MACOUPIN CO., IL. (ECWd) - Update: We want to make it clear this allegation is from the 2014 election cycle and previous tax referendum, not the most recent one. When people start talking, let them talk. Then you know what to look for. Shortly after we started writing...
NAUVOO, IL. (ECWd) - Requests to the City of Nauvoo for documents associated with the bid process for the City of Nauvoo have gone unanswered, and statements have been made that there were no bids, and thus no contracts associated with them.  All of this leads to...
COLES CO., IL (ECWd) - The Coles County Board held its monthly meeting on May 9, 2017, at the Coles County Courthouse. The Board moved to a larger room when it became apparent that attendees greatly outnumbered available chairs in its regular board room. Never mind the...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville has been sent a "2nd Request" for a response to a Request For Review of an alleged FOIA denial. The AG's PAC Office sent this when the City of Carlinville failed to answer the first request within the...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville's Freedom Of Information Act Officer and City Clerk, Carla Brockmeier, has failed to comply with the FOIA again, seemingly making it a matter of routine in Carlinville. A request for public records was sent to her on April 27,...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On top of refusing to provide credit card statements, other public records, and lying about mailing CDs in response to FOIA requests, the Carlinville City Council has published forged meeting minutes on at least two occasions. The April 3, 2017, meeting minutes are...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - At Carlinville's City Council meeting on April 3, 2017, the council directed their attorney to provide all the requested records for all FOIA requests submitted as of that date (April 3, 2017). During their April 17, 2017 meeting, the City Attorney Richard Bertinetti, City...
Metcalf, IL. (ECWd) - Pictures are of flooding in Metcalf - mostly on Metcalf Road, with County Road 6 being the worst. Mayor Cheryl Gill said it could have been a lot worse had the village not worked with the Edgar County Highway Department in 2012 to...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Carlinville FOIA Officer apparently thinks FOIA does not apply to them. The Illinois Attorney General has sent another letter of inquiry requiring an answer from the City of Carlinville on why they have refused to answer a Freedom of Information Act request from...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Breaking News: The City of Carlinville answered a FOIA request within the 5-day requirement! The Freedom Of Information Act request did not come from me, but it did come from someone who writes for blnnews.com. What she requested was the payroll of all city...
