Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

10 Feb RIDES Mass Transit District files amended complaint v. Edgar County –

Posted at 14:00h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, RIDES-MTD by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - A full eight days after the cut-off date to file an amended complaint, RIDES-MTD filed one in Edgar County Circuit Court. This amended complaint consists of the following: claim of "promissory estoppel" claim of "breach of unilateral contract" The lawsuit stems from the deposition of...

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06 Feb Wheeling Mayor Dean Argiris Uses City Vehicle For Private Business Purposes –

Posted at 14:11h in Cook County, feature, Wheeling by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - Dean Argiris, the Mayor of Wheeling, Illinois has been asked during public meetings to explain his use of the city vehicle. He responded that he can use it for whatever purpose he feels like using it for, including private business purposes. The vehicle in...

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04 Feb Jodi Carroll Interviewed ECWd on Everyday Heroes Radio –

Posted at 10:57h in Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - Jodi Carroll, from Everyday Heroes Radio interviewed the Edgar County Watchdogs on her radio show and was gracious enough to allow us to take video of the interview, including during commercial breaks. For a rare behind-the-scenes, uncut, in-studio, video of her show, watch...

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04 Feb Wheeling’s Mayor Argiris Used City Credit for Personal Use and Appears to have Lied About Repayment –

Posted at 07:21h in Cook County, feature, Wheeling by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 11 Comments

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WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_34218" align="alignleft" width="300"] Check dtd 12-22-2016[/caption] The Mayor of Wheeling, Illinois,  Dean Argiris, has used the city credit card for personal and private business purposes. As if that wasn't bad enough, when questioned during public comment in the January 16, 2017 meeting,...

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02 Feb IDOT Questions Kankakee Valley Airport Authority Commissioner Rende Langlois’ Qualification For Office –

Posted at 14:15h in FAA, feature, IDOT, Kankakee County, Kankakee Valley Airport Authority by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - The Interim Director of the Illinois Department of Transportation - Division of Aeronautics, Steve Young, has sent a letter to the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority questioning the qualification of Rende Langlois to remain on the airport authority board. According to the letter, it appears...

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02 Feb ROE#12 Superintendent Monte Newlin comes out with admissions and contradictions –

Posted at 06:56h in feature, Lawrence County, Richland County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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HUTSONVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - After our article highlighting one of the deficiencies in the Regional Office of Education #12's most recent audit, Monte Newlin, Regional Superintendent, took to his facebook page and to the Robinson Daily News to publish his glaringly contradictory excuses for using public credit...

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01 Feb Law and Order in Hancock County – LaHarpe Mayor Charged with Official Misconduct

Posted at 10:19h in feature, Hancock County, LaHarpe by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Hancock Co. (ECWd) - We first reported on the alleged violation of law by the LaHarpe Mayor when he used public equipment and personnel for personal gain on his property in this article, published November 11, 2016.  After that article, we attended a village meeting...

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28 Jan Monte Newlin, ROE#12, caught using ROE credit cards for personal purchases –

Posted at 11:43h in feature, Illinois Auditor General, Lawrence County, Richland County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 8 Comments

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HUTSONVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - To start off with, Mr. Monte Newlin, Superintendent of the Regional Office of Education #12, fresh off of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy only a few short years ago, and since then has been caught using the ROE credit card for personal purchases. Previous to...

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25 Jan RIDES v. Edgar Co. – What really happened in the Courtroom –

Posted at 09:22h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, feature, RIDES-MTD, Saline County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - We will cover several issues in this article, starting with what was reported in the local paper: Prairie Press (PP): ". . . [Plaintiff's attorney said] and the transfer was on track until the Edgar County Watchdogs claimed the money belonged to the...

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22 Jan WCIA report on Citizen Watchdog Training – Champaign –

Posted at 21:23h in Champaign, Champaign County, City of Marshall, Clark County, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CHAMPAIGN, IL. (ECWd) - WCIA-3 reported on our citizen watchdog training held in Champaign yesterday. It was sponsored by AFP Foundation - Americans For Prosperity Foundation and was a non-partisan 4-hour session on how to monitor local government using the Open Meetings Act, the Freedom Of Information Act,...

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