Country Club Hills, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Country Club Hills has been giving taxpayer monies to a now-defunct, illegitimate nonprofit "Country Club Hills Chamber of Commerce" whose registration with the Secretary of State was involuntarily dissolved on March 8, 2019, and its 501(c) status...
Lena, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Lena, Illinois is a small municipality of around 2,900 residents and is located in Stephenson County. It is well-known that public officials and public bodies cannot pass resolutions or ordinances which violate state law or the constitution. Apparently, the Village...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - On September 16, 2020, the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC") determined that the Village of Orland Park violated the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") by improperly responding to a request for public records seeking a list of all persons/user names...
Madison County, IL. (ECWd) - Newly released emails from 2007 - 2016 suggest that several former employees and elected officials within the Madison County government were using official government email, while at work on government time, for electioneering purposes. One of those emails, from "Boobie" even asks...
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) - We attended the Shelby County Airport Board Meeting yesterday, Sep 14, 2020. The main topics we brought up were the following: Which county airport statute is this airport governed under? There are three possible answers, each with their own powers and responsibilities, they...
Avon, IL. (ECWd) - Avon Township Supervisor Terry Wilke used township funds, credit, and property for his own personal financial gain by purchasing a vehicle using township funds (and the purchase declined by the board), installing an electric vehicle charging station with public funds, using public...
Bradley, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE 9-14-2020: Catherine Wojnarowski, through her attorney, states that emails contained within this police report include things that she believes are not true. A domestic battery complaint has been filed against the Bradley, Illinois Village Manager, Catherine Wojnarowski. In the complaint, it alleges that: ...
Bradley, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE 9-14-2020: Catherine Wojnarowski, through her attorney, has stated that she does not remember sending this message, and even if she did, she considers it an invasion of her privacy. Catherine Wojnarowski, Village Administrator for the Village of Bradley, Illinois is alleged to...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Ronda Parker, Court Appointed Mediator, has petitioned for appointment of a new mediator in a case dealing with parental responsibilities. In her petition, she stated that "Counsel for Mr. Young has engaged in conduct that conflicts your mediator." We presume Parker is talking...
Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - According to their recent filing in the Appellate Court, the City of Carlinville and Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Company (now a VOID Corporation), have stopped all work on their $66 MILLION water project. According to their filing: Defendant [Carlinville] entered into a Revolving...
