College of DuPage (ECWd) - During the April 7, 2016 College of DuPage Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee McGuire spent a considerable amount of time on legal bills again. This time, it was questioning on the lines of "who authorized this" and "who hired them" - forgetting...
IROQUOIS CO., IL. (ECWd) - During an almost two-hour meeting of the Iroquois County Tax Committee, a local reporter falls out of her chair. Pay close attention to the top-right of the video: https://youtu.be/6I15rY5Fh0w Please consider a donation to the Edgar County Watchdogs. [wp_eStore_donate id=1] ...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Marshall, Illinois Alderman Warren LeFever traveled to Springfield to give oral testimony at the Illinois House of Representative Judicial-Civil hearing this afternoon. It was for HB4630, seeking to amend the Open Meetings Act with the language of: Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Open Meetings Act. Requires that...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - The College of DuPage is set to act on the first reading of Policy No. 10-200, which is a new policy concerning the retention of electronic communications. On page 134 of the Board Packet for April 7, 2016 (here) is the proposed...
Tinley Park, IL (ECWd) - TINLEY PARK, IL. (ECWd) - On 4/4/16, the Attorney General's Office informed the Village of Tinley Park and its attorney Thomas Melody of the determination that the Open Meetings Act was violated at the February 4th, 2016 Planning Commission meeting, since...
TINLEY PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Correspondence between disgraced Tinley Park Planning Director Amy Connolly and embattled Village Manager David Niemeyer shows what appears to be a threat made by Connolly of a discrimination lawsuit against the Village after Connolly was put on paid administrative leave for...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - Kathy Ramsey, former Clark County, Illinois Circuit Clerk plead guilty on Wednesday to Class 3 Felony Official Misconduct. The negotiated plea consisted of "2nd chance probation" - which means that if she follows her probation as instructed, the charge will be dismiss...
METCALF, IL. (ECWd) - Update is at end of article...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - They want you to pay your taxes, but fail to report their own income. So goes the Clark County Park District and its Board of Commissioners who cannot seem to keep their own employees violating the law. Long story short: Park Director Charity Murphy decides...
Tinley Park, IL (ECWd) - More Tinley Park officials have resigned their positions this week, amidst the continuing scrutiny the Village Board and high-ranking employees have received since thousands of citizens started packing Village meetings and demanding answers for why zoning codes appear to have...
