John Tomasic (The Colorado Independent) - A Larimer County judge this afternoon ordered the Colorado State University Board of Governors to make public further recordings of a closed-door session during which it secretly interviewed candidates for the university’s new chancellorship and decided to select its own vice chairman, Joe Blake, as sole finalist for the position.

A Larimer County judge this afternoon ordered the Colorado State University Board of Governors to make public further recordings of a closed-door session during which it secretly interviewed candidates for the university’s new chancellorship and decided to select its own vice chairman, Joe Blake, as sole finalist for the position.

Judge Stephen Schapanski’s ruling comes in a case brought by The Colorado Independent, the Fort Collins’ Coloradoan and the Pueblo Chieftain, which argued the university violated state open-meetings laws in its search for a chancellor.

On request of the media organizations, Schapanski first considered whether there was sufficient reason for him to review the complete May 5 meeting recording to decide whether the board’s discussion should be entered as evidence in the case. CSU fought against the “in camera” review and lost.

Today’s order to release an additional 95 minutes of the board’s recorded discussion on Blake’s candidacy — in addition to the hour already made public — comes as a result of the “in camera” review.

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