Heh. You ready for another personal theory? Here goes:
The biggest bar to financial transparency for a municipal government isn't the desire to keep the public (or even the self-appointed watchdogs thereamong) from knowing what their employees make. Government employees -- especially at the city and county level -- really don't make that much.
No, the biggest bar to financial transparency for a municipal government is the desire to keep the employees from knowing what the other employees are making.
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