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....
MARION, IL. (ECWd) - The Marion City Attorney, Steve Green, thinks that people have to obtain his permission to take his picture while he is at a public meeting. Guess what Steve, you are WRONG! Oh, we didn't ask permission to post it online either...
COOK COUNTY (ECWd) - Here is an interesting article from the Huff Post - Chicago, in which writer David Protess, President, Chicago Innocence Project, fills us in on Judge Diane Gordon Cannon: "Cook County Judge A Loose Cannon" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-protess/cook-county-judge-a-loose_b_3973197.html  Updated today: read the update at the bottom of...
