tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post6923498727398994817..comments2023-12-19T16:44:05.378-06:00Comments on The Eleventh Hour: What’s The Salary Got To Do With It?Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06368635217133898734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-25301671205843548902008-06-12T09:27:00.000-05:002008-06-12T09:27:00.000-05:00Perhaps also because a salary implies, correctly o...Perhaps also because a salary implies, correctly or incorrectly, a persons importance in government. We may not care if a $25,000/year lackey is a drug user but we definitely might if they are being paid 100K or so.<BR/><BR/>I like to know so that I may judge them on non-important criteria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9895345.post-81001761353738262612008-06-12T08:52:00.000-05:002008-06-12T08:52:00.000-05:00My guess is that they don’t include salaries to de...My guess is that they don’t include salaries to deliberately stir up outrage, they do it because they know that it’s information that people want. When a public employee is involved in some shady dealings, there’s a certain segment of the population that will demand to know how much we’re paying him. Since that information is available, but not always easy for regular readers to find on their own, the newspaper feels that it is their duty to report it.BlogFreeSpringfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314548731839300032noreply@blogger.com