Woodland Park School District files lawsuit against city, alleges open meeting violation

Woodland Park School District files lawsuit against city, alleges open meeting violation

In response to a series of actions resulting in a lost sales tax, the Woodland Park public school district has filed a complaint against the city alleging a violation of Colorado’s Open Meetings laws. The complaint, filed on Mar. 18, specifically alleges that city council members went into an executive session without following the proper procedure to do so during a special meeting on Mar. 10.

Colorado Open Meeting Law specialist files lawsuit against Cotopaxi School District

On February 19, attorney Matt Roane filed a lawsuit against the Fremont County School District RE-3, also known as the Cotopaxi School District, alleging that the Board of Education had violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law. Roane has made a career of holding local government boards accountable when they violate the Colorado Open Meetings Law. Colorado Open Meeting Laws are strange in that they place enforcement of the law not on some police o…