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From the Montrose Daily Press (3/16/11): During the last couple of days, members of the National Conference of Editorial Writers have engaged in a kind of morbid contest of one-upmanship to see whose public officials had performed the most flagrant violations of open government laws.

From the Winston-Salem Journal (3/15/11): As open-government advocates celebrate Sunshine Week this week, local governments in North Carolina are fighting to keep the shades drawn on public records and meetings.

From the Greensboro News and Record (3/15/11): The N.C. Constitution spells out many rights and obligations but leaves these out:

From the Daily Tar Heel (3/15/11): Gaining access to public records should be as quick and hassle free as possible. However, if you request public records from North Carolina's state or local government today, you might get a response tomorrow — or next year.

From the Hendersonville Times-News (3/14/11): Republicans who took over both chambers of the North Carolina Legislature simultaneously for the first time in 140 years in January have promised an even more open legislative process than what Democrats had developed following a cash-for-vote scandal during the last decade.

From the Wilmington StarNews (3/14/11): If information is power, it stands to reason that people armed with information have considerable power.

From the Charlotte Observer (3/13/11): Those who work for our government don't own the government. We, the people, do. The government is us. And we - not government workers, not elected officials - own information our government collects while it carries out our business.

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