I read in this story, Jim Morris, San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris' son and chief of staff, said the mayor fully supports Chiang's order.

"Frankly, the city of Bell has undermined the people's confidence," he said. "Our salaries for elected officials, at least the mayor and council, are in the (city) charter and we believe there should be complete transparency on that."

I have spoken at many San Bernardino's public council meetings requesting salary information for ALL city employment classifications not just mayor and council.

Frankly, it's really easy to be completely transparent with information that is already public knowledge, but what about the numbers for the rest of the public employees pay classifications?

These numbers have not been made available, after months of requests.

For Jim Morris to state on behalf of Pat Morris (mayor) that he supports and wants complete transparency on the issue is a JOKE! Otherwise they could have and would have provided this information when it was ask for by me on any number of occasions. I have been asking for this information well before the Bell story broke.

If the mayor of San Bernardino truly supports the notion of complete transparency then I expect to get questions about salary classification pay scales answered completely, immediately and without exceptions.

I don't figure this will happen any time soon as I don't believe he is speaking the truth on this issue. It is more their unwillingness, the unwillingness of the city manager and other department heads that intentionally keep this information from the public regardless of my numerous requests.

The old saying goes, "I'll believe it when I see it."