My man Stiles toiled for weeks on a massive, searchable database that shows the salary of every Harris County and City of Houston employee -- cops, superintendents, bus drivers. It's taxpayer money, why not make it accessible to taxpayers? The database also shows how much overtime these employees are getting, and the fact that some police officers make more than 100K a year in overtime leads to important questions.
His paper launched the database today. It quickly made Drudge Report, and Stiles is getting pilloried by newspaper readers (who I suspect are the city/county employees). Some of my favorites:
roxj wrote:I especially like it when people rant in all-caps.
i love the chronicle it comes in handy where i work we use it to wipe our asses becaus it is softer than the toilet paper the city provides for our building and once again m@tt stiles always has the softest section of paper
sithlord1 wrote: This is yellow journalism. How is this news? The Chronicle is proving itself to be nothing more than a fishwrap.
HTownCrewLeader wrote: WHERE ARE THE SALARIES OF CHRONICLE EMPLOYEES? DON'T THEY FANCY THEMSELVES PUBLIC SERVANTS? I CAN SEE PUBLISHING SALARIES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE? THE CHRONICLE JUST CREATED A WHOLE NEW SET -- A LARGE ONE -- OF IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS. THANKS, LOCAL INFORMATION SOURCE. THANKS.
CALL 713-362-7171 AND CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AND CALL 713-362-7073 AND ASK M@TT ST!LES HOW MUCH HE MADE LAST YEAR.
