By: Diane Benjamin Follow up to this story: https://blnnews.com/2022/07/02/mclean-county-goes-woke-without-a-vote/ I FOIA’d the County trying to find out. Start here, two employees include their pronouns on emails: Cassy Taylor, County Administrator, sent the email to all employees requiring them to take the DEI training. She didn’t use pronouns or her last name. Amy Baker was hired […]
By: Diane Benjamin As reported in this story: https://blnnews.com/2018/09/22/more-atlanta-library-museum-lack-of-maintenance/ The museum elevator does not have a current inspection certificate as required by law. No, the State is not behind on approving inspections, they were at one time but they aren’t now. A FOIA request for inspection reports produced this hard to read document: inspection […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Atlanta Public Library does not have a liquor license, but that didn’t stop them from buying MANY cases since 2014. Yes, your tax dollars paid for it since the cost was put on the Library credit card. In August an investigator from the Illinois Liquor Commission paid them a visit. The […]
By: Diane Benjamin I attended the Atlanta Public Library Board meeting last night. One thing is clear, the Board needs replaced and every vestige of Bill Thomas needs eliminated. Keep in mind, the crowd opposing this board stopped them from paying Bill Thomas (BOARD MEMBER) $200,000 for Union Hall. The have every right to watch […]
(Guest writer) Christine Thomas is the wife of the former treasurer, Bill Thomas, and the mother of the museum director, Rachel Neisler. Mrs. Thomas apparently thinks it’s OK to purchase books from Amazon on her daughter’s library paid credit card. The library’s PO Box is 568, but said books are sent to Rachel at PO Box 372. Is […]
By: Diane Benjamin Bill Thomas is the Treasurer for the Atlanta Il Public Library. He writes the checks and pays all the bills for the Library and the Palms Grill. He is also the guy who requested the $25,000 grant the State now wants back. https://blnnews.com/2017/11/17/atlanta-library-get-a-free-building/ On November 6th I sent a FOIA request for […]
