This week on Local Motion, news director Gavin Dahl speaks with Erin McIntyre, co-publisher of the Ouray County Plaindealer newspaper, and Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition executive director Jeff Roberts. Together they explore the significance of the reverse CORA filed in district court by Ouray County administrator Connie Hunt and county attorney Carol Viner after they declined an open records request by the newspaper for personnel files about public health staffers responding to the coronavirus pandemic. KVNF News requested an interview or statement from the county officials with more than 24 hours notice, but received no response before airtime.
A similar reverse CORA backfired on the Town of Paonia a few years ago, as explained by CFOIC. You can read the Plaindealer s news coverage about this story here and here, and Erin s editorial column Records request is about clearing up a blurry picture here.
• Mar 2, 2021
This week on Local Motion, news director Gavin Dahl speaks with Erin McIntyre, co-publisher of the Ouray County Plaindealer newspaper, and Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition executive director Jeff Roberts. Together they explore the significance of the reverse CORA filed in district court by Ouray County administrator Connie Hunt and county attorney Carol Viner after they declined an open records request by the newspaper for personnel files about public health staffers responding to the coronavirus pandemic. KVNF News requested an interview or statement from the county officials with more than 24 hours notice, but received no response before airtime.
Staff Writer
After its Jan. 28 work session on the marijuana application and its associated point system, the Town of Cedaredge Board of Trustees met again on Thursday, Feb. 4, to further fine tune the regulations on that process, as well as code for marijuana in general.
As previously indicated at the last January meeting, redundant items that repeated town code and state law were removed. Other items on the point system were tweaked as well.
Firstly, as far as significant alterations go, on Item J under the general license requirements, the board removed language regarding the need for designated RV parking, as redundant town code would push retailers into providing that parking in order for RVs not to be parked along the street. Therefore, instead of being worded as a special requirement for off-street parking for marijuana businesses, the ordinance will just refer to the town code, which has the regulation for all businesses.