Estes Valley Voice: When I ran to serve on the Park Hospital Board last spring, it was on a platform calling for transparency and accountability, among other things. I called for fewer executive sessions and – following the example of the Estes Park Town Board – public email accounts for the members of the Park Hospital District Board so that people of our community could have easy, open access to their elected representatives.

The Park Hospital District, a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, is a local government entity created by state law to provide local governance and deliver specific public services to its community.

I believe the public’s business must be conducted in public. Since being elected six months ago, I have stressed the importance of open meetings and transparency, and I have opposed inappropriate executive sessions. I have been thwarted by Board leadership in my efforts to call for transparency and accountability of the Park Hospital District’s business.

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