39% of Illinois Teachers Pay Nothing for Pensions

“While Democrats say Teachers ‘Have Kept Their Part of the Deal?’“ is the title of an April 5, 2011, article by former Huntley School District 158 Board member Larry Snow.  (The quote was in the Chicago Tribune Marcy 31, 2011.  … Continue reading

Prairie Grove Grade School Board Member Appointed Elgin’s Director of Financial Operations

Elgin Unit School District 46 is the second largest in Illinois. Only Chicago is larger. Its relatively long term Chief Financial Officer John Prince went off to Plainfield and was replaced by McHenry County College’s finance guy Ron Ally. He … Continue reading

Gazebos Sounding Like 1930’s WPA Projects

Tuesday, I posted an article entitled, Clue that State’s Financial Situation May Not Be as Bad as Some Would Lead You to Believe While writing the article, which was based on a Chicago Sun-Times article about Geneva’s getting a gazebo … Continue reading

Hey! You Think We’re Going to Reward a Whistle Blower?

Let’s assume everything is on the square at the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. OK. Forget about the fixing of the new hospital that Wisconsin’s Mercy Health Care System wanted to build in Crystal Lake to compete with local biggie … Continue reading

Hey! You Think We’re Going to Reward a Whistle Blower?

Let’s assume everything is on the square at the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. OK. Forget about the fixing of the new hospital that Wisconsin’s Mercy Health Care System wanted to build in Crystal Lake to compete with local biggie … Continue reading

Nick Hurtgen Indicted in Operation Board Games

The press from the U.S. Attorney’s Office about the indictment of Nick Hurtgen follows: HURTGEN RE-INDICTED FOR ALLEGED ROLE IN AIDING PAY-TO-PLAY FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING WILL COUNT HOSPITAL PROJECT CHICAGO – A former executive in the Chicago office of Bear … Continue reading