FOR THE GOOD OF ILINOIS

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For the Good of Illinois


“This isn’t a red issue or a blue issue… only green.”

Last year across all units of Illinois government (local to state), 3062 public employees out-earned the governor. Collectively, their total compensation exceeds $1 billion.

Do you want to join this exclusive club of government employees? Review the job titles here.

This year, another 1,082 government employees with 2010 salaries between $160,000 and $170,000 stand waiting to join the club. It’s a bull market for insiders.

But, taxpayers don’t owe government employees a wealthy living… just a reasonable living.

Our promise to you is, “Open the Books.” On Tuesday, September 13th, the books will be open. We will fundamentally change the way the public sees government. It will be a milestone in government reform launched by a thousand mouse clicks across Illinois.

Starting last week, we began the ramp-up to our launch. Each day, we challenged you to answer basic questions regarding Illinois government. For last week’s challenges and answers, click here.

This week’s challenges are below… click here for the answers.

Challenge Day 4- Inside Access to State Pensions.
Union leadership, lobbyists, associations, and non-profits (non-governmental tax spending advocates) have gained access to our State level pension systems for local governments and teachers. Who are these groups?

Challenge Day 5- Nerds that glitter- School treasurers out-earning state treasurer.
Some school district treasurers are making up to 161% more in salary than the state treasurer. One monthly pension was 131% higher than the salary of the current state treasurer! Take a guess: How much are their annual salaries: $100,000; $200,000 or $300,000? What industry associations are rewarding such behavior?

Challenge Day 6- Making Hay- the upper end of public service.
From the local units on up to state government, how many public employees have a salary greater than the governor? Where do they work?

Stay tuned. Be a part of the transparency revolution!

On September 13th, We open the books.

Sincerely,


Adam Andrzejewski
Founder | CEO
For the Good of Illinois


PS -
Join us on Friday, September 23th, at The Hyatt Lodge- McDonalds Campus, Oak Brook for our DuPage Women’s Liberty Lunch featuring the national secretary of the Republican Party, Demetra Demonte and the “One Mom vs. Machine”, Cedra Censhaw. Reserve your lunch seats here.





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