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Politics in the state, particularly Chicago machine politics, have been famous for highly visible corruption cases, as well as for crusading reformers such as governors Adlai Stevenson (D) and James Thompson (R). In 2006, former Governor George Ryan (R) was convicted of racketeering and bribery. In the late 20th century Congressman Dan Rostenkowski (Dem) was imprisoned for mail fraud; former governor and federal judge Otto Kerner, Jr. (D) was imprisoned for bribery; and State Auditor of Public Accounts (Comptroller) Orville Hodge (R) was imprisoned for embezzlement.

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Dist. 181 has paid ex-superintendent $198,570

September 30, 2008: After initially denying Freedom of Information Act requests about payments made to former superintendent James Tenbusch following his June resignation, District 181 released the information Tuesday.

Under Tenbusch's resignation contract, the district agreed to pay him one year's salary, 40 days' worth of unused vacation time, membership dues for school administration associations for one year, the equivalent of an annual medical exam and reimbursement for finding a new job. Read the full article here.

OVC Board rescinds information request policy
September 23, 2008: At the prompting of the city's finance commissioner, Ottawa Visitors Center Board members Monday rescinded a recently-enacted policy governing the release of requested information by the public.

Monday's vote provides that OVC staff now must comply with the state's Freedom of Information Act, which is more stringent than the policy the board enacted in July. Read the full article here.

Exposing Illinois' 44 billion dollar budget lie

July 28, 2008 The Illinois General Assembly has presented the public with a balanced budget the last 20 years, however, they have a deficit of some $44 billion. In an interview with the Illinois Channel, Sheila Weinberg, founder and CEO of the Institute for Truth in Accounting, explained that this is an example of "political math" verses generally accepted accounting principals.

Road fund questions still unanswered
August 28, 2008: Despite the hiring of a forensic auditor at the beginning of the month, Hawthorn Woods won't know how much money remains in the Special Service Area road project fund until at least mid-September. Read the full article here.

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