DUPAGE CO. (ECWd) - A little known provision of the Open Meetings Act was called into the open by a citizen who was attending the DuPage County Board meeting. Section 7.3(b) of the Open Meetings Act states that for those public bodies participating in the Illinois...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During the study session held by the Edgar County Board on May 27, 2014, the board talked about several items - the first being public comment. During public comment I suggested that if there were future instances of an open meeting not starting...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #2. Approving restrictions to Public Comment that are unreasonable and not allowed under the OMA. Dennis G. Walsh was the attorney present on February 12th, 2014 when the OPPL-BoT voted during the illegal meeting to pass new restrictions on public comment that...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #4. Insisting that items that were void ab initio are not actually void ab initio. For those not familiar with this phrase, "void ab initio" simply means "void from the beginning" or "treated as invalid from the outset" or more simply "did/does...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - In a letter written about a week before the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously overturned an Appellate Court ruling that stated State's Attorney offices were not subject to FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act), Mr. Bill Donahue responded to a request for records by...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - This is no joke. The Vermilion County Board is giving away free land west of Tilton, Illinois. Here's the May 21, 2014 Commercial News Article which was mis-titled "Buyers found for farmland" and should have said, "Takers find free land". HERE:Â Buyers found...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #6. Advising a public body that they can hold a special meeting to pass controversial measures and not have to allow Public Comment. Frankly, this was the stupidest thing that the OPPL-BoT has done to date, and Dennis G. Walsh's fingerprints are...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #8. Conducting Board Meetings in place of Board President Nancy Wendt Healy. The Open Meetings Act, or more specifically the Robert's Rules of Order, does not allow an attorney or any other contractor employed by a public body to sit on the...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #10: "Allowing" the OPPL-BoT to lie to the media about the law. This happens all the time, with the main lie being told by the OPPL-BoT that this library needs to keep child porn available, because if it didn't then it could...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - This is the introduction piece that sets the stage for followup articles; a multipart series exploring “mistakes” made, intentional or not, by the Orland Park Public Library’s (OPPL-BoT) highly paid legal firm of Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins (KTJ). Please keep in...
