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.
January 12th, 2010 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features
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Sunday’s Daily Herald cover story broke the news about …
October 19th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in
The Village of Schaumburg Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 2009 in Searchable PDF format.…
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.
September 28th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in
The Village of Schaumburg Expenditures listed below are memos requesting an approval of expense dispursements (including payrolls) from Schaumburg’s Director of Finance to the Village President, Board, and Clerk presented at the Village Board Meetings.
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition obtained …
August 3rd, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in
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May 18th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition provides the materials and links posted on this page in the dual interest of better informing the public on the workings of the Village of Schaumburg government and providing transparency in governance.
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition has …
May 17th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition provides the materials and links posted on this page in the dual interest of better informing the public on the workings of the Village of Schaumburg government and providing transparency in governance.
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition has …
May 15th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition provides the materials and links posted on this page in the dual interest of better informing the public on the workings of the Village of Schaumburg government and providing transparency in governance.
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition has …
March 8th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in Blog, Features, Taxes
Area residents have only one opportunity, a March 24, 2009 Schaumburg Village Hall public hearing, to stop the $120 Million property tax increase proposed by Mayor Al Larson and the Village trustees.
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.
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.
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 15th, 2009 | by Brian Costin | published in
I hope that you will take the time to look over the documents the Village Board and Mayor Al Larson don’t want you to see. Together we can identify waste, prevent corruption, find opportunities for cost savings, and help lower …
November 17th, 2008 | by Brian Costin | published in
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition is a nonpartisan, nonprofit citizen organization founded in 2008 to work for lower taxes, personal and economic freedom, transparency, and more efficient government for the people of Schaumburg.
Brian Costin, as president and founder of the …