Young: A fundamental right to know heads to the Colorado ballot

Colorado Newsline: Democrats in the Colorado Legislature have taken steps every year to erode transparency around what they do.

But voters this year might get the chance to say, “Enough.”

Repeated efforts by lawmakers to diminish the public’s rights under the state’s open meetings and open records laws have accumulated under Democratic trifecta control of state government. Issue advocates, press groups and members of the public have objected at every turn, but the majority too often behaves as if it’s entitled to shut the people out of the people’s business.

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