BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - This past week, after a three-year delay, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has finally issued a determination of an alleged Open Meetings Act complaint filed by former Bloomington Councilman Judy Stearns. On November 15, 2013, Stearns, as councilman, was participating in...
Metcalf, IL. (ECWd) - The newest Trustee to the Village of Metcalf has turned in his resignation via U.S. mail. John Morris mailed his signed resignation to the village in a letter postmarked June 1, 2016, with the statement "I hereby submit my resignation as Village Trustee effective...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Why would a fired law firm, Community College Association, and the Illinois Community College Board Executive Director provide bad advice to a COD Administrator and Trustee? Were money and power the driving force? As the College of DuPage (COD) has painfully learned from...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Read Part 1 by clicking here We left off with the Board Policies that directly affected obligations of Officers of the Board of Trustees. Now we must look at how these Board policies work together. The officers are selected at an annual organizational...
METCALF, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Metcalf held their monthly meeting last night, 6/6/2016. Among action taken was to accept the resignation of Village Trustee John Morris. Immediately after that, Lorin Kinney, Water Works Operator, submitted his resignation. However, Illinois EPA requires a 15-day notice period so that the...
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - St. Mary's Cemetery in Marshall, Illinois is a privately owned cemetery operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese in Springfield, tax parcel number 08-08-24-09-101-001, and is a new discovery of ours - in a previous article, we wrote how the City of Marshall used...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Two key employees of the Orland Park Public Library have resigned abruptly with little explanation, less than a month after spending they engaged in for a trip to San Francisco was publicly questioned. Both employees also feature prominently in a new...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) – Grab a chair, a drink of your desire, and prepare to be amazed by the actions of a lone "rogue" trustee who appears to be on a mission to scuttle accreditation at COD. Due to the volume of information, we will break...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - As promised, Part II of the McGuire meltdown in her letter to HLC, but please read Part 1 first (Part III here). "At absolutely no point was Vice Chair Mazzochi willing to consider supporting one of our agendas" Untrue, as Mazzochi published...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The grand finale- Part III (Part I and Part II )- "I would be most uncomfortable expressing any sort of opinion at a retreat." Seriously? The very woman who has NEVER been shy of expressing her opinion to the local paper or...
