Kane Co. (ECWd) - During a recent U46 Finance meeting one of the board members asked the accounting firm if the Bond Debt numbers in the financials included interest. The answer was NO, as is the answer with all public bodies because of reporting requirements. ...
Clark Co. (ECWd) - Lisa N. Thomas, a Clark County resident filed a pro se thirteen-count Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law suit against the Clark County Park District. After numerous FOIA requests for public records not being complied with in accordance with the Act, the...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In a recent article found here, I exposed the misrepresentations of the Freedom of Information Officer in the fact she was not honest in in responding, as clearly there was never a claim the records could not be located, but rather...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Multi-township board made up of Kansas, Grandview, and Buck Townships held their board meeting yesterday. One of the key items on the agenda was the passage of the tax levy for next year. Next year's levy was reduced by 10% in...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Kory Atkinson is currently a Bloomingdale Township employee that we recently exposed for sending personal e-mails while being paid to perform township work. (Click here for that Article) Atkinson landed in Bloomingdale after departing Itasca School District 110, where he had...
DuPage Co. (ECWd)- Once again, Dianne McGuire, College of DuPage Trustee, has shown her true colors in her recent letter to the Higher Learning Commission. At a time when COD is working to ensure their accreditation stays in tact, McGuire drops bombs on those efforts with...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Not that this is anything new, we just thought we would point out the faulty reporting on the front page of the December 3, 2015 edition of the local weekly, Prairie Press. Zeman, who is no stranger to local news, decided to run...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - It wasn't much more than a year ago when the Edgar County Board, finally, after significant prodding, realized there was a legal requirement to place its insurance contracts out for bid. This requirement is codified in state law. At least three times...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Past articles outlined what appeared to be a distinctive fact pattern pointing to favoritism when it comes to contracts being awarded to companies in which COD Foundation Board Members either owned the company, or were directly affiliated to it. US Bank, which...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Karl Farnham came up with some pretty good excuses, the problem is they are not true. Well, one thing was true, that a lawsuit would have been filed if Sheriff Wood would have been reappointed to the ETSB board. Other than that, everything...
