EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) - As citizens, we don't just have the right to expect local governments spend our tax dollars legally and transparently--we have the responsibility to hold them accountable when they don't. But how can you keep your local government honest? Join Americans for Prosperity Foundation...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In yet another example of poor legal input, the Township Board appointed a replacement Supervisor to serve the remainder of Steve Shoaff's term, which is a whopping 14 days, and it went downhill from there. In order for a person to enter upon...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - During the Wheeling Village Council meeting on May 1, 2017, a resident questioned the suspicious timing of a gift of public property to a developer, and the timing of the paying off of former Mayor Argiris' home just days prior to it's foreclosure/Sheriff's sale. Deborah...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The May 1, 2017 regular meeting of the Shelbyville Township board was met with multiple resignations from office. We covered the attorney/FOIA officer resignation in this article. Under new business, the current Township Supervisor, Steve Shoaff, tendered not one, but two resignations. He resigned...
Shelbyville Co. (ECWd) - At its township meeting on May 1, 2017, the Shelbyville Township attorney resigned from her appointed position as township FOIA Officer and also informed the board she would not seek to continue being the township attorney (effectively resigning from that position as well)....
