Victory for Taxpayers!

Court sides with our right to know. "It isn't for government officials to decide what information to dole out to the public. The government works for the people, not the other way around. But in recent years, more and more governments and agencies in California have been refusing to release specific payroll information." ... Marin IJ Wed. 3/5/08. County payroll is public record. "The Marin Civic Center Payroll is public record and must be available to the public..." Marin IJ Tues. 3/4/08. Danoodle wants to know: Do we taxpayers have a right to know about public salaries? (as well as Pension info) ..."The Marin County Board of Supervisors in March 2006 approved the release of the county workers salaries to settle a lawsuit the newspaper filed after the county refused to divulge the information. But the union sued, and convinced Marin Superior Court Judge Michael Dufficy to block the disclosures. "Dufficy declared that a public employee's right of privacy was more important than the public's right to know. Marin Superior Court Judge Thomas Keating and the state appeals court had concluded just the opposite when the Marin Independent Journal sued the North Marin Water District to obtain public payroll records in the 1970s..." Marin IJ Thur. 2/21/08