The Chaffee County Times: Shortly after the Times reported that Kira Jones had been named the new Fire Chief for the Chaffee County Fire Protection District, former CCFPD interim chief and firefighter Kent Maxwell sent an email to the Times, other news outlets and staff from the Town of Buena Vista, City of Salida, Town of Poncha Springs and Chaffee County governments. 

Maxwell alleged “a deliberate violation of Colorado Sunshine/Open Meeting Law” by the CCFPD board. 

“The hiring of the fire chief without due process or the required public notice appears to conflict with both the legislative intent and plain text reading of statute (C.R.S. 24-6-402),” Maxwell wrote. 

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