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Guest editorial: It’s time to open records on state employees Published 12:05 pm Thursday, March 23, 2023 By Bill Moss and Phil Lucey A newly sworn-in North Carolina General Assembly and a fresh legislative session present an opportunity to significantly advance government transparency and the people’s right to know. Coinciding serendipitously with Sunshine Week 2023 — March 13-19 — a bill has been filed that would vault our state from the bottom of the pile in government transparency.
For decades North Carolina has ranked near the bottom of all states in the country when it comes to the public’s right to know what went wrong when a government employee is transferred, demoted or terminated for disciplinary reasons. There have been efforts to change that, including a bill introduced 25 years ago by a young state senator named Roy Cooper, who now of course is North Carolina’s governor.
For decades North Carolina has ranked near the bottom in the country when it comes to the public’s right to know why a government employee did to deserve being transferred, demoted or fired for disciplinary reasons. There have been efforts to change that, including a bill introduced 25 years ago by a young state senator named Roy Cooper, who now of course is North Carolina’s governor.
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