
February 10th, 2023
Season 31 Episode 6 | 29mVideo has Closed Captions
Topical experts discuss the latest in Colorado Politics.
Host: Kyle Dyer Panelist: • Patty Calhoun • Eric Sonderman • George Brauchler • Tyrone Glover Topics: • 2023 State of the Union Address • Xcel Energy Costs • Denver Mayoral Race • Colorado Sports
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Season 31 Episode 6 | 29mVideo has Closed Captions
Host: Kyle Dyer Panelist: • Patty Calhoun • Eric Sonderman • George Brauchler • Tyrone Glover Topics: • 2023 State of the Union Address • Xcel Energy Costs • Denver Mayoral Race • Colorado Sports
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HI EVERYONE I'M KYLE DYER.
WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT THIS FEBRUARY 10TH.
PEOPLE IN THE GRAMMY'S.
IT HAS BEEN A WEEK WE HAVE HEARD A LOT.
TO SORT SOME OF WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED.
PATTY CALHOUN, FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTORD.
COLORADO POLITICS AND THE DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE.
AND GEORGE BRAUCHLER CURRENT HOST OF HIS OWN TALK SHOW.
AND ALSO CRIMINAL DEFENSE CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE TYRONE.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DELIVERED HIS STATE OF THE UNION THIS WEEK.
PATTY, IT WAS A VOICEOUS NIGHT.
>> I WOULD SAY MORE LIKE YOUR AVERAGE KINDERGARTEN.
AT LEAST THEY SPLIT UP THE MEAN GIRLS.
THEY WERE NOT SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
THEY WERE SO BAD AT LAST YEARS STATE OF THE UNION.
THE CROWD WASN'T MUCH BETTER.
THE SECOND HALF WAS MUCH PLEASANT.
I THOUGHT HE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
I LIKED WHAT HE SAID ABOUT CAPITALISM WITHOUT COMPETITION IS EXTORTION.
HE HAD SOME GOOD LINES.
I WISHED HE DIDN'T WORRY WHETHER THE PRESIDENT WOULD MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SPEECH WHETHER IT IS HIS AGE, THE FACT HE IS A STUTTER.
IT IS NOT EASY TO GIVE A 70-MINUTE SPEECH CONSIDERING THE AUDIENCE.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF BIDEN'S MOST EFFECTIVE SPEECHES.
THAT IS COMING OFF A LOW BAR.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A PROGRESSIVE SPEECH IN MUCH OF ITS CONTENT.
WHICH IN THE CASE AT LEAST WHERE HE PARTY IS THESE DAYS MORE AND MORE WHERE THIS PRESIDENT IS.
PATTY MENTIONED LAUREN BOEBERT WAS TRYING TO GET IN THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE MOST TWEETS.
THE KEY TO JOE BIDEN'S SUCCESS HE KNOWS HOW TO PICK HIS ENEMIES.
THE ONLY REASON HE IS PRESIDENT TODAY HE RAN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND THE OTHER GUYS DID NOT WANT DONALD TRUMP.
BIDEN PLAYED OFF OF IT AND MINED THAT GOAL EFFECTIVELY.
I DON'T THINK IT CHANGES ALL OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DYNAMICS WE HAVE.
>> TWO OF OUR COLORADO CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS BROUGHT PEOPLE FROM OUR STATES THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE.
ELLEN MAHONEY AND RICHARD FIERRO.
WITH THEM IN ATTENDANCE PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID LET'S BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS NOW.
>> I THINK IT IS BROADER THAN THAT IN COLORADO.
IT IS MUCH BROADER THAN ASSAULT WEAPONS.
I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD PLAY WELL GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THE MEDIA IN THESE HIGH PROFILE CASES.
I THINK THAT THE EVIDENCE IS OUT THERE I'M TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN CLAIM PERIOD OF ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.
THEY CANNOT SAY THERE IS EVIDENCE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THAT ANY BAN HAS PRODUCED SAFER PERIOD OF TIME.
IS THE CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING.
WE THINK THAT THE QUICK FIX WE WILL TAKE THE IMPLEMENT OF DEATH.
HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE EVIL PART OF IT AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT OURSELVES.
I THINK THEY WILL SEE FAR MORE SUCCESS THAN THEY WILL.
>> ALSO IN ATTENDANCE, PRESIDENT BIDEN STRESSED THE URGENCY TO PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD POLICING ACT.
>> I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC GIVEN THE DEVISIVENESS.
WE DID PASS THE INTEGRITY ACT.
WE HAVE THE BENEFIT THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY HAS PLAYED OUT.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND MUCH NEEDED FIRST STEP.
PROSECUTORS AND DA OFFICES PROSECUTING OFFICERS AS THEY WAY DO OTHER CITIZENS IS ANOTHER GOOD STEP.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES ARE NOT ENOUGH.
WE NEED A TOP TO BOTTOM REVIEW OF POLICING, OF PEACEKEEPING, WE NEED TO LOOK AT CUSTOM, PRACTICES AND ADDRESS THE CULTURE OVERALL.
WANTING TO GET THIS PASS AND THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS AS WE HAVE DONE HERE IN COLORADO.
I THINK WHAT WE KNOW LOOKING BACK IN HINDSIGHT IT IS NOT ENOUGH AND WE NEED TO DO MORE.
>> WHILE THE PRESIDENT SPOKE A LOT ABOUT HOW SOME PRICES ARE STARTING TO COME DOWN.
THE TALK IN COLORADO ARE XCEL BILLS BEING SO HIGH.
>> THEY ARE INCREASINGLY PROBLEMATIC.
WE GET OUR UTILITY BILL IN THE MAIL BUT WE ARE ALL IN FORTUNATE POSITIONS.
THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DON'T THAT THAT ABILITY AND HAVE THAT GOOD FORTUNE.
IT IS MUCH MORE AN INCONVENIENCE.
IT WAS TEN DEGREES COLDERS IN COLORADO THAN IN DECEMBER 2021.
THOSE BILLS ARE GOING UP.
THE PRESSURE ON THE NATURAL GAS MARKET.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN THINK WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT XCEL THEY ARE ALSO PAYING THESE ELEVATED BILLS.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO EAT THOSE COSTS THEY WILL PASS THEM TO CONSUMERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ULTIMATE ANSWER IS.
INFLATION INVOLVES PAYING.
>> THE REASON WE TALK ABOUT XCEL SO MUCH, ONE AND HALF MILLION COLORADOANS HAVE XCEL.
GEORGE, LEGALLY IS THERE ANYTHING TO PROTECT, TO HELP THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A PLACE, I'M TURNING THE THERMOSTAT REALLY REALLY LOW.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO PROTECT PEOPLE?
>> ABSOLUTELY, NOT.
THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.
THE PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE THIS MONOPOLY THAT TAKE FORMS OF THIS PUBLIC UTILITY.
WE EXPECT THEM TO BE THE GATEKEEPER FOR SOME OF THESE.
MAY I HAVE SOME MORE.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN HAVE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
I STRUGGLE THE LAST TIME THEY WERE TOLD NO.
XCEL ENERGY HAS MOVED FORWARD TOWARD RENEWABLE ENERGY, SHUTTING OUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
I THINK THAT TOO HAS ITS OWN COSTS.
THESE EXTRA BILLS SOME OF THEM ARE INFLATION, SOME ARE SCARETY.
SOME OF THEM ARE A MOVE BY XCEL TO MOVE TOWARD ANOTHER AREA OF PRODUCTION.
>> DOESN'T THE STATE LEGISLATURE XCEL YOU NEED TO BE DOING THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS TOO?
>> THERE IS TO DOUBT THEY HAVE CERTAIN TIMETABLE.
I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID WE HAVE TEN MORE YEARS WITH FOSSIL FUELS.
AND SO I THINK IT IS IN RESPONSE TO THAT.
THEY HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN DOING IT.
>> ONE IN FOUR TYRONE COLORADOANS NEED HELP PAYING THESE HEATING BILLS.
>> IT IS THE NEW REALITY OF WHAT IS BECOME A RAPID MARCH TOWARD CLIMATE CHANGE.
70% OF THESE INCREASES ARE NATURAL GAS USE AND INCREASE IN NATURAL GAS PRICES.
WE ARE DEALING ONE OF THE COLDEST WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN COLORADO.
WE ARE SEEING THIS IS AN ECONOMIC ISSUE, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
AS WE ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS IT FAR TOO LATE IN MY OPINION WE WILL CONTINUE THESE ECONOMIC REALITIES IN COLORADO.
>> AND THIS WEEK A LOT THE GOVERNOR CAME OUT WE ARE GOING TO HELP.
THE HELP IS LIKE YESTERDAY THAT IS NEEDED.
>> THE BILLS HAD COME IN.
LET'S REMEMBER THAT XCEL IS MAKING A BIG PROFIT.
SO IT IS NOT JUST THEY HAVE TO COVER BIGGER NATURAL GAS COST.
WE HAD GOVERNOR POLIS TAKE A STAND THIS WEEKEND.
HE DID A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY MORE HAS TO BE DONE.
HE APPOINTS THE PEOPLE.
HE CAN ASK THEM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING HE SAYS.
HE CAN ASK THEM TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE CONSUMERS JUST LIT UP THE PHONE LINES TALKING ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS.
TWO HOURS LATER OIL AND GAS TOOK THE STAGE, DID A PRESS CONFERENCE.
THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE BETTER.
LET'S BE SURE THIS STATE HAS PROGRAMS TO HELP THOSE CAN'T AFFORD THOSE BILLS.
I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO ERIC'S HOUSE.
I CAN TELL YOU IN AN 1890 MY BILL IS FLYING HIGHER.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, PATTY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DENVER MAYORAL RACE.
IN THE LAST WEEK YOUR SHOW HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF ATTENTION BECAUSE OF AN INTERVIEW YOU HAD WITH A CANDIDATE.
ONE OF OUR PANELIST LAST WEEK ON THE PROGRAM MENTIONED HOW THEY HEARD ON YOUR SHOW NOT RECEIVING MATCHING DONATIONS FROM THE FAIR ELECTIONS FUND.
ONE OF OUR VIEWERS, ANDREW PICKED UP ON THAT AND SAID THAT IS NOT RIGHT.
OTHER PEOPLE SAID THAT TOO.
>> LET'S CELEBRATE THERE ARE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE LIKE DENVER MAYOR.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
FIRST OFF, OFF AIR PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS HE IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR TOO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LEADS TO IS AN ARTICULATION, SOMETIMES AN OVERSTATEMENT OF FACTS.
TO ANDY'S DEFENSE.
HERE IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
I'M THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS PLEDGED NOT TO TAKE THOSE FAIR ELECTION FUNDS.
THEY ARE SO ENEPT AT GETTING FUNDING.
HE HAD SEVERAL OTHERS HE MEANT TO SAY I'M THE MAJOR CANDIDATE.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU SEE WITH SEASONED POLITICIANS.
YOU FIND WITH THE NEW POLITICIANS IT IS AN OVERSTATEMENT.
FAIR ELECTS THING NINE TO ONE.
I FEEL LIKE I WAS RUNNING.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, TYRONE IS THIS FUND FAIR?
>> I FOR ONE APPRECIATE THIS FUND.
WE ARE SEEING CANDIDATES IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN COUNTED OUT.
BUT THEY HAVE HUSTLED AND REALLY HIT THE PAVEMENT.
AND NOW THEY ARE HEAR.
THEY ARE CONTENDERS.
THERE ARE SOME FIGHTING AT THE TOP BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE SELF-FUNDED.
WE ARE SEEING COMMUNITY LEADERS.
FOLKS WHO HAVE THE MOST HISTORIC NEIGHBORS STEP UP.
I'M ALL FOR IT.
>> WE DO HAVE A DIVERSE FIELD.
WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
IT IS GREAT.
HOW DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING WITH THE RATES THUS FAR?
>> WE PASSED IT IN 2018.
KIND OF SNEAK UP ON EVERYONE.
WE COULD HAVE PUT IT IN PLACE EARLIER.
IT IS THE FIRST ELECTION.
THERE ARE STILL ISSUES ON HOW THE DEADLINE HAS SHIFTED FOR GETTING THE MONEY.
THERE IS TROUBLE GETTING THE MONEY WHICH IS A PROBLEM OF FAIR ELECTIONS FUND.
I AGREE WITH TYRONE.
I LIKE IT THAT WE ARE SEEING NEW PEOPLE RUNNING.
THERE ARE LOT OF KINKS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT.
WHETHER OR NOT THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY INEXPERIENCE POLITICIANS HOW TO GET THE CONTRIBUTIONS, HOW TO FILL OUT THE FORMS.
GIVE THEM SOME MONEY TOO.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM 17 CANDIDATES OVER THE NEXT ALMOST TWO MONTHS.
>> EXACTLY.
WE HEAR AT PBS12 ARE PLANNING A FORUM NOT A DEBATE.
LET'S BE TRANSPARENT WE HERE AT PBS12 CAME TOGETHER WHO WILL BE PART OF THIS.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH 17 PEOPLE.
>> THE WAY WE DECIDED IS TO LOOK AT FUND-RAISING AS ONE LEVEL OF SERIOUSNESS BUT NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MATCHING FUNDS FOR SIMPLE REASONS THAT THE FUND-RAISING IS REPORTED IN MUCH MORE REALTIME WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SOME DELAYS IN GETTING THEM OUT.
SOME HAVE RECEIVE MATCHING FUNDS WHILE OTHERS HAVEN'T.
WE HAVE SIMPLY AND TRANSPARENTLY RAISED THE MOST MONEY INDICATE THE VIABILITY AND SERIOUSNESS.
CHANNEL 9 HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
THEY ARE ENTITLED TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE EXCLUDED ANDY RUSO.
I THINK CHANNEL 9 IS MAKING A MISTAKE BY SAYING HE CANNOT BE A PART OF IT BECAUSE HE IS NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE FAIR ELECTIONS FUND.
WHEN THE VOTERS PASSED THE ELECTION FUND THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT MANDATORY, THEY MADE IT AN OPTION.
MAYBE HIS SLOGAN DENVER NEEDS A MAKEOVER.
WHO BETTER TO PROVIDE THAT MAKEOVER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE GOING TO ELIMINATE SELF-FUNDERS.
SO I THINK WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
RUSO SHOULD BE ON THAT STAGE.
>> AS YOU SAID SO TOO.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD EXCLUDE HIM.
IT SEEMS THAT YOU WANT THAT GUY ON THERE.
HE REPRESENTS THE OPPOSING VOICE.
I THINK THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
YOU GUYS GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SPORTS.
SOMETHING WE DON'T TYPICALLY TALK ABOUT HERE ON COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
WE ARE GOING TO SUPER BOWL WEEKEND.
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON WITH OUR SPORTS TEAM HERE IN COLORADO.
TYRONE?
>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT COACH PRIME, DION SANDERS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND FINALLY SEEING MY BUFFS RISE TO THE POTENTIAL WE KNOW THEY HAVE.
>> DON'T THEY HAVE THE TOP RECRUITING CLASSES ALREADY?
THE SPRING FOOTBALL CLASSES HAS STARTED.
>> EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE FALLING INTO PLACE.
WE ARE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND KNOCKING ON WOOD.
>> PATTY?
>> WITH THE TALK ABOUT CU THE QUOTES THAT ARE COMING OUT, PEOPLE SHOULD GO OUT AND REMEMBER WHAT PROBLEMS THERE WERE WITH THOSE TEAMS.
ESPECIALLY THE BLACK ATHLETES WERE THRONE INTO BOULDER.
IT IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.
LET'S LET COACH PRIME BE HIS OWN COACH AND DO A GOOD JOB.
BRING BACK BUCKY WE NEED HIM BACK ON THE SCOREBOARD.
>> THAT WAS SAD WHEN THEY TOOK HIM AWAY.
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR DIA.
>> WHERE IS BUCKY?
>> MAKEOVER.
>> NEW COAT OF PAINT.
HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE THE GUY IN THE AIRPORT COMING UP.
ERIC?
>> I KNOW THE BUZZ IS ABOUT SEAN PAYTON HIRING.
THE PRICE THEY HAD TO PAY FOR HIM.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE ALL THEIR MONEY BY OVERPAYING.
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HIS SALARY.
IF THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY HIM $20 MILLION I DON'T CARE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DRAFT CHOICES.
YOU GOT TO GIVE COACH SOME TALENT.
THEY HAVE GIVEN AWAY THEIR MAIN WAY OF ACQUIRING THAT TALENT.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A LANDING SPOT FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AT THE END OF THEIR CAREER LOOKING FOR A SWEET GOLDEN PARACHUTE.
ON THE ROCKIES GOING TO SOME SERVICE CLUB A WEEK OR TWO AGO.
TALKING ABOUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLAY 500 BALL.
I THINK THE ROCKY SLOGAN IS DREAM.
>> IT IS 30th ANNIVERSARY SEASON.
LET'S HOPE.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
GEORGE?
>> THE ROCKIES ARE FAMOUS FOR DOING THIS.
THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER WE ARE STILL THE ROCKIES THEY GO BACK TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
I TOO GO BUFFS.
LIKE TOMMY I DID SPEND YEARS AT BOULDER.
THIS IS EVIDENCE OF WHAT A GUY FOR REPUTATION AND SUCCESS CAN BRING TO A PROGRAM.
I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE IF THAT TRANSLATES WITH WINS.
IT FEELS LIKE THE BRONCOS WON'T BE PARTICIPATING IN A DRAFT 2027.
WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY DRAFT TO PLAY.
THE SUPER BOWL IS COMING UP.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
EACH TEAM BOTHERS ME.
THE TEAM WITH MAHOMES.
I LOVE TO SEE THAT COMPETITION.
THE EAGLES DEFEATED THE NINERS.
THERE WAS A CHEERLEADER BEHIND CENTER.
IT WAS CRAZY.
WITH THE EAGLES, THE EAGLES STOMP THEIR WAY TO THIS THING.
I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ROOT FOR HERE.
MAYBE THAT WILL MAKE IT A MORE PLEASANT GAME.
>> THANKS FOR ENJOYING AND TALKING ABOUT SPORTS ON THE SHOW.
IT DOES AFFECT OUR ECONOMY TOO.
SO THANK YOU FOR INDULLING ME.
WE TALK ABOUT THE GOOD AND THE BAD THIS WEEK.
PATTY, LET'S START WITH YOU.
>> THERE IS SO MUCH IN DENVER.
I WANT TO GIVE A MOMENT TO THE SAD TRAGEDY IN TURKEY.
THAT IS BEYOND IMAGINING.
WE HAD NOT HAD A TRAGEY LIKE THAT.
>> THERE WAS A FATHER HOLDING HIS DAUGHTER'S HAND.
THE DESPAIR IS AWFUL.
ERIC?
>> WHAT YOU JUST SAID, IT IS HARD FOLLOWING THAT.
STAYING WITH SPORTS OR CONNECTION WITH SPORTS.
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL GAME WITHIN THE LAST WEEK THEY ARE PLAYING UTAH STATE.
UTAH STATE HAS A GUARD FROM THE UKRAINE.
>> GEORGE?
>> HAD I KNOWN COACH PRIME WAS COMING I WOULD HAVE RUN FOR REGION.
MY NEGATIVE THING IS THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THAT 12 YEARS LIFE THAT TOOK PLACE IN DENVER.
ANY TIME YOU HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD THAT LOSEs THEIR LIFE IN THAT KIND OF WAY THERE HAS BEEN A FAILURE.
THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST, DOES THIS FORESHADOW A FUTURE OF PEOPLE ENGAGING IN MORE SELF HELP AND TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AN AN ENVIRONMENT THEY NO LONGER TRUST THE SYSTEM.
I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO BUT I THINK THE ANSWER MIGHT BE YES.
>> SPEAKING OF THE SYSTEM THIS WEEK ATTENTION ON THE WAY BOTH LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE FEDERAL INFORMANTS ALMOST ESCALATING GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST.
ALSO A MOVIE FLAT FORM SHOOTING INTERNATIONALLY.
USE OF INFORMANTS.
THERE IS NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT THIS THIS IS USED IN DENVER.
IT IS VERY CONCERNING AND SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVE THAT YOU SAW.
>> NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT CELEBRATING TEMPLE GRAND.
WHAT SHE HAS DONE, I SAW HER AT THE STOCK SHOW WORKING WITH KIDS WITH DISABILITIES.
SHE IS INSPIRATIONAL.
>> SHE IS INSPIRATION.
>> GREAT COLORADOAN.
>> DEFINITELY SHE IS.
>> I WANT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO TWO JOURNALIST WHO ARE LIVING THEIR GIGS.
MICHAEL ROBERTS WHO HAS BEEN PATTY'S REPORTER OF ALL TRADES WHO IS MOVING ON.
I THINK HE WILL BE IN WESTWORD BUT NOT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
PHENOMENAL JOB HE HAS DONE OVER MANY DECADES.
AND LOVER LEAVING DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL.
BETTER THAN FIRST RATE.
BOTH OF THEM WILL BE MISSED.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
GREAT GUYS.
>> IT IS SELFISH.
KIDDING, IT WAS WELL DESERVED.
I WENT TO MONTROSE AS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY.
THE MAN DECIDED TO DISMISS.
I SCORED TICKETS.
ON A BIGGER LEVEL CHICK-FIL-A IS EXPANDING THEIR MENU.
I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE ANYTHING BETTER.
>> OKAY.
>> I MAY BE THE TEST SUBJECT ON THAT ONE.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SEEING A LOT OF BLACK BUSINESSES.
BUT MORE SO THAN I HAVE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS SEEING OUR ALLY BUSINESSES DOING INTERESTING THING.
PROGRAMMING.
BRINGING ATTENTION TO BLACK ISSUES AND BLACK BUSINESSES AROUND TOWN.
I FOUND OUT FOR BLACK GIRLS IT IS COMING BACK OR COMING BACK THIS MONTH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING MY YOUNG DAUGHTER THERE.
>> I WAS AT THE NUGGETS GAME THE OTHER NIGHT.
THEY WERE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CELEBRATIONS.
THE NUGGETS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS.
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