Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

13 Jan AG: Vermilion County Airport Authority violated law when hiring Manager –

Posted at 18:38h in feature, Vermilion County, Vermilion County Regional Airport Authority by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Vermilion County, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that the Vermilion County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners violated the Open Meetings Act on June 19, 2018 when it failed to give proper notice to the public of an item voted...

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13 Jan U.S. Supreme Court to hear major Public Corruption case tomorrow (Bridgegate) –

Posted at 12:07h in feature, SCOTUS by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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U.S. (ECWd) - SCOTUS is hearing a major public corruption case, aka "Bridgegate" on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 which could impact future public corruptions cases nationwide, including those in Illinois. This case appears to center around a public official's concealment of a political act (a stated public...

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10 Jan Dale Colter, former Fireman, arrested, charged with Felony Theft from Fire Department –

Posted at 15:56h in Edgar County, feature, Vermilion Fire Dept by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Vermilion, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Sheriff's Department served a warrant on former Vermilion (Paris Fire Protection District) Fireman Dale Colter, who was arrested at 8:40 a.m. on January 6, 2020, and charged with Felony Theft of between $10k and $100k. According to Court records, it...

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07 Jan Kankakee appointed Comptroller to KRMA Board, Municipal Code prohibits the appointment –

Posted at 16:20h in City of Kankakee, feature, Kankakee County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier last year, the City of Kankakee appointed its City Comptroller to the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency Board - the appointment comes with a $600 per month paycheck. We have previously written about the inappropriate appointments to the KRMA (read about them here). The...

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06 Jan Joliet Twp Supervisor Dan Vera’s thoughts on women workers –

Posted at 09:09h in Dan Vera, feature, Joliet Township, Will County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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JOLIET TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - We don't know what was going through his head when he made the following comments, but it appears he doesn't think women can work as good as men can work. When talking about moving cat cages at the Joliet Township Animal Control, Vera...

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03 Jan Shane West, Mattoon School Resource Officer arrested for DUI –

Posted at 14:09h in Coles County, feature, Mattoon by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Mattoon, IL. (ECWd) - On December 20, 2019 at approximately 11:48 p.m., at Old State Road and 610 East, in Coles County, Mattoon Police Officer / School Resource Officer Michael Shane West, 47, was arrested by the Coles County Sheriff's Department for the allegations of Driving...

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03 Jan Joliet Twp Supervisor Vera’s own words verify violating the Compensation Law –

Posted at 11:45h in Dan Vera, feature, Joliet Township, Will County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Joliet Twp. (ECWd) - A few weeks ago we published an article detailing how Joliet Township passed an improper Compensation Setting Ordinance for the Township Clerk back in 2016. Read it here. In that article, we laid out the timeline and statutory references to the fixing of...

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31 Dec AG: DuPage County violated FOIA (and so did the College of DuPage) –

Posted at 21:03h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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DuPage County (ECWd) - This afternoon, the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor released a determination stating that DuPage County violated the Freedom of Information Act when it refused to provide W2s for certain elected officials of the county. Those W2s were originally requested in May of 2016,...

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30 Dec Update: Vermilion Fire Dept alleged theft –

Posted at 12:33h in City of Paris, Edgar County, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, Vermilion Fire Dept by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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Edgar County (ECWd) - A few weeks ago we published an article alleging theft of public funds by a member of the Vermilion, IL (Edgar County) Fire Department, Paris Community Fire Protection District. We understand the investigation is still ongoing (not completed yet) and is being handled...

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29 Dec Edgar County’s Motion to Dismiss ECSSAA lawsuit DENIED –

Posted at 20:10h in Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - On December 23, 2019, Edgar County Special Service Area Ambulance v. Edgar County was heard in Circuit Court. The Court (Judge Shick) DENIED Edgar County's Motion to Dismiss and ordered the county to answer or otherwise plead within 30 days. Edgar County was also...

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