DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Below are the 781 pages of documents released by COD today pertaining to the Robert Breuder investigation. These documents were the key evidence used to justify his termination. As we sift through them we will update with future articles. A quick scan of them...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The question was simple, if Kartje is not the one responsible for the SLEA mess, then who is. This article must have hit a nerve as we now have a written response from a person claiming to be Dr. Jean Kartje. We...
UPDATE: We have now confirmed with ARDC that Ms. Ellis was licensed to practice May 7, 1992. Kane Co. (ECWd) - Traci Ellis, Assistant Director, Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance-Northern Illinois University (NIU), U46 Board member, and attorney-although her name does not show up as registered...
Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (ECWd) - I received a copy of the most recent audit and management letter from the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District ("CERWD") this past week and came across a disturbing "Note" in the audit. This "Note" basically stated that the district was under no...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
