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For the first time, Colorado's second-highest court ruled last week that every person in the state may challenge governments' compliance with the open meetings law, regardless of whether they have a connection to the governmental body at issue.
Less than a week after the Durango Board of Ethics began investigating an ethics complaint against him, resident and former Infrastructure Advisory Board member John Simpson netted another legal victo...
The measure now moves to the House Appropriations committee to review
On Feb. 20, a lawsuit against the City of Florence was closed. The suit was brought by Colorado attorney Matt Roane, and District Court Judge Lynette Wenner subsequently ruled in Roane’s favor. Roane is based in Pagosa Springs and, according to the lawsuit filed Dec. 15, his law practice, “involves monitoring government meetings and challenging […]
On Feb. 14, Judge Wenner entered a judgment on the case, effectively ruling against the city. Wenner noted that “the City of Florence violated C.R.S. § 24-6-402(2)(d.5)(II)(A) in so far as it failed to record the executive session conducted on October 2, 2023, which was not properly announced."