Someone must hold elected officials accountable for their actions. Why not you? Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Illinois is hosting a Citizen Watchdog Training to teach YOU how to hold elected officials accountable. Over the past several years, the efforts of two veterans from rural Edgar County have caused the...
DOWNERS GROVE, IL. (ECWd) - Part one is located at this link (here) and mainly discusses the September 2016 Downers Grove Township meeting where there appeared to be an attempt to approve compensation for the clerk backdated to 2013. Laura Hois had an attorney draft a letter to...
ROBINSON, IL. (ECWd) - After the defeat of the sales tax referendum several years ago, the Robinson Schools decided it was much more important to keep their kindergarten kickball (and HS Football) coach instead of keeping 6th grade sports - Was this a form of punishment to...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County has filed an answer, in the form of a Motion to Dismiss, to the amended complaint filed against them by RIDES Mass Transit District ("RIDES-MTD"). This suit deals with the funds remaining after dissolution of the East Central Mass Transit District...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has sent a letter the Carlinville City Clerk, Mrs. Carla Brockmeier, asking that the city respond to the March 20, 2017, Freedom Of Information Act request for public records. Carlinville has developed a history of not...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has sent a letter the Carlinville City Clerk, Mrs. Carla Brockmeier, asking that the city respond to the March 18, 2017, Freedom Of Information Act request for public records. Carlinville has developed a history of not...
SHELBYVILLE, IL. -(ECWd) - We rarely see a situation like this, aside from Lerna, IL., where an elected official decides to work for the public body that he is elected to govern. Doing so is a felony in this state. Trustee Walden has been pulling in $7,638.00...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - With all of the purposeful hiding of public records lately, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to consider whether or not Carlinville's Mayor Deanna Demuzio is using her position as Mayor, with the ability to direct the city attorney, to...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Mayor Demuzio and the City of Carlinville must enjoy spending hard-earned taxpayer dollars keeping public records from the public. I estimate the first denied FOIA request has already cost Carlinville taxpayers more than $1,000.00 - and that was prior to the city...
Downers Grove, IL. (ECWd) - Corrected to reflect she is not currently receiving a pension (but has been seeking one). Laura Hois is a Candidate for Downers Grove Township Assessor, current Downers Grove Township Clerk, and Deputy Assessor for Sugar Grove Township, and has been seeking a higher...
