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Recent News About Atlanta Public Library District
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Who will be on the April 2 ballot in Atlanta Public Library District
Voters will decide who will serve as an Atlanta Public Library District board member when they head to the polls on April 2.
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Watchdogs - Illinois Sec of State publishes order on Atlanta Public Library
The Secretary of State declined to make Atlanta Public Library repay the Live and Learn Grant it squandered.
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Edgar County Watchdogs Atlanta Library – financial hardships reap bonuses
During the Atlanta Public Library hearing, one of the Library Director’s testified on the impact to the library if they had to pay the Secretary of State for the Grant they obtained totaling $25,000.
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Edgar County Watchdogs: Logan County State’s Attorney – How much more evidence do you need?
For over eight months we have been exposing alleged felony violations of law by Bill Thomas, former self-dealing board member of the Atlanta Public Library District, and to date, Thomas has not been charged.
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Edgar County Watchdogs Two Atlanta Public Library District Trustees resigned from office
Two Atlanta Public Library District Trustees resigned from office.
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Edgar County Watchdogs - Atlanta Library: No evidence email was shared with Board
Once again, the fact-checking of sworn testimony of Bill Thomas is proving he has a real problem with facts.
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Edgar County Watchdogs - Video: Illinois Secretary of State v. Atlanta Public Library District
Mid-2017, we started our investigations of troubling activity within the Atlanta Public Library District.
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From Prairie State Wire
Edgar County Watchdogs Live-Stream @ State Library Hearing 2-6-2018
This is a Hearing to hear testimony and review documents on Atlanta Public Library District’s appeal of a directive from the Secretary of State Library to return a $25,000 “Live and Learn” grant.
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Is this why Bill Thomas has free reign in Atlanta? Gifts-Bonuses-Travel Payments?
Atlanta Public Library District – Many have wondered why the Board of Trustees of a Library District would allow such shenanigan’s to happen in Atlanta, Illinois over the course of the past several years.
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From West Central Reporter
Join us for a Live Broadcast from the Illinois Secretary of State, State Library Hearing
Join us for a Live Broadcast from the Illinois Secretary of State, State Library Hearing
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Secretary of state demands Atlanta Public Library District return $25,000 grant
The Illinois Secretary of State's Office of General Counsel has declared in a letter its intent to recover $25,000 in grant funds from the Atlanta Public Library District due to a prohibited financial interest on the part of one of the library trustees, according to a citizen oversight group.
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Key issue called unresolved in Atlanta Library Board accusations
A determination by the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Bureau in favor of the Atlanta Public Library District Board of Trustees has left a key question unanswered, according to the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW): Do monthly payments to a board member to rent a property he owns represent a conflict of interest?
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Atlanta, Illinois, Library accused of illegally running museum, eatery
The Atlanta, Illinois, Public Library District is running a museum and restaurant on tax dollars, according to the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW).
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Atlanta, Illinois, library accused of faux lease deal to earn state grant
The Atlanta, Illinois, Public Library District used a contract it had no intention of fulfilling to qualify for a grant from the Illinois secretary of state, the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) allege.
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Atlanta, Illinois, library accused of fraud in state grant application
The Atlanta, Illinois, Public Library District fraudulently entered into a contract in order to qualify for a grant from the Illinois Secretary of State, the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) allege on their Illinois Leaks website.
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Atlanta, Illinois, library gives up on tax after public petition
The Atlanta Public Library District recently bowed to public pressure and vacated an ordinance to impose a Library Building and Maintenance Tax rather than put the matter to vote in a referendum, according to the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW).
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Atlanta, Illinois, library accused of illegally obtaining loans
The Atlanta, Illinois, Public Library broke the law by taking out bank loans to pay for construction and remodeling of library facilities, the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) contend.
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Atlanta, Illinois, library accused of illegal loan acquisitions
The Atlanta, Illinois, Public Library Board approved loans at its November 2013 and January 2014 meetings that were not listed on the agendas, thus violating the Open Meetings Act (OMA), according to the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW).
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Criminal probe urged over Atlanta, Illinois, library contract
The Atlanta, Illinois, Public Library District agreement to purchase Union Hall is a deliberate attempt to circumvent the law and requires a criminal investigation, the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) contend.