DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Reform is never easy nor as costly as some wanted to make people believe. The College of DuPage has been the centerpiece in the news cycles of the Chicago Suburbs for almost two years. Finally, the released Performance Audit has validated...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - Most State's Attorneys would answer questions from a sitting State Representative, especially regarding matters of their office. Not the case with Brian Towne, LaSalle County State's Attorney. State Representative Dwight Kay sent a letter to Towne July 29th, 2016 and according to Representative...
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - In a post on Dennis Malak's official campaign facebook page, he took to telling lies...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County State's Attorney filed an updated complaint with the Circuit Court on October 13, 2016. Original article (here). In the updated complaint, the name of the alleged victim in Count II was changed from Sherry Ricketts to Harold Davies. No further mention...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Since our inception in 2011, we have focused on small local government operations and learned to look at key documents to identify red flags. Now keep in mind, we are just a couple of Southern Illinois Hay Seeds, as former College...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In April of 2015, taxpayers sent a clear message to the legacy trustees at the College of DuPage. One trustee, in particular, Dianne McGuire has once again shown the world that she has no interest in reforming the problems at the College...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - Failure to pay bills. Amazing real-life state of affairs of the Illinois State Government has hampered criminal investigations. In Edgar County, it is the investigation of the 2013 firebombing of two airplanes while they sat outside a hangar at the airport located...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - A lawsuit was filed on September 30, 2016, naming the City of Bloomington as Defendant. The suit alleges the city is withholding nonexempt public records in violation of the Freedom Of Information Act. Bloomington has a recent history of FOIA violations. The records sought were...
La Salle, IL. (ECWd) - Tom Collins, reporter for the News Tribune, decided to take a swat at our facts by simply asking the La Salle Police Chief to clarify the issues raised in this previous article (here). First, he says we "got that much right" when...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - All indications are we face a national problem when it comes to trusting our government both at the National, State, and Local level. Questionable actions by public officials are the primary cause of this distrust and when attempts are made to...
