Politics & Government

Nominate Your Local Champions of Open Government

Beverly Hills Patch is participating in Sunshine Week 2012, which begins on March 11, by promoting the Sunshine Week organization's national Local Heroes contest.

Do you know people in Beverly Hills who have championed local government transparency? Perhaps a neighbor or someone at City Hall?

Beverly Hills 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 for residents to nominate local transparency champions who have played a significant role fighting for open government.

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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.

Click here for a link to the Sunshine Week nomination form. 

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Faced any challenges with government transparency in our town? Email your stories to site editor Marie Cunningham at mariec@patch.com to share them with the community.

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