SPRINGFIELD, IL (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE from the LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER Media contact: Diana Rickert 773-809-4403 BREAKING NEWS: Appellate Court orders Illinois auditor general back to Elections Board for hearing on alleged illegal campaign payments SPRINGFIELD (May 22, 2018) – Today a state appellate court ruled that the Illinois Board...
NAPERVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Several weeks ago we notified DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin of a possible disqualification of one of the DuPage Airport Authority ("DAA") Commissioners. During a state-wide research project on Airport Authorities, we noticed that DAA Commissioner Juan Chavez was also appointed to...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) - In a letter dated October 6, 2017, and addressed to the Logan County State's Attorney's Office, the attorney, Phillip Lenzini, who wrote a quick email to Bill Thomas several months earlier, decided to make an attempt at justifying Thomas' actions as being...
Algonquin Township, IL. (ECWd) - Pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, we received a copy of the demand letter from Algonquin Road District Commissioner Andrew Gasser to former commissioner Robert "Bob" Miller and his wife, Anna May Miller was sent within the past week. It...
LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - Monday, MAY 14th, 2018 at 6 p.m. at the Limestone School on Limestone School Road The voters in Limestone Township have a choice to make, actually several choices to make. #1 - CHOOSE to show up at the reconvened annual township meeting! #2 -...
Douglas Co., IL. (ECWd) - According to the Tuscola Journal, Douglas County has contracted with Stan Jenkins to "give advice" to the Supervisor of Assessment's Office for $50 per hour plus mileage. The Problem: The County Board does not have the statutory authority to contract for anyone to...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - Wesley Township (Will County) held a meeting on May 10, 2018. The Supervisor was absent, but the "consultant" hired for $100 per hour was there and was running roughshod over the Trustees, Road Commissioner, and Citizens. Bob Porter is the paid consultant. This...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Northern Illinois University sent an email to a FOIA requester notifying him that he was in possession of Attorney-Client privileged information that was provided to him via a recent FOIA request, and demanded he returns it, destroy his copies, and notify anyone...
SPRINGFIELD, IL., (ECWd) - The Sangamon County Board appointed Frank Vala as a Commissioner of the Springfield Airport Authority during their meeting May 8, 2018. This effectively eliminated any previous incompatibility of office he may have had from his election to Township Trustee, which he did resign...
FITHIAN, IL. (ECWd) - This morning a reader sent us this photo of a broken wind turbine blade in Vermilion County, Illinois. This turbine is located just south of the abandoned Hartke home, and north of Fithian, Illinois on Illinois Route 49 in Vermilion County. For those...
