MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - In January 2020, the City of Mattoon appointed Mr. Mark Nelson as Commissioner to the Coles County Airport Authority. Immediately after that meeting, I questioned Mattoon's Mayor and their attorney on the appointment and informed them that the appointment was invalid because Nelson...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Representative Gong-Gershowitz's House Bill 5170 would prohibit insurance sales to Illinois gun owners who would like to insure against rogue police and prosecutor's investigation, indictment, and prosecution of any criminal charge arising out of the use of a firearm (See page 18,...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - On December 26, 2015, Dee Burgin, in his employment as an Edgar County Deputy Sheriff, entered the home of a local farmer, Charlie Barrett, without a warrant and after Mr. Barrett clearly told him to get out. Under the law, Mr. Barrett’s...
Pecatonica, IL. (ECWd) - As I predicted during the January 2020 Pecatonica Township meeting, all charges against Rogene Hamilton, who was arrested for attending the township public meeting, were dismissed on Motion by the State. The majority of the Trustees in Pecatonica Township has spent the past...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Senator Bill Cunningham has introduced a new gas tax bill in the Senate. Senate Bill 2978, filed on February 4, 2020, seeks to permit all municipalities to impose a new municipal motor fuel tax (gas tax)Â in one-cent increments, not to...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - As if the Illinois Legislature has nothing better to do...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - After our previous article on the City of Mattoon's alleged illegal appointment of an employee of the Mattoon School District to a vacant Coles County Airport Authority Commissioner's seat, I sent an email to the Mayor and the city attorney pointing them...
Wesley Township (ECWd) - We have taken notice, over a series of different court cases and hearings, that the former appointed Wesley Township Road Commissioner, John Norton, may have problems telling the truth in court, and in signed documents. First, he has no income, then his boss...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - According to the search warrant obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, the Illinois State Police justified a search warrant referencing Jack Franks by stating that "probable cause exists for the crimes of criminal sexual abuse, criminal sexual assault, official misconduct, stalking and aggravated...
Oliver, IL. (ECWd) - At approximately 4 p.m. on January 30, 2020, a two-vehicle accident happened on Illinois Route 1 at the north end of Oliver, IL. There were minor injuries transported to the Paris Hospital. Traffic was backed up for approximately 45 minutes but is now moving...
