EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - We recently received a copy of the new t-hangar lease, "Hangar Lease" (do not confuse it with the business lease), from the airport manager. This came as a surprise since there have been no discussions or approvals of any such lease at...
ARCOLA TOWNSHIP – DOUGLAS CO. (ECWd) - We reported the FOIA denial of Arcola Township in this article, published 12 days ago. After publishing that article we were contacted by a taxpayer in Arcola Township wanting to know why we were contemplating filing this suit. He...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The Commercial Lease One of the latest Beacon News Articles quotes Carl Farnham Jr. as saying RSB is not in compliance. The question that should be asked is, what document is he not in compliance with? The lease agreement the county board has never...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Chris Patrick asks: "Do you mean to tell me that it costs the county $4,560.00 to decide between a paperclip and a staple?" Watchdogs ask: What gave the Edgar County Electoral Board the authority to hire an attorney? What gave the Edgar County Electoral Board...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - It makes you wonder when people in our Government are so anxious to give away our property. Property that has value and worth yet Mr. Patrick is so insistent on giving it away that he has now called a Special County Board...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - During the June 12, 2013 Edgar County Board meeting, Chris Patrick was heard mocking the Illinois Election Code and the Electoral Process, the part of the electoral process that is the RIGHT of citizens, who allege a defect, to challenge the petitions of those...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Wow is all we can say...
ARCOLA TOWNSHIP - DOUGLAS CO. (ECWd) - Starting on April 23, 2013, we sent a few FOIA requests to Arcola Township in Douglas County. The purpose of those requests were to gather information on some questionable financial expenditures. Did we receive timely and appropriate responses to...
DEWITT CO. (ECWd) - While in Dewitt County last week waiting for the county board meeting (we arrived 3 hours early), we decided to cruise through the Marina that is leased Public Property from the County of Dewitt. One of the first things we saw was the...
DEWITT CO. (ECWd) - We had been asked to look into a few things up in Dewitt County, and last week was our second meeting attendance and was it ever worth the time! Several issues during the meeting will be covered in a separate article as this...
