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Root out corruption in Illinois with transparency
No sirens blared outside Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s home early Dec. 9, as federal agents took him into custody for charges of corruption and pay-to-play politics in the highest offices of Illinois government. He may have gone quietly, but this arrest…
Another State Beats Illinois to the Punch
Georgia recently launched a new transparency website which provides a gateway for the public to find information and key documents about how the state spends tax dollars. The site, Open Georgia, puts another state ahead of Illinois in the transparency…
Root Out Corruption with Transparency
The Times ran my op-ed yesterday about transparency’s role in rooting out corruption in Illinois government at both the local and state level.
With the recent Blagojevich corruption case, the need for transparency in state spending and Illinois politics is clearer than…
Time for Transparency
We’ve had quite a week here in Illinois.
The Governor’s scandal has caused a flurry of activity and made some people even question the mental health of Blagojevich. That’s pretty bad when people can’t think of anything else but mental illness…
Blago’s Arrest — Need More Convincing for Transparency?
In case there weren’t enough alarms ringing already, the arrest of Governor Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff John Harris sounds another (HUGE) alarm for Illinois to implement transparency.
Will this be the tipping point?
Will our elected officials take a stand?
Robert…
Increased School Funding? Let’s See Transparency First.
State Representative Kathy Ryg (D59-Vernon Hills) is on the right track. In the Daily Herald today, Ryg encourages more transparency, writing:
…before additional taxpayer dollars are poured into Illinois’ broken public school system. I have filed HB5769 - Education Fiscal Accountability amendments…
Catch Up, Illinois!
Posted by Kate Campaigne
Illinois needs to catch up with the rest of the states, and so does our local government. Here, ATR’s Center for Fiscal Accountability mentions an article that ran in the Peoria Journal Star last week, which talks about…
Transparency, Anyone?
Posted by Kate Campaigne
Any Liberty Leaders living in or near Vernon Hills? According to Libertyville Review, residents’ concerns are rising. Currently the main worry is High School District 128, which is asking for a tax levy with 13.23 percent increase.
The…
New Transparent School District - Riverside Brookfield
Posted by Kate Campaigne
A big thanks to Riverside Brookfield High School D208 for joining the list of transparent government bodies in Illinois! And, thank you, Adam Andrzejewski, for your continued hard work!
What school district will be next? County board? Park…
Surprised? You Shouldn’t Be.
CTA strikes again. See here for brief details.
Like we have said before, the CTA needs transparency. In order to get its budget under control, find wasteful spending, weed it out, and clean up the budget — rather than letting budget mismanagement and waste continue, “solving” the problem by raising fares over, and over, and over again and throwing blame around — implementing transparency would provide the first step to solving the CTA’s budget problems.
