The Denver Gazette: They say democracy dies in the dark. Colorado’s legislative leadership apparently wants to serve as executioner.

On Monday, The Gazette editorial board denounced pending legislation at the Capitol that would blacklist some members of the public as “vexatious” simply for requesting government records. We called it a slap in the face to the state’s citizens. It tells them, “Butt out.”

It turns out that another bill afoot in the Legislature represents an even more galling attempt to shut the public out of what rightly is the public’s business. As reported this week by Colorado Politics, SB24-157 would hide from the public some of the Legislature’s inner workings — where a lot of the real decisions are made.

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