION.

HE WAS RUNNING BUSES.

HE GOT TROUBLE IN L.A. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT STALLED HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING.

EVERYONE SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THERE.

HANCOCK SAID WE WERE CONSIDERING IT WHEN WE WERE BRINGING BACK TO DIA.

I THINK HE WOULD PROBABLY SURVIVE AND GET THIS JOB.

THEY GOT TO PUT SOMEONE IN THIS JOB SOON.

BIDEN MIGHT NOT WANT TO TAKE A HIT ON IT.

WE DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE YET THAT WASHINGTON WOULD BE THE SOLUTION.

HE WOULD FILL THE JOB.

>> IT IS INTERESTING, SCOTT, THE FAA'S BUDGET IS UNDER CONSIDERATION.

THEY HAVE TO DECIDE ON THIS BUDGET THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE SINCE 2018.

>> SO RIGHT NOW THE FAA IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN THE SENATE AND NATIONALLY.

WHY IT IS IMPORTANT?

WE NEED THIS IMPORTANT CRITICAL SYSTEM TO WORK.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS AND LOOK AT THE PAST OF THE FAA, I THINK ABOUT ALFRED CON.

HE WAS AN ECONOMICS PROFESSOR.

HE WAS THERE TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM THAT NEEDED TO GET THINGS WORKING JUST LIKE WE DO TODAY.

IF WE PICK A BLUEPRINT FROM THE 1970s.

WHAT IS THE TYPE OF PERSON WE NEED WE NEED A PERSON LIKE WASHINGTON.

SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE THE LEAD.

SOMEONE WHO WILL PUSH FORWARD CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS AND NOT SOMEONE THERE JUST TO PLAY POLITICS.

THIS IS THE TIME.

BILL IS THE GUY.

>> DENVER'S MAYOR'S RACE IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT DENVER MAYOR'S RACE YOU HAVE NEXT WEEK TO DO SO.

HOW MANY ARE THERE NOW?

>> I BELIEVE THERE ARE 26 RIGHT NOW.

>> 26.

>> I'M WAITING TO GET TO 30.

WHEN WE GET TO 30 -- BUT WHO KNOWS PEOPLE WILL HAVE A WEEK TO GO.

I'M JUST FIGURING THIS ONE OUT.

IT IS REALLY EASY TO RUN FOR OR PUT YOUR NAME AS A MAYOR -- CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF DENVER.

NOW, OF COURSE, WHEN WE SEE THE MARKETPLACE DOING THE WORK I THINK WE WILL SEE A DROP OFF IN THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM WILL IMMEDIATELY BECOME THE FRONT RUNNERS VIRTUALLY HAVING MORE MONEY AND MORE SUPPORT.

THERE MIGHT BE CERTAIN UNION SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN CANDIDATES.

IT IS FASCINATING BECAUSE I LEARNED THAT IN OUR DENVER MAYOR LASTS BETWEEN EIGHT TO 12 YEARS.

THIS IS LIKE JOB SECURITY FOR 8 TO 12 YEARS.

>> AND A LOT OF POWER FOR THIS TOWN.

>> A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SOLVING.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT.

PATTY, THERE HAVE BEEN NEW ADDITIONS INCLUDING SOMEONE FROM THIS TABLE.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A THING HERE AT COLORADO INSIDE OUT.

>> WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY THEY WANT TO DO THINGS ABOUT THE CITY TOO.

WE HAD LAST WEEK SPEARMAN FILE TO GET THE FAIR ELECTION FUNDS.

ANNOUNCED THAT IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

AND WE HAVE OTHERS LIKE TOM WHO WAS A PANELIST BEFORE HE RAN FOR CONGRESS.

PEN TATE.

WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING FOR A NATIONAL OFFICE YOU ARE NOT SITTING AT THIS TABLE WITH EQUAL ISSUES AS WELL.

IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS THAT MUCH DISCONTENT HOW THINGS ARE GOING IN DENVER.

WITH HOW THINGS ARE GOING UNDER ONE MAYOR.

THERE WILL BE ENOUGH DISCONTENT NO MATTER WHO BECOMES MAYOR, WE MIGHT SEE TERM LIMITS.

DENVER VOTED TO OPT OUT OF EARLIER.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF A MAYOR BEING THERE FOR 12 YEARS.

>> AS LONG AS I HAVE LIVED HERE THERE SEEMS TO BE A RUNOFF.

THAT SEEMS TO BE THE WAY.

>> NOBODY LIKES THE AFTER 12 YEARS NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AT.

HE WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN ANYBODY.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HISTORY, KYLE, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

COLORADO, DENVER, IN PARTICULAR HAS A SYSTEM IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE 50% OF THE VOTE THEN IT GOES RUNOFF BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES.

IF THE TOP TWO APPEAR ON THE SECOND BALLOT.

WE HAD WEB EARLY.

WE HAD HANCOCK.

EVERY 12 YEARS OR SO WE ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE RUNNING.

THERE ARE CERTAINLY DOZENS MORE IN THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

FOLKS DON'T JUST DON'T GET ONE BITE OF THE APPLE.

THEY GET TWO.

THAT IS SOMETHING VOTERS.

THIS ELECTION IS HAPPENING EARLIER.

THE FIRST ELECTION HAPPENS IN MAY.

WE ARE BUMPING UP ANOTHER 30 DAYS.

PEOPLE NEED TO FOCUSED ON THIS RACE AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING.

>> WHY IS THAT?

WHY IS IT EARLY?

>> DID I VOTE ON THAT?

>> YOU DID.

>> OKAY.

SORRY I FORGOT.

>> BALLOTS GO OUT IN MARCH.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHOW WE NEED SOMEONE TO JUMP START.

THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR STATE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK -- WHAT KIND OF VOTERS WILL THEY LEAN TOWARDS?

>> I GET A TEXT MESSAGE EVERY WEEK.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO RISES TO THE TOP.

I'VE COVERED -- I FOCUSED ON STATE POLITICS.

I COVERED RACES AND IT IS KIND OF ANYONE'S GUESS.

I COVER THE LEGISLATURE, I'M INTERESTING IN THE FOLKS IN THE LEGISLATURE WHO ARE RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

IT IS GETTING AWKWARD.

HOW THAT SHIFTS INTO THE CAPITOL WHAT KINDS OF DEBATES AND LEGISLATION HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THAT.

>> IT IS HAPPENING IN THE FIRST WEEK.

>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE GOOD AND THE BAD.

THE POSITIVE, THE HOPEFUL, THE NOT SO GREAT.

PATTY, YOU CAN START WITH THE NO SO GREAT.

>> NICKELS DIDN'T MAKE THE RUN OFF.

ONE OF THE REASONS WAS BECAUSE THE ROADS WERE SO BAD BECAUSE OF THE CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD.

>> THEY ARE SO BAD RIGHT NOW.

SO BAD.

>> YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER.

LAUREN BOEBERT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL MAKING A MOCKERY OF THIS DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

I WOULD RATHER HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

IT WAS EMBARRASSING TO WATCH HER ACT THE WAY SHE DID IN THE CAPITOL THIS WEEK.

>> PATTY MENTIONED THERE IS A LITTLE STEP IN THE HOUSE SPEAKER'S RACE.

HOW THE HOUSE -- THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS COULDN'T GET ON THE SAME PAGE.

THAT WILL CREATE A LOT OF PROBLEMS AT THE CAPITAL.

>> WATER, WATER, WATER.

WE HAVE HAD MORE SNOW.

SOME PARTS ARE PRETTY DRY.

THE SNOW IS A GOOD THING.

SNOW PACK HELPS NOT JUST COLORADO BUT THE STATE IN THE SOUTHWEST THAT ARE RELYING ON THE COLORADO RIVER.

VERY GRATEFUL.

>> OUR PRODUCER LET'S GO ANOTHER ROUND.

WHAT OTHER THINGS ARE YOU NOT SO HAPPY?

WE HAD A LOT GOING ON THIS WEEK.

>> I WOULD SAY THE ROLLOUT OF THE TRASH SYSTEM IS ANOTHER THING THAT WILL AFFECT THE MAYOR'S RACE.

>> DID THEY PICK UP YOUR TRASH ON TIME THIS TIME?

>> NO.

WE HAVE TRASH CANS AT THE FRONT OF OUR STREET.

I THINK IT IS ICY.

>> I WAS HOPING THEY WOULD PICK IT UP ON THE DAY THEY SAID THEY WOULD PICK THIS UP.

>> I WOULD GO BACK TO THE AIRLINE ISSUES CANCELING ALL THE FLIGHTS.

THIS IS TIME FOR OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO LOOK INTO HIS ROLE AS CONSUMER ADVOCATE.

>> WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT TRACEY BURNET.

I GOT WOKEN UP OUT OF MY SLEEP.

CREATED THIS CRAZY MESS IN THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE OF IT.

>> IT IS A NEW YEAR AND A NEW START.

THE SECOND CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE YOU HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GOOD STUFF THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK.

THERE WAS GOOD.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LOSS OF TWO GOOD PEOPLE.

AT THE END OF 2022. WHO NOT ONLY CREATED INBELIEVABLE INSTITUTION.

SHE TURNED IT INTO A NATIONAL RELATIONSHIP.

THE OTHER THING JOYCE DID WAS SITE THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

SHE WAS WILLING TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS TO PRIVACY.

WE LOST MARY CHANDLER WHO WAS THE VOICE FOR AK TECHTURE FOR A LONG TIME.

WE WILL MISS THEM BOTH.

>> YOU OPEN THE SHOW TALKING ABOUT DENVER WAS BUSTLING THIS WEEK BECAUSE LEGISLATURE.

THE OTHER THING IS BECAUSE THE STOCK SHOW IS HERE.

FOR SOMEONE WHO CARES THE ENTIRE STATE LIKE I DO, THE STOCK SHOW IS A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF WHAT WE CAN DO NOT JUST REGIONALLY, BUT NATIONALLY.

>> IT IS A GREAT PLACE.

>> TWO NEW BUILDING -- I'M SORRY ONE NEW BUILDING OPENED UP AND BROKE GROUND ON A SECOND BUILDING.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A GEM FOR THE CITY.

>> I HAVE TO SAY THE START OF THE LEGISLATURE.

I'M STUCK IN THE CAPITOL FOR 128 DAYS.

EVERYBODY LIKES EACH OTHER.

SO I'M HAPPY IT WAS A GOOD FUN WEEK.

>> WE WILL CHECK ON YOU EVERY 25 DAYS.

>> YEAH MAKE SURE I'M STILL KICKING.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE FUN OR TOO MUCH FUN.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> I THINK THIS IS -- WE BROKE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD.

PEOPLE ARE INFACT GOING OUT TO PLACES.

THAT CREATES SO MUCH ACTIVITY FOR THE STATE.

FOR DENVER.

IT IS A GREAT THING.

>> IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK FOR YOU ALL.

WE WENT THROUGH A LOT.

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