FOR THE GOOD OF ILLINOIS PAC
Feb 2, 2012 No Comments ›› adminAdam Andrzejewski, chairman of For the Good of Illinois PAC, is pleased to announce his endorsement of Cliff Surges for Senate. “I am endorsing Cliff Surges as he champions the very principles of transparency and accountability that For The Good of Illinois PAC stands for.” Adam stated. For the Good of Illinois is known for calling for open books ...
Continue ReadingWhere is the ‘strong economy’ from tax hikes?
Jan 27, 2012 No Comments ›› adminRemember when Illinois instituted the Lottery and it was sold as a solution to improve school funding — a way to make state-sponsored gambling more palatable to its opponents by arguing that the ends justified the means? Maybe no one “promised” the Lottery would be the answer to education funding problems, but that’s how it was ...
Continue ReadingMore Lobbyists Are Earning IL Tax Payer Pensions
Jan 27, 2012 No Comments ›› adminTownship Officials of Illinois is a private trade group, not a governmental agency, but its employees are eligible for public-sector pensions subsidized by taxpayers, the Better Government Association has learned. TOI’s four full-time employees, two of whom are registered lobbyists, stand to draw the potentially lucrative retirement benefit down the road, according to interviews and ...
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CLIFF SURGES: STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS
Jan 13, 2012 No Comments ›› adminOne year ago, Illinois passed a 67% tax increase in the dead of night. Last week, Governor Quinn released a bleak economic forecast which included a projected budget deficit of $500 million just two years down the road. The Illinois Policy Institute reports that in the past 12 months, Illinois has lost 61,000 jobs. Fewer jobs mean fewer taxpayers ...
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Conflicts of interest? It’s legal in Illinois
Jan 13, 2012 No Comments ›› adminBy Fredric Tulsky and John Sullivan State Sen. Mike Jacobs (D-Moline) was chief sponsor of a ComEd bill for which his father lobbied. In most states and municipalities government officials who vote to spend taxpayer dollars on proposals that also put money in their own pockets as lobbyists could be accused of illegal conflicts of interest. Not ...
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IL Is Considered A Financial Sinkhole State
Jan 12, 2012 No Comments ›› adminFrom http://www.truthinaccounting.org/
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