by: Diane Benjamin During the March 2012 primary, a couple hundred Illinois citizens descended on poling locations in Mike Madigan’s district to pole watch. I was one of them. Here’s what happens in the “belly of the beast”. Open and free elections DO NOT happen in Chicago. The poll watching event organizers had many […]
Just read it for yourself: http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2013/12/bloomington-il-mayor-tari-renner-attacking-citizen-comments/ See the Bloomington City Code on Public Comments here: http://www.cityblm.org/index.aspx?page=262
Update at: http://blnnews.com/2013/12/22/mayor-transparency-exposed/ by: Diane Benjamin On November 15th, Alderwoman Judy Stearns walked out of an Executive Session of the Bloomington City Council. Executive Sessions are SECRET meetings governed by laws created by the State of Illinois. These laws are meant to protect citizens by severely restricting what CAN be discussed in these SECRET meetings. […]
by Diane Benjamin From Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s website: http://foia.ilattorneygeneral.net/default.aspx Attorney General Lisa Madigan believes that an open, honest and accountable government, the cornerstone of a democracy, can be achieved only through the free and open exchange of information between government and the public. In Illinois, our most important transparency laws – the Freedom of Information […]
by: Diane Benjamin Supporters of Common Core want citizens to believe governor’s got together and made new standards. The following documents proves Illinois adapted Common Core to get Federal RACE to the TOP money. The legislature was never consulted and never voted to accept Common Core. It is also obvious that NOT accepting the adoption […]
by Diane Benjamin When I filed the latest Open Meetings Act violation against the Library Board (http://blnnews.com/2013/09/05/the-illegal-library-board-meeting/), I made it clear to the Attorney General’s Office that 2 previous Open Meetings Act violations were still outstanding – one from over a year ago. What good does having a State Office charged with protecting the citizens […]
Update: I sent a copy of this post to the guy who was suppose to issue a final ruling before the election. He finally issued it: 23271 rfr o vio mun The only remaining question is: What will the City now release? I hear they don’t want to release anything. Personnel issues, union contract negotiations, maybe land purchases or […]
by: Diane Benjamin Polls show Lisa Madigan could easily defeat Governor Quinn if a primary election for 2014 was held today. Under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information was received: Lisa Madigan was originally sworn into office as Illinois Attorney General in January 2003. At that time, this office had 718 employees on payroll, as […]
