[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="186"] William Thomas[/caption] ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - We have previously written about William Thomas' 2016 Statement of Economic Interest (SEI), and how we believed it to be inaccurate. This article will cover both of his SEI filings for 2017, in which it appears he...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Watchdogs and the Illinois Policy Institute have submitted a joint friend-of-the-court brief, Amici Curiae, to the Supreme Court of Illinois in the case of Institute For Justice v. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The joint brief urges...
LOGAN CO., IL (ECWd) - In the business of government, elected officials and certain others in decision-making positions are required to file true and accurate Statements of Economic Interest for each and every year, and file them with the County Clerk of the county they are...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - The Board of Trustees of the Atlanta Public Library District have failed to fill a vacant trustee seat for several months. the vacancy originally occurred when Anne Heironymus resigned and her resignation accepted at the March 10, 2016 meeting - she said...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - Below is the full video of the Atlanta Public Library Disctrict's board of trustees meeting held on August 10, 2017. Library District Trustee, Treasurer, and Atlanta's very own walking-conflict-of-interest, Mr. William "Bill" Thomas, was missing from the meeting...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Well, well, well...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - A complaint was filed with the Illinois Governor's Office of the Executive Inspector General ("OEIG") complaining about: IDOT Chief Counsel's wrongful interpretation of state law IDOT Chief Counsel's lack of a definitive ruling base on established law Edgar County Board's failure to...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about how the Illinois Arts Council Agency and Shirley Madigan were violating the Freedom of Information Act, which they have a history of violating - a couple of years ago we had to sue them...
DeKalb Co., - Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - Today's hearing was held on a Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order against Northern Illinois University, to prohibit them from effectuating any of the Golden Parachute agreements with the former University President, Robert Baker. DeKalb County Circuit Court Judge...
"How could one woman steal over $53,000,000 without anyone noticing?" The largest municipal fraud case in the history of the United States, and not surprisingly it happened in Illinois, a breeding ground for corruption. Dixon, Illinois, is a small community of a little over 15,000 people in...
