Tribune and Dennis Byrne tout “Open the Books”
Dennis Byrne wrote an insightful piece on wasteful suburban spending. He seems to have the same insight that we do [...]
“Work is Beyond Partisan Labels”, Press Conference Video- Andrzejewski will not run for office in 2014
See the video here. For the Good of Illinois Founder & CEO Adam Andrzejewski announced yesterday at The University Club [...]
Beyond Partisan Label- My Decision
“Our work at For The Good of Illinois is substantial- and our job isn’t done!” March 19, 2013 File Photo [...]
The Federal Haircut: Site Shows $8.2 Million Goes To Bradley Styling School, Kankakee Daily Journal
The Kankakee Area Career Center provides high school students with the training needed to be licensed cosmetologists. There are a [...]
American Spectator, “New Phone App Tracks Government Waste”
Read the original story here. By Teresa Mull Federal spending seems more outrageous when it hits close to home, and [...]
Opening the Federal Checkbook- Every Dime. Online.
Isn’t it time you got to see it all? Every dime of United States Government spending from 2000-2011… ON THURSDAY, [...]
Federal Spending Exposed, 12 Years of United States Government Spending- Subscriber Email
“This may be the smartest thing smart phones have produced yet.” Teresa Mull, American Spectator Click to read post Download [...]
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 [...]
Illinois Channel: Springfield Press Conference detailing For The Good of Illinois v. State of Illinois, Comptroller January 8th, 2013
CLICK HERE to watch Illinois Channel coverage of our entire press conference Nine months ago we filed a Freedom of [...]
Alton Telegraph Editorial, “The True Definition of ‘Undue Burden’- To the Comptroller: Open Up”
Alton Telegraph Editorial January 8, 2012 Read original, click here. We’ve always thought of state Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka’s office as [...]
Case Example: Why is the State Checkbook Important?
After Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka rejected our request for one year of the state checkbook, we asked the Attorney General’s [...]
Forcing Open The State Checkbook- Details of our Lawsuit Complaint
“The Comptroller refused to show citizens the state checkbook and the Attorney General refused to do anything about it.” For [...]
2012 Business Leader of Year Award: Adam Andrzejewski
In June, 2012, the Illinois State Crime Commission selected Adam Andrzejewski as 2012 Business Leader of the Year. For his [...]
“A Good Deed” 2012 Contest Winner
Making a difference- taking care of our military men and women. On December 10, 2012, we announced our “A Good [...]
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 [...]
A $48 Million Ride- School District Taxi Cab Service
“47 School Districts spent tens of millions… $48.864 Million on taxi cab service (2006-11)” For The Good of Illinois, policy [...]
Rahm Emanuel: Day One- Forensic Audit.
Chicago Tribune Eric Zorn, columnist February 23, 2011 Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel told WGN AM 720′s Greg Jarrett this morning, “I’m [...]
End Insider Pension Abuse (SB2499)- Press Conference Video
www.openthebooks.com posts the pay and pensions of virtually every public employee at every level of Illinois government. The state level pension abuse was discovered by citizens using the portal.