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Protesters disrupted a drag show at PrideFest in Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado Saturday.

In a tumultuous meeting, two of Douglas County’s elected leaders voted to censure — or formal disapprove of — their colleague in response to what one of the leaders has called public shaming of county volunteers with inaccurate information.

As an editor, and citizen, one of my biggest pet peeves is when elected leaders and volunteers on public boards seem clueless about the power in the statement, “the public’s right to know.” …

More than three dozen placed their names in the running to serve on a new arm of Douglas County’s government that will help the county’s elected leaders plan for the future of Douglas’ water supply, a pressing question for a county whose population is expected to keep growing.

One of Douglas County’s elected leaders proposed a censure — or formal disapproval — of one of his colleagues after she criticized a funding advisory board and after a member of that board sent the county a letter of resignation.