PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - We left off with the "Proud to be a Good Ole Boy" and "Your County Board is not stealing from you" articles. Now we will discuss Edgar County Board Member Mike Helsley's recent self-projected envy of honorable service, through a so-called "newspaper". Here is the...
LERNA, IL. (ECWd) - Don Pearcy, the unofficial now-former Village of Lerna President (maybe), tendered his "conditional resignation in a Special Meeting today, January 31, 2016. The problem is that the term of his "conditional" resignation resulted in the village trustees violating the Illinois Municipal Code due...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Between January 2014 and February 2015, of the approximately $36.000.00 of p-card (credit card) expenditures from one Northern Illinois University p-card account, around $19,000.00 was travel. -- $1,900.00 of this was for Magaly Rodrigues, NIU's "Chief Inspiration Officer", who would not qualify since she was commuting...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In another of our short dispatches in response to Edgar County Board Member Charles Michael Heltsley's childish rant (read it here) in the self-proclaimed "news" paper, we give you another gem to think about: "The county board is not stealing from you...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Next in his "letter" to the so-called editors of the Prairie Press, he talks about getting the work of the people done: Their agenda is to harass and destroy what is commonly referred to as the "Good Ole Boys". Well, he finally got one...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Well, not in those exact words, but in his actions. First off, the Prairie Press indicates it welcomes letters to the editor and columnists, but only asks columnists to demonstrate authority and knowledge thru information backed arguments. If they asked writers of  letters...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - One hundred and eighty-five years ago, in 1831 William Lloyd Garrison began publishing "The Liberator" when he returned to New England. He realized what he must do, in order to spread the word of the anti-slavery movement. Due to his publishing, he faced...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - In their continuing temper tantrums, the boycotting trustees, Diane McGuire - a retired teacher "on a fixed income", Erin Birt - an attorney who should know better, and Joe Wozniak, have decided to file a three-count lawsuit for access to certain information and records...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Kirk was interviewed by CBS-TV Channel 2 out of Chicago about the Mautino mess. https://youtu.be/DJ2lupmAYR0 Illinois State Auditor General Mautino must provide answers to these irregularities in his campaign expenditures. Please consider a donation to The Edgar County Watchdogs. [wp_eStore_donate id=1] ...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - Short video of us discussing Wozniak, McGuire, the IRS ruling on College of DuPage booze and food fest, and McGuire's obvious intent to boycott yet another meeting. This is a call to action - for Naperville Democrats to attend the NTDO tomorrow...
