Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - In the past fifteen months, the Orland Park Public Library (OPPL) has spent over $480,000.00 fighting Freedom of Information and Open Meetings laws in a failed attempt at keeping records from the public and keeping the public from speaking / attending...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - On February 26, 2015, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor made the determination that the Edgar County Board violated the Open Meetings Act when it held a county board meeting on December 6, 2013 without providing advanced notice to the public...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - For the past couple of months several people have attempted to gain access to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's records as it relates to bills payable and due to the City of Chicago. In this most recent request, which was forwarded to me this...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Grab some popcorn because this one is one that plays out like a comedy, if only it weren't true...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - The following is a timeline of our work in Marshall, IL., some of our findings, and hopefully will dispel the rumors that a certain person talked us into looking at Marshall - and the rumor that we will go away if he...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Wow, where do I start? "Only two candidates are qualified to guide COD back on track" So you want people to have trust in the very same people that ran the train off the track? You are part of the problem! "Fastest growing community college...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The bottom line, to us, is access to public records, and all the public records we ask for, in a timely manner. Period. So what does a person do when faced with public bodies that invent reasons to hide public records, provide only...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - When a public body continuously and strategically circumvents the law, sometimes the only to way assert the statutory right of access to public records is to file a lawsuit. That is what happened today in DuPage Circuit Court. Case number 2015-CH-637. Of...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - In a new twist to the delay of producing public records when requested, the Clark County Park District has decided that they can simply claim a person as a recurrent requester and delay production of records an additional 16 days, to...
 ROOTING OUT PATRONAGE CONTRACTING AND CORRUPT PRACTICES AT COLLEGE OF DUPAGE (COD)  Subpoena's Issued 'Cooking the Books' on Enrollment Criminal Investigations of COD Contractor Breuder's Private Club Dues & Fees Paid by COD $190,000 spent Eating and Drinking by COD Leaders Federal, State & Local Investigations Into COD Practices Property Taxes...
