4 Things You Need To Know

By: Diane Benjamin 1) If you are white, don’t apply for a teaching job at District 87. Superintendent Dr. Mouser’s will openly discriminate against you: ‘”Operationally and organizationally, the district remains stable and progressing forward. We have successfully negotiated three collective bargaining agreements and continue to maintain excellent relationships with all of our bargaining units. […]

Berck case against Lizzy Johnston and Cassy Taylor heard in private

By: Diane Benjamin See the agenda for the April 15th 2025 meeting of the Illinois State Board of Elections: https://www.elections.il.gov/AboutTheBoard/Agenda.aspx A hearing was held regarding the complaint filed by Chad Berck. The complaint pertained to Lizzy Johnston and Cassy Taylor raising money on County Property to remove the elected office of Auditor. The complaint was […]

Update to the DEADBEAT list

By: Diane Benjamin Update to this story from yesterday: https://blnnews.com/2024/11/18/4-deadbeat-elected-officials-and-2-others/ I hope everyone appreciates the gravity of having elected officials who think laws don’t apply to them. The State Board of Elections has notified all the people mentioned and they chose to ignore those letters. This morning I sent a FOIA request to SBE for […]

4 deadbeat elected officials and 2 others

See update: https://blnnews.com/2024/11/19/update-to-the-deadbeat-list/ By: Diane Benjamin A list of political committees with unpaid fines was released by the State Board of Elections. The people on this list are barred from being on future ballots. From SBE: 10 ILCS 5/9-30.  Ballot forfeiture.  The State Board of Elections shall not certify the name of any person who […]