College of DuPage (ECWd) - The College of DuPage Board of Trustees tonight waived attorney-client privilege to release the “‘Independent Investigative Report on WDCB.” Read a copy of the report here: http://ouweb.cod.edu/news-events/pdfs/wdcb.pdf COD hired the Chicago law firm Williams Montgomery and John, Ltd. in February 2015 to investigate,...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor's Office (PAC) is responsible for answering inquiries on various subjects, to include the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), and the Open Meetings Act (OMA). These inquiries come from public officials, media, and citizens either in...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - We finally looked at the document dump for House Accounts at the Waterleaf during 2013 and 2014. You can match up Board of Trustee meetings with these receipts for the most part. These were all provided by the College of DuPage. Not much more...
Batavia, IL. (ECWd) - The Batavia Plan Commission opened a public hearing on June 3, 2015 to discuss Zoning Code Text amendments that Batavia City Staff recommended. At the table were the 7 Plan Commissioners and two Batavia staff members, Joel Strassman, Planning and Zoning officer,...
Newman, IL. (ECWd) - The Shiloh School District is holding a public auction in conjunction with Joines Auction Service on Saturday, June 13, 2015, @ 9:00 a.m., at the Newman Grade School in Newman, IL. Some items for auction include: wood and metal office desks, filing cabinets, student...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board, among other items, passed two resolutions during this month's county board meeting. One was to split precincts Paris-5 into "Paris-5 and Paris-15", and the other to split Symmes into "Symmes-1 and Symmes-2". This is an annual requirement of the...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County Board Chairman Ben Jenness recognized Mrs. Rebecca Clark for her service to Edgar County by presenting her a plaque. She has been an outstanding employee for more than 32 years in the Edgar County Clerk and Recorder's Office and has...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The monthly Edgar County Airport meeting was held last night, June 8, 2015. Some of the items discussed was the mowing, work in progress on replacing some rotted wooden posts in the t-hangars, the fuel report (hardly any sold again this month),...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Having been involved in several Requests for Reviews with the Public Access Counselor's office, it has become overwhelmingly clear that Lisa Madigan's office has apparently directed her PAC to file every request we submit under the bottom of the pile, never to...
Hancock Co., IL. (ECWd) - This is a follow-up to a previous article in which we wrote about Hancock County Board Members lying to the State's Attorney (here). I attended the Hancock County Board Meeting on May 19, 2015 with the intention of speaking during the public...
