By Jim Waters, includes “Recent reports by a nationally respected organization raise concerns about Kentucky’s lack of financial transparency and the ensuing consequences of such deficiency. … Truth in Accounting only ranked six states less financially transparent than Kentucky … Could embracing policies which make government more transparent to the constituents who fund it also help close the competitiveness gap which exists between Kentucky and most of our neighboring and several benchmark states with whom we compete for economic development? Isn’t it at least worth a try?”