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 The library in Atlanta Il is in an adorable historic building: Keep in mind while looking at the pictures below, the Atlanta Library Board was about to pay a Board member $200,000 for a different building (they didn’t need) when citizen watchdogs stopped them. Meanwhile they are ignoring the condition of this […]
Guest report: Atlanta Taxpayers saved $200,000! Why is that important – besides the obvious? Let’s take a look at their spending and loans over the last 10 years. . 6-28-08: Loan #32997. $100,000 Construction Expenses on Library Annex (Palm’s Grill and Atlanta Library Museum). Library board likes to tell everybody it was done with grants and donations, but they never […]
By: Diane Benjamin Atlanta Illinois Is cash missing or are Sales Taxes just underpaid? An investigation was done by an Atlanta resident based on information she received under the Freedom of Information Act. From April 2016 through October 2017 she found Cash Register Sales were higher by $36,646 than what was reported to the State […]
By: Diane Benjamin I could be talking about the Bloomington Library Board that thinks moving or adding on is the fiscally responsible thing to do when the only way to get more money for either project is debt and/or tax increases. It must be immaterial that tax receipts are dropping – progress to bankruptcy must […]
By: Diane Benjamin Today I received the documents showing Bill Thomas and his wife “gifting” Union Hall to the Atlanta Library. See them here: Union Hall Gift Deed There are a couple of problems though. The documents claim the address is 114 Arch Street, the Logan County Assessor’s office has it located at 120 Arch […]
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 […]
