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Last year, our friends over at Urban3 introduced us to a nonpartisan nonprofit called Truth in Accounting, which recently published Financial State of the Cities 2022, an annual report that they do on local governments and the state of their budgets.\nIt\u2019s an incredible piece of work, one that says, \u201cWe do not advocate for anything: no tax policy, no spending policy. The only thing we advocate for is good budgeting and accounting.\u201d Their only goal is to get the numbers out there to the public, as they believe strongly that governments are harmed when citizens (and sometimes even elected officials) are in the dark when it comes to financial information. Knowledgeable decisions can\u2019t be made if people don\u2019t know the true financial condition of their government.\nSheila Weinberg, a CPA and Founder and CEO of Truth in Accounting, joins Chuck Marohn today on the Strong Towns Podcast to talk about the work her organization is doing to make municipal financial information both transparent and available to everyone.\nAdditional Show Notes\n\nTruth in Accounting\u2019s website\n\n\nFinancial State of the Cities 2022, by Truth in Accounting (2022)\n\n\nSheila Weinberg (Twitter)\n\n\nCharles Marohn (Twitter)\n\n\nCover image source: Truth in Accounting.