NAACP calls for legislative cameras

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:01:19 -0500

Rev. William Barber II called for legislative committees to be televised.

The head of the state's NAACP said that too much of his group's agenda died in committee meetings that were not readily available to the public.

"We need to know what's happening in the committee meetings," he said. "If they can do it for the federal government on C-SPAN, we ought to be doing it in North Carolina. Bottom line: Open up this government."

The call comes two weeks after Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Graham called for webcams to broadcast the legislature online.

North Carolina already provides live audio for sessions in both houses, press conferences and all meetings in the Appropriations and Finance Committee rooms, but no video footage is available.

Barber said that he would also like to see streaming audio of all of the committees.

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