MICHIGAN - From "Farmer's Exchange" - Published: Friday, December 12, 2014 After this year's hubbub over Right-to-Farm Act relevance to urban farming, Michigan Farm Bureau members fine-tuned their Right-to-Farm policies during their 95th annual meeting in Grand Rapids. Tasked with writing guidance for the organization in 2015 as...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Orland Park Public Library District's public relations employee, Bridget Bittman's personal civil suit against Megan Fox, Kevin DuJan, and others appears to be a weak attempt at silencing critics of the library's stance to not filter internet access and refusing to...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held its regular December meeting yesterday. Among the things acted on were: Appointed the new Supervisor of Assessments - Approved the new committee appointments of board members (click here). One thing to note, is that Heltsley has been appointed to the...
University of Illinois (ECWd) - So, not only do they give the award to people defending free public access to child porn (under the guise of defending Intellectual Freedom), but at least one of the trustee admitted to, and was caught on video, spewing homophobic slurs...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - THIRTY months ago, the Edgar County State's Attorney sent a letter to the Illinois Attorney General asking for advice and opinion on a potential conflict of interest on a Sheriff and/or Deputy Sheriff sitting on the Edgar County Emergency Telephone Systems Board. The...
From "For The Good of Illinois":  In public debates of spending, no one invokes Nazis unless they're losing, or unless they have something to hide. Forced Disclosure Leads to Governance Concerns at College of DuPage (COD) RebootIllinois.com | December 8, 2014 Please Read my column Click here Invoking Nazi Tyranny...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - From WMAY: December 8, 2014–Bishop On Air from 9 to 11:30 on News Talk 970 WMAY Illinois Leaks on FOIA There’s a saying that sunshine is the best disinfectant and an independent nonprofit watchdog that was started by a couple of veterans in Illinois...
Letter to the Editor……………………… When a pilot is not a pilot… Yesterday, I followed a vehicle down Paris’s main street and noticed the license plate on the rear of the vehicle. What caught my attention was the absence of the colorful sticker issued by the Secretary of...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - During their November 10, 2014 City Council meeting, the Marshall City Council voted on an agenda item listed as "Consider and take action on Mayoral Appointment". Â During public comment at that meeting, I asked the council to table that vote because...
CLARK CO. (ECWd) - During the July 23, 2014 budget meeting of the Clark County Park District, there was a surprising new method used to to come up with a balanced budget for the upcoming year. It's called "figure out how much you want to spend, then...
