Buffalo firefighters blast mayor for listing salaries on Web site

The Buffalo News reports that some people want to hide what government workers make:

The base salaries of about 2,400 employees were posted on the Web site Thursday at www.city-buffalo.com . Brown said the data will be more complete than what most other municipalities post on their sites, because Buffalo includes workers’ names instead of only job titles. Daniel Cunningham, president of the fire union, assailed the move, saying he will talk with attorneys about the possibility of filing a harassment lawsuit against Brown.

“The mayor is just trying to embarrass the men and women in the uniformed ranks for doing jobs that most people in the city appreciate,” said Cunningham.