Guest editorial: Transparency of operations is a constitutional issue Lockwood Phillips, publisher/owner of Carteret County News-Times N.C. Senate Bill 355, legislation that promotes and enhances public access to the performance records of public employees, is generating significant resistance from various state organizations that have several things in common - they are all union related and they are determined to continue operating without public scrutiny. The Government Transparency Act of 2021, championed by Sen. Norman Sanderson, (R), representing the 2nd Senate district of Carteret, Craven and Pamlico counties, has generated a major letter writing and phone campaign to state senators demanding that they vote against the act when it is brought to floor this coming week, just days before the deadline closes for the consideration of all new legislation.