COLES Co., IL. (ECWd) - What do you do when you are an appointed Coles County Board of Review member charged with hearing property tax objections, and you feel a little sleepy? Simple. Sleep! Is this what taxpayers can expect if the current County Board Chair is re-elected? The...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - What is a sure sign a public board wants to hide everything from the public? They started acting like little dictators and direct police to remove law-abiding citizens from "their" meeting room - what a great way to tell people you hate...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Carlinville keeps its citizens in the dark, hides public records, lies about it. Yes, Carlinville taxpayers, you are paying dearly for your city's refusal to provide simple records that the law says they must provide. Instead, they are spending thousands of your hard-earned...
AVON, OHIO (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_43447" align="alignleft" width="150"] Pic from his Linkin account[/caption] Last year, an "anonymous" person opened up a website apparently designed to threaten, intimidate, and disparage us. While we fully support every person's First Amendment rights, there are lines that can be crossed subjecting...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Brace yourselves! Rough road ahead...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Clark County Judge Tracy W. Resch determined that probable cause was found in the felony case against Ronald Wells of Dennison, Illinois. On March 5, 2018, defendant appeared in custody and a probable case hearing was held in the Clark County Illinois Circuit...
MINNESOTA (ECWd) - LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Who is your representative working for? Chances are they may be confused about a few things...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On March 7, 2018, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued a determination that the Carlinville City Council violated Section 2.02(c) of the Open Meetings Act during its January 2, 2018 meeting when it voted to suspend its rules and to...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Of course their rules are wrong, however, Carlinville is continuing with their amazing efforts to shut down any and all questions related to their actions as public officials and the public body of the city. They have a documented past of failing...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - More denials of public records requests, keeping more secrets - simply routine business in the City of Carlinville, and unfortunately for Carlinville taxpayers, they choose to hide public records instead of complying with the Freedom of Information Act. During Carlinville's February 19, 2018...
