EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) -  In seperate votes of the Effingham Board of Health on Oct 7, 2013, two important items were voted on., 1. Vote to accept the resignation of Administrator Kim Esker, effective October 27, 2013, failed. 2. Vote to immediately terminate the employment of Administrator Kim Esker, effective...
EFFINGHAM CO. (ECWd) - Below is the audio from the Effingham County Board of Health meeting held on September 23, 2013. During that meeting there was considerable discussion among the board members and citizens in reference to the reduction of hours with certain employees. One in particular...
WATSEKA, IL. (ECWd) - So here we are, just posting public records we get through the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), and along comes an attorney that thinks he is the "all knowing". For the record, I do not harbor any resentment toward attorneys, I believed they...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - After months of research and investigations into no-bid contracts, intergovernmental agreements with Michigan, and H1-B Visas, we have learned that the Illinois legislature is considering House Bill 3683 (Sandack) to close the loophole that allowed Illinois CMS to skirt the bidding process through an...
MATTOON, IL (ECWd) - Updated at the bottom on 10-1-2013...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - What an amazing day it was at the Paris Honeybee Parade! If the show of support during the parade is any indication of the support we have out there, we have been handed a mandate to "kick it up a notch" here...
WATSEKA, IL. (ECWd) - In complaints that originated in Iroquois County Circuit Court on March 29, 2013, Kraft v FIPHD, and Allen v FIPHD, Â the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department (FIPHD) has acknowledged that they did in fact violate the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) by not...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Arcola Township has continuously sent simple Freedom Of Information Act Request to their attorney, needlessly spending hard earned tax money and like some other public bodies, will attempt to say FOIA requests are costing them too much, which is BS. Mr. Hackler, this...
Just another of the many articles written in the past couple of months that mentions ECWd and the work they have assisted with when it related to the use of H1-B Visa workers for Illinois Contracts. Computerworld - Some state governments are willing to hire offshore...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - On September 5, 2013, the Illinois Attorney General sent a closing letter to a Freedom Of Information Act request for review that I submitted alleging a FOIA denial by Arcola Twonship in that they did not respond to my request for public records....
