Labels:text | sketch OCR: There is a real good reason why selling stock in a company is called "going public." Does your electric utility company have a right to privacy that prevents "A person who is employed at a you from accessing and auditing its books? As a stockholder in a major corporation, don't you have high-tech or unionized job can a right to know about the company? Why doesn't afford the same level of com- your local manufacturer release to you the inform- ation they have already provided the U.S. Patent puter power enjoyed by corp- Office or OSHA? orations and governments. We Similarly, your state's wildlife department has land-use data which can help you find a homestead are at a stage in history where or a campsite or a ski-slope. The department of the average individual can be a transportation compu ...