Hoffman: CdA Withholding Info

But why is it important for the public to know a public employee’s first name? Because the basic components of transparency in government can’t exist if something as integral as an employee’s name is protected information. It’s impossible to track an employee’s progression through an agency over time. For example, perhaps you know that someone named “Hoffman” worked for the fire department in 2007. Today, there’s someone named “Hoffman” working in the mayor’s office. Same person? Don’t know. And there’s no way to tell. There is significantly more accountability and greater odds of knowing if the records show the employee is “Wayne Hoffman”/ Wayne Hoffman , Idaho Freedom Foundation. More here .

Question: I know you had a good discussion re: this issue while I was on vacation. But I need to ask: Did anyone take the city’s precarious side on the debate?