102nd - (ECWd) - Candidate for State Rep, Jim Acklin, has taken to lying about his opponent(s) and using his own "cover-up" of sexual abuse of a young girl by a teacher, thru failure to report the abuse as a mandated reporter, to further his ambitions of...
RARITAN BOROUGH, N.J. - In what is believed to be the largest settlement of an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) case in New Jersey, the borough has agreed to pay $650,000 to Gannett New Jersey to settle a lawsuit filed after borough officials denied a reporter's OPRA request for electronically maintained...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Robert Breuder, fired President of the College of DuPage may well be one of the largest violators of taxpayer funds we have ever investigated. It was this article that we first exposed the criminal code "720 ILCS 5/33E-16) Misapplication of funds", as...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - During discussion of the Edgar County Airport grant application at this past Monday's county board study session, Mike Helstley is quoted in the Prairie Press with this wonderfully researched statement: ""This not only affects us," said Heltsley, noting many Downstate airports are...
COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - The former Sherriff of Coles County, Darrell Cox, who was publicly outed during his campaign (by the Edgar County Watchdogs - not by Phillips) for illegally selling guns in violation of State Law and in violation of Court Orders (WTHI article here),...
110th District (ECWd) - Once again the silly season is upon us and the volume of lies and misinformation being pushed out is fast and furious. As we have always done, we will once again link to actual documents and ask you the voter to...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In a bizarre twist of events, the queen of lies and misinformation has taken a stand. She now wants Tim Elliot to stay on as College of DuPage legal counsel for the board. I was rather surprised when I found out that she...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin has injected himself into the District 4 county board primary race and appears to be willing to say or do anything to keep Tim Elliot from getting elected. Although we are not familiar with how things have...
102nd State Representatives (ECWd) - A recent editorial endorsement for Jim Acklin may just be the nail in the coffin for his election bid. In their effort to support Acklin they failed to understand others are going to analyze their words and expose the lies...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - According to the Complaint received from the Clark County Sheriff Department, Jonathan Kaye, Candidate for the 110th District in Illinois was with his wife, Claire Kaye, on February 2, 2016, in West Union, Illinois. After a pancake breakfast at the West Union...
