If you think your government is doing shady stuff, you can be your own reporter and request the information.
Colorado has the Colorado Open Records Act, or CORA and it insures that any citizen can request documents or email from your local, and state government.
Straight from the website:
CORA covers public access to the records of government at the state and local level, except for criminal justice records. A separate law added in 1977, the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act (CCJRA), governs the disclosure of records kept by criminal law enforcement agencies (e.g., police departments, sheriff’s offices, district attorneys, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Colorado Department of Corrections).
We hope you'll click around through the website link above so you'll be empowered to seek the information you want.
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