That... doesn&#x27;t follow. What&#x27;s to say you&#x27;ll have salary transparency afterwards? Not you. You&#x27;re merely speculating that they might be the &quot;primary agent&quot;.<p>Maybe there&#x27;s a smoking gun I&#x27;ve missed. In TX at least, I think police salaries actually are public information. Check it out: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;salaries.texastribune.org&#x2F;dallas&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;salaries.texastribune.org&#x2F;dallas&#x2F;</a><p>Those salaries look, on the whole, pretty modest overall compared to the private sector. The &quot;CEO&quot; of Dallas makes maybe twice what a good programmer in SF might. The median police salary is under $60K. That&#x27;s a decent living, but it&#x27;s far from extravagant.<p>That takes into account Police and Firefighter raises were suspended for a few years: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cityhallblog.dallasnews.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;11&#x2F;proposed-3-year-contract-for-dallas-police-officers-firefighters-restores-pay-raises.html&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;cityhallblog.dallasnews.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;11&#x2F;proposed-3-year-c...</a><p>All while the unions and collective bargaining was in place.<p>Which makes me think that talking about busting unions is a political sideshow to the original complaint.