On February 19, attorney Matt Roane filed a lawsuit against the Fremont County School District RE-3, also known as the Cotopaxi School District, alleging that the Board of Education had violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law. Roane has made a career of holding local government boards accountable when they violate the Colorado Open Meetings Law. Colorado Open Meeting Laws are strange in that they place enforcement of the law not on some police or state prosecution power, but instead rely on private citizens to file lawsuits against governments. Roane has been referred to as a “private attorney general.” Last year, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition featured Roane in a story about how he holds local governments accountable; he stated that “the General Assembly has…
