BizWest: In the interests of full transparency with the public, it’s time that municipal courts throughout the state open their operations to the public in the same manner as district courts throughout the state already have.

Case in point is the Loveland Municipal Court, but the situation applies statewide. The Loveland court’s operations have recently come into public review because of the filing of two municipal lawsuits since the first of the year alleging violations of the Loveland City Charter. But far be it from the public having easy access to those cases.

First, as is the case with courts throughout the state, the municipal court including its clerk’s office is located behind security.

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