“Open The Books” Project Tip Sheet
www.openthebooks.com “OPEN THE BOOKS” PROJECT Download a pdf copy of this “tip sheet”, here. INITIATIVE: Open the books on every [...]
Pension Benefit Is A Taxpayer Rip-off, Decatur Herald & Review Sunday Editorial
By the Decatur H&R Editorial Staff Herald-Review.com Most Illinois residents don’t need another example to prove that the powerful in [...]
Andrzejewski Pushes for Open Government, Decatur Herald-Review
DECATUR – Since his unsuccessful campaign for governor in 2010, the candidate who passed out a pronunciation key for his [...]
Stop Pension Abuse- Sen. Matt Murphy, Chicago Tribune
It’s a simple, common sense idea: public pensions should be paid only to those who actually work for the public. [...]
We must stop Pension Abuse and Corruptions- Sunday Op-Ed
Recently, a scandal has come to light about the misuse of taxpayer dollars involving some of Chicago’s political bosses and [...]
Disgust With Public Pensions
Guest Commentary Ron Rybolt – Christian County, IL Just three short weeks ago, I was dismayed to read an article [...]
Sen. Kyle McCarter and Rep. Dwight Kay Endorse SB2499
For Immediate Release Oct. 13, 2011 Union Leadership Draining Millions from Public Pensions Sen. Kyle McCarter and Rep. Dwight Kay [...]
Cracking Open… “Corruptions” (SB2499)
“I first learned of the state level pension abuse from openthebooks.com” Sen. Matt Murphy, sponsor of SB2499. Yesterday at a [...]
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.
Lawmakers Look For Pension Loophole Fix
“This legislation defends the hard-working public employee, the hard-working teacher who pays into their (retirement) system,” said Andrzejewski. “The systems are, literally, being drained by tens of millions of dollars from non-government entities like public-sector unions (and) the nonprofit groups.”