GUNNISON COUNTY, Colo. —
Gunnison County leaders are firing back at the Texas Attorney General — questioning who he represents, and what authority he has in asking them to modify a standing Public Health Order.
In a letter from Deputy County Attorney Matthew Hoyt, county leaders state that Gunnison County “cherishes and welcomes visitors … including visitors and nonresident homeowners from Texas.”
However, the letter states Attorney General Ken Paxton makes "sweeping and generalized arguments” and ignores the unprecedented public health crisis in the county and the law that establishes the Public Health Order.
Yesterday, Paxton sent a letter to Gunnison County Health and Human Services Director Joni Reynolds calling her ban on nonresident homeowners and visitors to the Gunnison Valley “unconstitutional.” The ban is included in the fifth amended Public Health Order signed April 3.
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