
January 14th 2021
Season 30 Episode 1 | 27m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Topical experts discuss the Colorado legislative session kickoff, congressional district 7
Topical experts discuss the Colorado legislative session kickoff, congressional district 7 elections, the King Soopers/ Kroger strike and DIA expansion. Starring Dominic Dezzutti, Paty Calhoun, Eric Sondermann, Michelle Lyng and Denise Maes.
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January 14th 2021
Season 30 Episode 1 | 27m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Topical experts discuss the Colorado legislative session kickoff, congressional district 7 elections, the King Soopers/ Kroger strike and DIA expansion. Starring Dominic Dezzutti, Paty Calhoun, Eric Sondermann, Michelle Lyng and Denise Maes.
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WELCOME TO JANUARY 14TH, 2022, EDITION OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
I'M YOUR HOST DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
TONIGHT IS A VERY SPECIAL SHOW AND WE HAVE YOU TO THANK FOR IT.
TONIGHT, WE KICK OFF OUR 30th SEASON OF COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
30 SEASONS!
WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO BE HERE THIS LONG BECAUSE YOU HAVE INVITED US INTO YOUR HOMES AND BEEN SO GENEROUS WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE 30 SEASONS POSSIBLE, AND DARE I SAY HERE'S TO 30 MORE!
I DO WANT TO GET ONE SHOUTOUT.
IT FITS RIGHT HERE.
TODAY HAPPENS TO BE THE BIRTHDAY OF BARBARA.
YOU KNOW HER.
THIS IS HER BRAIN CHILD.
THIS WAS HER BABY SHE CREATED IN 1992.
SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET ME ADOPT IT IN THE '90s AFTER SHE RETIRED IN THE 2000.
I THINK IT IS FITTING SHE CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY.
TO ALL OF YOU AT HOME, WE ARE GRATEFUL.
THIS WEEK, CONGRESSMAN ED PERLMUTTER ANNOUNCED HE WOULD NOT BE SEEKING RE-ELECTION, LEAVING THE RECENTLY REDDRAWN 70th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT UP FOR GRABS DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR BRITTANY PETTERSEN FORMALLY ANNOUNCED SHE WILL BE RUNNING TO FILL THE VACANCY AND CONTINUE PERLMUTTER'S LEGACY.
TWO REPUBLICANS ARE ALREADY IN THE RACE, ARM VETERAN ERIK AADLAND AND 2020 TRUMP DELEGATE LAUREL IMER, BUT THE RACE IS BOUND TO ATTRACT MORE CANDIDATES FROM BOTH SIDES.
PATTY CALHOUN WE START WITH YOU.
WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A LITTLE BIT OF STAR POWER.
DOES SHE HAVE ENOUGH TO SCARE OFF DEMOCRATS?
>> THESE OPENINGS COME UP SO RARELY.
IF I WANT TO DO IT NOW, I HAVE TO GO IN.
SOMEBODY COULD BE IN THIS SEAT EIGHT MORE TERMS.
BRITTANY TOOK A LITTLE COURAGE TO JUMP IN SINCE THE LAST TIME SHE JUMPED IN WHEN ED ANNOUNCED HE WOULD RUN FOR GOVERNOR AND HE PULLED OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.
SAID HE WOULDN'T RUN FOR THE SEVENTH AGAIN BUT THEN DECIDED HE WOULD RUN FOR THE SEVENTH AGAIN.
NOW BRITTANY IS BACK IN.
SHE HAS A VERY INTERESTING BACKGROUND.
HER MOTHER WAS ADDICTED TO OPIOID.
SHE WILL BE A TOUGH PERSON TO BEAT.
I THINK WE WILL SEE FOUR MORE REPUBLICANS JUMP IN.
MAYBE ONE OR TWO BRAVE DEMOCRATS.
LET'S GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO HIM.
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
ERIC SONDERMANN.
I THINK FOLLOWING PATTY'S LEAD.
I DON'T WANT TO BURY IT WITH ED PERLUMUTTER.
IF HE WAS RUNNING IT WAS HIS RACE UNTIL HE DECIDED HE WAS OUT.
HE HAS DECIDED HE IS OUT.
IT LOOKS PRETTY COMPETITIVE.
DOES THIS GET THE MOST ATTENTION NOW AS A RACE?
>> I THINK THEY BOTH GET ATTENTION.
JUST GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ED EIGHT TERMS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.
JUST A HIGHLY DECENT HUMAN BEING.
MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE A BAD THING TO SAY ABOUT ED PERLMUTTER TAKING CARE OF ANY NEEDS.
HE KNEW WHEN IT WAS TIME TO STEP AWAY.
HE DIDN'T OVERSTAY HIS WELCOME.
I THINK THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WHO JUST SAY COULD TAKE A LESSON FROM ED FROM THAT REGARD.
IN TERMS WHAT HAPPENS NOW I THINK IT WILL GET PLENTY OF ATTENTION AND MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT BRITTANY CLEARS THE FIELD.
A COUPLE OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES WHO HAVE STEPPED ASIDE AND SAID THEY ARE BEHIND HER.
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANDY KUHR FORMER DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE STATE SENATE.
HE WAS LOOKING AT THAT RACE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN PERLMUTTER JUMPED OUT OF IT.
THAT WOULD BE A NAME I WOULD PAY ATTENTION TO.
THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NAMES GETTING IN.
THE ONE I WOULD PAY ATTENTION IS A YOUNG STATE REP.
HE HAD BEEN LOOKING TO GET INTO CHALLENGE PERLMUTTER.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE LARSON GETTING IN.
THIS IS THE SEAT THAT MEANS DEMOCRATIC.
NOT SO DEMOCRATIC IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE A REPUBLICAN YEAR IT COULD BE VERY, VERY MUCH IN PLAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR CORRECTION SENATOR'S NAME.
PUBLIC POLICY CONSULTANT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US DENISE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG RACE THAT IS CONSIDERED COMPETITIVE.
DEMOCRATS HAVE A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE.
CERTAINLY A LOT OF ATTENTION WILL BE THERE.
DOES THIS CHANGE MODIFY THE STRATEGY FOR THEM RUNNING IN THESE DISTRICTS?
>> THANK YOU.
DEFINITELY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH GRATITUDE I HAVE FOR CONGRESSMAN PERLMUTTER.
WE HAVE NONEACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME.
WE WERE LAW PARTNERS IN A LAW FIRM.
HECK, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL GETTING ME INTO THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I'M APPRECIATIVE.
I THINK COLORADO WILL LOSE A WONDERFUL STATE'S MAN WHEN HE EXITS.
I THINK FOR SURE, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT CONGRESSMAN PERLMUTTER WOULD HAVE WON THIS RACE IF HE STAYED IN IT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE COULD EASILY SEE A FIVE-THREE MAP.
THIS DISTRICT IS EVEN MORE COMPETITIVE THAN IT WAS AS IT WAS DRAWN AND, I THINK -- BOTH SIDES HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR STRATEGY.
THEY HAVE TO PUT MONEY INTO TWO CONGRESSIONAL RACES AS OPPOSED WHAT WE WERE THINKING INTO CD8.
IT WILL CHANGE A LOT OF POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
GAME ON.
>> ALSO JOINING US MICHELLE FOUNDER OF NOVATIS COMMUNICATION.
YOU HAVE WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE -- THIS WOULD BE FOR ANY PRESIDENT.
THIS SHOULD BE THEIR YEAR.
THE MOST COMPETITIVE SEATS IN COLORADO.
THE OPPORTUNITY SEEMS PRIME.
DO YOU THINK COLORADO REPUBLICANS AS A PARTY WILL RESPOND WITH THE RIGHT CANDIDATES AND THE RIGHT CAMPAIGN?
>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CONGRESS PERLMUTTER.
HE HAS DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB.
TRUMP WAS SO TOXIC IN COLORADO.
THE ISSUES THIS YEAR CRIME, EDUCATION, ET CETERA FAVOR REPUBLICANS.
SO WHAT I'M EXCITED IS THE -- ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING IN.
THE AVERAGE AGE CONGRESSMEN APPROXIMATELY 80.
THIS IS EXCITED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO ERIK WAS.
I'VE BEEN HEARING RUMORS OF CAROL.
HE IS REPUBLICAN.
HE IS THOUGHTFUL AND MODERATE LEGISLATURE.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO SAID CUTTING YOUR TEETH IN LOWER OFFICE BEFORE GOING NATIONAL.
NOT THAT I'M REFERRING TO ANYONE IN COLORADO.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION WHERE IN FREE MONT COUNTY WILL BRITTANY CAMPAIGN?
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
>> A FUN RACE TO WATCH INDEED.
>>> THE 2022 LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAS BEGUN, AND WE HEARD SPEECHES FROM LEGISLATIVE LEADERS URGES DECORUM AND PROMISING TO MAKE COLORADO MORE AFFORDABLE.
ON THURSDAY, GOVERNOR JARED POLIS ISSUED HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS, WHICH INCLUDED PLANS FOR COVID RELIEF, ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS AND USED NEW LINES TO PAUL SIMON'S 50 WAYS TO LEGAL YOUR LOVER TO PROMPT 50 WAYS TO SAVE COLORADO MONEY.
THIS IS PART OF HIS BRAND.
IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR HIM.
DID YOU HAVE NEW LINES 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER IN YOUR BINGO CARD?
>> I DID NOT.
NOT THIS PAUL SIMON I WAS EXPECTING MUCH LIKE TYLER SWIFT AND BRITNEY SPEARS AS WELL.
I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD HAVE MUSICAL COMPANIMENT OR BACK UP SINGERS.
IT WAS VERY MUCH OF A JARED POLIS SPEECH.
I GO BACK A NUMBER OF POLITICAL GENERATIONS NOW.
I CANNOT RECALL ANOTHER GOVERNOR WHO HAS BEEN SUCH A STRONG, IN CONTROL, IN CHARGE GOVERNOR.
NOW COVID CONTRIBUTED MENTALLY TO THAT.
EVEN TAKE AWAY COVID IS THE ULTIMATE HYPOTHETICAL.
HE IS THE GOVERNOR WHO USES EVER LEVER OF POWER TO BE USED.
THIS WAS A REELECTION SPEECH.
TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO SAVE MONEY.
I THINK IT INDICATES ON HIS PART AND CONSULTANT PARTS TWO KEY ISSUES THAT ARE THREATS TO DEMOCRATS.
RELATED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE SPEECH WAS EMPHASIS ON CRIME.
THOSE ARE BOTH HOT BOTTOM ISSUES AND HUGE NEGATIVES TO ANY DEMOCRAT THIS CYCLE.
>> DENISE THEY ARE NOT JUST POLICY AGENDAS.
WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS WEEK?
>> WELL, I THOUGHT FOR THE MOST PART THE SPEECHES WERE INTENDED TO BE UPBEAT AND GIVE COLORADOANS HOPE FOR TOMORROW.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE STATE.
HE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT SAVE PEOPLE DOLLARS AND CENTS.
WE ARE POSTPONING TAXES AND FEES AND LOWERING THE PRICE OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR YOUR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO PULL PEOPLE FROM THE BRINK?
WE HAVE A SERIOUS HOUSING CRISIS.
WE HAD OPIOID ADDICTION.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE SO SAVE COLORADOANS MONEY.
WE HAVE TO PUT MONEY INTO THESE BASIC AND NEEDED SERVICES.
THE CITY, THE STATE, OUR GOVERNMENT, THEY KNOW HOW TO DEFUND THINGS.
WE HAVE FUNDED THESE THINGS, THESE NEEDED THINGS FOR A LONG TIME.
I THINK IT IS TIME TO LOOK HOW DO WE REFUND THE BASIC NEEDS AND BASIC SERVICES SO ALL COLORADOANS CAN THRIVE.
>> MICHELLE, TAX CUTS AND KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE SOUNDS LIKE A REPUBLICAN AGENDA NOT NECESSARY A DEMOCRATIC AGENDA.
>> HERE IS WHAT I TOOK AWAY.
COLORADO HAS 99 PROBLEMS AND DEMOCRATS OWN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
DEMOCRAT ARE IN CONTROL OF THE U.S. PRESIDENCY.
THEY CONTROL BOTH CHAMBERS IN COLORADO.
THINGS ARE NOT GREAT RIGHT NOW FOR THE POPULATION.
THE NATIONAL INCREASE FIRST TIME HOMELESS DOUBLED IN 2021 BY OVERALL HOMELESS TRIPLED OVER ALL.
I HAVE SEEN HOMELESS IN THE COUNTY.
WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE BEGGING FOR MONEY, WE KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
I CAN TALK ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE FIFTH HIGHEST PROPLATION GROWTH IN THE COUNTRY.
FOURTH HOUSING SHORTAGE IN THE COUNTRY.
TO KEEP PACE WITH POPULATION, COLORADO MUST DELIVER 54,000 UNITS ANNUALILY.
SO IT IS NO WONDER WE SEE A 25% INCREASE IN SINGLE FAMILY HOME PRICES AND RENTING AS WELL.
I THINK THERE IS A REAL SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUES.
WE JUST NEED TO BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THIS.
THERE ARE HOME BUILDERS WORKING TO REDUCE COSTS.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE THE HOUSING OF THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO GET THERE.
WE NEED GREAT POLICY WORK TO LOWER BARRIERS.
>> PATTY, YOU EXPECT A TIKTOK VIDEO FROM GOVERNOR POLIS?
>> I HAVE TO SAY HE DID OUTQUIRK GOVERNORS.
HE WAS IN HIS OWN WAY WAS A SURPRISE IN WHAT HE WILL WILLING TO SAY, TAKE DIFFICULT STANCES.
BUT THE POLIS IS JUST A NEW ONE.
I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL CONCERN PEOPLE MORE AND MORE AS WE GO FORTH.
CUTTING DOWN MIGHT BE A SMALL CONCERN COMPARED TO THE BIG PICTURES.
WE ARE LOOKING AT IT WITH THE AFFORDABLE WITH HOUSING.
THE DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THEY WILL NEED TO FOCUS IF THEY ARE GOING TO WIN PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER.
LET'S SEE, I THINK REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE USED.
KENNY ROGERS THE GAMBLER AS THEY SONG.
>> ALL MY EXS LIVE IN TEXAS.
>>> OVER 8,000 EMPLOYEES OF KING SCOOPERS AND CITY MARKET WENT ON STRIKE THIS WEEK, IMPACTING OVER 77 STORE LOCATIONS.
THE COMPANY AND THE UNION CONTINUE TO SPAR OVER WAGES AND THE SAFETY OF WELL-BEING OF EMPLOYEES.
DENISE WE WILL START WITH YOU.
A WHOLE LOT OF PICTURES OF EMPTY PARKING LOTS AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
>> SIMPLE.
I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.
I STAND WITH THE WORKERS.
I THINK WHAT THEY ARE DOING THEY ARE RAISING A CONSCIOUSNESS FOR ALL OF COLORADOANS.
THEY ARE BRINGING TO THE FOUR FRONT SOME STARK REALITIES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK IN KING SOOPERS LIVE IN PROPERTITY OR HAVE A SECOND JOB.
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF REPORTS AND STATISTICS SOMEWHERE $20 AN HOUR IS CLOSE TO A LIVABLE WAGE.
KING SOOPERS IS NOT THERE.
THE TRUTH REALLY IS MUCH DARKER.
THE WORKERS ARE UNDERPAID, THEY ARE UNAPPRECIATED.
I THINK KING SOOPERS HAS REACHED A LOW POINT BECAUSE THEY ARE TREATING THEIR WORKER AS INDISPENSABLE.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST GROCERY STRIKES WHERE THERE IS MORE COMPETITION.
NOW, THERE IS FOUR OR FIVE LIKE YOU I LIVE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY THEY GOT A LOT OF OPTIONS IF I DON'T WANT TO GO TO KING SOOPERS.
DO YOU THINK THIS WILL HAVE -- IN COLORADO.
>> WE SEE WORKERS TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.
YOU ARE BETTING THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU IS A BETTER WORKER THAN YOU.
>> THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.
THERE IS HOME BUILDING INDUSTRY, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OFFERING LOW COST TRAINING.
YOU ARE TALKING $20 AN HOUR.
SOMEONE CAN BE 40 TO $58 AN HOUR.
>> THIS FEELS LIKE A DIFFERENT.
THINGS THAT WE WILL SEE AS A RESULT FROM THE STRIKE?
>> THINK ABOUT IT.
THE LAST STRIKE WAS WHEN THIS SHOW WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.
IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN '96 SAFEWAY WAS ALSO ON STRIKE.
THE FEELING WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THIS ONE.
PART OF IT IS, YOU STILL CAN GO TO SAFEWAY.
COMING OFF TWO YEARS ALMOST WITH THE PANDEMIC AND A JOB THAT WILL BE TOUGHER THAN WORKING IN A GROCERY STORE AND SEEING IF PEOPLE ARE MASKS, AND KEEP THE SHELVE STOCKED AND WORKING EXTRA HOURS.
YOU ARE SEEING BIG SALARIES WITH KROGER EXECUTIVES.
I THINK THIS WILL END MUCH SOONER.
>> I WAS AN INTERN ON THE SHOW THE LAST TIME.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I THOUGHT THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK EARLY ON THIS WOULD BE A THREE WEEK STRIKE.
WHEN I HEAR THAT, THAT IS WHEN THE NEGOTIATION GOING TO GET SERIOUS.
AS PATTY INDICATED THEY ARE BACK AT THE TABLE.
I THINK IT WILL TAKE CONCESSIONS FROM MANAGEMENT.
BUT THESE ARE WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE WORST OF THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ARE NOT PAID A DECENT WAGE.
IT IS PART OF THIS BIGGER NATIONAL CONTEXT OF WHERE LOTS OF INDIVIDUALS AROUND THIS COUNTRY ARE JUST REEVALUATING THEIR CAREER CHOICE AND LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS AND MAKING INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH MICHELLE.
I DRIVE RIGHT BEFORE I HIT MY LOCAL KING SOOPERS THEY HAVE PUTTING THEIR STARTING WAGE AT 18.
IF THAT IS THE LOCAL FLIP AND BURGER JOINT WHEN WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP FOR THE GROCERY WORKERS.
LET'S GET TO DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
PLEASE START US OFF.
>> 2022 HAS STARTED OFF WITH A LOT OF DISGRACES.
IT WILL BE HARD TO BEET REJUSTICE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY GET RID OF THE TWO ADD PROVIDE SORES ON THE STUDENT PUBLICATION.
GREAT LESSON IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT SPEECH.
>> ERIC.
PATTIED THAT A GOOD ONE.
PLENTY OF SUBJECTS HERE FOR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
A STORY ON HE RUNS A CHARITY CALLED IMPACT LOCALLY.
HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGED ON CONFISCATING.
DEFRAUDING DONORS.
HE LINED HIS POCKETS.
OF THE DIFFERENT LOCAL POINTS TO RAISE MONEY UNDER PURPOSES OF GOOD AND LINE YOUR POCKETS WITH IT IS PRETTY HIGH BAR.
>> DENISE LET'S GO TO YOU FOR YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
>> I WANT TO THANK PATTY TO RAISE THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
IT WAS ON MY LIST AS WELL.
MY BAD OF THE WEEK IS MINORITY LEADER ON OPENING DAY.
THE AMOUNT OF FEAR MONGERING HE DID WAS OFF THE CHARTS.
IT WAS REALLY THE OPPOSITE OF HOPEFULNESS.
THERE IS SOME CRIME THAT IS IN THE UPTAKE OF COLORADO.
THERE ARE SOME CRIME THAT HAS REMAINED STEADY AND GOING DOWN.
WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT THE CRIMES.
MINORITY LEADER McCAIN ON THE CRIMINAL THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THERE ISN'T ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT PROPOSITION.
INDEED THE EVIDENCE SUGGEST THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
I THINK, EVEN WORSE THAN THAT, PROPOSED GOING BACK TO CRIME POLICIES, BROKEN WINDOWS, POLICING.
THAT IS CRAZY TALK.
THOSE POLICIES HAVE NOT DONE US WELL AT ALL.
THEY HAVE ONLY WORSEN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THAT'S NOT LEADERSHIP.
THOSE ARE BAD POLICIES.
>> MICHELLE, WE GO TO YOU FOR YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
>> THANKS, DOMINIC.
RTD TELLING COLORADOAN JOURNALIST THEY HAVE $10 MILLION OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL LIABILITY INSURANCE IN ORDER TO FILM IN UNION STATION OR RTD PROPERTY.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THAT IS A FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE PERSONALLY.
I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T BE THROWING UP BARRIERS TO REPORTERS.
REPORTING WHAT IS TRULY A BAD ISSUES.
WE HAVE ISSUES AT UNION STATION.
I WORK A BLOCK FROM THERE.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME JOURNALIST TO THE SMALL BUSINESS WORLD.
EVERY DAY SMALL BUSINESSES WANT TO DO THEIR JOB WITHOUT GOVERNMENT.
AND IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO DO SO.
PERHAPS THEY CAN GIVE SMALL BUSINESSES A BREAK NOW.
>> MEET AT 9:30 TO THE CIVIC CENTER.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLORADO INSIDE OUT.
THE YOUNG WOMEN WHO WAS LOOKING OUT OF HER APARTMENT WINDOW.
THAT IS A GOOD SAMARITAN OF THE FIRST ORDER.
>> DENISE SAY SOMETHING NICE.
>> WE CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY.
THAT IS TO REMAIN FOREVER HOPEFUL.
TODAY MAY NOT BE IDEAL.
THAT JUST MEANS WE KEEP HOPE ALIVE FOR TOMORROW.
IT WILL BE A BETTER DAY.
>> HERE HERE.
>> MICHELLE SAY SOMETHING NICE.
BACK UP AND RUNNING THIS YEAR.
WE HAD SO MUCH ABOUT IT.
IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FRIENDLY FACES.
>> I'LL GIVE A QUICK SHOUTOUT TO OUR FRIENDS.
THEY SHARED WITH US THERE AWARD WINNERS VIDEOS.
YOU CAN WATCH THEM AT PBS12.
PROGRAMMING ON MONDAY.
YOU CAN WATCH THEM ONLINE PBS12.ORG.
FOR EVERYBODY HERE AT PBS12 AND COLORADO INSIDE OUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
I'M DOMINIC DEZZUTTI.
GOOD NIGHT.

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