By: Diane Benjamin
Nobody is afraid of consequences for breaking election law and misuse of public funds.
How long is it going to take McLean County to investigate Lizzy Johnston’s alleged soliciting money on County property to abolish the County Auditor? Another year?
Why did Lizzy lawyer up for a State Board of Elections investigation? Her lawyer filed to have the case dismissed. Good luck Lizzy, you are going to need it.
The information below was compiled by Dean Fletcher. These activities have been reported to several agencies too. Voting to approve a 1% Sales Tax increase rewards possible illegal activities.
Are local school districts committing a class B misdemeanor by asking voters to approve the sales tax:
10 ILCS 5/9-25.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-25.1; formerly Ch. 46, pars. 102, 103 and 104)
Sec. 9-25.1. Election interference.
(a) As used in this Section, “public funds” means any funds appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly or by any political subdivision of the State of Illinois.
(b) No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be appropriated for political or campaign purposes to any candidate or political organization. This Section shall not prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination of factual information relative to any proposition appearing on an election ballot, or for dissemination of information and arguments published and distributed under law in connection with a proposition to amend the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
(c) The first time any person violates any provision of this Section, that person shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Upon the second or any subsequent violation of any provision of this Section, the person violating any provision of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
State Law Prohibits Public Funds for Political Advocacy
- Under Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1), public funds cannot be used to promote or oppose a referendum or a candidate for public office. This includes direct expenditures, staff time, or the use of public facilities for political advocacy.
- Furthermore, the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act (5 ILCS 430) further restricts state and local government employees from using government property or resources for political campaigns.
Examples of Violations and political activity:
- The Tri-Valley website home page shows a huge banner image of the ballot proposition with the april1cent political advocacy website address prominently listed.
- Also on Tri-Valley “Live Feed, the political advocacy website is listed
- Heyworth School District also displays the political advocacy URL on the top of their home page
- Olympia CUSD 16 also has the political advocacy website prominently listed on their home page
- Leroy School district actually even states the political advocacy website is “our webpage”, explicitly claiming ownership of it!
- Blue Ridge also has a post and links to the political advocacy website april1cent.info
- The april1cent.info website linked to on the taxpayer funded District 87 website explicitly petitions the voters to approve the sales tax proposition: “ On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, school districts in McLean County are asking voters to approve a 1% Illinois County Schools Facility Tax also known as a one-cent tax or sales tax. “.
Property tax relief might happen, no guarantee.
In case these school Districts attempt to clean up their websites:
Unit 5 does not have anything on their website.
The Teachers Union will probably sell it for them.
Early voting starts February 20th because the left needs to know how many votes they need to get on election day – April 1st.
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