Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

14 Feb Edgar County Board Meeting 2-11-2015 –

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Below is video from the Edgar County Board Meeting held on February 11, 2015. Public comment starts around the 2:20 mark with Kirk Allen speaking about the ISO rating and lack of Illinois Department of Public Health Department licensing for the county's ETSB...

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13 Feb College of DuPage: more willful, bad faith FOIA violations –

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College of DuPage (ECWd) - UPDATE: I received the responsive documents are posting this article. During the College of DuPage Board of Trustees monthly meeting on January 22, 2015, Breuder and some board members were writing notes passing them around like 3rd graders passing notes in class. During...

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12 Feb College of DuPage – EEOC Complaint(s) filed against Cathrine Brod?

Posted at 22:18h in College of DuPage, Corruption, Criminal, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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College of DuPage (ECWd) - In yet another round of Freedom of Information Act request denials, the College of DuPage has actually admitted to there being at least one EEOC complaint filed against Catherine Brod, one of its employees. In a FOIA request seeking copies of "all...

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12 Feb Orland Park Library’s Bridget Bittman files amended Complaint –

Posted at 12:01h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - This is Bittman's amended complaint, filed on January 21, 2015. Remember that she filed her original complaint (here). Then Defendant attorneys filed a motion to dismiss (here). After that motion, Bittman asked the court to allow her to amend her complaint (that...

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12 Feb Text of the lawsuit: Students v. College of DuPage –

Posted at 09:13h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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College of DuPage - (ECWd) - Below is the text of the lawsuit in which several nursing students filed against the College of DuPage - original article is here. It is a two-count Complaint, the first Count alleging a breach of contract by offering a program the...

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12 Feb Another Invenergy / GE Wind Turbine Blade Failure –

Posted at 07:45h in feature, Invenergy, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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HENRY CO., IL. (ECWd) - The turbine which had the blade failure in Henry County was a 1.6 mW GE...

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11 Feb Edgar County ETSB Center Operating without IDPH License –

Posted at 22:31h in 911 Board, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature, IDPH by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Emergency Telephone Systems Board meeting held February 9, 2015, a board member presented evidence that the 911 Dispatch Center had been operating without any license from the Illinois Department of Public Health since at least 2002. April of 2013,...

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10 Feb Press Release: Update on Bogart’s firing – Marron’s hiring of Bucher –

Posted at 09:28h in feature, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE provided to us via email: Yesterday the county board website was updated to indicated that Bill Bucher, a local republican friend of Mike Marron's and campaign contributor to the 2014 Vermilion County Republican's judge candidate, is now the county's Financial Resources Director....

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09 Feb Bogart files formal grievance against Mike Marron, Vermilion Co. Board Chairman –

Posted at 22:29h in feature, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The grievance alleges: - Improper termination by chairman - Unjustifiable termination - Alternative remedies available - Politically based termination If this went down the way the documents say it went down, Marron needs recalled as chairman. This must be his method against people he doesn't agree with,...

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09 Feb Vermilion County Democrats Press Release re: County Chairman firing of Mrs. Bogart –

Posted at 22:12h in feature, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE FROM THE VERMILION COUNTY DEMOCRATS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (download pdf here) LOCAL DEMOCRATS SPEAK OUT AGAINST PARTISAN FIRING OF NIKKI BOGART, HIGHLY RESPECTED 7-YEAR FINANCIAL RESOURCES DIRECTOR FOR THE VERMILION COUNTY BOARD Bogart filed complaint on Friday with the Grievance Committee of Vermilion County alleging her termination by...

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