The Locke Foundation’s own Becki Gray details the need for greater transparency in state and local government in North Carolina.
It should matter very much to your basic “economic development” crowd in Charlotte and around the state that we have fallen behind other states in this crucial measure of open and effective government. Put it this way, businesses are not going to invest in a black box much longer.
Given the choice between governments where you can see where the money goes and how (and on whom) it is spent and those where everything is shrouded in doubt, denial, and mystery — well, which would you choose?
