Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

12 Aug Edgar Co. Board meeting (video) – Heltsley running his mouth again –

Posted at 17:33h in Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Clerk has posted the videos of the Edgar County Board Study Session from Monday morning and the Edgar County Board Meeting this morning, August 12, 2015. In the regular board meeting the public comment starts at 2:00 with Mrs....

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12 Aug Edgar Co. Board – Heltsley lied to Sheriff Dept. (audio) –

Posted at 12:35h in Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Airport meeting on Monday night, August 10, 2015, an Edgar County Sheriff Deputy arrived and attended the meeting. After the meeting, I asked county board member Heltsley if he caused the deputy to come to the meeting. He...

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11 Aug Vermilion County Board taking steps to limit public comment –

Posted at 06:27h in feature, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Vermilion Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Vermilion County Board is set to take action to limit public comment time from five minutes per person, to three minutes per person. this will come to a vote at their August 11, 2015 County Board Meeting. After taking extensive heat...

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10 Aug Effingham Mayor Bloemker says Open Meetings Act is dysfunctional

Posted at 21:47h in Effingham County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Effingham, IL. (ECWd) - According to the Effingham Daily News, Effingham, Illinois’ new Mayor, Jeff Bloemker stated that he thinks the Open Meetings Act is “dysfunctional because it inhibits the free exchange of ideas." Wow, maybe he should resign now. He thinks the Mayor is no different than...

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09 Aug Clark Co. Park District attorney invoices presented in July –

Posted at 12:36h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Clark County, IL. (ECWd) - The invoices below were presented for payment at the July 2015 Board of Commissioners meeting for the Clark County Park District. This is not the complete listing of invoices to verify the claim of "tens of thousands" spent on FOIA in...

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09 Aug FOIA lessons learned in dealing with the Orland Park Public Library –

Posted at 12:34h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Just read a posting on "Fans of Megan Fox" facebook page and can verify the claims held within it in their dealings with the Orland Park Public Library ("OPPL"). It was an interesting read and is typical of what we see...

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08 Aug Clark Co. Park District received their 18th letter from AG wanting answers –

Posted at 20:22h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 8 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - I received confirmation from the Illinois Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor that the Clark County Park District has received another letter of inquiry as to why they cannot seem to answer requests for public records or otherwise comply with state...

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08 Aug Dave Carlin's interpretations of Breuder contract inaccurate –

Posted at 09:32h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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College of DuPage (ECWD) - "Because we've always done it this way" is not a valid excuse! The Daily Herald quotes Dave Carlin, former College of DuPage board chairman and one-term college trustee, as saying that Breuder's contract "has always had an automatic rollover provision in it.,...

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07 Aug Bridget Bittman no longer employed at Orland Park Public Library –

Posted at 22:05h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 12 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - According to a FOIA dump that was forwarded to me this evening, the Orland Park Public Library has officially stated that their marketing/information officer, Bridget Bittman, is no longer employed with them. [documentcloud url="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2226972-fox-foia-08-03-2015-56-response-1/annotations/234613.js" ] In recent months, Ms. Bittman had filed a...

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06 Aug Orland Park Library's Robin Wagner lashes out at FOIA requester –

Posted at 19:38h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - After reading an email chain about how a determination was made that the Orland Park Public Library could no longer redact certain items from FOIA requests that pertained to complaints filed with the library, and the library's refusal to provide the...

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