Windsor, IL. (ECWd) - What follows is a true story of a City Councilman hiring his wife to work for the city, allowing her to charge fuel to her personal car to the city, and then she falsifies time cards to purchase gift cards for her...
Glen Ellyn - College of DuPage - Twenty-one months after the Glen Ellyn Police Department improperly redacted information Kirk Allen requested, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor finally made a determination. On April 13, 2016, the AG's PAC determined that the Glen Ellyn Police Department's redaction of...
TINLEY PARK, IL. (ECWd) - During the April 5, 2016, Tinley Park City Council meeting, Trustee T.J. Grady decided he didn't like the comments from a person speaking during the allotted public comment time. A citizen was commenting and asking questions in an attempt at figuring out...
Lisle-Woodridge Fire District , IL. (ECWd) - Less than a day after we published this article (http://wp.me/p1RGXs-7Jd) Â blasting the Lisle-Woodridge Fire District for not providing public records and their attempt at claiming the requested records were "preliminary drafts", even after approved by the board, the FOIA...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board has finally approved a Resolution setting the compensation of elected officials taking office on December 1, 2016. Â "Salary Resolution for Elected Officials Whose Terms Begin December 1, 2016." This resolution includes health insurance for county board members -...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - On the heals of the decision by IDOT-DA to halt all state and federal funding of the Edgar County Airport due to grant assurance violations (lack of zoning), the board has started talking about zoning for the airport. Mark Isaf, Edgar County...
Lisle, IL., (ECWd) - The Lisle-Woodridge Fire District thinks that they do not have to provide public records to the public when asked. A couple of weeks ago I filed a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of a severance agreement that the fire district had...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Watchdogs are pleased with the recent developments in relation to the Edgar County Airport. From all appearances, outside agencies are finally forcing Edgar County to come into compliance with the established law. On April 5, 2016, the Illinois Department...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - I'd take the job for half that! Charity Murphy, Clark County Park District Executive Director, claims that 4 hours of time spent answering an FOIA request cost the park district "at a minimum" of $1,100.00. Wow! Get the shovel, it's getting deep...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - Lake Land College has reportedly discussed taking down the wind turbine that was struck by lightning last year due to the cost of repairs - and because it never really worked as they thought it would. Lake Land College (LLC) wind turbine...
