No More Comments Will Be Approved On This Story By: Diane Benjamin Nikita Richards wants to be the next McLean County Clerk, She evidently wants to divide people. See the post below from her personal Facebook page. How did BHS ever survive until 2018 without a Black Student Union? Why stop there? Short people […]
By: Diane Benjamin All elected and appointed officials are required by law to file a Statement of Economic Interest. They all have to file by May 1st of EVERY year. Filing is not only required by law, it’s vital so citizens can see the people supposedly working for them don’t have undisclosed conflicts of interest. […]
By: Diane Benjamin This picture was taken from Nikita’s Facebook page. Nikita must not know Illinois Law requires County Clerks to clean the voter rolls! Claiming that “cleaning” dramatically impacts low-income and people of color implies these people aren’t intelligent enough to vote. Not voting in six years means NOT voting in at up to […]
By: Diane Benjamin I filed a FOIA request for all Statements of Economic Interests filed by candidates in 2017 with the County Clerk’s office. This is the file I received: candidates SEI 2017 filings I compared the people who filed the SEI with the candidate list on the County Clerk’s website: http://www.mcleancountyil.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10946 Only one candidate is missing: Rebecca […]
Update: Candidates have to file a Statement of Economic to run for office. If they are elected they are required to re-file. Bray may not have re-filed and that’s why the County doesn’t have it. By: Diane Benjamin A confirmation that Kimberly Bray’s Statement of Economic Interest was filed was found by Bruce Meeks. […]
By: Diane Benjamin The State of Illinois has way too many units of government now. Corruption is rampant because there aren’t enough watchdogs to watch every one of them. (Hopefully news soon about another huge case) Media decided it wasn’t their job either. The LAST thing McLean County needs is a separate Election office created […]
From: Kathy Michael McLean County Clerk Phone: 309.888.5183 See the law here: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/001000050K24B-9.htm . . . . .
