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Transparency vs. Stroger
Sunshine Review wrote a good post about how transparency – or the lack thereof – from Cook County Board President Todd Stroger may have had a hand in why he lost in Tuesday’s election.
Check it out out here!…
Todd Stroger’s Transparency
According to the Daily Herald, “Cook County Board President Todd Stroger said today he would release his tax returns for the last two years on Thursday and called on his opponents in Tuesday’s Democratic Primary to do the same …
Online Bidding for State Contracts Passes!
Great news about HB 379 (Procurement Reverse Auction) - which passed into law on Tuesday, August 18th and amends the procurement code for Illinois government. Now, state and local government can hold online reverse auctions for contracts, similar to how …
TIF Clouds
A TIF sunshine ordinance passed last April for the city of Chicago and sparked some hope it would help people more clearly understand TIF and help them track the enormous of amount of tax dollars flowing into the various TIF …
eBay for State contractors?
Great news from Springfield today…
After seeing the transparency legislation (HB35) pass the other week - in both houses unanimously - another bit of good news has emerged from Springfield today — which also got a unanimous nod “yes” from …
Reform Commission Focuses on Transparency
Check out the recently published Illinois Commission on Government Reform’s report and recommendations for restoring Illinois here.
They make substantial recommendations about transparency measures Illinois should implement - at all levels of government. Good sign.
Their recommendations about campaign finance …
100-Day Mission, and Then?
Can they overcome the “Springfield two-step?”
The Illinois Reform Commission has all the right intentions, and fortunately, transparency sits at the top of their agenda. Transparency is the first step to reforming Illinois. You need to be able to see …
Wilson Yard TIF
As mentioned in a recent TIF brief, the Wilson Yard TIF located in Uptown provides a good example of why tax increment financing (TIF) needs transparency.
2000 residents have filed a lawsuit against Chicago, citing abuses in the creation, planning, …
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
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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 …
