Governor Jared Polis actually did the right thing.
He vetoed a bad bill (SB25-077) that would have weakened the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA).
Now, Legislators are planning a veto override vote.
Proponents need a 2/3 majority to bypass the Governor’s veto and make this terrible bill become law.
Investigative Reporter Sherrie Peif joined me to discuss her recent articles on this bill and an absurd transparency issue at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC).
As mentioned in the video, please email and call Colorado Legislators and urge them to vote NO on the veto override! Please see the list below this video.
Here’s Sherrie’s Post on Facebook that she mentioned:
You only have 12 Republican Senators in Colorado and the following seven want to make your right to public records harder unless you are member of the special press.
Kyle Clark hit the nail on the head here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3EQGhBzy5k
Call, email, tag whatever you need to do these folks and tell them to do the right thing the second time around and vote NO NO NO to override Gov. Jared Polis’ veto on SB-077, the Democrats latest attempt to squelch transparency in government. I’m just so very sad that these folks sided with 33 Democrats in the Senate. Unbelivable.
AND PLEASE SHARE EVERYWHERE!!!
Rod Pelton 303-866-4884
rod.pelton.senate@coleg.gov
Larry Liston 303-866-2737
larry.liston.senate@coleg.gov
Paul Lundeen 303-866-4835
paul.lundeen.senate@coleg.gov
Cleave Simpson 303-866-4875
cleave.simpson.senate@coleg.gov
Marc Catlin 303-866-5292
marc.catlin.senate@coleg.gov
Janice Rich 303-866-3077
janicerichsd7@gmail.com
Links to Sherrie’s Articles:
Governor Polis takes veto pen to bill restricting access to public records: https://completecolorado.com/2025/04/17/governor-polis-takes-veto-pen-to-bill-restricting-access-to-public-records/
Antiquated open records policies make case for transparency upgrade: https://completecolorado.com/2025/04/21/antiquated-open-records-policies-make-case-for-transparency-upgrade/
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