BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - A local watchdog by the name of Diane Benjamin, from blnnews.com, has won a pro se lawsuit she filed against the City of Bloomington for their unlawfully withholding public records and other violations of the Freedom of Information Act. The Court ordered production...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Judge Garst talked to the Edgar County Board for around 25 minutes during the Marsh 23, 2015 Study Session in relation to the state budget, and that at least the portion affecting Court Reporters will take affect on April 1st. There is...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Why is it that Mr. "Return To Positive" Denny's campaign is so focused on negative? Someone should ask him this the next time they see him: "Mr. Denny, if you are all about "return to positive", why are your ads so negative?" or...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - January 2012 - Tom Glaser, Sr. Vice President of Administrative Affairs, indicated the audit was conducted by Crowe Horwath, and copies had been distributed to Board members at the beginning of the Board meeting. He discussed details of the audit, noting the...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We have been around the block a few times and are always amazed to see how little effort is put into truly vetting candidates before endorsements are given. A past disaster in our own district was the disgraced Roger Eddy. Less than...
DuPage Co. - (ECWd) - The short answer to the question is "NO! Thank you to Laura Reigle who pointed out these deficiencies during the public comment of the last COD Board meeting. Once again citizens have no problem finding mistakes in their numbers, yet the...
Clark County, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark County Park District has a dirty little secret they have been trying to keep hidden from the voters...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Executive Director Brod made some pretty amazing claims in response to a candidate's comments during the recent COD Meeting. It appears articles published 3 months ago are going to create quite a problem for these public officials who either can't read, don't...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - That's right, Mr. John G. (Corky) Clark sent a letter to Illinois State Senator Chapin Rose and Illinois State Representative Adam Brown in which he proceeded to fabricate, misstate, exaggerate, or what we would simply call: LIE. He starts out complaining about the...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - The Orland Park Public Library Board of Trustees has approved a settlement of $55,000.00 to dispose of Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act lawsuits. In this settlement, the Library admitted no wrongdoing (even though they were wrong, but this is...
