In the Arena with Colorado Concern

Mitch Morrissey is a former District Attorney for Colorado’s second judicial district in Denver. He currently serves as Common Sense Institute’s Owens Early Criminal justice Fellowship where he has been researching and reporting extensively on crime trends across the state and in our major cities. Few people are as well equipped to discuss how policy changes at the state capitol impact the City of Denver. 

This podcast references CSI's crime reporting tool which can be found here: https://commonsenseinstituteco.org/spotlight-on-crime-rates-in-denver/

Speaker Julie McCluskie is tasked with leading a historic democratic majority in the House. She joins the podcast to discuss her leadership vision.

Mayor Coffman rejoins the podcast to discuss how his time on the streets has informed the new direction for homelessness prevention taken by the City of Aurora. 

Ryan Clancy is the Chief Strategist for No Labels, a national movement of Democrats, Republicans, and independents working to bring leaders together to solve America’s toughest problems. Ryan joined the podcast last year to discuss the federal infrastructure package, he rejoins us today to discuss the changing nature of democracy and what we can expect from this new congress. 

Yuval Levin is the Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. He is also the Founder and Editor of National Affairs. He joins the podcast to discuss his new book, A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream. 

This is a recording from the Colorado Concern Governor's Forum held on Friday, September 30th, at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.  We were joined by Governor Jared Polis and CU Regent Heidi Ganahl to deeply discuss issues facing business and the state. Our moderator was esteemed newspaper executive Dean Singleton. 

Rafael Mangual is the head of research for the Policing and Public Safety Initiative at the Manhattan Institute. He recently released the book Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who it Hurts Most. He joins the podcast to discuss criminal justice reform from a national perspective.

Alice Jackson is the Senior Vice President of System Strategy and Chief Planning Officer at Xcel Energy, she is also a member of Colorado Concern’s board of directors. Alice oversees electric integration in eight states and joins the podcast to discuss Colorado’s electric grid. 

Paul Pazen has been the Chief of Police for the City of Denver since 2018 and will retire in October.  Regular listeners will remember Chief Pazen on the podcast discussing the alarming role of personal recognizance bonds on the state of crime in the city. Today we zoom out and look at the city and statewide trends as well as hiring the next generation of officers. 

We are looking back on an important discussion from 2020 where we were joined by Paul Seby, a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig with 25 years of experience in environmental issues, where we discussed the legal realities of HB 19-1261, the Climate Action Plan to Reduce Pollution. This bill was signed into law in 2019, giving broad authority to regulate emissions to the Air Quality Control Commission and creating constitutional concerns. Join us as we unpack this important issue that will have a substantial impact on business for decades to come. 

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1261