This is Rubbish

The Janesville (Wisconsin) Superintendent of Schools Karen Schulte is against publishing salaries of employees of the PUBLIC School System.  It is public money and it is for a public purpose.  Of course there should be full and open accounting for the public.  Otherwise we don't know if things have gone off the rails in the school system.  This all came up when someone started passing this information around a few days ago.

Yes, this is a reversal from my normal mode of lauding Janesville, and especially its attention to having long term city managers, people with competency, continuity and strategic vision.

And, it isn't like the information isn't in the public domain.  It is just that the School Department and the Union object to people actually looking at it.

Strange.

And here is the Althouse blog post on the issue, with comments.

We need to learn to be honest and open with ourselves.  Yes, in private industry it is all very hush-hush, but this is not private industry.  It is public service.  Fair and open.

Regards  —  Cliff