The Durango Herald: La Plata County commissioners met Thursday to address a violation of Colorado’s open meetings law related to the preparation and submission of a co-authored opinion column published earlier this month in The Durango Herald.

The column, “A response to the findings of the Code Rights project,” ran Feb. 15 as a response to a report published by the Code Rights Project – a citizen organization focused on examining and uncovering potential flaws in the county’s planning and building process.

Under Colorado law, a public meeting occurs when two or more members of a public body discuss public business or take formal action, whether in person, online or via email or text. Email exchanges, group texts or sequential communications can qualify if they involve discussion of public business.

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