Is Silence Golden ?
State Senator Stephen H. Martin of Chesterfield County apparently thinks so. Martin has introduced S.B 812 to amend the Virginia Freedom of Information Act so that names of local government officials/employees could not be identified along with job titles/positions and salaries. The first question that comes to mind is what business owner/boss does not know exactly who works for him/her and precisely what they are paid ? Perhaps we need to remind the good Senator and others who think as [...]

