March 3rd, 2023

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

WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD.

COLORADO LAWMAKERS HAVE HAD A BUSY WEEK.

THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE DENVER LEADER LOOKING TO MOVE INTO A FEDERAL POSITION.

WE HAVE A BRIGHT PANEL FOR YOU TODAY.

INCLUDES PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

ALONG WITH KRISTA KAFER, ERIC SONDERMANN AND MARIANNE GOODLAND.

GREAT TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT.

IT IS WITH THE HEAVIEST OF HEARTS THAT WE EXTEND CONDOLENCES TO LUIS GARCIA.

HE PASTED AWAY FOLLOWING BEING SHOT AS HE WAS LEAVING EAST HIGH SCHOOL.

THE VIOLENCE IS BEING TALKED A LOT BY CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING TO BE MAYOR.

PATTY, WE MISSED YOU LAST WEEK.

SAFETY WAS A BIG ISSUE.

>> YOU GUYS SAFELY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AT THAT FORUM.

I WATCHED IT WHEN I BACK INTO TOWN.

IT WAS EDUCATIONAL, IT TAUGHT US ABOUT THE CITY AND THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALIZE THE TWO HOTTEST ISSUES IN THIS CAMPAIGN ARE WHAT YOU DO ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND WHAT YOU DO ABOUT CRIME AND VIOLENCE.

THE SHOOTING IS JUST TRAGIC.

IT WASN'T IN THE SCHOOL.

IT ISN'T IN THE SCHOOL THAT EAST HIGH HAS TAKEN A LOT OF PRECAUTIONS.

IT AFFECTS ALL THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS.

WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THE YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTING CRIMES.

A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO SHOT A WOMAN IN HER CAR GOING ALONG THE PARKWAY.

THAT THEY ARE GETTING YOUNGER.

SO MANY YOUNG KIDS HAVE BEEN KILLED THIS YEAR IN DENVER.

I THINK IT IS SEVEN TIMES WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.

AND THAT WHO HAS A GOOD SOLUTION TO THAT?

I'M NOT SURE WE HEARD THAT YET.

>> THEY OFFER DIFFERENT IDEAS.

>> IN THE EARLY '90s I WENT TO NEW YORK CITY.

I SAW CRIMES COMMITTED IN FRONT OF ME.

PART OF THE TOUR APPARENTLY.

IT WAS A VIOLENT CITY, WE HAD A WONDERFUL MAYOR WHO HAS GONE BADDY.

AT THE TIME HE WAS A SUPERB MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS A LITTLE BIT TAMER VERSION OF FUN TIMES.

I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE NEED IN THIS CITY.

WE NEED A STRONG MAYOR.

I THINK ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE THE KIND OF MAYOR THIS CITY NEEDS TO COME IN AND CHANGE THE CULTURE.

NOT JUST WITH POLICING.

YOU KNOW, YOU GET POLICE.

YOU GOT BROKEN WINDOWS SMALL STUFF, YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE SMALL STUFF.

YOU DON'T LET WINDOWS STAY BROKEN.

YOU CLEAN UP THE CITY.

THAT'S WHAT THE CITY NEEDS.

>> YOUR TAKEAWAY.

>> THERE IS SOMETHING IN THIS CITY WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR DENVER.

I THINK PATTY AND KRISTA REFERENCED IT.

THERE IS A CHANGING MOOD FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

A CITY THAT LEANS LEFT ON POLITICAL ISSUES.

I DON'T THINK ISN'T QUITE SUCH A PROGRESSIVE MINDSET.

I LOOK AT THE MAYORAL ELECTION HELD IN CHICAGO WHERE THE CANDIDATE OF THE POLICE UNION HAS TO FACE A RUNOFF.

CAME OUT OF THE FIRST ROUND WITH A SUBSTANTIAL ADVANTAGE.

I LOOK WHAT IS GOING ON IN LOS ANGELES.

THE ULTRA LEFTY CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO THERE IS A CHANGE IN PUBLIC ATTITUDE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF MY COLUMN COMING THIS WEEKEND.

I THINK THIS IS A DISCONNECT IN THIS MAYORAL RACE BETWEEN WHAT CANDIDATES ARE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT VOTERS ARE EXPERIENCING, FEELING, AND WANTING.

>> MARIANNE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IS HOW THIS IS PLAYING OUT IN THE LEGISLATURE.

WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES FROM THE LEGISLATURE WHO ARE IN THE MAYOR'S RACE.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY AS THE -- WHAT SHAPING UP TO BE THE MAJOR ISSUE.

HANDSON HAS BEEN A CLIMATE CHANGE GUY.

HE HAS CONTINUED DOWN THAT PATH.

ONE OF THE MAN SPONSORS OF THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BILL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

IF YOU LOOK WHAT SHE IS WORKING ON THIS YEAR, WHAT YOU WILL COME UP IS NOTHING.

SHE IS SERVING ON ONE COMMITTEE THAT MET TWICE SO FAR TO WORK ON LEGISLATION.

IT BEGS THE QUESTION WHAT IS IT THAT SHE IS WORKING ON?

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

AFTER EIGHT MONTH DELAY.

PRESIDENT BIDEN PICK FOR THE NEW FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ANSWERED QUESTIONS ON A HEARING ON WEDNESDAY.

WASHINGTON IS THE CURRENT HEAD OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

HIS BOSS MAYOR WAS BEHIND HIM.

>> I BET IT WAS NICE TO HAVE HIS SUPPORT.

HAVING RUN RTD.

HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH BUREAUCRACIES.

HE HAS SOME EXPERIENCE BY BIG AIRPORT.

BY BIG IT IS THE THIRD IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC.

THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF MISTAKES ON HIS TENURE.

SOME THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG.

AND I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE ASKING SOME GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT DOES HE HAVE THE AVIATION EXPERIENCE TO TAKE OVER THIS AGENCY.

THAT SAID AS I LOOK AT THE KIND OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS OVER A RESPECTABLE CANDIDATE.

I COULDN'T THINK THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.

REPUBLICANS ARE USING THIS INSTANT TO GET SOMETHING THEY WANT FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

THEY ISSUES THEY RAISED ARE GOOD ISSUES.

THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND BARGAINING GOING ON.

>> SENATOR TED CRUZ IS ONE THAT WENT AFTER PHIL WASHINGTON.

>> SOMETIMES YOU GET LUCKY.

HAVING THE LAUREN BOEBERTS AND THE TAYLOR GREENS AND OTHERS HECKLING IN.

IF PHIL WASHINGTON HAS TO PICK AN ANTAGONIST HE WOULD BE OKAY WITH TED CRUZ BEING THAT ANTAGONIST.

ON ONE OF DONALD TRUMP HE WAS -- CRUZ WAS IN THE MIX FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND TRUMP JOKED THAT CRUZ WOULD GO THROUGH THE SENATE 100-0 ALL OF THE SENATORS WOULD WANT HIM OUT OF THERE.

HE IS NOT THE POST POPULAR AMONG HIS COLLEAGUE.

I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT KRISTA SAID.

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED.

THE AGENCY NEEDS SOME WORK.

OUR AVIATION SYSTEM NEEDS SOME WORK.

DIA ALSO NEEDS SOME WORK.

>> THESE THINGS TURN POLITICAL MARIANNE.

YOU WORK AMONG POLITICIANS ALL THE TIME.

IS IT EXPECTED THAT HE WILL PASS THROUGH?

>> THERE IS ONE THING THAT CRUZ AND SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS RAISE THAT I LOOKED AT AND THOUGHT THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

WASHINGTON HAS A 20-YEAR HISTORY IN THE MILITARY.

AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE HEAD OF THE FAA THEY BE A CIVILIAN.

THERE IS A QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SERVE AS HEAD OF THE FAA AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO OBTAIN A WAIVER FROM BOTH CHAMBERS.

I'M NOT SURE YOU WOULD GET REPUBLICANS TO SIGN ON THAT WAIVER.

THAT IS THE ONLY -- IT IS A TECHNICALITY, BUT AS WE KNOW, THAT IS POLITICS WORKS ON TECHNICALITIES.

>> IF YOU WEREN'T TO GET THE FAA JOB THE NEW MAYORS THE HEAD OF DIA.

SO ERIC WAS TRAVELLING TO DIA.

YOU AND I HAVE TRAVELLED TO DIA A LOT.

THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT TWISTS AND TURNS.

WE WERE LOOKING AT COLLEAGUES.

SHE IS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS WON'T BE FINISHED UNTIL I GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE?

>> WE GOT EDUCATION IN JUST HOW LONG IT CAN TAKE A HUGE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GOES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THE BEGINNING.

I HAVE TO GIVE WASHINGTON CREDIT.

HE WASN'T AN AVIATION EXPERT WHEN WE HIRED HIM.

HE CAME FROM BUSES.

HE HAS MANAGED TO GET THE DIA BACK ON TRACK.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO FLY A PLANE.

YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW YOU CAN HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

I THINK PHIL WASHINGTON HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AT DIA IF HE WOULD DO PROBABLY JUST A GOOD A JOB AT THE FAA IF HE WITHSTANDS THE MILITARY MAN PROBLEM.

HE HAS A COUPLE OF STRANGE LITTLE LOSSES OUT THERE BUT WHO DOESN'T?

>> WHO DOESN'T?

YOU WIN A GOLD STAR TODAY.

DENVER COMPANY MADE BIG HEAD LINES RELEASE SOME COURT FILINGS AS PART OF $1.6 BILLION AGAINST FOX NEWS CHANNEL.

THIS IS HARDER FOR FOX TO IGNORE.

>> I THINK FOX'S BEHAVIOR GOING BACK TO THE ELECTION THE 2020 ELECTION, IT WAS JUST REP PREHENCEABLE.

IT IS ONE THING TO BE A PROVAYER OF FALSE NEWS.

AND TO MY MIND, THE CRIME AND I USE THAT WORD LOOSELY IS AS MUCH AS THE INSINCERITY AS IT IS -- AND IT IS -- AS IT IS ABOUT THE NEWS ITSELF.

IT IS AN INSULT TO THEIR VIEWERS.

IN THIS ERA WE LIVE IN IN WHICH NEWS IS SO MUCH ABOUT ECHO CHAMBERS AND PREACHING TO THE CHOIR.

IT IS DISSERVICE OF THE HIGHEST PROPORTION.

THE LEGAL TEST THEY HAVE TO PASS IS A HIGH BAR.

THEY ARE COMING PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO THAT BAR.

I HOPE FOX PAYS TO THE NOSE.

>> THAT IS A HUGE SUIT, MARIANNE.

>> IT IS.

THIS WOULD BE A PRECEDENT SETTING EXAMPLE OF MALICE AND DEFAMATION.

A LOT OF THE LEGAL OPINIONS THAT I'M SEEING EVERY TIME THERE IS A RELEASE OF THESE DIFFERENT FACTS COMING OUT WITH REGARD TO FOX'S BEHAVIOR.

YOU SEE ANOTHER BATCH AND GROWING BATCH OF ATTORNEYS WHO ARE SAYING THIS LOOKS LIKE DEMEANON MIGHT HAVE THIS ONE.

THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GO.

TO PROVE THAT THERE WAS MALICE.

AND ON THAT, AND I WANT TO PIVOT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT DOWN IN FLORIDA, A STATE LAWMAKER HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO ALLOW -- TO CHALLENGE NEW YORK TIMES SULLIVAN KEEPING SOURCES CONFIDENTIAL.

>> AGAIN, FOR PEOPLE WHO TO CATCH UP.

FOX NEWS CHANNEL SAID DEMEANON THEIR MACHINES WERE FRAUD.

THAT'S WHY THE ELECTION WENT A CERTAIN WAY.

>> SO DEMEANON HAD TO MOVE OUT BECAUSE OF THE THREATS THAT CAME.

FOX NEWS AND OTHERS WERE BEATING THE DRUMS THAT THERE WAS ELECTION FRAUD.

A MAJOR PROVIDERS OF VOTING SYSTEMS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AS YOU LOOK AT THE DEPUTY -- DEPOSITIONS NOW.

YOU HAVE FOX NEWS PEOPLE ADMITTING THEY KNEW THAT SIDNEY POWELL WAS LYING.

THEY STILL PUT THEM ON THE AIR AND LET THEM REPEAT THEM.

AND ADMITTED HE COULD HAVE PULLED THOSE PEOPLE OFF BUT HE DIDN'T.

THAT IS WHAT RAISING IT TO A NEW LEVEL.

THEY KNEW IT WAS FALSE.

THEY STILL REPEATED IT.

THE EMPLOYEES HAVE TRULY SUFFERED.

>> FOX IS NOT REPORTING ON THIS.

I'M NOT ALLOWED TO WHICH IS PERHAPS ILLEGAL.

>> AT LEAST THEY SAID I CAN'T REPORT ON IT, I DISAGREE ON IT.

IT IS A PRECEDENT SETTING CASE.

JOURNALIST WORK HARD.

WE DON'T NEED THE PEOPLE FROM FOX KNOWING PUTTING ON FALSEHOODS.

WHEN WE DON'T WE RETRACT, WE CORRECT.

>> I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

IT IS A LIKE A RECKING BALL.

PEOPLE SAY FALSE THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

YOU CANNOT DO THAT.

YOU CANNOT REPEATLY SAY OR SAY SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TRUE.

IT IS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME.

WHETHER IT IS DEATH THREATS OR ALL KINDS OF THINGS THEY SUFFERED.

IT IS TIME TO PAY UP.

I THINK WHAT FOX DID IS EGREGIOUS.

THEY KNEW IT WAS FALSE WHAT THESE PEOPLE WERE SAYING OR KIND OF EMAILING EACH OTHER BACK AND FORTH, THIS PERSON IS A TOTAL NUT JOB.

WE WANT TO SAVE OUR BRAND.

YOU TOOK YOUR BRAND FOX IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THEY ARE TABLOIDY.

THEY DESTROYED THE REPUTATION.

FOX WILL HAVE TO REBUILD THAT BECAUSE OF THIS LAWSUIT.

SO KUDOS TO KNOCK THIS STUFF OUT.

MARIANNE YOU WROTE SEVERAL ARTICLES ABOUT AFFORDABILITY OF HOMES.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SOME THEM MORE AFFORDABLE.

>> THE ONE STORY THAT I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THIS WEEK WHAT IS GOING ON IN ERIE.

THEY ARE BUILDING A 1200 ACRE DEVELOPMENT UP THERE.

IT IS A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A KNEW I-25 INTERCHANGE THERE.

RETAIL, DOCTOR OFFICES, SCHOOLS, EVERYTHING.

PEOPLE WOULD BE -- I TITLE THIS STORY RECREATING MAIN STREET.

THAT IS WHAT THIS IS DOING.

THIS DOES EVERY THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE WANTS WITHOUT TREADING ON THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

THE OTHER THING WE GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL BILL.

THAT CLEARED THE FIRST COMMITTEE THIS WEEK.

I HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS WHICH IS THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT IDEA FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO BUY APARTMENT BUILDINGS WHEN THEY COME UP FOR SALE.

REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS SAY THAT THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION.

>> AND THERE IS ALSO TALK ABOUT LANDLORDS AND WHAT RIGHTS THEY HAVE.

THEY WILL RESIGN YOU OR NO, I'M KICKING YOU OUT.

>> AND DENVER ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE NEW LEGISLATION FOR THAT WHICH LANDLORDS HAVE TO REGISTER.

MAYBE WHAT TEN PERCENT MADE THE DEADLINE.

THE TENANTS CAN COMPLAIN TO THE CITY.

IT IS TAKING OFF SLOWLY.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

LANDLORDS HAVE HAD ALL THE BIG RIGHTS FOR THIS STATE IN THE LAST 20-30 YEARS.

IT COULD BE WE WILL NOT GOING TO GET RENT CONTROL.

BUT PEOPLE SHOULD AT LEAST GET PLACES FOR THE AMOUNT THEY ARE PAYING.

THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS.

A LOT ARE GREAT BUT THERE ARE A FEW BAD APPLES WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE.

>> WHICH THINGS DO YOU THINK WILL BE PASSED?

>> A NUMBER OF THESE BILLS ARE BAD BILLS THEY WILL MAKE THINGS LESS AFFORDABLE.

IF YOU LOOK AT RENT CONTROL.

THEY AGREE THAT RENT CONTROL REDUCES THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF HOUSING STALK.

I HAVE DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE.

THERE IS A MEDICAL BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW, IF YOU HAVE MEDICAL DEBT IT WOULD NOT SHOW UP IN THE CONSUMER REPORT.

I HAD MEDICAL DEBT MYSELF.

MY EXPERIENCE MOST MEDICAL PROVIDERS WILL PUT YOU ON A PAYMENT PLAN.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THING BACK.

TO HAVE THAT SEE ON THE CREDIT REPORT IS FRUSTRATING.

WE NEED TO KNOW IF SOMEONE IS FINANCIALLY UNSTABLE BEFORE WE LOAN THEM MONEY.

I GET AFFORDABILITY.

THERE ARE THINGS YOU WANT THINGS AFFORDABLE.

LOWER OUR TAXES.

GIVE US MORE MONEY ON OUR POCKETS.

>> ERIC?

>> I'M GOING TO PICK UP ON WHAT WHAT KRISTA WAS.

AFFORDABILITY IS AT THE TOP OF THE ISSUES.

AND GOVERNOR POLIS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IT.

TAKE SOME POSITIVE STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION.

WE HOPE THEY TAKE A FEW POSITIVE STEPS.

I AGREE ON THIS MEDICAL DEBT BILL.

I GET HOW MEDICAL DEBT CAN BE CATASTROPHIC TO SOME AND CAN BE OVERWHELMING.

THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT.

IF SOMEONE HAS TO PAY THOSE BILLS AND RESULT IN HIGHER INSURANCE RATES WHEN INSURANCE RATES ARE PLENTY HIGH.

THOSE WITHOUT INSURANCE BUT ARE SELF-PAYS.

SOMEONE IS GOING TO PAY.

THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

IT IS TIME TO KICK OFF OUR LIGHTNING ROUND THE GOOD AND THE BAD THIS WEEK.

LET'S START OFF WITH THE BAD.

HOW SOME REFER TO AS THE DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.

>> GAS IN COLORADO RIGHT NOW -- EVERYONE WONDERED WHAT THEY DO.

I THINK NOW WE KNOW.

WHY THE STATE DOESN'T DO A BETTER JOB MONITORING TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT AMITTING FUMES AND PRODUCING GAS.

LET'S SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT THEM BACK ONLINE.

>> ARE WE THE FIFTH MOST EXPENSIVE STATE.

>> I WANT TO GIVE MY DISGRACE OF THE WEEK POUNDING THE PODIUM OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING.

THE CASE OF THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL LOAN TRANSFER PROGRAM AND USE FOR THEIR EDUCATION AND TRANSFER THOSE TO THE TAXPAYER.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THEY WERE NUTTY ON THE DAY OF THOSE ARGUMENTS.

>> I THINK DISGRACE MIGHT BE STRONG FOR THIS.

IT IS A NEGATIVE.

PEOPLE KNOW BETTER IN MY BOOK.

AT THE FORUM A WEEK AGO, I ASKED A DIRECT QUESTION.

A YES, NO QUESTION OF WHETHER THEY WERE TAKING MONEY, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM WEST SIDE OR ANY OTHER AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, ET CETERA.

ALL HANDS STAYED DOWN.

NOT A SINGLE PERSON ACKNOWLEDGED.

KYLE HARRIS POINTED OUT MIKE JOHNSON TAKEN SOME MUCH.

DEBBY ORTEGA HAS TAKEN MONEY.

LET'S OWN UP TO IT.

>> MARIANNE.

>> WE ARE IN THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE HAD A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE 100H ANNIVERSARY OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.

IT TURNED INTO A BIG FIGHT IN THE HOUSE WITH THE RIGHT OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS GOING ON ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

MOST NOTABLY WHAT DEMOCRATS CALLED TRANSPHOBIC LANGUAGE.

IN THE END, SEVEN REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR THE CLEAN VERSION OF THE RESOLUTION INCLUDING THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER.

A STRANGE MORNING IN THE HOUSE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME GOOD.

SOMETHING THAT WAS EXCELLENT THIS WEEK.

>> AT STROKE OF MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY.

THE ELECTIONS FUND WAS CUT OFF.

WHEN YOU LOOK WHO IS RUNNING THIS YEAR, YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE ON THE STAGE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER CANDIDATES, IF THE ELECTION FUND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN BRINGING OUT CANDIDATES WE MIGHT HAVE NOT HAVE SEEN.

WE WILL SEE IF THE NUMBERS WILL ADD UP TO 8 MILLION.

GET NEW CANDIDATES OUT THERE.

>> AGREE.

>> CERTAINLY THIS WEEK I WAS BURNING STICKS IN A BARREL IN MY BACKYARD.

I WAS BURNING STICKS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE.

ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE FIRE SAFETY.

THEY WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL.

VERY FRIENDLY.

IT WAS A LITTLE LIKE THOSE CALENDARS HONESTLY.

THEY WERE VERY HANDSOME.

MY SHOUTOUT IS TO SOUTH METRO FIRE TO GIVING ME A CALENDAR MOMENT.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

>> WHEN KRISTA STARTING BURNING THOSE STICKS IN A REGULAR BASIS WE WILL KNOW THE REASON FOR THAT.

HOW ABOUT THE UPPER BASIN STATES FOR NOT GOING ALONG AND EXERTING SOME POWER OVER THE REFILLING OF LAKE POWELL.

AND IT IS TIME WE EXERT A LITTLE POWER AS WE TRY TO BRING CALIFORNIA TO THE TABLE IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY.

>> MARIANNE?

>> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO TWO MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES.

ESTES PARK HAS ACQUIRED -- THE SAME WEEKEND OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

IT WILL BE LIT THIS YEAR.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT TIME.

THE WEEKEND AFTER THAT NETHERLAND HAS STARTED ANOTHER FESTIVAL THAT HAS EVERYTHING FROM RACES AND MUSIC AND IT LOOKS TO BE A WONDERFUL TIME TO GET UP AND GO VISIT NETHERLAND.

>> THANKS ALL.

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