PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - From WEIU's youtube page (click here): "While the Labor Day holiday is almost over, many families used today as a time to relax together at a local park. But in this town, several parks have been victims of vandalism. The Paris park board has been...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - A City of Marshall Ward 3 Alderman, LeFever, has filed suit in Circuit Court naming the City of Marshall, Mayor Cammie Sanders, and City Clerk / FOIA Officer Nancy Smitley (in their official capacities) as defendants. 2014-CH-20 LeFever is asking the Court for...
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE (ECWd) - In what will surely end up being a hard lesson for the College of DuPage and its Board of Trustees, there are many Court decisions and AG Opinions citing the law, stating that local governments do not have the authority to...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - This article builds on the previous article talking about an Alderman's right to attend closed sessions of a committee of the City Council and the attorney providing bad advice. Since we know for a fact that aldermen, trustees, board members, etc cannot be...
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE (ECWd) - What follows is the first part of a detailed look at the “censure” that took place during the August 21, 2014 College of DuPage Board of Trustees (COD-BoT) meeting. Please keep in mind that the COD-BoT does not possess the authority of...
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE (ECWd) - A Request for Review of alleged Open Meetings Act violations by the College of DuPage Board of Trustees has been sent to the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor for their determination. Read the complaint below: Public Access Counselor: Please consider this a Request...
DEWITT CO. (ECWd) - I recently came across an "Open Letter to the Citizens of DeWitt County" from March 4, 2013 published in the DeWitt Daily News (here) in which the author, DeWitt County State's Attorney Koritz, asked the citizens to "Demand Transparency". "...
From "Municipal Minute": The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals recently dismissed a case challenging a local governmental body's actions regarding an application for permits for a proposed wind farm. Â CEnergy-Glenmore Wind Farm #1, LLC v. Town of Glenmore, (7th Cir. August 7, 2014). Â The plaintiff sought...
LIVINGSTON CO., IL. (ECWd) - A group in California learned a long time ago that Invenergy cannot be trusted any farther than the distance their turbine blades fly during a failure. We have caught Invenergy's attorney in numerous lies in Vermilion County alone - and the Vermilion...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Edgar County is number 3:Â with 31.42 registered sex offenders per 10,000 people. From REBOOTIllinois.com: Sex offenders per capita by county in Illinois Caitlin Wilson Aug 28, 2014 Read more: http://www.rebootillinois.com/2014/08/28/top-lists/caitlinwilson/sex-offenders-per-capita-county-illinois/24085/#ixzz3BoUf9S6H The state of Illinois created the sex offender registry to help citizens monitor where people convicted of...
