Tazewell County Veterans Assistance Commission Bylaws Violate State Law –

…Opinion from 2013 referencing secret ballots at the Edgar County Airport Board meeting (HERE) and our previous article on it (HERE). the bylaws indicate the Superintendent has a 4-year contract…
Mattoon’s Shocking Ignorance Of Public Records Laws –

…showed its ignorance of the Airport Authority Act when it appointed an employee of the school district to the airport commission (he was statutorily disqualified from that appointment by virtue…
Appellate Court: Village Of Chatham Not Authorized Airport Authority Commissioner Appointment –

…Authority. The Airport Authorities Act requires a village wanting representation on the airport board to be located “wholly” within the authority boundaries: “Should a municipality which is wholly within an…
Marion County Board Voted Via Unlawful Secret Ballot For Board Chairman –

…ballots at the Edgar County Airport Board meeting (HERE) and our previous article on it (HERE). The Marion County Board should immediately call another special meeting to redo the votes…
Ford County Board Voted Via Unlawful Secret Ballot For Board Chairman –

…meeting with open doors.” See the AG PAC’s Binding Opinion from 2013 referencing secret ballots at the Edgar County Airport Board meeting (HERE) and our previous article on it (HERE)….
Listing of some of our FOIA and OMA lawsuit results –

…Illinois, Clark-Edgar Rural Water District, Illinois Attorney General (more than 1), Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Auditor General, Illinois Health and Family Services, Edgar County Airport (more than 1),…
Public Purpose For Dummies – Limitations on Government Property

…duty. Public Purpose Education 101 Winnebago County Will County – Application of Dillons Rule Wabash County Stephenson County Shelby County 1 Shelby County 2 Schuyler County – Airport is Public…
Shelby County Airport FBO – Improper Leasing Of Airport Property

Shelby Co. (ECWd) – On August 18, 2023, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), request to the Shelby County Airport for a copy of the Fixed Base Operators’…
Firebombing at Edgar County Airport – 10th Anniversary; Incomplete Investigation –

…indicating, to us at least, that this was a personal grudge against those who were questioning activities at this airport and had some personal interest in the airport. We later…
Logan County-Owned Farm –

…are airport farmland. County Airports are authorized to lease their farm ground as that is required ground around the airport mandated by FAA rules. Even though a private farmer is…

