Colorado Politics: A federal judge on Thursday threw out an attorney’s defamation claim against a blogger who was critical of her work representing a special district in Jefferson County and who, she believed, contributed to the district’s decision to oust her.

Mary Joanne “Jo” Deziel Timmins sued the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District after it fired her in the summer of 2021. Timmins also named as a defendant John Kiess Henderson, who she accused of defaming her by posting untrue statements on his website.

Last year, U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney dismissed Timmins’ claims against the district, but allowed Timmins and Henderson to argue whether Timmins could overcome the shield Colorado law generally affords to speech on issues of public concern. Sweeney concluded she could not.

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