Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - More blow-back from the Breuder severance package vote. During a press conference in Chicago on February 2, 2015, State Representatives talked about the severance package issue and revealed several proposals to insure this never happens again. Rep. Jeanne Ives thanked College of...
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . At an Illinois House Republican press conference this morning, Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) announced legislation to create the “Breuder Rule” to ban future excessive severance agreements, like the $763,000 agreement awarded to College of DuPage President Robert Breuder last week....
College of DuPage (ECWd) - We received the below document that lists all of the people who spoke during public comment at January 28. 2015 Special Board Meeting of the College of DuPage. A special "Thank You" goes out to whomever put this document together...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Airport's recent response to a Freedom of Information Act request proved to be consistent with what we have been suspecting for years - that the perceived issue of "insurance" was never really an issue, and is still not an...
LOGAN CO, IL. (ECWd) - The Logan County Wind Farm Application of Relight Power was rejected with a 6 - 6 vote. Six county board members in Logan County voted to approve "human health hazards" to be situated too close to neighbors - six voted against...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - As I was cleaning out old boxes and filing papers today, I came across some notes from a "TIPS" meeting I attended last October in Springfield. One of the items mentioned by the IDOT - Div of Aeronautics was that there was funding...
College of DuPage - (ECWd) - After Judge Wheaton issued a temporary restraining order (here) to the College of DuPage ordering them to hold the January 28, 2015 meeting in a larger space, the College and our attorney agreed on the area adjacent to the usual,...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - After several months of requests for a larger meeting room for citizens to attend the meeting in the same room the board members are in, and months of denials of that request by the College of DuPage attorneys, our attorney, Timothy Elliot...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Troy Eads, Chairman of the Edgar County ETSB (911) took this time to address the Edgar County Board on what Kirk Allen presented at the January Edgar County Board Meeting. He begins by apologizing for some of the information provided at the last...
January 27, 2015 - Press Release  WE SUED. Today, we sued College of DuPage for alleged violations of the Open Meetings Act conferring President Robert Breuder's $762,868.77 severance package. "The Board's actions were a slap in the face to the principles of open government and transparency that are embodied...
