What unfolded during the uncertified transition
By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice
Actions taken before the board was sworn in
Florissant’s May 2, 2023 election put five new people on the fire district board, and the change was obvious right away. The newcomers had run together as a coordinated slate. Within weeks, their actions toward Fire Chief Erik Holt sparked a sequence of events that ended with his firing, a criminal investigation left on the floor—and a lawsuit now sitting before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
This is what happened after the election—most of which voters never saw.
For details on the election-day conduct that triggered Holt’s report to prosecutors, see our companion investigation.
A board acting before it was seated
The election hadn’t been certified yet because a civil challe...
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