Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: The Burden of Transparency– abused loophole lets officials withhold too much public data from Illinois citizens
Read the entire Editorial: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-foia-0127-jm-20130127,0,4995587.story Nine months ago, the nonprofit For the Good of Illinois asked the Illinois comptroller’s office [...]
Rockford Register Star- Opinion Editorial, “Trying To Force Open The State’s Checkbook” by Adam Andrzejewski, CEO For The Good of Illinois
Read the original here: http://www.rrstar.com/opinions/columnists/x1353234040/Guest-Column-Trying-to-force-open-the-states-checkbook Nine months ago, our organization, For the Good of Illinois, filed a Freedom of Information [...]
National News Coverage- America’s Morning News: Illinois Comptroller Sued for State Checkbook
Click here to hear Adam Andrzejewski, CEO nonprofit For The Good of Illinois nationally broadcast radio interview. Early on Wednesday morning, [...]
Your Right To Know This- Illinois Comptroller Rejects Our Request for State Checkbook
“We aren’t asking the Comptroller to lead the charge on openness and accountability – only to follow the law.” Nine [...]
Opinion Editorial: A Threat to Illinois Transparency Law- Roger Eddy and Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB)
Opinion Editorial: Champaign New-Gazette; Kankakee Daily Journal; Suburban Life Newspapers By Adam Andrzejewski– Founder, For The Good Of Illinois Organization Illinois [...]
Good Deeds In A Naughty World- Contest
“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” William Shakespeare A [...]
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 [...]
POP a CAP on that TAX!
One of the big items of discussion in Illinois right now is the move to shift the responsibility for school [...]
Taxes for Taxis Exposure Results in Policy Changes
Here is how For the Good of Illinois, and our OpenTheBooks.com website saves taxpayers money. At least 3 out of [...]
Daily Herald Covers Taxes for Taxis
Sunday’s Daily Herald covered the $48 million cab fare controversy that For the Good of Illinois highlighted a few weeks [...]
It’s Like Bruno Says…
As we here at For the Good of Illinois build out our OpenTheBooks website, we come across all kinds of [...]
After “Big Dogs” Report: Lyons Township School Treasurer’s office President Resigns
Editors Note: On May 9th, For The Good of Illinois, Behrend Behrend Executive Director, issued our “Big Dogs Report”. Here’s [...]
The Books Are Open- Your School Checkbook
“$52 Billion in School District Vendor Spending- Online” The Books are Open Today, we set another Illinois transparency milestone. We [...]
Roger Eddy Makes $289,078 per year at taxpayer expense.
ROGER EDDY TOTAL COMPENSATION: $289,078 plus Updated February 14, 2012 Click here to review the most updated Roger Eddy Compensation Analysis. [...]