Stalwart conservative Adam Andrzejewski handed away over the weekend.
Adam was a friend to our website for several years since he ran for governor of Illinois again in 2010.
Adam later based Open the Books, a watchdog group that discloses spending and overspending at each degree of presidency.
One of many final reviews we posted by Open the Books was on the cost of the military gear left behind by Joe Biden for the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The record consists of:
• 600,000 weapons;
• 75,000 navy automobiles;
• 16,000 items of night time imaginative and prescient gear;
• a whole lot of airplanes, helicopters, and so forth., and rather more.
Adam shared how Biden turned the Taliban “into a significant US arms supplier for the following decade.”
Adam has persistently launched vital reviews like this for the final 15 years.
His household put out a press release on Open the Books on Monday afternoon.
CHICAGO — Following the passing of OpenTheBooks Founder & CEO Adam Andrzejewski, the nonprofit’s Board of Administrators launched the next assertion:
“It’s with great sorrow we announce the passing of Adam Andrzejewski. We lengthen our deepest sympathies to his spouse, Kerry, and his daughters.
“Adam was dedicated to bringing transparency to authorities. He walked away from enterprise 15 years in the past with a singular concept: maintain authorities accountable to the taxpayers it serves. He based OpenTheBooks to perform that activity. He was a contented warrior. Beneath his management, OpenTheBooks has grow to be a extremely revered well-known model. His demise is a loss not solely to his household and his group however the nation.
“Adam’s perception within the energy of transparency to remodel authorities and maintain it accountable at each degree is the driving power behind our work. His relentless pursuit of open information and forensic auditing has set new requirements within the battle for presidency transparency.
“Adam’s dream was to spark a transparency revolution. The results of his management is a well-oiled machine that operates at monumental scale and effectivity, devoted to posting ‘each dime on-line,’ in as near actual time as potential. The group now generates tens of 1000’s of media mentions, and our work is cited in dozens of Congressional hearings, oversight letters, and invoice introductions annually.
“Guided by the devoted staff he constructed, Adam’s imaginative and prescient will information us ahead and inform our work within the years to return. We’re extra devoted than ever to serving to taxpayers maintain authorities officers to account for his or her spending in a means that honors each Adam and our honorary chairman, the late Senator Tom Coburn.”
OpenTheBooks Board of Administrators:
Bruno Behrend
Jameson Campaigne
Chuck Chokel
Lisa Markham
Thomas W. Smith, Chairman
Dick Weiss
Along with the Board of Administrators and members of the nonprofit’s Board of Advisors, Chief Working Officer Craig Mijares stays devoted to overseeing each day work of the 30-strong staff of workers.
Our prayers are with Adam’s household and the patriots at Open the Books right now.
