Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - Last Saturday evening, August 22, 2015, there was an incident at Mill Creek Lake, within the Clark County Park District, at the boat launch ramp where three women were injured, two with burns to their legs and a third with back...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - This comment from public comment session during the August 21, 2014 Board of Trustees meeting was spot on in its message about censure and the consequences of them. Found it researching past board meeting video and thought is was worth a replay...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - "Public refusal to remain silent and its refusal to accept corruption is the first line of defense against it." Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, Former United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois I wonder if the approach of "Bury your head in the sand, never...
Glenview, IL. (ECWd) - After receiving a tip of an unusual FOIA response from the Glenview Public Library, I submitted my own to see if the same response came back to me. It did. The Glenview Library responded to my Freedom of Information Act request for public records...
College of DuPage (ECWd) – Tonight, the College of DuPage voted to initiate termination procedures against President-on-administration-leave Breuder. Effective immediately. Trustee McGuire shouted about her opinion that it is a totally political move by the majority. She said she will be voting NO. Wozniak stated he is against...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - Reading the newspaper articles this week on the vote to terminate Breuder may lead people to believe that it takes 5 COD trustees to terminate his contract. We believe that to be false for the following reasons. Back in July 17, 2014,...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - The College of DuPage is holding a meeting on August 20, 2015, starting at 5:00 p.m. It is anticipated that a lengthy two-hour executive session will happen at the beginning of the meeting. Agenda item number 11 is an action item to start...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - I received a disturbing email this morning purporting to state that Randy Pollard's wife had been hired at the Illinois Lottery, and implying it was a patronage hire. Randy Pollard is the Governor's downstate director. After trying several numbers to the Illinois Lottery,...
Edgar County, Illinois (ECWd) - When dealing with Edgar County’s Policy Manual, we have brought up the issue of elected officials participating in the health insurance program in direct violation of county policy. We have been reminding the board of this since at least September of...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - It's official, the Clark County Park District has received its 19th letter from the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor seeking answers as to why the district cannot seem to follow the law and answer requests for information. Maybe it's time for...
