The Public Investigator

NEWS ALERT: The engineering firm that was selected to get a no-bid contract for site design of Lake County’s Libertyville campus is a campaign contributor to some Republican members of the County Board.

Why this news is important to you: Whether the transaction is overt or covert, campaign contributions buy influence at every level of privately-funded elected government. To cast informed votes for public servants, taxpayers need to know what special interests and corporations are bankrolling the campaigns of candidates for public office.

Subscribers can read The Public Investigator’s news report for the identity of the firm and which County Board members received political contributions from the firm and how much, plus the reason why the firm got the no-bid contract, its second one from the county in a year.

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