Author: Steve Zansberg
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Just when you thought public trust in government couldn’t get any lower | OPINION
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Steve Zansberg Jeff Roberts Irony is the juxtaposition of one conceptual proposition with a directly contrary reality, like a “vegetarian butcher” or something that’s “seriously funny.” Or the swift enactment – during Sunshine Week – of a new state law that lets members of the Colorado General Assembly discuss and formulate public policy outside of…
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Do the public’s business in public view | PODIUM
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Steve Zansberg Last week, a district court judge in Denver ruled Colorado’s General Assembly violated the state’s Open Meetings Law by engaging in a series of meetings through an intermediary – a private company that manages what’s called “quadratic voting” – and thereby engaged in an unlawful gathering of two or more of its members to discuss…