Weird, the rest of the comments here are now missing. I believe there were 8.

@Softball Jim, let me get this straight, you are happy with all the unethical behavior, criminal behavior, the hiring of family and past board members, et al? It is a shame you appear to not like the truth being exposed to the public.

BTW, the actions of the board and administration are who is causing the expenses through their own actions and their continued stonewalling. This could have been completed last summer if the board had been willing to work me.

To your other point, I know I have saved the district millions because of the changed behavior and the uncovering of no-bid contracts.

Just a couple quick no bid contracts: Cleaning supplies, energy & healthcare consortiums.

Exactly how did he cost tax payers money?

Please be specific;

They claim I cost the district money because I FOIAed the district and exposed the ethics violations, use of taxpayer resources in an effort to elect incumbent board members Facklam & Garcia,felonies, open meeting act violations, abuse of power and possibly fraud. The district chose to expend (and still are) a lot of money in an attempt to coverup all of this behavior.

I am well aware of the service you provided the D46 residents. I again thank you for your time and effort in exposing the filth within.

I was interested in the libturds interpretation....

Steve, please feel free to FOIA all the contracts and monthly costs to get exact figures related to the changes due to the uncovering of the no bid contracts if you wish. Again, those are just a portion of the savings. While you start with those, I will continue to focus on solutions as usual.

If you wish to know more, please attend one of the upcoming events I will be speaking at or an upcoming training session where I teach others how to hold their local taxing bodies accountable. You will also learn how to save taxpayers money, potentially millions of dollars as I have done in Grayslake; how to work with taxing bodies to help them become fiscally sustainable. You will find them very enlightening and informative as the many others who have attended.

Steve, don't blame Lennie for your own LAZINESS. He has been doing this for years. For him to look up everything FOR YOU, is a plot for wasting his time. He has mentioned several things, but the problem is, you just don't want to take your time, you just want to throw accusations to try to discredit him. Google him for pete's sake! Google district 46! My children can google to find out their own answers. Sheesh!

By the way, I didn't know the Patch let people write an article in "Local Voices" without the author giving their full name. Interesting. Why don't you want to identify yourself?

Steve, could it be possible that you already KNOW your answers to your own question?

But you didn't answer my question. (Do you already know the answer to your question?)

By the way, do you work with/for/represent a school in any capacity?

He hasn't avoided your question at all, you just don't like the answers. Period.

Again, you don't like the answers, they are there and it is google-able as well! It frustrates me when someone asks answers that someone has already given. READ and google, please!!!

Just so I am getting your whole answer, you have no "association" what-so-ever to schools... right? Unions, contracts, etc... Don't tell me you have a child in a school, because that is not what I mean and you know it.

How do you know so much about ED RED? What is your association with them? Why would you want to use taxpayer money to work lobby against taxpayers?

You seem to be dodging some questions.

Thank you for clarifying that you "haven't received any substantive response to my" (your) "request". The problem is your comprehension then. That explains it. Thank you.

ED RED DOES lobby against the taxpayer, using taxpayer funds to do so. Period.

You can go read my blog for many of the items (http://educationmatters.us) or as I stated before, come out to an event where I will be speaking or an upcoming training session. Enjoy your reading while I continue to focus on solutions to bring fiscal sustainability to school districts across Illinois.

Any news on what happened to the missing comments?

Mr. Garcia must be one heck of a janitor.....

They need a policy to prevent these insider hiring and nepotism. There were 2 former board presidents, 1 spouse and 3 children hired of board members and administration in the district that I know of. Not sure how many more.

@Sandra, it is wrong for both sides to name call. All of us have much in common. We'd find that out if we would just start having honest discussions without all the hyperbole, name calling, generalizations, and impugning of motives. We are all adults and should act as such.

Many of the problems on this website is perpetuated by anonymous posters who think they can bully others into silence. There has been way to much bullying on here and in the Grayslake area for far too long.

I am not going to hide or be bullied. This is one reason I use my own name. I want everyone to know who I am and what I stand for. That should be the goal of every one of us.

As I've stated many times on here, anyone is welcome to come talk to me. I will come to your meetings as well. All children deserve a quality education and it is up to all of us of to work together to make sure that happens. I'll be happy to help train and support candidates in the Spring elections that want to bring fiscal sustainability to this and any other school district.

Of course your feelings are my number one concern.

With or without you, we will unseat Millington, Surroz, and Weinert. We may not get them all, but we'll manage to pick a few of them off. Facklam will be quite easy. As a matter of fact, I'd be surprised if she even attempts to run again. One thing for certain, should she decide to run, I intend upon getting my hands on one of those special gift cards....

Well, we could have worked together on a common goal, but apparently you have no interest in that, only calling people idiotic childish names. This is why the Tea Party has such a bad rap. I will work in my own way for my goals but I am not going to be attending meetings with hate filled idiots like you.

@Sandra, again, the @TWL person is a prime example of why anonymous commenting is bad for all. My guess is that they do not even belong to the tea party. They are just a nut trying to cause problems.

I believe you are also jumping to conclusions, just as they are. The people in the LC Tea Party are not like this nut. As I've stated many times before, we all need to talk to each other to find out the truth and not be so quick to jump based on distortions and generalizations.

Matter of fact, this person might just be someone posing as one of us. You just never know on these anonymous sites. There is NO accountability. I would suggest you look at past articles that Lennie has posted in. You will see PLENTY of name calling towards Lennie, so he knows how you feel. You are free to do what you want, but you are welcome, as anyone else is, without fear of this kind of faceless comments at the meetings. There is just concern for solutions.

I also find it funny that there has been a breakdown of cost of FOIA's from salary people that have filled them. Whose rate have they broke it down with?

Besides, it isn't Lennie that has cost the district money, when it has been the cover ups and cronyism from certain board members, certain administrators, etc, that have cost the taxpayers outrageous legal fees.

Keith said in the board meeting last Wednesday, it's a witch hunt... but it is only a witch hunt if nothing is found. There has been TOO MUCH found. Way to much, and the excuse of "I didn't know" isn't cutting it anymore. People are watching and you would be surprised how many people are starting to work with Lennie now. They are tired of it all right, but it isn't Lennie that they are tired of. Mike, Lennie, etc where all right, and people know it now.

I would invite everyone to look at the latest board meeting where the administration is now asking for money from other funds to cover the districts over spending and balance the books this year.

http://ww2.d46.org/boe/boevideos/boevideo062012-ph.asp
http://ww2.d46.org/boe/boevideos/boevideo062012-2.asp

Softball wants you to look away, nothing to see here...

A small investment to bring responsibility and accountability to an otherwise rouge school board. A big investment in the future to ensure fiscal responsibility and accountability......

A drop on the bucket considering the annual salary increases Ellen Correll receives.....

Looks like Carbone and Facklam both need to go. Not playing politics here. They both are bad for the school district.

Casual observation, maybe, but very astute. Please keep observing.