La Harpe, IL. (ECWd) - It started out as something as simple as complaining about the torn and tattered United States Flag at the town entrance, and ended up with a councilman name-calling on social media. Mr. Ed Perce posted a picture on Facebook complaining of the...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - A Village of Cahokia Trustee who is also an employee of the Commonfields of Cahokia Water District is at the center of  Daycare Sexual Molestation Allegations and a civil suit filed in late-November 2015. According to the Madison Record, Melba King Sanders was doing business...
Reps Dwight Kay, Ives, Wheeler, and Morrison held a Press Conference to explain their filing of Joint House Resolution, HJR158, calling on Auditor General Frank Mautino's removal from office. "The People of the State of Illinois have a tacit right to be able to trust and full faith...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Cahokia just last month changed its meeting dates/times to coincide with the Commonfields of Cahokia Water District meetings to keep citizens from attending both meetings. Since the Chairman of the Water District and the Mayor of Cahokia and father and...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Reggie Phillips will be in Marshall, Illinois for a "Springfield Update" on Monday, July 18, 2016. The public is invited. Topics for discussion include the budget and spending bill. . Please consider a donation to the Edgar County Watchdogs. [wp_eStore_donate id=1] ....
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Paris District 95 School Board, voted last night to place the question of a 1% sales tax referendum on the ballot this November. They joined what has been reported as Shiloh and Chrisman School Districts' willingness to make you pay. Knowing the taxpayers...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - OK. So we have finally seen a tactic never before used against citizens and their right to attend meetings where they can see and hear the deliberations occurring during public meetings. Although this tactic is not by itself a violation of law,...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - What can the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor do when a public body refuses to comply with requests for information related to a Request for Review? According the an AG PAC attorney, nothing: "Unfortunately, our office lacks any authority to force a public body...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Below are photos from our Watchdog Training event held in DuPage County on June 18, 2016. There were only a couple of empty seats :) The next one will be in Springfield, IL. in August. Additionally, one of the attendees has filed his first Freedom of...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - Continuing with the letter concerning compensation of DuPage County elected officials (Part 1 here), on Page 6 starts the discussion of Health Insurance participation (complete letter here): [documentcloud url="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2940529-DuPage-SA-Opinion-Compensation/annotations/307304.html"] We agree that the Counties Code "authorizes" county elected officials to participate in insurance programs,...
