>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT, PBS12'S WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE WITH JOURNALISTS, PUNDITS, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSING CURRENT EVENTS IN THE CITY AND THE STATE.

I'M PATTY CALHOUN EDITOR OF WESTWORD, AND I'LL BE ATTEMPTING TO MODERATE TONIGHT'S PANEL, WHICH INCLUDES MARIANNE GOODLAND, CHIEF STATE HOUSE REPORTER FOR COLORADO POLITICS AND THE GAZETTES ALAYNA ALVAREZ, REPORTER FOR THE DENVER AXIOS AND SAGE NAUMANN, REPUBLICAN COMMENTATOR STRATEGIST.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH DAVID KOPEL WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

AS THE WORSENING DROUGHT CONTINUES TO IMPACT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE WEST, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HAS ANNOUNCED URGENT ACTION TO IMPROVE AND PROTECT THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM.

MARIANNE WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?

>> HAD 60 DAYS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN ON HOW TO SAVE TWO TO FOUR MILLION OF WATER THE HOOVER DAM.

IT IS ABOUT THE THIRD OF THE WATER THAT THE COLORADO RIVER GENERATES.

IT WAS A HUGE ASK.

FOR THE LAST 60 DAYS EVERYONE IS RUNNING AROUND WHERE DO YOU COME UP WITH 40 MILLION ACRE OF WATER.

SO ON TUESDAY, THEY HAD THEIR BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

IT WAS A BIG NOTHING.

THE SAVINGS THAT THE COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCED WAS 721,000 ACRE FEET OF WATER.

WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.

MOST OF THAT WATER HAS BEEN CUT BACK IN ACTIONS THAT WERE DETERMINED BACK IN 2007.

IT IS OVER AND ABOVE THAT.

THERE REALLY WAS NO GRAND ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE WORDS OF A COUPLE FOLKS THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS UNDERWELLMING.

THEY SAID MAYBE WE WILL WORK ON THIS SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT IS A DANGEROUS POSITION TO TAKE BECAUSE OF THE LOW WATER LEVELS AT LAKE MEAD.

IT CAN NO LONGER PUMP WATER.

THAT IS A HUGE HIT TO HOOVER RIVER.

LAKE POWELL INCLUDES COLORADO, WYOMING, UTAH, AND NEW MEXICO.

IT HAS CUT THE POWER PRODUCTION BY 40%.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS TWO THINGS.

AGRICULTURE WILL HAVE TO BE THE SOLUTION TO THESE DECLINING WATER LEVELS.

THERE ARE PROPOSALS OUT THERE.

ARIZONA AND NEVADA DID COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL TO SAVE WATER.

CALIFORNIA REJECTED.

THEY CAME UP WITH THEIR PLAN THAT DIDN'T HAVE ONE DROP OF SAVINGS.

THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED NOT EXACTLY HELPFUL.

THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO CONTRIBUTE OR HAVE VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT MORE WATER INTO THIS.

WITH REGARD TO THE HYDRO POWER SITUATION IF THEY WIND UP LOSING HYDROPOWER IT MEANS YOUR ELECTRICITY BILLS WILL GO WAY UP.

THAT'S COAL OR NATURAL GAS.

THEY SAID THEY WOULD GIVE THE STATES MORE TIME.

THEY DIDN'T SAY A DEADLINE.

WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE IF THEY DON'T COME UP WITH SOME IDEA ON HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

>> ALAYNA, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE ENVIRONMENT TOO.

WHERE IS THIS GOING?

>> I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY KEY ISSUE TO UNSCRAMBLE HERE, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.

THE BIG PICTURE IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL AND WE ARE UNPRECEDENT DROUGHT THAT MEANS OUR WATER RESOURCES WILL CONTINUE TO DRY IF WE DON'T MAKE MAJOR CHANGES.

IT IS SOMEWHAT HOPEFUL TO SEE LOCAL LEADERS AT THE STATE AND CITY LEADERS HERE IN COLORADO THAT YOU CAN ARGUE.

IF THEY ARE A LITTLE TOO LATE.

WE HAD GOVERNOR JARED POLIS CONSERVING WATER.

WE HAVE THE CITY OF DENVER THAT LAUNCHED THE CLIMATE OFFICE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

WE HAVE A CITY LIKE AURORA BAN CERTAIN KIND OF TURF THAT SUCK UP WATER AND DON'T GIVE NOTHING BACK TO OUR NATURAL ECOSYSTEM.

THE SOLUTION REALLY DOES LIE IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR.

THAT SECTOR IS THE BIGGEST USER OF THE RIVER.

UNTIL MAJOR CHANGES ARE MADE THERE, WE ARE IN A PROBLEMATIC SITUATION THAT CONTINUES TO GET WORSE.

>> SAGE WHAT MORE CAN THE GOVERNMENT DO?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

LOOKING AT WATER 30,000 FOOT VIEW.

IF YOU WERE TO PULL COLORADOANS I RANKS OF GETTING ADS ON TV.

WATER POLICY IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONFINED TO A SELECT VIEW INDIVIDUALS WHO UNDERSTAND THE LAW AND THE HISTORY BEHIND IT.

THANKS WE HAVE JOURNALIST WHO FOLLOW THE ISSUE.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WATER STORAGE IN THIS STATE FOR A LONG LONG TIME.

IT IS SOMETHING I'M GUESSING HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION IN OTHER STATES.

THE POLITICAL WILL POWER TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN WATER STORAGE ISN'T THERE.

I MEAN EVERY TIME THERE IS A DISCUSSION THAT I KNOW OF LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE CAPITAL I NEVER SEE WATER STORAGE BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

EXCESS REVENUES COMING IN.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING BEING PRIORITIZED.

THIS IS GOING TO -- THIS REQUIRES A LOT OF POLITICAL WILL POWER.

THIS ISN'T THE THING YOU SEE ALL THE TIME.

IT WILL REQUIRE VOTERS TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT.

THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONE THING.

I MEAN THE IMPACT THEY ARE GOING TO FEEL DAY-TO-DAY IS GOING TO BE DRAMATIC.

WHAT MARIANNE SAID IS INTERESTING TOO.

WHERE ARE YOU PULLING FROM?

SHE MENTIONED COAL.

COLORADO IS TRYING TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM COAL.

HOW WILL THAT WORK?

WE WILL FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE.

AT SOME POINT SOMETHING IS GOING TO BREAK THERE IS NOT ENOUGH POWER TO PULL FROM.

LIKE SHE SAID, COSTS GO UP.

THOSE WILL IMPACT PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL START PAYING ATTENTION BEFORE THEY ARE IMPACTING THEIR ENERGY RATES.

>> WE COULD US JET US ARIZONA, NEVADA.

WE WILL DISCUSS THAT AT ANOTHER TIME.

>>> ON JULY 17th, THREE DENVER POLICE OFFICERS TRYING TO SUBDUE A MAN WITH A GUNSHOT INTO THE CROWD LEAVING BARS AT 20th AND LARIMER INJURING SIX BYSTANDERS AS WELL AS THE SUSPECT.

THE VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT WHERE RELEASED THIS WEEK, JUST MINUTES AFTER DENVER DA BETH McCANN SAID SHE WAS SENDING THE CASE TO A GRAND JURY.

ALAYNA YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY.

WHAT DO WE THINK?

>> IT IS SIGNIFICANT AND THIS IS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

IT IS THE FIRST TIME McCANN HAS CALLED ON A GRAND INJURY TO REVIEW AN OFFICER SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED.

THAT IS NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE NATIONAL POLICE EXPERTS THAT GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION ARE VERY UNCOMMON AND USED AND HIGHLY POLITICAL CASES.

YOU KNOW, THE BIG PICTURE IN COLORADO AND BEYOND, IT IS HISTORICALLY RARE FOR OFFICERS TO BE CHARGED LIKE THIS.

IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER IT SHIFTED AND MORE SCRUTINY IS PLACED ON OFFICERS.

THEY HAVE JUST RESTARTED -- REPOSTED THE POSITION THIS MONTH AFTER BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, LETTING GO OF THE THREE PREFS FINALIST.

WE DON'T HAVE A TOP WATCHDOG LOOKING OVER THE POLICE AGENCY RIGHT NOW WHICH IS NOT IDEAL CONSIDERING WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

I WILL ADD THIS CASE SENDS THE BODY FOOTAGE HAS DRAWN NATIONAL ATTENTION FROM CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS THAT HAVE MILLIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS.

I HAVE SEEN THEM POSTING MESSAGES OF COMPLETE OUTRAGE.

IT IS GETTING ATTENTION.

THE OUTCOME OF THAT GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION WILL BE WATCHED.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS.

SAGE HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION?

>> I HAVE WATCHED FOOTAGE YESTERDAY.

THE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION IS SOME WHAT RARE.

THEY REQUIRE A LOT TO GO INTO THEM.

IT IS NOT A QUICK FIX.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK OVERSITE BOARDS THAT ARE INDEPENDENT.

THAT IS DISCUSSION THAT WILL CONTINUE.

I DON'T NECESSARY A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION TO GO ANY KIND OF OFFICER FATAL SHOOTING.

I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.

WHAT I SAW IN THE FOOTAGES, CLEARLY I THINK THERE WERE PROCEDURES THAT WERE BROKEN.

THE GRAND JURY HAS TO LOOK AT TWO SPECIFIC THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, WERE THEY JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING THE SUSPECT?

WERE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED ESPECIALLY BY THE SECOND OFFICER WHO FIRED UNDERSTANDING THERE WERE BYSTANDERS FIVE TO TEN FEET AWAY.

THE SECOND ONE WILL BE EASIER TO PROVE.

ARE MY UNDERSTANDING FROM POLICE PROCEDURE YOU DO NOT FIRE UPON SOMEONE KNOWING THERE ARE CIVILIANS ARE A FEW FEET AWAY.

THIS IS A SUSPECT WHO HAD HIS HANDS IN THE AIR AND REACHED INTO THE HOODIE AND PULLED OUT A GUN AND THROWING IT AWAY.

I THINK THE ATTORNEY FOR THE SUSPECT RELEASED THE SLOW DOWN VIDEO.

THE GUN WAS SOMETHING LIKE A FOOT AWAY FROM HIS HAND HE HAD TOSSED IT.

IF YOU WATCH IT IN FULL SPEED.

IT MAKES IT HARDER TO DISCERN HAD MADE THE DECISION WAS OUT OF HIS HAND.

THAT WILL BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THING FOR A GRAND JURY TO LOOK AT.

AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES TO THEM.

I'M NOT ON THE GRAND JURY.

I WISH WHO IS EVER TO LOOK AT THAT THE BEST OF LUCK.

HOPEFULLY GET ALL THE FACTS AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

>> THAT ATTORNEY WAS ON LAST WEEK.

HE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.

MARIANNE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING?

>> I THINK THE GRAND JURY CHOICE BY BETH McCANN IS AN INTERESTING ONE.

THEY HAVE ONLY THREE GRAND JURY IN THREE YEARS TO LOOK AT OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.

YOU KIND OF WONDER WHAT WENT INTO HER DECISION MAKING PROCESS TO GO THIS ROUTE.

SHE HAS REVIEWED OVER 35 OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM CAME BACK AS JUSTIFIED.

I BELIEVE THEY WERE ALL COME BACK AS JUSTIFIED.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW THE GRAND JURY WILL LOOK AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

SHE HAD A FORMER POLICE OFFICER AND A FORENSIC'S EXPERT LOOK AT THE VIDEO.

THE SPLIT SECOND DECISION MAKING THIS GENTLEMAN'S REVIEW OF THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE WHETHER THEY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO AIM AT SOMEBODY OR ACTUALLY TOSSING THE GUN.

HE SAID, THROWING THE FIREARM OCCURS WITHIN A SECOND AND PERCEIVED POINTING A HANDGUN TOWARD THE CROWD.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW THE GRAND JURY VIEWS THAT ACTION.

>> MAYBE THEY WILL ALLOW THE FOOD TRUCKS TO RETURN THERE AFTER ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT HIT BY FLYING TACOS.

THEY WERE HIT BY BULLETS BY DENVER POLICE OFFICERS.

>>> COLORADO HAS JUST RELEASED THE RESULTS OF THE YEAR'S STANDARDIZED STATE TESTING FOR THE STUDENTS THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, AND WHILE THEY'RE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, THEY'RE STILL LOWER THAN PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.

SAGE, WHAT DO YOU SEE THIS FOR COLORADO EDUCATION IN STUDENTS?

>> LOOK, ANY TIME THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE FAILING, YOUR SYSTEM IS FAILING.

IT IS GREAT THAT WE KIND OF BOUNCED BACK A LITTLE BIT FROM COVID-19.

WE WEREN'T DOING WELL BEFORE COVID-19.

THE FACT IS THAT THE CURRENT EDUCATION SYSTEM, THE STATUS QUO IS NOT FUNCTIONAL, IT IS NOT WORKING.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY BECOME AN ISSUE THAT IS POLARIZED.

WE SAW A HUGE PROSCHOOL BUILD IN ARIZONA THAT ALLOWS PARENTS TO TAKE THEIR MONEY AND SEND THEM WHEREFORE THEY WANT TO.

WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES THERE ARE.

WHETHER IT IS CHARTER SCHOOLS.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VAST MAJORITY OF KIDS NOT READING AND DOING MATH AT GRADE LEVEL.

THAT IS TERRIBLE.

THAT IS WORSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS.

ONE THING THAT I TALKED ABOUT IS THE FACT DURING COVID-19 THE KIDS THAT WERE ABLE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW TOUGH THROUGH IT ARE THE ONES WHOSE PARENT HAD MONEY, PUT THEM IN A SCHOOL POD.

THE ONES WHO COULDN'T WERE PARENTS WHO WERE WORKING TWO, THREE JOBS.

THE NUMBERS END UP BEING MINORITY STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.

THOSE DISPARITIES HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT THESE TEST SCORES SCHOOLS ARE NOT DOING WELL.

WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER SOLUTION.

THERE IS A HUGE DISCUSSION OVER STATE FUNDING.

THIS IS A FIGHT THAT WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

ONE THING IMPORTANT TO NOTE PEOPLE POINT TO THE NATIONAL -- MUCH LOWER IN THE UNITED STATES.

BUT THE FACT IS A LOT OTHER STATES THEIR FUNDING FORMULAS ARE DIFFERENT THAN HOURS.

IN CALIFORNIA PROPERTY TAXES ARE GATHER IN THE DISTRICTS TO BE MORE EQUITABLE.

IN COLORADO IT IS DIFFERENT.

WE HAVE CERTAIN LOCAL TAXES THAT MAKE SOMETHING LIKE A THIRD OF OUR SCHOOL FUNDING, OUR PER PUPIL FUNDING THAT NEVER REACH DENVER.

THESE AGGREGATORS AND ADD THE FEDERAL MONEY.

IF YOU ADD THAT LOCAL FUNDING WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.

WE HAVE BEEN SHOVELLING MONEY INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR YEARS NOW, IT HASN'T BEEN WORKING.

WE HAVE SEEN INCREASE IN ADMINISTRATORS BEING HIRED.

THIS IS AN ISSUE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

THE FACT IS WE NEED TO START PRIORITIZING INDIVIDUALS OVER INSTITUTIONS.

THE STATUS QUO ISN'T WORKING.

EVERYONE THAT SAYS IT IS, I'M SORRY WE ARE LEAVING BEHIND GENERATIONS OF COLORADO STUDENTS.

>> EDUCATION IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR THE STATE HOUSE, WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING?

>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PUT TOGETHER AN INTERIM COMMITTEE TO RECONFIGIER FINANCE ACT.

A BETTER WAY OF FIXING HOW SCHOOLS ARE FINANCED THAN THEY WERE THREE YEARS AGO.

THEY HAVE BEEN NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES AROUND THAT ISSUE WITH NOTHING CONCRETE.

I THINK ONE OF THE SADDER THINGS ABOUT THESE RESULTS WERE NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS ARE READING OR DOING MATH AT GRADE LEVEL BUT THE LACK OF PARTICIPATION BECAUSE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO OPT OUT OF THESE TESTING SCORES.

THERE WAS A DECIDELY LIKE OF PARTICIPATION BOTH BY BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE HOW THESE STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING.

THIS MATTERS FOR THOSE DISTRICTS.

THIS MATTERS MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE AT DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE 14% OF THEIR STUDENTS ARE BLACK AND THEY HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL HISPANIC POP PEWLATION AS WELL.

THIS IS A SCARY WARNING SIGN THEY NEED TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.

>> ALAYNA CAN YOU SEE HOW THEY GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER?

>> IF I DID, I'M IN THE WRONG JOB.

THESE TWO NAILED IT PERFECTLY.

I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT OUR BLACK, HISPANIC AND LOW INCOME STUDENTS ARE BEING LEFT.

IN 2022 THAT FEELS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD.

SHOWED COLORADO PAYING THE WAGE GAP FOR TEACHERS IS AMONGST IS HIGHEST AMONG THE COUNTRY.

AND SO AS TIME WHEN TEACHERS WERE MISSING IN THE CLASSROOM KIDS ARE LOWER.

WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE EDUCATION.

WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZE OUR TEACHERS THEY DESERVE BETTER PAY.

I THINK THEY ARE A HUGE PART OF THIS PUZZLE THAT HELPS IMPROVES SCORES.

>> WE WILL STAY ON THE EDUCATION BEAT.

>>> THE NEW YEAR FOR DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS STARTS MONDAY, #NAME?

GET ALONG.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL MEAN AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT SESSION?

>> I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MORE DYSFUNCTIONAL THAN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

AND DPS COMES ALONG AND SAYS HOLD MY BEER.

THIS IS A SCARY TIME THE SCHOOL BOARD GETS INTO MANY FIGHTS.

THIS IS A SCHOOL BOARD THAT HAS A LOT OF HARD DECISIONS COMING UP.

DROPPING ENROLLMENTS, LOW TEACHER PAY, DISSATISFACTION.

YOU HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD THAT IS IN OPEN WARFARE.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

GROW UP PEOPLE.

PLEASE.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ADULTS IN THE ROOM.

I THINK THIS IS POORLY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO WILL NOT GET THE KIND OF DIRECTION HE NEEDS FROM A SCHOOL BOARD THAT CAN'T SEEM TO AGREE OR GET ALONG ON ANYTHING.

GOOD LUCK TO DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

GOOD LUCK TO THE STUDENTS.

>> ALAYNA WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING?

>> I WILL HIGHLIGHT FROM PARTNERS WHO DETAILED THIS RETREAT MEETING WHERE MEMBERS COULDN'T AGREE WHETHER TO CALL THEM BY THEIR FIRST NAMES.

NOT TO MENTION HOW TO GATHER INPUT OR HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

TALKED HOW THE TENSION WAS.

THEY DESCRIBED DISTRUST, FEAR, HESITATION IN THE ROOM.

I JUST THINK, NATIONWIDE DENVER PUBLIC SCOOT BOARD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE WHAT IS HAPPENING NATIONWIDE.

THEY ARE GETTING HYPERPOLL LITIZED.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT OUR KIDS ARE SUFFERING AS THESE BOARD MEMBERS CAN'T LOOK PAST THEIR PERSONAL AGENDA TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE.

AND IT IS A HUGE DISSERVICE TO OUR KIDS.

>> DOES IT MAKE YOU GLAD YOU DON'T LIVE IN DENVER?

>> OBVIOUSLY.

HERE IS THE THING.

YOU CAN PROBABLY OPEN A PHONE BOOK AND PICK THE FIRST 400 PEOPLE AND THEY WOULD BE BETTER IN CONGRESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE.

IT IS A JOKE.

I'M LIKE THESE PEOPLE ARE IN THE DENVER SCHOOL BOARD.

IT IS IRONIC BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS.

THAT IS NEARLY HALF AND HALF.

THIS IS A SCHOOL BOARD WHERE A REPUBLICAN CAN'T POSSIBLY WIN.

I HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING WITH DANCING WITH THE STARS.

I THINK IT IS SOMETHING LIKE 10% OF BLACK STUDENTS IN DPS ARE READING AND WRITING AND DOING MATH AT GRADE LEVEL.

AND MEANWHILE THERE WAS A PROPOSAL OF A NEW CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WENT BEFORE DPS AND THEY REJECTED IT.

THAT WAS GEARED TOWARDS BLACK STUDENTS AND THEY REJECTED.

THEY OVERTURNED THAT REJECTION.

I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY SCENARIO SAYING I'M SORRY THIS SCHOOL -- IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT FOR US.

IF 10% OF BLACK KIDS AREN'T READING, WRITING, DOING MATH AT GRADE LEVEL HOW WORSE CAN IT GET?

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER THAT LET'S THEM GROW OVERIZED EGOS.

THE FACT THAT MORE DENVER RESIDENTS AREN'T LOSING THEIR MIND ESPECIALLY PARENTS OVER THERE THEY ARE ACTING LIKE CHILDREN.

I HOPE THERE ARE BACK ROOM DISCUSSIONS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME SAYING YOU GOT TO CLEAN THIS UP.

YOU ARE MAKING A FOOL OF US.

>> THE BOARD CAN TAKE A LISTEN FROM US GETTING ALONG.

WE COME TO OUR FAVORITE PART.

MARIANNE WHAT IS YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK?

>> IT TURNS OUT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE SAME THING.

THEY WERE INVITED TO A CONFERENCE.

TINA ASKED PERMISSION FROM THE COURTS.

THEY SAID NO, IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT YOU EVEN ASK.

TALKS ABOUT WHAT SHE DID IN MESA COUNTY.

JENNA IS GOING TO BE APPEARING IN THIS CONFERENCE.

SHE IS UNDER SUBPOENA IN GEORGIA.

>> ALAYNA YOUR DISGRACE.

>> AS IF FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THE AIRPORT WASN'T COMPLICATED ENOUGH.

THEY ARE MOVING AIRLINE CHECK-INS.

I'M GOING TO ARRIVE THREE HOURS IN ADVANCE.

>> THERE IS A NEW RESTAURANT, GO.

SAGE?

>> THE ATTACKS ON O'DAE ON HIS PRO-CHOICE STANCE.

WE HAVE SEEN OUTSIDE GROUPS COME OUT AGAINST HIM BEING A CARBON COPY OF CORY GARDNER.

HE BASICALLY SUPPORTS 98% ABORTIONS LEGAL IN THIS COUNTRY.

SAYING THAT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

I THINK IF PROGRESSIVE GROUPS WANT TO SEE REPUBLICAN MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE THIS ISN'T PERSONALLY AGREE WITH, I'M PRO-LIFE.

WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE O'DAE IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> SOMETHING NICE.

SHORT AND SWEET.

>> I WANT TO SALUTE THE GENTLEMAN A THREE TIME NATIONAL CHAIRMANSHIP WHO ANNOUNCED HE IS STEPPING AWAY FROM THAT.

THOSE OF US WHO LOVE WATCHING HIM ARE GOING TO MISS HIM A LOT.

>> ALAYNA?

>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS -- THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO GET THE VACCINE.

>> LIZ CHENEY ADMITTED DEFEAT.

THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR MANY REPUBLICANS TO DO RECENTLY.

IT HAS BEEN A STAIN ON THE PARTY I HAVE BEEN IN MY ADULT LIFE.

THAT NIGHT SHE CALLED HER OPPONENT AND GAVE A SPEECH I LOST SQUARE AND FAIR AND THAT'S THAT.

MORE REPUBLICANS SHOULD DO THE SAME WHEN THEY LOSE.

>> I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT HISTORY COLORADO WHICH HAD A GREAT PROGRAM LAST NIGHT.

ALL THE THREE FORMER MAYORS AND THE CURRENT MAYOR OF DENVER.

IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE.

THAT'S THE ALL THE TIME WE HAVE TONIGHT.

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I'M PATTY CALHOUN, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.