Health Dept Dir. & his “Girlfriend” Resign
The Administrator of the Edgar County Health Department, Eddy McFarland, and “his girlfriend” (not my words…) tender their resignations to the Edgar County Board on or about December 12, 2011. They become effective…
Audits…again no action – excuses on video.
The ECWD have, for MONTHS, continued to demand that audits be completed as required, with the Edgar County Board refusing to comply with the law. (30 ILCS 5/) Illinois State Auditing…
Edgar County Board Meeting 12-14-2011
Video of the Dec 14, 2011 Edgar County Board Meeting is below. I find it quite telling, the lengths that our county board will go to in order to…
Paris Refuse Hauling “License”
The City of Paris has adopted an ordinance limiting the number of refuse haulers in the city to three. They have also imposed a $250 fee for the license,…
Paris Beacon Missing in Action
Numerous issues were raised in the November County Board meeting and after reading the reporting from the Paris Beacon its interesting what was reported, versus what actually took place. So there…
You Cant Make This Up!
Mr. Clark, you should FIRE your ETSB attorney, Craig Smith, the current Mayor of Paris, Illinois! At the beginning of my questions I referenced a document, a single piece of…
The Costs of Public Corruption – And The Need for the Public to Fight Back
Excellent article on the website for the Offices of the United States Attorneys by Patrick Fitzgerald U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois http://www.justice.gov/usao/briefing_room/fin/corruption.html Please read the article referenced…
District 95 BoE meeting Dec 5, 2011
The Distric 95 Board of Education meeting was held on Dec 5, 2011. Video (thanks to the school district) is below Chuck’s comments. ”At the December 5, 2011, meeting of…
Dee Burgin, New Chairman of the 911 Board
Sit down people, clear your mouths; you’re NOT going to believe this! What do you suppose the first act of the 911 Board was after voting in the new Board Chairman,…
ETSB (911) Meeting Dec 5, 2011
Below is the complete video (minus the tape change) of the Edgar County ETSB Meeting held on Dec 5, 2011. …
Demand Accountability
The following is an article on Blago, but one only needs to replace “Illinois“ with “enter your local government name here” and you will swear he was reading our minds when writing this.…
Huffington Post: On the ISP Settlement
From the Huffington Post report: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-conroy/randy-steidl-settlement-wrongful-conviction_b_1123730.html?ref=chicago John Conroy Senior investigator, Better Government Association; Author, ‘Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture’ We Must Insist on Accountability for Wrongful Convictions…
More on the ISP Settlement and “Reverse Spin”
This following article is about the recent settlement of Randy Steidl with one of the defendants in his wrongful conviction federal civil lawsuit — the Illinois State Police. The suspect…
