EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - For months I raised the issue of constitutionality as it relates to the actions taken by the County Board, which at the time, included two resolutions stripping former Chairman Chris Patrick of certain mandated duties, and Mr. Patrick’s recusal letter. In a...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County Airport: I had learned a couple weeks ago that all but one of the "Airport Advisory Board" member's terms had expired and they no longer could sit on the "advisory board" because of it. My position was, that since the Edgar...
ILLINOIS 110th (ECWd) - When public officials take an oath the words are only as good as the man speaking them. If you couldn’t trust the words from the man would you vote for them? Should a lying law enforcement officer be elected to be a...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Remember that GIS bid? Well, we spoke up because the price was TOO HIGH! and it was a NO BID contract! "Incredulous" says that we are keeping down this GIS contract because the provider is not licensed? NO WAY! We are pointing out that...
BROCTON, IL. (ECWd) - There are still some diehard anti-police department people out there ranting about the "cost" of the Brocton Police Department, so we decided to show the actual net cost to the taxpayers of Brocton. First, from 2007 thru 2010, the net cost of the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Today, January 2, 2014, we logged our one millionth article view! Thank all of you for your support over the past 3 years, and your continued support in 2014. It promises to be an exciting year! The Edgar County Watchdog Team Link to our half-million article Stats since the...
PAXTON, IL. (ECWd) - The nearly year-long investigations of the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department by the Edgar County Watchdogs and others, including the Paxton Record's Will Brumleve, placed this controversy on top of the list in the Paxton-Record for their top story of 2013. This story alone brought them...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Rosalee Dodson, Assistant Corporate Counsel for the City of Bloomington, has been caught signing her name to a lie. Whether she was aware of the lie or not is yet to be seen, but as the signatory she is the person responsible...
