Judge: CdA Must Name Names

Item: Judge: Name names, Coeur d’Alene: City must disclose first names of employees /Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: First names are a matter of public record, even if they reveal gender, First District Judge Charles Hosack ruled on Friday. That means Wayne Hoffman will get the full names of every city of Coeur d’Alene employee as part of his public records request. Hoffman, executive director for Idaho Freedom Foundation, requested the names and salaries for all of Coeur d’Alene’s 300-plus positions in July — as he’d done with other public entities across the state — for a Web site he said he created to promote transparency in government.

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