MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Let's start off by stating that Gary Strohm and the Marshall Advocate have never, to my knowledge, informed the public of their relationship with Clark County Park Board Commissioner Ron Stone. The relationship is such that Ron Stone has to "abstain" from...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Gov. Bruce Rauner re-appointed Joel Sambursky, and appointed U.S. district court judge John Gilbert and Attorney Amy Sholar to the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University. Both Gilbert and Sholar appointments must be approved by the Illinois Senate. The appointment of Judge...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - A local watchdog by the name of Diane Benjamin, from blnnews.com, has won a pro se lawsuit she filed against the City of Bloomington for their unlawfully withholding public records and other violations of the Freedom of Information Act. The Court ordered production...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Judge Garst talked to the Edgar County Board for around 25 minutes during the Marsh 23, 2015 Study Session in relation to the state budget, and that at least the portion affecting Court Reporters will take affect on April 1st. There is...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Why is it that Mr. "Return To Positive" Denny's campaign is so focused on negative? Someone should ask him this the next time they see him: "Mr. Denny, if you are all about "return to positive", why are your ads so negative?" or...
Clark County, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark County Park District has a dirty little secret they have been trying to keep hidden from the voters...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - That's right, Mr. John G. (Corky) Clark sent a letter to Illinois State Senator Chapin Rose and Illinois State Representative Adam Brown in which he proceeded to fabricate, misstate, exaggerate, or what we would simply call: LIE. He starts out complaining about the...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - The Orland Park Public Library Board of Trustees has approved a settlement of $55,000.00 to dispose of Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act lawsuits. In this settlement, the Library admitted no wrongdoing (even though they were wrong, but this is...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - Wow, this valuable feedback is simply amazing! ...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined the College of DuPage violated Section 9.5(f) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by not providing the student school (@cod.edu) email addresses. This determination came after my initial complaint (here) where I...
