>>> HI, I'M KYLE DYER.

WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT JANUARY 27TH, 2023.

GREAT RECORDS BEING SET LIKE THE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS AT THE WESTERN SHOCK SHOW.

CONSUMERS ARE DEALING WITH INCREASING EGG PRICES.

THIS WEEK THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN COLORADO WAS REFERRED TO AS BEING IN A STATE OF CRISIS.

WE HAVE A NEAR RECORD NUMBERS OF LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE MAYBE HAVE FRESH IDEAS.

WE HAVE PATTY CALHOUN FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF WESTWORD.

AND DAVID KOPEL RETCH DIRECTOR AT THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE.

ALAINA ALVAREZ.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TONIGHT.

I RAN INTO AN OLD FRIEND.

AFTER CATCHING UP WITH WHAT OUR KIDS WERE UP TO HE SAID HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR XCEL BILL?

THE PRICES OF EVERYTHING IS WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT.

>> EGGS AND XCEL ARE GOOD TO COMPARE.

THOSE ARE HUGE INCREASES WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS DOUBLING, TRIPLING DEPENDING WHERE YOU GET THEM.

XCEL BILL DITTO.

WE HAD THE HORRIBLE COLD IN DECEMBER WHERE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE YOUR WATER FAUCET DRIPPING.

XCEL WILL GET $17 BACK IN FEBRUARY.

NATURAL GAS PRICES HAVE GONE DOWN SLIGHTLY.

THAT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT PEOPLE REPORT AS DOUBLING.

IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION ON WEDNESDAY, COMMISSIONERS LISTENED TO COMPLAINTS.

THERE ARE DOUBLE THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS.

GAS IS UP 75%.

IT IS HUGE.

THEY SAY IT IS NOT XCEL'S FAULT.

XCEL IS AGNOSTIC THE WAY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS AGNOSTIC WHEN IT COLLECTS YOUR MONEY.

WE ARE BREAKING OURS TO PAY THE BILLS.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE THE START.

I'M CURIOUS YOUR VIEWS ON THIS.

>> PRICES ARE GOING UP AND DOWN.

BECAUSE OF THE FLU THAT KILLED 49 MILLION CHICKENS.

THE NUMBER OF LAYING HENS IN DECEMBER OF 2022 WAS DOWN 30% COMPARED TO DECEMBER OF 2021.

EGG PRICES ARE GOING UP FOR THAT REASON.

MORE BROADLY THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE, INFLATION IS ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE A MONETARY PHENOMENA.

YOU INCREASE THE MONEY SUPPLY THAN THE GROWTH OF POPULATION AND THE ECONOMY, YOU NECESSARILY GOING TO HAVE INFLATION.

WE HAVE IN THE $31 TRILLION OF THE FEDERAL DEBT THAT HAD ALMOST BEEN PAID OFF IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION.

WE GOT $31 TRILLION IN DEBT.

THE HIGH LEVELS OF FEDERAL SPENDING.

TWO-THIRDS OF ENTERTAINMENT WHICH PAID PEOPLE MORE THAN THEY PUT IN THE SYSTEM IS OUT OF CONTROL.

YOU CAN FINANCE THAT WITH TAXES DIRECTLY.

IT IS FINANCED INDIRECTLY WITH DEFICIT SPENDING AND INFLATION.

AS FOR XCEL A LOT OF THAT INCREASE IS DUE TO THE INCREASE OF THE GLOBAL PRICE OF NATURAL GAS.

THEY ARE PROFITEERING FROM CONSTRUCTION WIND POWER WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WELFARE QUEEN OF OUR ENERGY SYSTEM.

IT NEVER STANDS ON ITS OWN TWO FEET.

YOU ARE PAYING THAT WELFARE THROUGH INCREASED PRICES THROUGH XCEL.

>> TYPICALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH SENATE BILL 1 COMING OUT THIS WEEK.

>> AT A TIME PEOPLE ARE SMUGGLING EGGS ACROSS THE BOARD.

POLICY MAKERS ARE FEELING THE PRESSURE TO SAVE PEOPLE MONEY.

THERE ARE TWO BILLS.

ONE IS SENATE BILL I.

THE SECOND IS HOUSE BILL THAT WILL ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW LOCAL RENT.

THEY HAVE SOME SUPPORT FROM A FEW BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE SAYING THESE MATTER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING TO PLACES LIKE TEXAS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND PLACES TO LIVE.

SOMETHING WE ARE WATCHING WHETHER THE RENT STABLIZATION HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE SENATE.

THAT WILL BE A CONVERSATION WE WILL WATCH CLOSELY DURING THIS SESSION.

>> THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EFFECT THAT THE CAGE FREE EGG BY THE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR.

THE FLU BROKE OUT AND THE XCEL COST.

A LOT OF THESE COSTS WERE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AND ATTENDED TO THE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR AND OTHER YEARS?

>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT POINT.

WE ALWAYS SAY ECONOMICS APPLIES AT ALTITUDE.

I THINK WE ARE FEELING THAT PARTICULARLY THAT DENVER METRO AREA AND BEYOND.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH.

EVERYTHING HAS A COST.

WHEN WE LOOK AT LEGISLATURES TRYING TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND SETTING NEW STANDARDS FOR ENERGY COMPANIES AND WATER, PRESENTATION.

WHEN WE LOOK AT A POLICY THAT LEADS TO CAGE FREE EGGS AND LAYER THAT WITH AVIAN FLU THE CONSUMERS FEEL THAT IN THEIR POCKETBOOKS.

I DON'T THINK THE LEGISLATURES IS DONE WITH THESE ISSUES.

I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A VERY AGGRESSIVE APPROACH.

THOSE COSTS HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.

THAT IS TYPICALLY CONSUMERS.

SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT TO THE CONSUMERS WHO PAY SOME OF THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THESE POLICIES AS CAPITAL.

>> IN COLORADO THERE ARE A LOT OF BILLS IN THE WORKS WITH THE LEGISLATURE TO PREVENT FURTHER GUN VIOLENCE.

IT HAS BEEN ALTERED A LITTLE BIT.

>> THE ALTERATIONS AREN'T GOING TO SAVE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY.

YOU CAN'T BAN ARMS THAT ARE IN USE BY LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS.

THESE GUNS HAVE BEEN AROUND WERE INVENTED IN 1885.

THEY HAVE BEEN COMMON IN THE UNITED STATES FOR WELL OVER A CENTURY.

THE PHRASE ASSAULT WEAPON USED BY THE GUN BAN LOBBY.

BUT IN ILLINOIS A SIMILAR LAW WAS PASSED IN LATE DECEMBER AND ALREADY UNDER A RESTRAINING ORDER.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BILL, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

THEY BAN HANDGUNS WAY OVER 50 OUNCES.

HOW DOES IT MAKE IT MORE DANGEROUS.

I UNDERSTAND YOU USING IT AS A CLUB.

BUT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MASS SHOOTINGS.

LIKEWISE THEY BAN GUNS THAT HAVE FULL ADJUSTABLE STOCKS.

THE GUN CAN FIT THE USER BETTER.

NEEDS A SHOOTER STALK THAN SOMEONE WHO IS 6 FOOT TAL.

MAKES THE GUN BE HELD MORE SECURELY AND BE MORE ACCURATE.

A LOT OF THIS BILL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS TRYING TO ELIMINATE THINGS THAT MAKE GUNS MORE ACCURATE.

>> THERE ARE SOMETHING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOLLOWING WHAT HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA.

THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN IS A CONVERSATION AND IN COLORADO.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THE GOVERNOR.

GOVERNOR POLIS DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THIS.

HE TALKS ABOUT OTHER GUN PREVENTIONS MEASURES.

WHAT IS EXPECTED IN COLORADO.

IT WON'T BE LEGAL IF YOU OWN THEM.

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE EXACT LANGUAGE.

IT HADN'T BEEN INTRODUCED BY A COLORADO DEMOCRAT.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE GOVERNOR IS HE IS STAYING QUIET FOR A REASON.

HE HAS MADE CLEAR IN THE PAST THAT ASSAULT WEAPONS ARE ALREADY HEAVILY REGULATED FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE.

THE PAST NOVEMBER THE SAME MONTH THAT THE SHOOTING HAPPENED.

POLIS REFUSED TO ENDORSE PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR A BAN.

WHAT HE IS INTERESTED IN EXPANDING THE RED FLAG LAW.

THE BIG PICTURE IS THIS BILL WHEN IT IS INTRODUCED FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE.

COLORADO'S GRIM HISTORY OF MASS SHOOTINGS.

LED LAWMAKERS TO PUSH SIMILAR BILLS IN THE PAST THAT LED TO PROTEST AND RECALL ELECTIONS.

I'M NOT SURE DESPITE THE DEMOCRATIC TRIFECTA WILL BE DIFFERENT WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM POLIS.

>> CRIME IS A BIG THING.

WE HAVE SEEN RISING CRIME AND COLORADO BEING NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY.

DENVER HAS SEEN A LOSS OF 6500 BUSINESSES.

MORE THAN 1,000 BUSINESSES LEFT DOWNTOWN FROM 2019 TO OCTOBER.

I KNOW THAT INVOLVES THE COVID.

PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING DOWNTOWN TO WORK.

BUT ADAM, COVID, ASIDE FROM THAT, YOU TALKED WITH SOME BUSINESSES WE DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO WORK DOWNTOWN BECAUSE OF THE CRIME.

>> YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IT IS INTERESTING OUTSIDE OF HOUSING, THE AFFORDABILITY HOUSING.

THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HEAR ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS FOR BOTH STAYING HERE AND DOING BUSINESS HERE.

BRINGING EMPLOYEES BACK TO WORK.

THAT'S REALLY CREATES A CHICKEN AND THE EGG PROBLEM TO BRING IT BACK TO OUR CHICKEN CONVERSATION.

EMPLOYEES DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING BACK DOWNTOWN.

THERE ARE NOT PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.

WE TEND TO BE MORE PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.

MORE CRIME, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

BRINGING IT BACK TO THE GOVERNOR.

WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME.

WE SAW PRETTY QUICKLY SOME DATA FROM THE FBI THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

WE ARE PRETTY HIGH UP ON THE END AS THE INCREASES IN CRIME.

FENTANYL LAST YEAR AND TACKLING AUTO THEFT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO MAKE IT A SAFE PLACE TO WORK AND LIVE.

>> SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF OUR STATE TEACHERS DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THEIR SKILLS.

>> THAT WAS A FASCINATING TWIST IN THIS.

YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT FUNDING.

THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR OWN SALARIES.

OUR TEACHERS APPRECIATE IT.

THE THIRD FACTOR THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE REPORT IS THEY ARE SCARED OF GUNS IN THE SCHOOLS.

THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.

THAT'S REALLY EXTRAORDINARY THAT SYSTEMS HAVE NOT BEEN PUT IN PLACE WHERE TEACHERS CAN FEEL SAFE TO TEACH.

THEY SURVIVED COVID, THEY SURVIVED THE ROMANTIC TEACHER.

IT IS A NATIONAL ISSUE.

YOU GOT A 6-YEAR-OLD SHOOTING A TEACHER IN VIRGINIA.

IN THIS REPORT AS BEING A CONCERN OF TEACHERS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON ACROSS THE STATE.

>> THAT WAS ALARMING WHEN I WAS READING THAT.

ALAINA YOU WROTE AN ARTICLE OF THE TRAFFIC DEATHS.

>> THE MOST SINCE 1981.

AUTHORITIES TELL US THAT DISTRACTIVE DRIVING, IMPAIRED DRIVING, AGGRESSIVE DRIVING.

THEY ARE SEEING AN UPTAKE IN CANNABIS CRASHING.

AIMED AT ROAD SAFETY.

THINGS MORE ROUNDABOUTS.

MORE THAN $10 MILLION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS.

SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE TRAFFIC AMONG COLORADO TEENAGERS ARE ALSO RISING.

REQUIRE PEOPLE UNDER 21 TO TAKE MANDATORY DRIVER'S AID COURSES.

THE GOAL THERE IS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC DEATHS.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR CHILD GO TO ONE OF THOSE CLASSES.

ADAM THE STATE HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF INCREASE.

THIS COMES TO A TIME WHEN POLICIES ENCOURAGE TRANSPORTATION.

THE DENVER CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO VOTE ON DECRIMINALIZING JAYWALKING.

ARE WE MAKING THE ROADS SAFER?

ARE WE NOT?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TO GO.

>> THERE IS PEOPLE -- COVID IS STILL OCCURRING.

FEELS LIKE IT IS WINDING DOWN.

PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT MORE.

NATURALLY BE A MORE POTENTIAL FOR COLLISION.

THE BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS MAKE UP A LARGE CHUNK.

WE ARE LOOKING AT POLICY SOLUTIONS FOR THINGS THAT ARE PERSONAL BEHAVIORS.

AS YOU KNOW THE DENVER CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING MAKING DECRIMINALIZING JAYWALKING.

WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING THESE KINDS OF -- WHEN WE KNOW IT IS ON THE RISE.

IT IS A CAREFUL BALANCE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PUSH.

WHETHER OR NOT THAT MONEY IS USED CREATE BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE.

PUT MORE PEOPLE ON BUSES IS WHAT IT MIGHT COME DOWN TO.

>> MAYBE EDUCATION.

EVEN SOME OF THOSE STREETS THAT YOU DRIVE AND THE PARKING LANES.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> SINCE WE ARE MENTIONING DENVER POLITICS LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MAYORS RACE.

IN TERMS OF PEOPLE RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

WE DID HAVE ABOUT 26 PEOPLE TURN IN PETITIONS.

ONLY 17 MADE THE FINAL COUNT.

ONLY 17, IMAGINE WHAT A HUGE BALLOT THAT IS GOING TO BE.

SOME OF THOSE WHO DIDN'T COME UP WITH ENOUGH SIGNATURES THAT IS ONLY 300 TO MAKE THE BALLOT.

SO THAT IS MAYORAL.

WE HAVE A HUGE CITY COUNCIL.

WE WILL BE PAYING A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE TO RUN UNDER THE FAIR ELECTIONS FUND.

WE WILL HAVE A WILD APRIL.

>> I GOTTEN A COUPLE OF TEXT MESSAGES.

I ALSO HEARD IN COLORADO SPRINGS 20 PEOPLE ARE RUNNING MAYOR TOO.

THE POLITICAL SEASON WE JUST FINISHED ONE.

THIS IS GOING AGAIN ISN'T IT.

>> ON THE BALLOT IN DENVER IN APRIL IS GOING TO BE PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP TO PARK HILL GOLF COURSE.

I HOPE THAT GETS REJECTED.

DO YOU THINK DENVER HAS TWO MUCH OPEN SPACE, TOO MANY TREES?

WE NEED MORE CONCRETE.

DENVER IS GOING TO CONTINUE.

THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE CITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1858.

AS CITIES GET DENSER AND DENSER THEY BECOME ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE'S PHYSICAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH.

IMAGINE DENVER WHEN THE POPULATION MIGHT BE DOUBLED WHAT IT IS NOW.

KEEPING THAT OPEN SPACE OF GREENY IS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT FOR OUR FUTURE AND THIS EVEN TODAY.

I HOPE THEY SAY NO WE DON'T NEED.

>> WE HAVE TO USE ALL THE SPACE IN THE CITY TO GET PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CITY.

CAN WALK TO THE GROCERY STORE.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU SAY NO.

>> WELL YOU CAN BUILD A SHOPPING MALL AND BUILDINGS ANY PLACE WELL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUILD IT IN ONE GREEN PATCH OF LAND.

>> IT WOULD BE UP TO THE VOTERS.

IT WOULD BE THE FINAL SAY.

>> IT IS PART OF THE CITY CHARTER.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT.

OKAY.

WE TALKED ABOUT BUSINESSES MOVING OUT OF DENVER.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE JUST WANTING TO MOVE TO COLORADO.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN OUR STATE GREW BY AN AVERAGE OF 70,000 RESIDENCE A YEAR.

WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THAT NUMBER ANYMORE.

>> I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING.

THE DATA IS SHOWING WE HAVEN'T SEEN SUCH SLOW GROWTH SINCE 1990.

YOU KNOW WE ARE TALKING 30 YEARS AGO.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US AS A BUSINESS COMMUNITY?

WE HEARD THE GOVERNOR SAY THERE IS TWO JOBS FOR COLORADOAN.

WE CANNOT FILL THOSE JOBS.

WE HAVE LESS PEOPLE COMING TO THE STATE.

FEELING JOB VACANCY.

WE HEAR IT FROM EVERY INDUSTRY.

WE CONTINUE TO HOPE WE SEE THOSE NUMBERS SWITCH IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OTHER MODELS WE MIGHT SEE THIS TREND REVERSE.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IN 1985, MORE PEOPLE LEFT IN COLORADO THAN CAME HERE.

ARE WE IN THIS TRACK?

>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY COMPARISON.

BACK 1985 WAS THAT OIL BUST.

IT AFFECTED COLORADO SO MUCH OF DOWNTOWN WAS EMPTY.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING A PATTERN THAT IS MUCH MORE NATIONAL.

PEOPLE ARE NOT MOVING AS MUCH AS THEY WERE BEFORE.

PART OF IT IS COVID.

DENVER'S GROWTH -- COLORADO'S GROWTH HAS GROWN.

WE GOT PROBLEMS WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CAUSED THOSE PROBLEMS.

IN 2008.

WE WERE THE PLACE TO GO FOR MINIMALS.

AND THAT IS STILL CONTINUING.

THE THING WE HAVE TO SOLVE IS AFFORDING HOUSING.

FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN COME HERE AND START A CAREER AND AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

RENT AND LEASE ARE BECOMING TO GO DOWN.

VACANCIES ARE GOING UP.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK OR WE WON'T GET MORE PEOPLE HERE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT RENT.

DENVER STATE LAWMAKERS FROM ALL OVER -- FROM ALL OVER FROM DENVER, FROM THE PLANES ARE ALL BEHIND THIS RENT CONTROL BILL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> WHAT THEY CAN IMAGINE THEY CAN MICRO MANAGE WITH EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD.

THE LAW OF SUPPLY OF DEMAND.

WHEN YOU IMPOSE PRICE CAPS ON ANYTHING IN THE LONG RUN GET LESS OF IT.

THAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE THEY IMPOSED RENT CONTROL DURING WORLD WAR II.

IT HELPED TO DESTROY THE HOUSING STALK.

SAN FRANCISCO ABOUT RENT CONTROL THERE.

THE EFFECT WAS IT BENEFITS THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN -- THE CURRENT RENTERS AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYONE ELSE.

IT LED TO SHARP INCREASES IN TOTAL RENT PRICES.

RENT CONTROL IS WELL IF YOU ARE IN AN APARTMENT.

IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE MOVING TO COLORADO IT SERIOUSLY HARMS THEM.

>> SPEAKING OF THE COST OF LIVING.

I READ THIS WEEK HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO SAVE TO RETIRE.

IT IS ONE IN A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.

IT IS ABOUT THE SAME FOR THE STATEWIDE RATE.

>> I WON'T BE RETIRING ANY TIME SOON.

AFFORDABILITY IS KEY TO DRAWING PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, YOU ARE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE STATE MARKET.

COSTS ARE EXTREMELY STEEP.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2022 THE AVERAGE ASKING RENT WAS $744.

THIS ISN'T JUST A COLORADO PROBLEM EITHER.

HOUSEHOLDS ARE HAVING TO SPEND 30% OF INCOME ON RENT RIGHT NOW WHICH IS A FIRST IN OVER TWO DECADES.

A LOT OF CONSTRUCTIONS IS IN THE WORK.

SO THAT EXPECTED SUPPLY WILL LIKELY BRING DOWN PRICES.

THE BAD NEWS THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

WE ARE STUCK PAYING A BUNCH OF MONEY AND NOT RETIRING ANY TIME SOON.

>> NOT RETIRING.

WE CAN PLAY ON THE WEEKEND.

WE CAN PLAY ON THE WEEKENDS.

NOW LET'S GO AROUND FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

PATTY, LET START WITH YOU.

WHAT MADE YOU THIS WEEK.

>> I WILL TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE SAD LOSSES.

ONE OF THE THINGS NOT HAVING TWO ROBUST DAILY PAPERS YOU MISS THE PASSING OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE.

PEOPLE THAT WERE KEY TO MAKE THIS A GREAT STATE.

WE LOST LEO KILEY.

HIS WIFE WAS IS SUCH AND IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

HIS PASSING IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD NOTE.

ALSO BILL INDEPENDENT PROMPTER.

HE BROUGHT WIDESPREAD PANIC TO RED ROCK.

THEY ARE COMING BACK AGAIN FOR THEIR 68th SHOW.

THESE ARE IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHO CREATED THE STATE WE LOVE EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.

>> DAVID?

>> COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL WISER FILED AN EXTREMIST ARGUING THAT IT IS OKAY FOR GOVERNMENT -- THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY ATTACKS ON SYNAGOGUES AND OTHER PLACES.

IF THE POLICY HAD BEEN EFFECT IN COLORADO IN DECEMBER OF 2007 WHEN THERE WAS AN ATTACK AT THE NEW LIFE CHURCH.

HE IS GOING THE WRONG WAY ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE YOUNGER BROTHER DENVER NUGGETS WAS ARRESTED.

IMPAIRED DRIVING BEING A HUGE PROBLEM IN THIS STATE.

THIS GUY PLAYED BASKETBALL FOR DU.

HE IS ONLY 21.

THIS IS THE LATEST STRATEGIC EXAMPLE.

WE LOST THE WIFE OF A MID 40-YEAR-OLD WOMEN -- WOMAN IN IT.

>> A RENT CONTROL REPEAL PROPOSAL.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PRICES OF RENTALS GO UP PUT A CAP ON IT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING GOOD.

LOOKING INTO THE WEEKEND.

>> I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT WESTWORD IS STILL FREE.

YOU CAN STILL AFFORD IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE ARE LOSING ONE OF OUR LONG TIME STAFFERS.

MICHAEL ROBERTS HAS BEEN WITH US MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

HE HAS WRITTEN ABOUT MUSIC AND THEN MOVED INTO MEDIA.

HE SHIFTED TO COVERING EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.

HE HAS A GREAT STORY ON A LAWSUIT IN GRAND JUNCTION.

HE IS MOVING ON TO HIS NEXT CHAPTER.

I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR ALL THE GREAT STORIES.

>> WE WILL MISS HIM.

>> WE HOPE HE WILL KEEP WRITING SOME.

>> 30 YEARS THAT IS AMAZING.

GO HAVE FUN.

THAT IS AWESOME.

>> YOU OPENED THE SHOW TALKING ABOUT MICHAELA RECORD SETTING WORLD CUP.

SHE WON HER 84th IN ITALY WHICH PUTS HER TWO SHORT, THE TOTAL RECORD IS -- SHE IS CLOSING IN ON THAT.

>> SHE HAS TO DO IT.

>> 13 COLORADO CHEFS AND RESTAURANTS WERE NOMINATED FOR THIS WEEK JAMES BEARD AWARD.

AND THAT SHOWS HOW FAR THE STATE HAS COME FROM GREEN CHILI BURRITOS AND OYSTERS.

>> THAT IS GREAT.

>> I'M A POLICY NERD.

SENATE BILL I PASSED.

TYPE OF MARKET INCENTIVE TO GET THINGS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO.

BRING TO ME SOME HOPE WE MAY SEE GOOD STUFF.

>> THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE GET STUFF DONE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING ON THE SHOW AND FOR EVERYONE WATCHING AS WELL.

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THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

I'M KYLE DYER.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON PBS12.