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The sound and audio vendor for the State Fair just got a $10,000.00 Raise!
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In the current fiscal year 2008 - Tax-payers are paying $50,000.00 to have "Joan Jett and the Blackhearts" entertain at the Illinois State Fair?

In the current fiscal year 2008 - Tax-payers are paying $75,000.00 to have "Natasha Bedingfield" entertain at the Illinois State Fair?

In the current fiscal year 2008 - Tax-payers are paying more than $305,000.00 to have "Fergie" entertain at the Illinois State Fair?

In fiscal year 2007, the State of Illinois spent:

 
$13.9 million on household and cleaning supplies

$10.0 million on office and library supplies

$34.3 million on gas, oil and antifreeze

$42.3 million on postage and postal charges

Appropriated spending for state government operations totaled $10.717 billion in fiscal year 2007.

Appropriated spending for personal services totaled $3.893 billion, or 36.3% of state government operations spending in fiscal year 2007

From fiscal year 1998 to 2007 the number of state employees dropped from 83,587 to 72,312, a decrease of 11,275 or 13.5%.

After the governor’s vetoes, General Funds appropriations for fiscal year 2008 total $27.5 billion, an increase of $1.5 billion from fiscal year 2007

Other Interesting News:
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services budget for the 2008 fiscal year contributed $280,000.00 to the Walter and Connie Payton Foundation. In the past five (5) years, the contribution was only $150,000.00. Why and how did this expenditure go up so drastically in 2008? (Almost Doubled!)
Go to the website at:

Walter & Connie Payton Foundation

Most of the articles about the foundation say that the foundation supports the DCFS. It looks like the reverse is true. These funds are supposed to be for the Children and Families of Illinois, why are our tax dollars going to a charitable foundation? Aren't foundations like these supposed to give money? Can you find an annual report for the foundation at the website, that discloses how these funds are being used?

See where the $280,000.00 that the DCFS gave to the WCPF went

Can't we stop wasteful Spending in Illinois?

Why do we need a Student & Adult Tobacco Survey?
Click below to read about this issue, and see the Contract Award
and how Illinois just committed to spending $684,114.00

Recent Contract Awarded for over $600,000.00 for this useless survey.

Some of this information obtained from the website of:

ILLINOIS COMPTROLLER
DANIEL W. HYNES

Contact them at their web address: Illinois State Comptroller

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