Will Co. (ECWd) – DuPage Township Supervisor Bill Mayer appears to have admitted to a conflict of interest, that if true, could be a class 4 felony under the Township code at […]
DuPage Township Supervisor Admits conflict
Crawford County Sheriff facing FOIA lawsuit for failing to produce public records
Crawford Co. (ECWd) – The Crawford County Sherriff has refused to produce certain records connected to seized weapons even though multiple attempts to obtain the records were provided. Josh Burday with Loevy […]
Maine Township facing FOIA lawsuit for failure to produce records
Cook Co. (ECWd) – The Maine Township has refused to produce certain records tied to the General Assistance Public Aid information and even though we offered them a chance to rethink their […]
Village of Hammond – Certain elected officials should resign
Piatt Co. (ECWd) – November 9th, 2018 I sent this Freedom of Information Act request to the Village of Hammond. Based on what we reported in this article regarding the Village of […]
Village of Hammond – Legal advice ignored as are the laws
Piatt Co. (ECWd) – We routinely find local government bodies being given bad legal advice from their attorney, but in the Village of Hammond, a new twist. Legal advice is given but […]
Karen Johnson, Kankakee School District 111, Conflict of Interest in Transportation Director Employment
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) – Karen Johnson, former member of the Kankakee School District Board of Education, participated in an activity which presented a conflict of interest between her elected position as board […]
Vermilion County’s 73 years of improper Airport taxation –
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – “That’s the way we’ve always done it.” “The county tax system works this way” “There are different tax codes” “There may be exceptions that apply to our local […]
Wesley Township – Donald, John and Sarah Norton being sued – A family affair
Will Co. (ECWd) – The former finger flipping Highway Commissioner for Wesley Township, John Norton, who thought he could get away with calling people a pedophile has now landed his whole family in […]
Algonquin Township objection denied – Township ordered to comply with FOIA
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – “Algonquin Township Objection to the settlement agreement and entry of the proposed agreed order is overruled and denied.” At the direction of Algonquin Township attorney James Kelly, an […]
Clark-Edgar Water BOIL ORDER LIFTED NOTIFICATION
Clark-Edgar Rural Water District 475 IL Hwy 1 Marshall, IL 62441 Phone: (217) 463-5888 Fax: (217) 463-5115 Date: November 29, 2018 BOIL ORDER LIFTED NOTIFICATION The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District […]
Urbana Schools Asst Superintendent arraigned on eavesdropping charge –
URBANA, IL. (ECWd) – Samual J. Byndom, Assistant Superintendent of Schools at Urbana School District 116, was charged earlier this month with eavesdropping. In previous reports, it was alleged that he purchased […]
BOIL ORDER for portions of Clark Edgar Rural Water District
Edgar Co. (ECWd) – A BOIL ORDER has been issued by the CERWD for the following areas. The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District has issued an emergency repair for the following location in […]
Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D) files Motion to expunge death wish comments from record –
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Rep Kifowit stated she filed a Motion to expunge her previous death wish comments (watch them here) from the House records. Motion passed. Rule 51 violations were also […]
IL. State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D) reads cold apology, filled with excuses –
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Illinois State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D) reads cold apology, filled with excuses during today’s House session. Her “apology” appeared to be more of an excuse of her reprehensible […]
Algonquin Township – The Circus tent is alive and well…ok, not so well
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Algonquin Township Attorney James Kelly has provided some interesting information to the Road District’s Attorney Rob Hanlon regarding our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Township. Interesting because […]
IL State Rep Stephanie Kifowit’s (D) Death Wish on Rep Breen (R) and his family – then she lied about it –
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – On the Illinois House of Representative Floor, during debate on November 27, 2018, Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, D-Aurora, issued a death wish upon Rep. Peter Breen and his family. […]
Village of Cary votes to repudiate and condemn use of public funds for report –
CARY, IL. (ECWd) – In a lengthy Special Meeting called by four village trustees, the village board approved a Resolution to repudiate a recent “illegal” report on a claim of harassment filed […]
Death Threat found in Paris High School restroom –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Just weeks after a previous alleged threat, a note was found on the wall of a restroom stall at the Paris High School this afternoon. The threat (click […]
Governor Rauner – Politics over Governance from the start of his term
Illinois (ECWd) – Governor Rauner took office on January 12, 2015. Ten days later, he instituted directives that some would consider police state tactics for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and […]
Plainfield Township – Apparent admission of guilt letter submitted to the Township Supervisor
Will Co. (ECWd) – The Plainfield Township Administrator Andi Fench submitted her resignation letter along with another letter that appears to be an admission of guilt. As we outlined in this article, […]
Plainfield Township – exposure of illegal use of public property leads to resignation
Will Co. (ECWd) – Within hours of our first publication pertaining to the Plainfield Township Administrator Andi French’s improper use of public property in this article, she submits her resignation letter. The […]
Plainfield Township- Self dealing opens investigation, termination pending
Will Co. (ECWd) – It is not often we get to write about situations as those taking place in Plainfield Township as it pertains to officials taking proactive steps to investigate and […]
Trustee Benford asks for prayers for shooting victims, Burgess and others offended –
Bolingbrook, IL. (ECWd) – During Trustee comments at the DuPage Township Board of Trustees meeting on November 20, 2018, Trustee Benford closed her comments by asking that people pray for the victims […]
Dave Kietzmann’s Vermilion Airport Authority resignation letter –
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – As promised earlier, a copy of Dave Kietzmann’s resignation from the Vermilion County Airport Authority is below. It should have been taken care of in May, but apparently, […]
Lisle Library Trustee Flint thinks he is special, District violating state law re: compensation –
LISLE, IL. (ECWd) – The Lisle Library District is governed by the Public Library District Act of 1991. Section 30-30 of the Act prescribes the compensation of library district trustees as follows: […]
South Barrington Park District Commissioners receive illegal compensation –
South Barrington, IL. (ECWd) – The Illinois Park District Code mandates, in Section 4-1, that Commissioners shall serve without compensation: “[…] The members of such governing boards shall act as such without […]
Gurnee Park District Commissioners receiving illegal compensation –
GURNEE, IL. (ECWd) – The Illinois Park District Code mandates, in Section 4-1, that Commissioners shall serve without compensation: “[…] The members of such governing boards shall act as such without compensation, […]
Algonquin Township unanimously violates law –
Algonquin Township, IL. (ECWd) – Apparently, this township finds it difficult to follow the most basic point of the open meetings law, that an item must be listed on the published agenda […]
Algonquin Township Board asks to get sued again –
Algonquin Township (ECWd) – At this evening’s Algonquin Township Board Meeting (11-14-2018), the Board voted to refuse payment on some of the Road District’s bills, stating they would welcome another lawsuit for […]
David Kietzmann resigned from Vermilion Co. Regional Airport Authority –
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – The now-former Chairman of the Vermilion County Regional Airport Authority (“VCRAA”), Dave Kietzmann, submitted his resignation from the VCRAA board last Friday, effective immediately. The Illinois Department of […]
