College of DuPage – Update on Open Meetings Complaint –
College of DuPage (ECWd) – This is related to the September 25, 2014 College of DuPage Board of Trustees meeting in which I filed an Open Meetings Act complaint with the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (complaint and AG’s Letter). This complaint is: 2014 PAC 31511 On page 7 of COD’s response, they claim […]
InvEnergy’s California Ridge Noise Study report is not credible –
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) – Recently, Steve Ambrose, Board Certified INCE member, completed his review of the March 2014 California Ridge (Vermilion County, Illinois) InvEnergy Wind Turbine IPCB Noise Compliance Study performed and submitted by Mike Hankard and Dr. Paul Schomer on behalf of InvEnergy. . Mr. Ambrose was very critical of their report. His statements […]
Rose and Righter vote for Access to Public Records –
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – In the HB 3796 veto override vote that sought to further limit access to public records, Senators Chapin Rose and Dale Righter both voted “NO” today, and we appreciate that vote! A partial “Wall of Shame” is at the bottom of this article (Photos from Gen Assy website). Unfortunately, the bill […]
Seventh FOIA Suit Filed Against Arcola Township –
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) – Once again, failure to follow the Freedom of Information Act, failure to provide responsive public records to the person requesting the records. This is the 7th FOIA civil suit against Arcola Township. You can read it below, but the main problem is that Arcola Township thinks they can do as they […]
COD- Breuder spends taxpayer money without authority?
DuPage Co. (ECWd) – The Ferris Wheel never stops with Robert Breuder, current President of College of DuPage. The first exposure of the now famous “House Account Ten” (10) was in this article. After reporting on those events, we continued to dig. A house account used by a COD employee has to have approval from […]
Staples & Paperclips – Educating our future!
DuPage Co. (ECWd) – While researching other matters pertaining to the College of DuPage, I came across a rather humorous set of minutes. Humorous because it is clear our higher educational institutions not only understand the law, but actually apply it properly. Humorous because our own State’s Attorney and County Clerk failed to not only […]
Video: Edgar County Board Organizational Meeting –
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) – The Edgar County Board held their mandatory organizational meeting today, December 1, 2014. During the meeting the Board voted and passed the following: – County Clerk Griffith presided over the meeting until a Temporary Chairman was elected by the board. – Ben Jenness was nominated as temporary chairman, seconded, and elected […]