Archive for July, 2008

Washington Cities Play Secret Squirrel

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Enron avoided public scrutiny of many of its shady business dealings by placing them out of public view in off balance sheet entities.
Now the employees of Washington taxpayers are using a similar ruse to place their activities out of public view with an entity called Association of Washington Cities.
The first item of the […]

Houston Chronicle Posts 81,000 Public Employees

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

The Houston Chronicle has posted a computerized database of 81,000 public employees of various local entities including City of Houston, Harris County, and the Houston Independent School District.
Some readers have objected to the publication of names and salaries as a violation of privacy.
Most readers have argued that public employees work for the public and are […]