May 2014

03 May Lake Land College Employee Terminated, Charged With Theft –

Posted at 07:48h in Arcola Township, City of Paris, Dewitt County, Edgar County Housing Authority, Edgar County State's Attorney, Effingham County, feature, Lakeland College by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - This is a common situation that we discover time and time again in nearly every public body we look at. We saw this in: -DeWitt County Probation Office (here), -Arcola Township (here), -Edgar County Housing Authority (here), -Edgar County ETSB, -Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department, -Effingham County Public Health Department, -East...

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01 May Corruption Does Pay for Sue McLaughlin – $85hr!

Posted at 20:37h in Bloomington, Corruption, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - In yet another example of the sickness in this state, we have another ethically challenged public official that finds herself right back in public service in less than a year, but there's more! Sue McLaughlin, disgraced former Mattoon, Illinois City Manager was terminated...

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29 Apr Invenergy Attorney: "Wind Turbine blades are designed to fall straight down on failure"…

Posted at 17:33h in feature, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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FANTASYLAND - (ECWd) - That's right, Mr. Blazier, the attorney for Invenergy's California Ridge Wind Farm, stated during a recent Vermilion County Board meeting that "these things are designed to fall straight down if they break off". Mr. Donahue, Vermilion County's Assistant State's Attorney, has stated that...

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29 Apr The Erosion of Children's Rights!

Posted at 11:15h in Effingham County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Illinois Schools (ECWd) - Each year we have a laundry list of new laws that go into effect, and more often than not the general public knows little about them for numerous reasons, but with some of those laws I think they tell the public very...

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29 Apr The Great Fort Hood Heist of 2014 (RE/MAX Platinum Real Estate)?

Posted at 06:10h in Corruption, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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FT. HOOD, TX. (ECWd) - Author: Joshua Lawton Cattle rustlers aren’t the only thieves in Texas. You see, I had come to Texas, not because I wanted to, but because my property had been stolen. Since March 2014, my property management company RE/MAX Platinum Real Estate, had...

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28 Apr Another Invenergy Wind Turbine Blade Failure! –

Posted at 08:17h in feature, Invenergy, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 15 Comments

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NEBRASKA (ECWd) - . This time Invenergy's blade failure happened April 21st in Nebraska.  Invenergy can't seem to keep these GE manufactured turbines from falling apart and crashing down into the ground below.  So far, two of these same type of blade failures have occurred in Invenergy's "turbine...

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27 Apr Health Organizations Finally Realizing Wind Turbines Are Not Good –

Posted at 21:52h in feature, Health Department, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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ILLINOIS (ECWd) - We recently received a letter received from a Divisions Director of a Memorial Hospital takes a shot at an article written touting the grand benefits of wind turbines mitigating the effects of climate change. I have redacted the name of the hospital and...

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27 Apr Know your Rights!

Posted at 21:11h in Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature, Moultrie County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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MOULTRIE CO. (ECWd) - For any other county needing a lesson in civil rights violations, they need not look any further than Edgar County to see what "not" to do as the history in this county with some of its officers and prosecutors violating peoples rights...

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25 Apr Burgin and Hopper prevail in Edgar County Circuit Court –

Posted at 17:42h in Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 40 Comments

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EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The case of the Edgar County Sheriff's (Ed Motley) v. Roger Hopper and Dee Burgin was called in court today. If you can remember back to last year, this case came about after an arbitrator ruled in their favor. The Sheriff did...

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25 Apr State Employment Scandal – Political Hiring = Corruption!

Posted at 17:25h in Attorney General, feature, IDOT by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - With a motion filed to limit Governor Quinn and his successors from what is known as "clout" hiring, is anyone really surprised that it goes on at all? Seriously, is anyone surprised that the Governor has been accused of political hiring to...

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