The Virginia Coalition for Open Government

The Virginia Coalition for Open Government completed a survey of the counties and towns in the state and provided a report card result regarding their citizen ease of access for budget info.

Essex county received an "F." The full report can be viewed throught the following

link: https://www.opengovva.org/about-the-coalition/1654-how-many-clicks-resource-page
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On the other end of the spectrum, 26 localities received an F grade.

Fifteen of those had no budget data at all:
Covington

Emporia

Galax

Norton

AlleghanyCounty

BathCounty

BuchananCounty

Craig County 

   GilesCounty

Grayson County

Greensville County

Highland County

Lee County

Lunenburg County

Mecklenburg County