PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – May 29, 2014 at 11:54 am, Jeffrey P. Eskew, dob 01-13-90, of 513 Marshall St. was arrested at his residence and charged with 3 counts of Burglary, Possession […]
Jeffrey P. Eskew arrested and charged…
James Fessler, Bridget Bitmann, & Police Chief scheme to arrest innocent citizens at Public Library –
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – This is so bizarre, it was hard to come up with a name for the article: Bridget Bitmann, Orland Park Library, Calls 911 and Lies To Police […]
State Money Grab – It will never end!
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – The circus is in town this week and by all indications the big tent events are more of the same – “We are from the government and we […]
Chapin Rose and Dale Righter Tell Citizens to Bend Over for HB-3796…
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – House Bill 3796 was an amendment to the Freedom Of Information Act, which makes a whole new category of FOIA requestors. This bill does not affect us or […]
Motion to Dismiss Denied re: Kraft v. Arcola Township – 2013-MR-53 –
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) – On May 29, 2014, the Court filed a letter ruling on Arcola Township’s Motion to Dismiss. The Judge removed the cause from advisement, examined all pleadings, files and […]
Harrassment? NO! – Fiduciary Duty? YES! –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Wow, it looks like some people knew this was coming. We wrote a short piece on this subject about Edgar County Board Member Mike Heltsley basically trying to […]
Stupidity and Corruption – No Shortage in Ford & Iroquois County!
FORD CO. – IROQUOIS CO. – (ECWd) – In yet another amazing example of “stupid”, we have to once again break things down and show just how ignorant some nominated officials and […]
Citizen Comment Tables DuPage Vote on Pay Raises –
DUPAGE CO. (ECWd) – A little known provision of the Open Meetings Act was called into the open by a citizen who was attending the DuPage County Board meeting. Section 7.3(b) of […]
Edgar Co. Board Study Session 5-27-2014 (Video) –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – During the study session held by the Edgar County Board on May 27, 2014, the board talked about several items – the first being public comment. During public […]
Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins: Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 6 –
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – #2. Approving restrictions to Public Comment that are unreasonable and not allowed under the OMA. Dennis G. Walsh was the attorney present on February 12th, 2014 when […]
Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins: Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 5 –
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – #4. Insisting that items that were void ab initio are not actually void ab initio. For those not familiar with this phrase, “void ab initio” simply means […]
Sorry, the Supreme Court Overturned That One…You Are Subject to FOIA…
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – In a letter written about a week before the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously overturned an Appellate Court ruling that stated State’s Attorney offices were not subject to FOIA […]
Land Rush in Vermilion County! Sign Up for Free Land Give-A-Way!!!
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – This is no joke. The Vermilion County Board is giving away free land west of Tilton, Illinois. Here’s the May 21, 2014 Commercial News Article which was mis-titled […]
Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins: Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 4 –
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – #6. Advising a public body that they can hold a special meeting to pass controversial measures and not have to allow Public Comment. Frankly, this was the […]
Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins: Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 3 –
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – #8. Conducting Board Meetings in place of Board President Nancy Wendt Healy. The Open Meetings Act, or more specifically the Robert’s Rules of Order, does not allow […]
Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins: Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 2 –
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – #10: “Allowing” the OPPL-BoT to lie to the media about the law. This happens all the time, with the main lie being told by the OPPL-BoT that […]
Top 10 Mistakes made by Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins in Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 1 –
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – This is the introduction piece that sets the stage for followup articles; a multipart series exploring “mistakes” made, intentional or not, by the Orland Park Public Library’s […]
Roger Hopper Resigned from Sheriff”s Department –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – After receiving numerous reports on this, we have confirmed through the Edgar County Sheriff’s Department that Roger Hopper was sworn in as an Edgar County Deputy on Friday, […]
Crisis Mismanagement: How the Orland Park Public Library made things worse for itself by listening to terrible lawyers…
ORLAND PARK (ECWd) – UPDATE: Since this page is linked from Bittman’s gofundme fundraising page, it looked like a good place to warn you that before donating to Bittman’s cause, please read […]
Orland Park Public Library – Allowing Sex Crimes and Filing False Police Reports –
ORLAND PARK (ECWd) – This timeline shows the Orland Park Public Library’s false police reports and their embracing (by their own failure to act) of pornography and sexual deviancy within the […]
AG: “Village of North Henderson Violated Open Records Law” –
NORTH HENDERSON, IL. (ECWd) – North Henderson is a small village with less than 200 residents, yet it continuously violates the Freedom Of Information Act, FOIA, by willfully denying access to public […]
What’s Next with the Orland Park Public Library Child Porn Scandal? .
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – The Orland Park Public Library has been fighting for seven months now to maintain its status quo, where child porn is accessible over the Library’s unsecured internet […]
Illinois Supreme Court: State’s Attorneys are subject to Freedom Of Information Act –
IL. SUPREME COURT (ECWd) – In an opinion filed on May 22, 2014, the Illinois Supreme Court decided the case of Nelson v. Kendall County. This determination came as we expected it […]
Orland Park Public Library holds Illegal Criminal Meeting Before Meeting –
ORLAND PARK (ECWd) – About 30 minutes prior to a regularly scheduled monthly meeting, a majority of a quorum of the Orland Park Public Library Board of Trustees held an illegal meeting […]
Arcola Township Defending a 3rd FOIA Lawsuit – 2014-MR-17 –
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) – UPDATE: 5-23-2014 Summons was served. Arcola Township, under the leadership of William Coombe and others, is facing a THIRD Freedom Of Information Act civil suit in Douglas County. […]
Arcola Twp facing another FOIA Civil Suit – 2014-MR-16 –
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) – UPDATE: 5-22-2014 Summons served. Arcola Township, under the leadership of William Coombe and others, is facing another Freedom Of Information Act civil suit in Douglas County. Suit number […]
Call to Action – Clark County Park District –
CLARK CO. (ECWd) – We have been fielding reports for the past 6 months on the Clark County Park District. One of the items that we would like to look in to […]
AG Issues Opinion: “Orland Park Public Library Broke the Law”
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – An Illinois Attorney General Opinion issued today, May 19, 2014, verifies that the Orland Park Public Library (OPPL), on the advice and with the assistance of their […]
There’s always more!
CLARK CO. (ECWd) – The first meeting I attended for the Clark County Park District Board was telling. So telling that I was shocked when an illegal act was sitting right in […]
Arcola Township Denies Public Records for the 4th time in 6 Weeks –
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) – In yet another disgusting display of public mockery of the Freedom Of Information Act and of the Public Access Counselor’s Office, the Township of Arcola has determined they […]
