Kudos to Bob Grogan indeed – see this letter to the editor in the Daily Herald. Tower Lakes resident, Michael Woloshin, makes a crucial point and one you should ask of your own local government (and representatives in the legislature)!! “In the interest of better serving the public while saving money, why isn’t everyone doing [...]
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County of DuPage Transparent – 1st in Illinois
The County of DuPage has made itself the first county in Illinois to implement transparency and post all expenditures online in an itemized database. This marks a positive step in the direction of good government, and other counties should follow DuPage’s excellent example. Find the expenditure database here. This is very well done!
Champaigne Co. should be a trailblazer in transparency
I was a little bit surprised to see the News-Gazette headline, “Champaigne County Web site called second most open in the state,” came in on my feeds this morning. Then I remembered that being the second most open county in this state isn’t saying a whole lot. Counties have been conspicuously absent from our list [...]
Nepotism alert in Champaign County
Perhaps if Champaign County were transparent… this could have been stopped before it started. Basically… ChampaignCounty Auditor Tony Fabri said he’s blocking payment to B & R Contracting of Villa Grove for some work on the remodeling project. Fabri said the company was given a no-bid contract by the head of the county’s physical plant, [...]
Top salary for a Naperville public servant? $233,775.
Tim Waldorf of the Naperville Sun is shedding some light on the salaries of top paid public employees in Naperville. Also of interest is the comparison of the top paid employees of Dupage County and Will County. Who ranks at the top? Naperville’s District 204 superintendent Stephen Daeschner makes a nice $233,775 per year, not [...]
Do you know anyone who works for Cook County?
To understand why we need transparency in Illinois government, and Cook County in particular, read this article from the Chicago Tribune discussing the rampant political hiring and promotions in Cook County. This story provides some reasons for why we need open, accountable government and why government should post expenditures online. It also highlights why we need employees’ [...]
Cook County Starting to Open Up
Are there signs of light in Cook County? The County Board has expressed its intent to webstream board meetings and also post contracts online. They met some resistance because of cost concerns, but as anyone who has researched transparency knows, implementing comprehensive transparency does not have to be an expensive venture, and in most cases [...]