DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - A simple Freedom Of Information Act request has been denied by the DuPage County FOIA Officer, and it isn't the first time. This request asked for the IRS Form W2s for all county-wide elected officials. We need this form to compare it...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Over the past two years, a Federal Airport Grant was stopped THREE times: once due to a fraudulent grant application in which the former airport manager Jimmy Wells received a letter of appreciation for (even after it was known the grant application was...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Culminating a several week back-and-forth "debate" the City of Marshall voted to give a private cemetery another $10,000 this year in its appropriation Ordinance. It is our understanding that this Donation also included city personnel and city equipment to mow and weed eat...
BENTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Franklin County Hospital District has recently voted 4-3 in favor of terminating the contract of their CEO, with 7 of the 9 Board members present at the meeting. Q: How many Board members must vote to pass an item listed on the...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - At the may 24, 2016 DuPage County Board meeting, I spoke during public comment and questioned the two Ordinances passed by the DuPage County Board at their previous meeting. UPDATE: Video of the meeting is located (here) and public comment starts with...
NEW LENOX, IL. (ECWd) - One might think that having a federal grand jury subpoenaing your business associates and colleagues left and right for allegations of financial mismanagement might make you a little more cautious about your own actions. Well, not in Lincoln-Way High School District 210. Lincoln-Way...
TINLEY PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Last week, the Village of Tinley Park admitted that the tampering done to its Legacy Code zoning ordinance by former Planning Director Amy Connolly and former Village Attorney Thomas Melody (of Klein Thorpe Jenkins) was illegal and void. The Village Board...
BENTON, IL. (ECWd) - During this week's Franklin County Public Hospital Board of Director's meeting, as reported by the Frankfort American, the Franklin County Public Hospital district has voted to terminate the contract of its Chief Executive Officer, Hervey Davis. Frankfort American: "The Franklin Hospital Board voted...
NEW LENOX, IL. (ECWd) - After we exposed Lincoln-Way High School District 210 and its highly questionable spending and contracting habits, other media became interested in the story. So did Federal Prosecutors, who issued at least one Grand Jury Subpoena, with which the district is cooperating. Watch WGN-TV's...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - We were Live on Chicago Tonight last night discussing the investigation into Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino's questionable campaign expenditures. Illinois Fiscal Watchdog Under Investigation for Campaign Spending Alexandra Silets | May 24, 2016 7:49 pm The Illinois Auditor General, the state's fiscal watchdog, is...
