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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Censured PSC Board Member Loses Over $1,200 in Reimbursements

A Patch investigation reveals that a controversial political maneuver cost Prairie State College Wendell Mosby over $1,200 in travel reimbursements.

Documents released by Prairie State College reveal just how hard Trustee Wendell Mosby was hit when the board stripped him of his travel reimbursement privileges earlier this month. The board made the move after Mosby walked out of the Oct. 30 meeting just before it came time to vote on a nepotism policy he disagreed with. The walk-out removed the quorum—preventing the board from making a decision on the policy. Read: Prairie State Board Censures Trustee After Strategic Walk-Out Patch requested an itemized list of each travel expense reimbursement given to each sitting Prairie State College trustee between Jan. 1, 2011 and Dec. 13, 2012. A "travel expense" is defined as transportation costs of in- or out-of-state trips, along with lodging…

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6:51 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

Read: Prairie State Board Censures Trustee After Strategic Walk-Out. PSC and the Chair will benefit from the ignorance of others who only read one article and make statement such as "This man should be removed from office". There's three type of people- A seat warmer/talker- A bobble head dummy, who go with the flow and a doer who get up,get out and make things happen. Now,that's what I see when …   more ›

Monday, February 20, 2012

Southland Stories

Citizen Watchdog Training on Thursday

Better Government Association hosts educational session at St. Xavier University for citizen watchdogs.

Want to learn more about how to hold your public officials' feet to the fire? Curious about where your tax dollars are being spent? In honor of Presidents Day, Patch highlights a Citizen Watchdog training session taking place at St. Xavier University. The next Better Government Association Citizen Watchdog Training session takes place Thursday, Feb. 23, hosted in partnership with the Saint Xavier University Center for the Study of Fraud and Corruption.  Citizen Watchdog Training empowers you to keep an eye on government by giving you the tools you need to access government. You'll learn from legal experts how to obtain public information using the Illinois Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act. BGA Citizen Watchdog Training …

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