Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

15 Aug FOIA Amendment should not be retroactive, amicus brief argues –

Posted at 22:12h in feature, Governor, IDFPR, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Supreme Court by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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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...

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14 Aug Bill Thomas, Atlanta Library District Trustee, filed false Economic Interest Statement in 2016 –

Posted at 12:43h in Atlanta Public Library District, feature, Logan County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 32 Comments

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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...

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12 Aug Atlanta Public Library Board skirting requirement of filling vacant board seat –

Posted at 16:26h in Atlanta Public Library District, feature, Logan County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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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...

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11 Aug Atlanta Public Library District (IL) meeting video –

Posted at 08:49h in Atlanta Public Library District, feature, Logan County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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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...

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07 Aug Bloomington needs more time to produce Margot Erhlich’s reimbursement of personal airplane ticket –

Posted at 17:09h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Well, well, well...

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07 Aug Illinois OEIG unmasks whistleblower to County Board –

Posted at 17:08h in Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, FAA, feature, Governor, IDOT, OEIG by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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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...

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07 Aug Illinois Arts Council pays grandmother to teach granddaughter –

Posted at 09:14h in feature, Governor, Illinois Arts Council Agency by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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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...

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04 Aug Temporary Restraining Order granted against NIU –

Posted at 11:25h in DeKalb County, feature, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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...

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03 Aug All the Queen’s Horses: The Rita Crundwell Story…

Posted at 21:18h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 10 Comments

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"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...

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02 Aug Bloomington’s Mayor Renner and Co. circling the wagons and making up excuses –

Posted at 07:32h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - After outing Bloomington's use of public credit to purchase an airline ticket for Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner's girlfriend to go on vacation in Japan, he came out defiantly swinging, and his supporters started circling the wagons to unsuccessfully defend this purchase. First, he...

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