Nominate Locals Who Champion Government Transparency

Do you know people in Scotts Valley who have championed local government transparency? Scotts Valley Patch is participating in Sunshine Week 2012, which begins on March 11, by promoting the Sunshine Week organization’s national Local Heroes contest. We’ll also be talking up, covering and conversing with you about open government and freedom of information on our site during that week so stay tuned.

This week, we want to kick that conversation off with a call to action to you to nominate local open government champions who have played a significant role fighting for local government transparency.

The deadline for nominations is Monday, Feb. 20 so put this on your Must-Do list right away. The winner will be honored in Washington, DC. We'll share the winners with you.

To formally nominate a Sunshine Week honoree, who could be awarded in Washington, see this nomination form: www.sunshineweek.org/LocalHeroes/LocalHeroNomination.aspx

Or, share your stories with me at shannon.burkey@patch.com and I'll share them with our community.