August 2015

04 Aug CERWD – Meeting minutes are purposely misleading –

Posted at 15:33h in CERWD, Clark County, Clark Edgar Water District, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Oliver, IL. (ECWd) - I requested copies of the May and June 2015 Clark-Edgar Rural Water District meeting minutes to compare them with the audio I had received in a previous FOIA request. I requested them because I had the suspicion that they would not accurately reflect...

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04 Aug CERWD – Trustee Sprigg discusses line of credit –

Posted at 12:11h in CERWD, Clark County, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District held a meeting on June 15, 2015. During the meeting, the agenda item for "Line of Credit" was discussed in length by none other than the Vice-President of Commercial Lending of Old National Bank in Marshall, and...

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04 Aug Clark Co. Park District – AG inquiring into another alleged illegal meeting –

Posted at 08:06h in Attorney General, Clark County, feature, Lisa Madigan by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - It looks like the Clark County Park District has to answer to another allegation of wrongdoing sent to the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC"), a request for review of an alleged Open Meetings Act violation. This one involves the July...

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03 Aug Arthur Park District voted to rescind all board member privileges –

Posted at 18:43h in Arthur Park District, Douglas County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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ARTHUR, IL. (ECWd) - At its most recent meeting, the Arthur Park District placed on its agenda an action item to rescind Board Member Privileges. I wrote about how the idea of offering an "incentive" to serve on the park board was approved in November of 2014...

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03 Aug Des Plaines Park District – no formal feedback by Commissioners –

Posted at 11:43h in Cook County, Des Plaines, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Des Plaines, IL. (ECWd) - Following up on an earlier article about the Des Plaines Park District Commissioners and their families receiving illegal compensation, it is clear these free items are not an "evaluation mechanism" as was stated by the district. Instead, it is clearly meant to...

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02 Aug Downers Grove Park District needs policy changes –

Posted at 20:49h in Downers Grove, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Downers Grove, IL. (ECWd) - Yes, it's a slow day...

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02 Aug College of DuPage – State's Attorney Bob Berlin to the rescue? – updated with corrected link

Posted at 14:52h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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DuPage  Co. (ECWd) - In the world of local politics it is not very often that public officials are handed an opportunity to fix things that also just happen to have the "full" attention of the public they serve. A recent opinion delivered by the Attorney General...

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02 Aug AG demands more answers from Clark County Park District –

Posted at 07:33h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Clark County Park District has simply refused to answer requests for public records, knowingly and willfully violating the law. The FOIA Officer is Charity Murphy. The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor's Office has sent two more letters to the park...

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01 Aug Morgan County Watchdogs honored by government transparency organization –

Posted at 22:13h in feature, For the Good of Illinois, Morgan County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Morgan Co., IL. - Government transparency organization honors local watchdog group By Jim McCabe on July 31 at 12:34pm From:  WLDS-WEA1 Two individuals who have been part of a months-long effort to bring transparency to local government have been honored for their work. Mike Woodyard, an organizer of the Morgan...

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31 Jul Clark Co. Park District must answer to 13 separate Attorney General Complaints –

Posted at 21:41h in Attorney General, Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Clark CO., IL. (ECWd) - The complete failure of the Clark County Park District's Executive Director in answering Freedom Of Information Act requests, and her subsequent disregard of the primary duty of her employment position as a public servant, she must now answer to the Illinois...

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