Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - When Freedom of Information Act requests were submitted for seasonal and annual campsite payments, the Executive Director retaliated by posting this offensive message on Facebook. She claimed it was to "alert" the campers that they should now somehow be scared of...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - This article is to clarify when we believe an elected park district commissioner takes office - or more importantly, ceases to be a commissioner. From the Illinois Park District Code: Commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - There are several instances where the inaction of the Attorney General's office leads to the public being improperly denied public records. This is simply another case we decided to highlight today - more are coming: Last summer Cook County decided it could violate...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Mistakes can be costly! On May 15, 2014, Bill Nichlas called from an NIU phone number to talk to "Ralph" - or he thought he called Ralph - and left a message on a cell phone that appears to be discussions on how...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - More information is coming out about Charity Murphy, the Clark County Park District's Executive Director, and her use of public funds, property, and credit to harass, insult, and lie to people simply for exercising their right to have access to public...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - This is an update to a previous article (here) where Charity Murphy, the Executive Director of the Clark County Park District attempted to claim a FOIA requester was a "recurrent requester" - which could have given her 21 days to respond...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - During the April 2015 regular meeting of the Clark County Park District Board of Commissioners, the Executive Director, Charity Murphy, submitted her "Director's Report" that purported to report on several items of interest that had been accomplished during the previous month...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - This afternoon, Charity Murphy, the Executive Director of the Clark County Park District decided to use Facebook as a means to intimidate Freedom of Information Act requesters into submission through "peer pressure". This is a direct assault on citizens of this State...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - We posted an article a few weeks ago (here) detailing how the City of Chicago had taken steps to hide, and lie about hiding, records related to potential debts owed to the city by Mayor Emanuel. Now, another person has been attempting to...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - When we exposed Northern Illinois University for paying the legal fees of employees that plead guilty to crimes committed while they were employed and working at NIU, we had no idea that an Illinois Senator was listening and would take the steps...
