Tri-State FPD (ECWd) - You know there are problems, when as a public employee and citizen, you have to report any contact with elected officials to your boss. So goes the Tri-State Fire Protection District and a policy put into affect in 2011 - is it any...
Sherrard, IL. (ECWd) - Some good news! Sherrard CUSD-200 school board tonight approved a settlement for more than $95,000 due to the school refusing to allow an 8 year old girl and her service dog to attend classes. "Service Dog Not Allowed in School" "Service Dog Not Allowed in...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - We have been receiving tips from Lerna residents for at least two years now, and decided there was enough information to attend a Lerna village trustee meeting. In July of 2015 we attended the trustee meeting in Lerna, which is a village due...
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...
