Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

09 Jan U.S. House Rules – Draft Copies –

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Washington, D.C. (ECWd) - UPDATE: Amendment to Rules Below are copies of the draft US House Rules and Summary. These will be voted on tonight. [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/118-Rules-of-the-House-of-Representatives-SxS-V2.pdf"] [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BILLS-118hresPIH-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-V3.pdf"] [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BILLS-118HResPIH-Fed-Gov-comv2.pdf"]...

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07 Jan Charges Dismissed Against Harrisburg Township Assessor –

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Harrisburg, IL. (ECWd) - The Court's Docket shows the charges against the Harrisburg Township Assessor April Clayton were dismissed on January 5, 2023. "The People failed to introduce any evidence of the existence of any contract involving Defendant. Probable cause not found. Case dismissed." Clayton was charged under...

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06 Jan Dolton SD 149 Received Scathing Letter: You are clearly driven only by corrupt motives – lust for petty political retaliation

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South Holland, IL. (ECWd) - Elected School Board Member Ms. Rayya A. Ghani, Dolton School District 149, retained an attorney who sent the following Cease and Desist letter to the Del Galdo Law Group's Edward Wong and Katie Ngo. Del Galdo represents the school board. We had...

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06 Jan AG Confirms Kansas Township Violated Open Meetings Act; Held Special Meeting on Holiday –

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Kansas, IL. (ECWd) - We previously wrote about the Kansas Township Supervisor's admission to the Attorney Gerneral's Public Access Counselor that the township did hold a special meeting on Columbus Day, a holiday, in violation of the Open Meetings Act. The AG-PAC took less than a month...

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05 Jan AG: DuPage County Election Commission Violated FOIA; Must Provide Voting Machine Serial Numbers –

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DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - Fifty ("50") months after my FOIA request for records of the now-dissolved DuPage County Election Commission, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued a Determination Letter. This was a FOIA request sent to the Commission prior to current DuPage County...

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03 Jan Court Grants Motion to Unseal Dana Davenport DUI Case Files –

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Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - Today's 10:00 a.m. Hearing on our Motion to Intervene, seeking the unsealing of the February 2022 arrest records and reports of Dana Davenport, was granted in our favor. The State's Attorney's office was no longer in favor of keeping the records sealed in...

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03 Jan Attorney For Madison County Veterans Assistance Commission: Committee Can Pass Binding Ordinances –

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Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the December 2022, meeting of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Madison County, their attorney, Thomas Burkart, made several statements concerning the authority of the Executive "Board" - which is actually a committee, or subsidiary body, of the Commission. Later during the...

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02 Jan Owen Costanza Facing Electoral Board Hearing On Petition Objection –

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Poplar Grove, IL. (ECWd) - Owen Costanza, former Poplar Grove Village President who still passes himself off as Village President on Facebook, filed two sets of election petitions for Trustee of Poplar Grove, IL. He withdrew the "2-year unexpired" set of petitions and left his "4-year unexpired,...

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02 Jan Harrisburg Township: ~ 96% Of General Assistance Is Wages To Township Employees –

Posted at 09:11h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 15 Comments

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Harrisburg, IL. (ECWd) - The latest example of a township government grossly abusing the taxpayers comes to you from Harrisburg Township. With the hiring of friends and relatives, the Township Supervisor thinks he needs assistance in the general assistance department, which he is permitted to hire, to...

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31 Dec IL Supreme Court Stayed Effective Date Of SAFE-T Act Pending Appeal –

Posted at 18:28h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Supreme Court has Stayed the effective date of the SAFE-T Act pending an appeal of the Kankakee County Circuit Court Opinion which declared parts of the Act unconstitutional. The stay applies to the entire state. From the Illinois Supreme Court Order: ...

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