Colorado Politics: I recently witnessed two serious violations of the Colorado Open Meetings Law by the Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority (PURA) board. Both were brought to the attention of the board in an open meeting and entered on the record.

What is astonishing is the intentional violations were initiated by Heather Graham, the mayor of Pueblo.

Meanwhile, due to the violations, the public has been shut out of what is, by rights, the public’s business. That is the reason we have a state open meeting law — and it is why it is so important all of us public officials comply with it.

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