Since then, more than 1,100 of the 4,000 local governmental entities in Ohio have signed up to have their expenditures displayed online. But you’ve taken it to a whole other level with technology.” The Ohio Checkbook program went live in December of 2014. “We’ve always had an open book philosophy. “This information has always been available,” Bowling Green Mayor Dick Edwards said Friday morning during at visit from staff representing State Treasurer Josh Mandel’s office. The online checkbook puts the numbers right at taxpayers’ fingertips. The city’s bills have never been top secret information, but they also haven’t been really accessible to the average citizen. The city has joined other governmental entities in the state posting expenses online on through a program offered by the Ohio Treasurer’s Office. By JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN BG Independent News Taxpayers interested in how much the city of Bowling Green spends on paper, paint and Panera can now get a look at the city’s checkbook.
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