May 2014

22 May Illinois Supreme Court: State's Attorneys are subject to Freedom Of Information Act –

Posted at 14:02h in Attorney General, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, For the Good of Illinois, Lisa Madigan by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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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 would: That State's Attorneys are "public bodies" and are subject to the Freedom Of...

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23 May What's Next with the Orland Park Public Library Child Porn Scandal? .

Posted at 07:14h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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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 for pedophiles and predators who know where to find it. This horror was discovered...

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25 May AG: "Village of North Henderson Violated Open Records Law" –

Posted at 06:41h in feature, Mercer County, New Henderson by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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 records. In this situation, members of the public requested copies of water bills of...

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25 May Orland Park Public Library – Allowing Sex Crimes and Filing False Police Reports –

Posted at 17:57h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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 library. Below are the details on the times that the police were called on Kevin...

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26 May Crisis Mismanagement: How the Orland Park Public Library made things worse for itself by listening to terrible lawyers…

Posted at 08:15h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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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 about her recent vacation to Florida (CLICK HERE). If you have been following closely the...

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26 May Roger Hopper Resigned from Sheriff"s Department –

Posted at 09:14h in Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 11 Comments

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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, May 23, 2014, and returned on Sunday, May 25, 2014, to turn in all...

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27 May Top 10 Mistakes made by Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins in Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 1 –

Posted at 06:56h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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 (OPPL-BoT) highly paid legal firm of Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins (KTJ). Please keep in...

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27 May Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins: Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 2 –

Posted at 08:08h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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 this library needs to keep child porn available, because if it didn't then it could...

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27 May Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins: Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 3 –

Posted at 11:16h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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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 an attorney or any other contractor employed by a public body to sit on the...

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27 May Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins: Orland Park Public Library Fight – Part 4 –

Posted at 11:34h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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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 stupidest thing that the OPPL-BoT has done to date, and Dennis G. Walsh's fingerprints are...

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