Board of County Commissioners of Rio Blanco County, Colorado This is a Telephone or Google Meeting Only. Please do not plan to attend in person. To attend by Google Meeting, please enter Meeting ID: fbx-hntz-phv If you will be participating by telephone, please dial 970-878-9432. Tentative Agenda May 12, 2020[Read More…]
Tag: Government Transparency
Public Notices: November 14, 2019
NOTICE OF PROPOSED TOWN OF MEEKER 2020 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING DATE: NOVEMBER 19, 2019 Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget for the Town of Meeker for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2020 has been submitted to the Town of Meeker Board of Trustees, Rio Blanco County, Colorado,[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: You really can’t save time
We all do it, we’re all guilty of trying to save time. Saving time seems like a good idea, and so we’ve been told by every new time-saving gadget ever invented. Remember when email was considered a timesaver? It’s become a giant time suck. So we switched to texting. Really[Read More…]
It’s Sunshine Week—why that matters {Editor’s Column}
Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.” ~Stephen Hawking A world-renowned physicist, Hawking passed away this week. His quote seems especially timely during Sunshine Week—when journalists remind everyone how vital it is that government activities be open and accessible to the public and[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: A new blow to public information
Hot on the heels of last week’s kudos to the Town of Meeker for stepping up and restoring publication of an (albeit abbreviated version) of its monthly financial expenditures, this week government transparency has taken another jab in the political ring, followed by a friendly-fire uppercut from our own commissioners.[Read More…]