Botched Homicide Investigation; Golden Parachute from Attorney General
After a botched indictment of Mayor Daley’s nephew… “the lead ‘investigator’ ends up with a Chicago police pension; a new [...]
Another Day, Another Scandal
The management at NIU (Northern Illinois University) have another headache. It seems that 9 of their employees have been selling [...]
Public Pensions and Generational Theft – A 3 Part Series
Part 1 – Understanding Public Pensions If you are under 40, you should stop reading this, stop planning to buy [...]
Give Property Tax Payers the Power to Cut Levies
This group in Ohio is hopping mad at bad school district management (is there any other kind?). They placed a [...]
A Note About Auditing Government Agencies
The Houston City Council just voted to audit the Houston pension system. Audit of pension systems will cost Houston $395,000 [...]
The Power of Transparency- Identifying $48 million in taxi rides
Our goal at OpenTheBooks.com is to empower citizens through spending transparency so they can start asking tough, fact-based questions. With [...]
So Much for Lame Auditing… Dixon and $30 Million
“If there’s hanky-panky with the city’s money, you’d think these people are going to find it out,” he said. “We’re [...]