BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – After a nearly 3-hour closed session, the DuPage Township Board of Trustees entertained a vote to appoint Felix George as Township Supervisor. The vote was a 2-2 tie, […]
Will Co. (ECWd) – Our work of exposing local government malfeasance has many facets. While any particular article may be focused on a specific unit of government, one facet commonly overlooked is […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – It’s time for Time Card Tuesday once again. This article will begin with the first two time cards we have for Anna May Miller, former employee of the […]
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) – UPDATE: Copy of Court Order inserted at end of article. Today, the McHenry County Circuit Court granted our Emergency Motion To Quash a subpoena from Algonquin Township directed […]
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) – Below are the unredacted Closed Session Minutes of the January 9, 2019 meeting of the Algonquin Township Board. The Board had previously released a redacted version, but this […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – We made a short video explaining what happens when a Township Supervisor resigns. It is a fairly straight-forward process, once you understand that the Township Code, the Open […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – View the video from February 4, 2019 below. There was a meeting of the DuPage Township Board called for Feb 4th, Trustees Maripat Oliver and Ken Burgess decided […]
DeKalb Township (ECWd) – In April 2015 the DeKalb Township Supervisor announced a new program he was running thru General Assistance, and it dealt with the township becoming an independent agent of […]
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) – The Jasper County Community School District No. 1 has received a Motion for Sanctions against it alleging one of its employees committed witness tampering by threatening and intimidating […]
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General has determined that the Village of Wheeling violated the Open Meetings Act during its September 5, 2017 public meeting. According to the written determination, […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Considering it is a Tuesday and the time card reviewed today has a great big red flag for the April 4th, 2017 date, which is a Tuesday, we present […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Recent exposure of Anna May Miller’s political work from public computers and the fuzzy math time cards has raised more questions than we can keep up with. Miller was […]
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Illinois Senator Melinda Bush, (D) 31st District, apparently thinks more government secrets are better. Bush filed Senate Bill 0196 on January 30, 2019. This Bill would permit a […]
DuPage Township (ECWd) – Q: When Township Supervisor resigns, who signs checks? A: Nobody. (is the short answer) Q: Then how do the township bills and payroll get paid? A: They don’t […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Records recovered from a hard drive of the Road District reflect Anna May Miller, a former employee of the Road District and wife of the former Highway Commissioner […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Legal bills in the Township of Algonquin and its Road District have been a point of interest to residents and the local paper. In fact, today a comment […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Basic Math – 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 1+3=4, etc. According to the policy manual, the following apply to pay: if a person is “required” to work on a Holiday, they […]
Will Co. (ECWd) – It appears the recently appointed Township Clerk, Kulsum Ali, does not understand her duties as Clerk and ignored proper requests for a meeting by two trustees while honoring […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – During the DuPage Township meeting last night, an agenda item for appointment of Trustee Burgess was a point of contention with the four trustees. Not for appointing him, […]
DuPage Township (ECWd) – We have reviewed a copy of the DuPage Township meeting agenda for the special meeting scheduled for January 29, 2019. Among the items on the Agenda are: Accept […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Anna May Miller began working at the Township Road District for her husband in August of 1998 according to records obtained from the Road District. August of 2013 […]
Algonquin Township (ECWd) – When Algonquin Township Trustee Melissa Victor was contemplating taking an open position for another public body, she asked the Township Attorney for advice on any conflict of interest […]
Algonquin Township, IL (ECWd) – When the rights of the people to petition their government for redress are met with fierce opposition by the very institutions whose livelihood is dependent upon that […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Over fifty Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to Algonquin Township & Road District from the local paper and not a single request for records pertaining to Bob Miller, […]
ALGONQUIN TWP (ECWd) – Is Trustee Victor intimidating Gasser using threats of police action and the withholding of official action? According to the executive session minutes of a recent special meeting, the […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Paper trails are like bread crumbs and while the birds may have eaten most of them during this cold snap,(or was it a rag that wiped the computer […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – As the three-ring circus continues in Algonquin Township, a recent gotcha attempt appears to have backfired for the person raising the issues, but has resulted in positive steps for […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – It appears from the records, the former Algonquin Township Road District Highway Commissioner Bob Miller was a busy man just prior to departing office. Records reflect there was […]
Will Co. (ECWd) – Over the past 2 years, we have written about numerous townships and exposed more self-dealing than I thought was possible, and it appears, Plainfield Township is not much […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – As promised, the transcript of the recent Union 150 case against the Algonquin Township Road district has arrived and available for download at this link or viewed below. […]
