An update on the CORA request bill HB24-1296
Cross post from the Colorado Accountability Project
…the issue here isn’t one along party lines. It’s one where an arrogant group of politicians have no compunctions about limiting the public’s ability to see what they’re doing. And they do this in direct defiance of voters saying they want more transparency.
I take this CORA vote the same way. This is legislators thumbing their nose at everyday Coloradans like you and me.
Read more at the Colorado Accountability Project
Editor’s Note: Lakewood has taken no position on this or any other legislative item, including:
prohibiting residential occupancy limits,
more statewide land use control,
allowing local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE
The Lakewood Legislative Committee meets March 7 at 3 pm.
An explanation of HB 24-1296 from the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
The introduced version of House Bill 24-1296 had given records custodians the power to consider anyone — except a journalist — as vexatious if that person demonstrated “an intent to annoy or harass a custodian,” limiting their access to public records under CORA for 30 working days and making them go to court to challenge that designation.
