Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

03 May Lake Land College Employee Terminated, Charged With Theft –

Posted at 07:48h in Arcola Township, City of Paris, Dewitt County, Edgar County Housing Authority, Edgar County State's Attorney, Effingham County, feature, Lakeland College by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - This is a common situation that we discover time and time again in nearly every public body we look at. We saw this in: -DeWitt County Probation Office (here), -Arcola Township (here), -Edgar County Housing Authority (here), -Edgar County ETSB, -Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department, -Effingham County Public Health Department, -East...

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29 Apr Invenergy Attorney: "Wind Turbine blades are designed to fall straight down on failure"…

Posted at 17:33h in feature, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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FANTASYLAND - (ECWd) - That's right, Mr. Blazier, the attorney for Invenergy's California Ridge Wind Farm, stated during a recent Vermilion County Board meeting that "these things are designed to fall straight down if they break off". Mr. Donahue, Vermilion County's Assistant State's Attorney, has stated that...

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29 Apr The Great Fort Hood Heist of 2014 (RE/MAX Platinum Real Estate)?

Posted at 06:10h in Corruption, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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FT. HOOD, TX. (ECWd) - Author: Joshua Lawton Cattle rustlers aren’t the only thieves in Texas. You see, I had come to Texas, not because I wanted to, but because my property had been stolen. Since March 2014, my property management company RE/MAX Platinum Real Estate, had...

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28 Apr Another Invenergy Wind Turbine Blade Failure! –

Posted at 08:17h in feature, Invenergy, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 15 Comments

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NEBRASKA (ECWd) - . This time Invenergy's blade failure happened April 21st in Nebraska.  Invenergy can't seem to keep these GE manufactured turbines from falling apart and crashing down into the ground below.  So far, two of these same type of blade failures have occurred in Invenergy's "turbine...

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27 Apr Health Organizations Finally Realizing Wind Turbines Are Not Good –

Posted at 21:52h in feature, Health Department, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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ILLINOIS (ECWd) - We recently received a letter received from a Divisions Director of a Memorial Hospital takes a shot at an article written touting the grand benefits of wind turbines mitigating the effects of climate change. I have redacted the name of the hospital and...

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25 Apr Burgin and Hopper prevail in Edgar County Circuit Court –

Posted at 17:42h in Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 40 Comments

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EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The case of the Edgar County Sheriff's (Ed Motley) v. Roger Hopper and Dee Burgin was called in court today. If you can remember back to last year, this case came about after an arbitrator ruled in their favor. The Sheriff did...

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24 Apr Arcola Township Violates Freedom Of Information Act…Again –

Posted at 22:29h in Arcola Township, Attorney General, Douglas County, feature, Lisa Madigan by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 8 Comments

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ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Will they ever learn? That is the million dollar question. On April 12,  2014, I submitted a Freedom Of Information Act request to the Township of Arcola requesting the following public records (pdf here): Copy of all bid notices, requests for bids, requests for...

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24 Apr Want to steal from taxpayers? Here’s how:…

Posted at 07:09h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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By Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog NASHVILLE — Sick of people calling you nothing more than a two-bit scam artist? Well, silly, why haven’t you applied for a job as a public servant in one of Tennessee’s small towns or cities? You’ll have access to money beyond your wildest...

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23 Apr City of Naperville uses Private Detectives to Investigate Citizens –

Posted at 22:26h in feature, Naperville by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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NAPERVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Naperville has been on a roll lately. First they use PUBLIC FUNDS to pay a public relations firm, who then finds shills to plant in the audience during public meetings to speak in favor of the Smart Mater program. Now...

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22 Apr CERWD Trustee Meeting…

Posted at 11:14h in CERWD, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - I attended the April trustee meeting of the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District last night, 4-21-2014. During the meeting, there was discussion of more expansion provided grants are obtained. There is a public hearing this evening at 6:30 at Keys Fertilizer for two townships wishing...

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