Colorado voters may get final say over the legislature side-stepping open meetings
Sherrie Peif | Complete Colorado
DENVER — Doing what he is well known for, Independence Institute president Jon Caldara has started the process to let Colorado voters decide whether legislators should be treated differently than other elected officials when they meet in groups of more than two.
Last Friday, Caldara and his co-proponent, Vanessa Rutledge appeared before the Legislative Council staff to answer questions about Initiative 287, which would repeal Senate Bill 157.
Rutledge is the communications and marketing manager for the Independence Institute, a Denver-based free market think tank, which is also the publisher of Complete Colorado.
SB 157, which was passed earlier this year in record time and signed into law by Gov. Polis on March 12, created a carv...