in a manner that would call the public’s attention to the alleged wrong.” Ayoub, 927 F.2d at 837. In McKinley v. City of Eloy, 705 F.2d 1110 (9th Cir.1983), the Ninth Circuit held that appellant’s criticism of the city’s decision not to give police officers an annual raise involved a matter of public concern, in part because "plaintiffs speech was specifically and purposefully directed to the public both through city council meetings and a television interview.” McKinley, 705 F.2d at 1114-15. 5 . In a published letter, Kurtz criticized Vickrey’s characterization of the average salary of faculty members, addressing the discrepancy between his salary and the average salary quoted by Vickrey by asking, "where is my $2,000?” Kurtz, 855 F.2d at 725. 6 . See also Ayoub, 927 F.2d at 837 (<HOLDING>). 7 . The letters also suggest that appellants
holding that the complaints of a public employee about a reorganization plan were on a matter of public concern even though the employee was primarily motivated by the adverse effect of the plan on himself holding that the plaintiffs speech was not a matter of public concern because it did not bring to light actual or potential wrongdoing or breach of public trust on the part of the defendant and others holding that private complaints by public employee that his responsibilities were being lessened and his recommendations were not being followed were at least for the most part not on a matter of public concern holding that the absence of a motivating desire to address a matter of public concern was not dispositive as to whether the speech addressed a matter of public concern holding in part that complaints focused on individual compensation do not involve a matter of public concern