Two Democratic lawmakers sue Colorado House, leadership over open-meetings complaints
Two Democratic lawmakers have filed a lawsuit against the Colorado House of Representatives and its leaders, alleging a “series of long-standing practices” that violated the state’s open-meetings laws and boxed out the public from the legislative process.
The suit alleges that the use of Signal, the encrypted messaging app that can automatically delete messages, and the prevalence of private meetings violate the state’s open-meeting law, which requires timely public notice when two or more public officials meet to discuss public business. In separate interviews Monday, Epps and Marshall told the Denver Post that they had attempted unsuccessfully to address the issue privately with House leadership. The allegations, like the use of encrypted messaging and unannounced caucus meetings, are open secrets in the Capitol, and the lawsuit asks a Denver court to declare them illegal and to issue an injunction barring legislators from making any further use of those practices.
In a joint statement from a spokesman Monday morning, McCluskie and Duran said they were still reviewing the lawsuit and stood by their caucus.
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