Pecatonica Township, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General has issued another in a long and growing list of determinations stating that Supervisor Musso and the Pecatonica Township Board has violated state law by unlawfully restricting protected speech, many times with the Township's Attorney present at...
URBANA, IL. (ECWd) - According to an article on CUPerspective.org, with ample supporting documentation, the now-appointed Alderman Erick Sacks was ticketed for the destruction of city property when he allegedly hired a contractor to remove asphalt on a newly paved alley behind his house. Read the article...
URBANA, IL. (ECWd) - We recently published the Attorney General's opinion that Urbana recently violated the Open Meetings Act twice by their content-based prohibiting of certain public comment during meetings. We redacted the AG's opinion by blocking out the victim's home addresses and personal email addresses. The...
URBANA, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued an opinion stating that the Urbana City Council, and Mayor Marlin, violated the Open Meetings Act twice when she refused to permit a member of the public to criticize public officials/employees by name...
DuPage Township, IL. (ECWd) - From Trustee Benford: Please cancel tonight’s township board meeting requested by myself and Trustee Raga. We are cancelling the meeting because it was improperly posted with the word ”special” listed in the meeting notice. Trustee Raga and I requested a meeting under the...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - We have covered the defamation lawsuit filed by Cindy Brzana against John Norton and others since it was filed because it deals with a current Wesley Township Trustee, a former appointed road commissioner, and a citizen who attended meetings. In this Motion, he...
McHenry County, IL. (ECWd) - We attended a dinner in McHenry County last night, March 26, 2021, where three candidates for Governor of Illinois discussed their candidacy. This election will take place on November 8, 2022, with the Primary election on March 15, 2022. Videos below. Gary Rabine speaks...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - After learning of the forged affidavit during a Deposition, Plaintiff Brzana's attorney filed a Motion for Sanctions against Wesley Township for their filing of a forged affidavit and failing to investigate its veracity before filing, and for their spoliation of evidence. Select...
DuPage Township, IL. (ECWd) - Today, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued a determination stating that the DuPage Township Board violated the Open Meetings Act during its February 15, 2019 Closed Session Meeting. In it's determination, the AG-PAC stated the following: DuPage Township did not...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - Wesley Township used a forged and notarized affidavit in Court filings/proceedings while attempting to defend a Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") lawsuit. Yesterday, the former Wesley Township Clerk, Sarah Norton, appeared for a several hour Deposition related to an FOIA lawsuit brought...
