By Sherrie Peif | Complete Colorado
Emails and recordings obtained by Complete Colorado show a Weld County Commissioner who had her departmental oversight duties reassigned to other commissioners in mid-2023 lashing out not only at fellow commissioners but also county employees and private citizens, all during an election season where she has already left one race and entered another.
Since January, Commissioner Lori Saine, who represents the southern end of Weld County, has erupted in disputes during public meetings, threatened and filed complaints against county employees, filed a complaint against fellow Commissioner Perry Buck claiming Buck assaulted her, organized protests against the commission, and orchestrated an 11th-hour challenge against Buck for her open at-large commissioner seat.
On July 19, 2023, the Weld Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted 4-1 to remove Saine from her management duties over the county’s departments of Finance and Administration, Health Services, Planning, Public Works and Human Services. Saine herself was the lone no vote.