CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: After more than 10 weeks, hoping the audio problems would have been worked out by now, the audio for the June 12, 2018 meeting is still horrendous and at times barely audible (start at about the 38:40 and listen for a...
CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that the Village of Chatham has violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act. On May 9and June 13, 2017, the Village of Chatham held two separate regular meetings without posting proper meeting notices. In particular, the...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Craig Law, a current Sangamon County Sheriff Deputy and Candidate for Mayor in the Village of Chatham is running for Mayor on a platform of "Professionalism", based on what appears to be his twenty-one years in law enforcement. "Professionalism: Twenty-one years in...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd -) It appears the job of fact checking is once again left to independent citizens who have had their fill of misleading information published in the media. This is a case where either the Mayor was not truthful with the reporter or...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Once again the taxpayers get hoodwinked by their elected officials and I would say we called it perfectly back in June of 2016. From this article; “Public officials tend to do what they want until people question those actions. Then, more often...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Matt Mau is currently a Village of Chatham Trustee and currently asking the voters for their support for his run for Mayor. In light of all the problems we have exposed with the Village of Chatham, we felt it necessary to address the...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - In yet another example of why Village of Chatham Clerk Pat Schad must resign, we need only look at his mission statement and responsibilities listed on the Village website "MISSION STATEMENT Promote open and responsive government through proper recording of village business and...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - I first exposed the violations of election law by authorities of the Village of Chatham in this article. During the regular meeting on Tuesday the 27th, I asked for the village clerk's resignation during public comment where I addressed the violations...
CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Chatham held a regular meeting last night and voted to censure their Mayor, Tom Gray, for his obscene gesture of flipping the bird to a citizen during an ethics commission hearing of an ethics complaint against him. It was a...
Chatham, IL. (ECWd) - If we can't trust our electoral process and those in charge of it then we are doomed as a civil society. Laws are in place to protect our rights and when those in charge violate those laws we move further and further...
