WESLEY Twp., IL. (ECWd) - Over this past weekend, and since we had written about how Wesley Township is charging certain fees for the public to use its Township Park (in violation of the Township Code), one Wesley Township Trustee has been abusing her position by...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Kankakee Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong did not file her required 2018 Statement of Economic Interests ("SEI") for her position on the Board of Directors of the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency ("KRMA"). The Illinois Governmental Ethic Act requires she submit an SEI on an annual...
Charleston, IL. Former AAU Storm girls basketball coach Barry Wolfe sentenced today to 60 years in prison. He plead guilty to sexual abuse of girls he coached. More info to follow. ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Member's Press Release Release Date: 08/07/2018 Contact: Jared Hunt at (304) 340-3323 John Shott House Judiciary Committee Adopts Articles of Impeachment Against All Four W.Va. Supreme Court Justices CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House of Delegate Committee on the Judiciary today adopted 14 articles of impeachment...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - We believe and allege that KRMA Director and Aroma Park Mayor Brian Stump has violated the law requiring him to disclose his Economic Interests, by filing a false or incomplete SEIs (see this link for the KRMA SEI and this link for...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - In their effort to defend the indefensible with the "legal" memorandum written by the Kankakee attorney assuring the public and Kankakee elected officials that they were not violating the law, and even spoke on the subject during a public meeting, people sent...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Continuing with our response to Kankakee's incorrect interpretation of who may or may not serve as a Director of the KMRA: UPDATE: You can download and read these three articles in one document (here). Starting at the bottom of page 4 of the memo: Kankakee: "II....
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Continuing with our response to Kankakee's incorrect interpretation of who may or may not serve as a Director of the KMRA: Starting on Page 3 of the memo: Kankakee: "The Illinois Constitution and the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act Provide Authority for the KRMA’s Creation and...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - After we wrote about alleged disqualifications of six out of seven KMRA Directors, the city of Kankakee had an attorney write a memorandum on the subject, talk about it during the past city council meeting, and declare our allegations were "inherently incorrect,...
Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - The BY-Laws of the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency, or actually the "Municipal Joint Sewage Treatment Agency" set the compensation of its Directors. the By-Laws are found on KRMA's website (here) and I note that there are no amendments to the by-laws on...
