Deputy Dog and His Side Kick Dee
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Is Ex-Deputy Dee Burgin hurting for cash? He just dropped the price of his house $30,000.00 and is now threatening to sue the county for more of your tax dollars. So…
Dee Burgin – Justice Update!
As so many of us know, this county has had more than its fair share of illegal activity and corruption and from all indications it appears to be a breeding ground…
TORT Fund and the Edgar County Board
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - At the September 2012 Edgar County Board meeting, we were informed the board was not going to transfer the $71,100 from TORT fund to general fund.…
Attorney General Investigating complaints against CERWD
EDGAR CO. - ECWd – The Illinois Attorney General has determined that further inquiry is necessary in reply to my letter, in which I spelled out the potential violations of the…
County Board Violates Own Policy Manual!
Our Pledge of Allegiance at every County Board meeting means nothing if we don’t understand what it means and blatantly ignore the very pledge they recite every month. In the…
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.…
Guilty Plea – Class 4 Felony
EDGAR CO. - Cole Lewis, one of the “Kansas 6″, has entered a plea of Guilty in a Class 4 felony of Aggravated Battery with Great Bodily Harm. This was…
Dear Mr. Brad Young,
EDGAR CO. - Prior to embarrassing yourself in public again, I would encourage that in the future you get the facts pertaining to any accusation you’re going to make, as tonight you…
CERWD Aug 2012 Meeting Video
After attending the August meeting of the Clark Edgar Rural Water district we can reaffirm the need to have elected officials instead of blind appointments from County Boards. It’s evident…
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…
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…
Nitpicking?? Thank You!
EDGAR CO - Our recent Fox in the Hen House article lead to an accusation of Nitpicking and the more we thought about it, the more we realized the importance…
Edgar County Board Meeting – “What really happened”
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Just in case you missed reading in other local publications what really went on at the county board meeting this month, here are some comments and…
Dignity Part V .
EDGAR CO (ECWd) - Farnham, Crippes, St. Clair, Hopper, Burgin, Ball, Rhoads, and the beat goes on! From ignoring felony crimes to covering them up, it’s very clear the history of…
Trial of youth accused of murdering mother
EDGAR CO - This article is reprinted from the July Issue of Disclosure with permission from Angela Mason Howser. Trial of youth accused of murdering mother moving toward jury trial. …
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…
Additional Depositions
At the request of our local readers we are posting several more depositions in the Randy Steidl and Herb Whitlock case for your viewing. For anyone interested you can download the…
Dignity – Part IV
Who truly got the ISP involved to investigate the Official Misconduct of the jailers Kent Rhoads and Jason Ball? The investigation reports reveal some very interesting questions. In an ISP…
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…
1 Year OLD !
On the 1 year anniversary of the Edgar County Watchdogs, I would like to extend our gratitude for all of the citizens who provided tips to us and those who…
“History Breaths…….It Belongs to You”
Every day I wake up and pray that more people will see what John and I see in this great nation and its people. Sure we all have our problems…
In the beginning there was water!
In the beginning there was water! Clark County Rural Water. A private business with an address of PO Box of 232, Marshal, Illinois 62441. We know from bank records it…
Dignity? I want to Vomit!
EDGAR CO. – “Dignity is a term used in moral, ethical and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to respect and ethical treatment. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity) A…
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…
3 more Kansas teens in Court –
EDGAR CO. - Two more of the “Kansas 6″ were back in court on July 12, 2012 at the Edgar County Courthouse. Cole Lewis appeared in June 14 with a pretrial date set…
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…
Mass Transit District Update –
EDGAR CO. – The East Central Illinois Mass Transit District held a regularly scheduled meeting today, July 10, 2012. No information was released as far as the on going investigations.…
