Of The People, By The People, For The People!
I only dream of being able to pen a report with such meaningful statements as that of DANIEL J. O’HERN, SR.,Retired Associate Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey and PROFESSOR PAULA A.…
Rule of Law -What does it mean?
UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL HAVE ONLY POWERS GRANTED BY LAW! Source: Illinois Constitution. (When is the last time anyone read it?) http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con7.htm Article VII SECTION 8. POWERS AND OFFICERS…
Convicted by a jury from now to eternity!
EDGAR CO. - As the word of a settlement being reached with Dee Burgin, Terry Rogers, and the county insurance company swirls over their Civil Rights conviction, it’s pretty clear…
CERWD – E911 – Kansas 6 – Driveway Update –
EDGAR CO - There are several items to report around the area and we will lump them into one article. Clark-Edgar Rural Water District It appears that not one of…
Courage, It’s burning inside you, fan the flame!
Many have speculated, falsely, that our efforts of exposing improper and illegal activity is based on some political motivation or self-serving agenda. Sadly those people have become part of the…
Illinois False Claims Act and Edgar County ETSB –
EDGAR CO. - After spending more than 14 months asking the Edgar County Board and the Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB or 911) to recover payments for claims…
Dee Burgin was “Let Go” today
EDGAR CO - We have just received information that Dee Burgin is no longer a Deputy in the Edgar County Sheriff Department. This comes after the 30 day appeal period…
Resign with your Dignity? Part III
What happens when you hire your buddy or your buddies buddy as part of the ongoing good old boy policy in this County? You get the good old boy that…
Can we recover our Moral Fiber?
Our Moral Fiber is being destroyed in this country, this state, this county, one day, one event, one person at a time. What is Moral Fiber? I think the definition…
Crimes Outweigh Justice in Edgar County
The former Charleston, IL City Planner, Jeff Finley, was charged last month with embezzling over $22,000 from Code Enforcement Officials between 2004 and 2008. The indictment outlines he wrote checks to himself as electronic payments to…
County Board Ignores Misappropriations!
As usual, the county board sits silent and does nothing to hold people accountable for misappropriations of county funds even with stacks of evidence. More amazing is the auditors report and…
911 – Confirmed FOIA Violation – 2011 PAC 17699 .
EDGAR CO. - After 9 months of the Edgar County ETSB (911) wasting taxpayer money, on the advice of their former attorney (S. Craig Smith), trying to get out of providing Public Documents pursuant…
Money Generation – A Family Affair!
You may recall we did several stories on Revenue generation after the County Board chairman asked us to assist in finding revenue for the county. Although we have identified numerous…
Still Chairman of 911?
EDGAR CO. - Deputy Dee Burgin remains as the 911 Chairman in spite of losing the Federal Civil Rights case against him. And of course, if he can continue working in…
Luxury Car Entitlement (911)
EDGAR CO – Let’s talk about bad decisions by the ETS Board this time. It appears we have, at least in the ETS (911), an entitlement mentality when it comes…
Sworn Deputy Ignores the law
Although the meat of this story pertains to our Edgar County ETSB (911 Board), we can’t overlook the fact that a sworn officer of the law is the Chairman of…
Video: Edgar County ETSB (911) Meeting
The Edgar County ETS (911) Board held a regular meeting on Monday, April 9, 2012. Video of the entire meeting is below. Below that is the Open Meetings Act Request…
911 – Another Confirmed OMA Violation: 2011 PAC 17959
This is the resolution of the complaint filed, after the Attorney General’s office completed their investigation on the illegal secret ballot at the 911 meeting in Dec 2011. What makes this…
911 – Confirmed OMA Violations: 2011 PAC 17065 & 17128
The results of two Illinois Attorney General INVESTIGATIONS (wow – there’s that word again that we have been accused of defaming people with). This is but two of the many complaints files with the…
Hotseat? – From Disclosure:
Coming to us from Disclosure: By Jack Howser Published: February 25, 2012 EDGAR CO.—One of the latest attempts at issuing threats to shut down Disclosure comes from one of…
ETSB (911) Meeting 2-6-2012
Video is below, our comments are below the video: The first action was to remove the requirement to state your address during the public comment period. I commented…
Facing allegations of felony theft.
From the Tribune-Star: WEST TERRE HAUTE — A West Terre Haute police officer is facing allegations of 6 counts of felony theft…There were a total of 23 questionable fuel purchases…
Ran across this notice today…
So I had to stop in and get the story behind it, and all I can say is “Wow”! We will do a follow-up post in a few days. …
The Unelected 911 Czar!
Since video doesn’t lie, it’s pretty clear that the Chairman of the 911 board, Dee Burgin, oh wait, he voted himself off so is he really the chairman? For the…
Oops – 911 Board Chairman Ousted Himself !
A tactical move to undo an illegal action at the December 5, 2011 Edgar County 911 Board meeting backfired at the next 911 Board meeting when elected Chairman, Dee Burgin,…
Craig Smith is OUT as ETSB Attorney
Over 6 months ago we requested minutes from the 911 board pertaining to the hiring of Craig Smith, a local attorney and current Mayor of Paris. We knew when it…
IL Attorney General File #: PAC 17065
The Illinois Attorney General has received this Open Meetings Act request for review pertaining to a committee of the ETSB (911) holding an illegal meeting on Aug 16, 2011. …
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…
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. …
