The Daily Sentinel: Last week, we asked if Mesa County commissioners could sink any lower in their lust to get the public health director fired.

The answer is “yes” — for at least one commissioner, Janet Rowland.

Rowland, with the aid of County Attorney Todd Starr, stooped to new depths in Monday’s kangaroo court proceedings masking as a meeting of the newly installed public health board.

During that meeting, Starr clearly accused The Daily Sentinel and reporter Charles Ashby of criminal conduct.

The bulk of the meeting involved a one-sided presentation by Starr attacking Dr. Jeff Kuhr in his role as director of Mesa County Public Health. But not before Starr tried to smear Ashby for doing his job.

Visit The Daily Sentinel for more.