The Monte Vista Journal: The Colorado Supreme Court earlier this month denied the “petition for writ of certiorari” by the Town of Del Norte, which was attempting to have a lower-court’s ruling overturned in the lawsuit by former trustee Laura Anzalone that claimed the town violated Colorado’s open meetings law when it censured her in 2021. 

Certiorari is a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency. The denial of a petition for a writ of certiorari signifies only that the court has chosen not to accept the case for review and does not express the court’s view of the merits of the case. The odds were not in the Town of Del Norte’s favor as a petition for a writ of certiorari is rarely granted. 

Anzalone, who was a trustee from 2018-2022, was censured by the town board in a special meeting in October of 2021. Four trustees and the mayor went into closed-door, executive session for the stated purposes of receiving legal advice “concerning Trustee removal” and “Action by Town Board … relating to Trustee removal,” according to town records. 

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