Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - This article will attempt to clear up who is responsible for real estate taxes on property owned by a public body and leased (rented/loaned, etc.)Â out. A recent comment from a previous article questioned our assertion that the renter was responsible for real...
This article was posted at For The Good Of Illinois this morning: In January, the Edgar County Watchdogs broke this scandal along with my column at Forbes, click here. Six weeks later, new Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino still hasn’t provided answers on the fact pattern. Mautino...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - Hold on for the ride, this one will take some reading. The issue at hand is compensation for elected officials of DuPage County, spearheaded by Chairman Dan Cronin. Let's start with the DuPage County Resolution setting the "salary" of county board members and...
Tinley Park, IL. (ECWd) - In Tinley Park (a southwestern suburb of Chicago), a local resident named Christy Heins has been caught on video harassing a reporter who has been covering the story about the local Village government engaging in shady and questionable dealings with zoning...
LIVINGSTON CO, IL. (ECWd) - Last Friday, another turbine caught fire in Livingston County, Illinois. It was close in location to the turbine fire from last summer (here) and part of Iberdrola Renewable's Streator Cayuga Ridge project There were high winds at the time, and local fire departments...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Watchdogs were once again on the Joe Walsh Show this evening. Listen to the podcast here starting at about the 49 minute 15 second mark: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/247944053-am560theanswer-the-joe-walsh-show-february-19-2016.mp3 Please consider a donation to the Edgar County Watchdogs. [wp_eStore_donate id=1] ...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - The College of DuPage held its regular Board of Trustees meeting tonight, and a quorum was present. All trustees are present! One of the first items on the agenda was swearing in the ICCB's choice to replace former trustee Hamilton - David Olsen. Trustee...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - Update on the lawsuit: According to court records, Plaintiffs voluntarily withdrew their case against Kathy Hamilton this morning in DuPage court. Judge Popejoy recused himself and Judge Sutter will be the one to hear the case. Schedule is set, with oral argument set for May 6th...
Plainfield, IL. (ECWd) - Plainfield Fire Department purchases have been the subject of previous articles for its us of the Foreign Fire Tax Fund on Christmas gifts, PFD Trustee Reynold's conflict of interest, and another Foreign Fire Tax article. This article will look at credit card purchases between...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - In our previous article entitled "NIU’s IT Director, James Fatz, used NIU equipment in for-profit private business – " we wrote about James Fatz' use of Northern Illinois University software in a private for-profit business, according to court records. We are in possession of documents where he indicated to...
