October 2015

25 Oct Rauner backs Halbrook for 102nd House Race –

Posted at 12:38h in 110, Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, feature, Governor, IL State Reps, Illinois Election, Illinois Senate, Shelby County, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Tom Kacich: Rauner backs candidate in state House race Sun, 10/25/2015 - 7:00am | Tom Kacich Gov. Bruce Rauner has jumped into the 102nd House District Republican primary, endorsing former state Rep. Brad Halbrook in what for now is a three-way race. Halbrook, of Shelbyville, is running with...

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25 Oct College of DuPage – If not Kartje, who?

Posted at 08:41h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 15 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - During the October 8th 2015 College of DuPage (COD) Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting, Vice Chairman Deanne Mazzochi responded to the recently released Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) report that revealed COD had improperly provided academic credit to Suburban Law Enforcement...

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25 Oct Chief Legal Officer of Elgin's U-46 Schools needs to come clean –

Posted at 08:33h in feature, Kane County, U-46 School District by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Elgin, IL. (ECWd) - During the October 19, 2015 U-46 Board of Education Meetings, the School Board's Chief Legal Officer, Miguel A. Rodriguez, seemed to be a little confused as to the statutory requirements of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, and also certain provisions of the...

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24 Oct Marshall Advocate misquotes me again –

Posted at 19:09h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Marshall Advocate has misquoted me again, which is nothing new and not surprising, but worth pointing out. During the October 15, 2015 Clark County Park District Board of Commissioners meeting, there was a section devoted to public comment as required by...

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22 Oct ICCTA Failure exposed – Isolated incident?

Posted at 11:06h in College of DuPage, Cook County, DuPage County, feature, IL State Reps, Illinois Senate, NIU by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - As we covered in this article, the Past President of the Illinois Community College Trustee Association(ICCTA) chimed in on the College of DuPage boondoggle in his column published by the Daily Herald and called the events at COD an isolated incident...

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22 Oct Mike Heltsley and Alan Zuber stick it to Edgar County Taxpayers –

Posted at 10:44h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - According to records obtained thru the Freedom Of Information Act, County Board Members Mike Heltsley and Alan Zuber have received payments in excess of their compensation as set by the County Board on November 23, 2011. Mike Heltsley violated law and received...

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22 Oct Edgar Co. Board acts when self-serving, fails on correcting false records –

Posted at 08:47h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - This past week we have observed the Edgar County Board unanimously act in favor of a Resolution when they thought it would enrich themselves, which was the subject of a previous article. Somehow they think it is perfectly OK to pass...

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20 Oct College of DuPage votes to fire Breuder –

Posted at 19:28h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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College of DuPage (ECWd) - By a vote of 4-1 the COD Board of Trustees terminated Dr. Breuder. Prior to the vote, Diane McGuire read a laundry list of laughable statements. Effective immediately. The faculty vote of no confidence was added to the termination. ...

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20 Oct All U-46 School Board Members named as suspects in crime –

Posted at 08:31h in feature, Kane County, U-46 School District by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 26 Comments

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Elgin, IL. (ECWd) - All members of the U-46 School Board in Elgin, Illinois have been named as suspects in the alleged crime(s) of violations of the Open Meetings Act, more specifically, conducting meetings without proper posting of agendas and without allowing for public comment as...

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18 Oct College of DuPage – Administration must be held accountable –

Posted at 21:31h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Now that the general public and College of DuPage (COD) employees have had a couple of days to review the Higher Learning Commission’s (HLC) Advisory Visit Team report, the call for accountability could not be more fitting and necessary. The forty-five page...

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