June 19th, 2011 | by Tim Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
The Assessor’s FOIA department does not respect the letter or spirit of the FOIA law. By far, the Cook County Assessors FOIA office is the most lax, error prone and ineffective FOIA department I have ever dealt with. And due to ineffective action by Attorney General’s office, the Assessor has little to fear.
February 23rd, 2011 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
The BGA’s volunteer Citizen Watchdog Training is a free program that empowers citizens to keep an eye on their government and report about what’s going on in their local communities.
August 21st, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Transparency
This page contains documents from the Schaumburg Flyers Financial Investigation.
July 29th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
An 6-month follow up audit of the Schaumburg Township area in Northwestern Cook County revealed that still only 4 of 18 local government agencies graded received a passing grade on basic online transparency guidelines.
March 30th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
The Illinois Policy Institute has released findings from an audit that reveal a majority of northwest suburban units of government fail to meet basic transparency standards on behalf of the taxpayers.
March 28th, 2010 | by SFC | published in Blog, Corporate Welfare, Features, Transparency
“I would not take such campaign donations,” Costin said. “We have a very different code of ethics and there’s a big difference between how he runs the village of Schaumburg and how I’d run it.”
February 11th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
In less than 24 hours, School District 54 greatly expanded its transparency levels by posting its check registry, comprehensive annual financial report, budgets, and statements of affairs for the last 5 fiscal years on its financial information page.
October 13th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
The Governor will provide insight into the importance of government transparency and explain how Illinois can learn from Missouri’s successes.
August 17th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
We hope the Village changes their minds on transparency. After all, why should they fear an informed citizenry?
May 20th, 2009 | by Richard Lorenc | published in Features, Media Hits, Transparency
How one Liberty Leader started at the dinner table…and ended up with policy victories in his own backyard
May 19th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Transparency
SFC’s Schaumburg Transparency Project adds searchable Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports online.
May 18th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Transparency
SFC’s Schaumburg Transparency Project posts Searchable PDF’s for Hotel & Convention Center Budgets.
May 17th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Transparency
SFC’s Schaumburg Transparency Project adds Searchable PDF’s for 2009 Village Board Meeting Minutes. Previously, the Village of Schaumburg only had these documents in non-searchable PDF format.
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February 20th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Taxes, Transparency
Did you know that Schaumburg has instituted 369 tax and fee increases over the past year? That’s more than one tax or fee increase for every day of the year!
February 16th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Transparency
There is no TIF district page on the Village of Schaumburg website. They do not detail how the money is being spent, for what purposes, and who is receiving the money. This is a recipe for waste and fraud.