Nominate Local Champions of Open Government

Do you know people in Half Moon Bay and the surrounding Montara to Pescadero Coastside who have championed local government transparency? Half Moon Bay 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 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. We'll share the winners with you.

Here’s a link to the Sunshine Week nomination form.
www.sunshineweek.org/LocalHeroes/LocalHeroNomination.aspx

Faced any challenges with government transparency in our town or in the unincorporated areas from Montara to Pescadero? Share your stories with me at kristine.wong@patch.com and I'll share them with our community.

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