DENVER | An Elbert County man has filed a federal lawsuit after county commissioners sought a restraining order in a dispute over public records.
Don Pippin says the commission violated his First Amendment rights when officials objected to him taking pictures of security cameras outside a county building. A judge refused to issue a restraining order. The lawsuit was filed on Monday.
According to the Denver Post (https://bit.ly/OxiOhz ), Pippin submitted an open-records request in January after hearing that some county employees may have been paid improperly.
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Information from: The Denver Post, https://www.denverpost.com