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Libertarian activist Jon Caldara has withdrawn a ballot initiative to repeal Senate Bill 157, which the legislature passed in March to exempt state lawmakers from parts of the Open Meetings Law.

Libertarian activist and businessman Jon Caldara has filed a ballot initiative to repeal Senate Bill 157, which allows lawmakers to have more conversations in private.

The measure would let state lawmakers discuss bills and other public business electronically with each other by email or text message without the communications constituting a public meeting.

Senate Bill 157 would let state lawmakers discuss bills and other public business electronically by email or text message without that dialogue constituting a public meeting.

Supporters say the system helps lawmakers decide which bills should get a piece of the state’s limited budget. But critics have raised transparency concerns, saying it shuts the public out of an important part of the legislative process.

Dacono welcomed two new city council members to town hall on Monday evening, when Michelle Rogers and Tony Cummings took their seats after beating out two incumbents who were recalled by voters last month.

Two Democratic representatives in Colorado are alleging that their colleagues repeatedly violated state open meetings law.

Dacono voters decided to recall two embattled city councilmembers in a special election Tuesday, according to preliminary unofficial results released by the city clerk.

Two candidates for Dacono City Council have thrown their hats into the ring for the upcoming recall election. They’re challenging two sitting councilmembers who face allegations of violating Colorado’s open meetings law.

More disruption with Dacono's city council comes on the heels of a recently-completed state investigation into possible open meetings law violations—as well as amid a voter-initiated recall election for two councilmembers.