Illinois State Fair manager fined by ethics commission for accepting free beer tickets
From the State Journal Register
By Doug Finke
State Capitol Bureau
Posted Jul. 28, 2014 @ 11:18 am
Updated at 10:21 PM
Illinois State Fair manager Amy Bliefnick has been fined $1,000 by the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission after she admitted that she accepted $540 in free beer tickets from a beer vendor during the 2013 fair.
The commission also fined former DuQuoin State Fair manager John Rednour Jr. $5,000 after he admitted he solicited up to $8,000 in free beer tickets from the beer vendor at that fair. Rednour no longer works for the state.
The commission determined that both Bliefnick and Rednour violated the state gift ban. It said both had completed state ethics training that specifies officials cannot seek or accept gifts from a state vendor.
Illinois Executive Inspector General Ricardo Meza’s office conducted the investigation. Complaints to the inspector general’s office are confidential.
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