February 3rd, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
From 2005 to 2008, the number of Village of Schaumburg employees making $100k+ has skyrocketed from 30 to 110 employees. This represents a 266% increase in 100k+ employees in only 3 years.
February 3rd, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Transparency
Through Freedom of Information Act Request the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition found that 110 Village of Schaumburg employees made over $100K in 2008.
February 3rd, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Transparency
42 Village of Schaumburg employees made over $100K in 2007.
February 2nd, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Transparency
39 Village of Schaumburg employees made over $100K in 2006 according to FOIA documents obtained by the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition.
February 2nd, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Transparency
30 Village of Schaumburg employees made over $100K in 2005.
January 27th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Transparency
The Illinois Accountability Portal (HB 35) is the first step towards providing taxpayers a transparent form of government.
January 27th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
Less than 48 hours after the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition launched the Schaumburg Transparency Project web page and posted key documents online, the Village of Schaumburg followed suit and posted the same reports to their publication website.
January 21st, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Media Hits, Transparency
A story on the plight of the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition’s efforts to introduce comprehensive transparency reforms to the people of Schaumburg has been picked up by OpenIllinois.org, a project of the Illinois Policy Institute.
January 17th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Transparency
DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan has posted the county’s monthly expenditures on line, which is tantamount to opening the county’s checkbook for the world to see.
December 31st, 2008 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Education, Features, Model Legislation, Transparency
A letter to the editor on the details of a $153.6 million dollar bond issuance by Harper Community College appeared in the December 18th, 2008 issue of the Schaumburg Review.
December 10th, 2008 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Eminent Domain, Features, Property Rights, Schaumburg Politics, Transparency
Disgustingly, not a single board member voted against this resolution. The vote in support of eminent domain and resale of the property to a private developer was 6-0.
November 27th, 2008 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Transparency
Let’s keep asking the village trustees and Mayor Larson that the Schaumburg wants comprehensive transparency reform in Schaumburg.
November 25th, 2008 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Transparency
What if your doctor were to operate on you without an x-ray or its equivalent? According to the Illinois Policy Institute, that’s exactly what’s happening with state & local government spending right now.
The Institute published a new research paper in …
November 24th, 2008 | 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 that one tax or fee increase for every day of the year!