Lincoln pays $24,000 a year for arena website, facebook page

By   /  April 12, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

Lincoln is spending $24,000 a year in taxpayer dollars to a Lincoln company to maintain a promotional website and Facebook page touting the progress and merits of the $344 million arena project under construction downtown.

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Almost $12 million in Tenn. state taxpayer money wasted in March

By   /  April 3, 2012  /  Featured, News, Power Abuse  /  1 Comment

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By Christopher Butler | Tennessee Watchdog
NASHVILLE – Officials in 33 government entities throughout Tennessee wasted or misused almost $11.7 million of taxpayer money according to audits that the State Comptroller released during March.

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Nonprofit group sees ‘no real financial accountability’ in Texas public schools

By   /  March 28, 2012  /  Accountability, Education, News  /  No Comments

If you don’t think there is a deeply rooted ideological battle going on between your public education system and the rest of the world, we recommend you take this little test.

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Texas superintendent defends snowmobile expense, other purchases

By   /  March 28, 2012  /  Education, News  /  No Comments

Paul Vranish, superintendent of the Tornillo Independent School District near El Paso, said allegations that he misspent district funds were unfounded and that the Texas Education Agency was mistaken in its preliminary auditthat demanded a more complete forensic audit of Vranish.

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Two flood relief bills will cost PA taxpayers $21 million for state parks, flood control projects

By   /  March 28, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

Pennsylvania taxpayers will pick up $21 million of a $61 million tab to repair damage at state parks from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee last summer.

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