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When it comes to government agencies, “transparency” is a key word. And agencies can’t be transparent without being accessible to their constituents.

We expect the men and women we choose to lead us to be open and honest about what they’re doing, especially as it directly affects our lives and communities.

This also goes for the special districts that serve us, including Castle Rock Hospital District.

In the recent discussion of whether or not ambulance employees were allowed to unionize, Castle Rock stressed that it is an “exempt political subdivision,” created and operating...