Column: Seeking $1.8 million from entrepreneur, state settles for far less – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "After trying for more than two years to collect $1.8 million in missing state grant money from a local entrepreneur, the state has largely abandoned its effort. A recent federal bankruptcy court filing revealed that the Illinois Department of Human Resources wrote off most of the missing $1.8 million. In exchange, entrepreneur Sally Carter agreed to make a $20,000 payment to settle the issue."
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mqyl
1 year ago

This is yet another inspiring article of how IL is such a responsible stewart of taxpayer money.

mqyl
1 year ago
Reply to  mqyl

steward – darn auto correct

James
1 year ago
Reply to  mqyl

Oh, I thought you were trying to get Martha Stewart in politics. I must be keeding!

Anthony
1 year ago
Reply to  James

LOL! The last time I saw a mistake like this, it was the time I’d just used a steak knife as a catheter.

ProzacPlease
1 year ago

The real story is buried near the end of the article. Ms Carter had pulled the same scam from 2011-2016, when she was given grants of over $5 million from ISBE for education programs that failed to meet expectations. Yet somehow she got more grant money, again produced no results, and basically walks away. And she is described as an entrepreneur.

Will any journalist investigate how Ms Carter got these grants, and how she got away with this? There must be far more to this story.

Brian Jones
1 year ago

I struggle and scratch for an income, and people out there just tap into the state dole and walk off after burning through a million plus, and that’s it. No penalty.

Lots of harm and very foul.

Hello, Indiana!
1 year ago
Reply to  Brian Jones

File next to thousands of fraudulent, as yet unprosecuted PPP loans.

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