Champaign Co. (ECWd) - “My family sits upon the foundation of truth, love, dignity and integrity that Carol and I both decided to stand upon and we are teaching our children to do the same.” (quoted from Ammons’ pardon petition) The quote above was first used as part...
Illinois (ECWd) - LaSalle County resident and local attorney Julie Ajster filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections alleging money laundering and contributions exceeding the state limit by the Friends of Michael J. Madigan campaign. "It is my belief that Friends of Michael J. Madigan...
Champaign Co. (ECWd) - "I know that the change in my life is due to my commitment to logic and truth and I refuse to forget it" Commitment to logic and truth? Logic would indicate when a convicted heroin dealer seeks a pardon of his felony conviction the law would...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The Chicago Tribune ran a very interesting story today regarding Lawrence Wyllie. It turns out that over 5 months ago, Lawrence Wyllie returned $16,000.00 to the School District in the form of a personal check for funds he directed to himself as...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Local Coles County residents Rob Perry and Rex Dukeman have filed their COMPLAINT FOR WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO against Coles County. There request for permission to file this case was started clear back in June of this year. We covered that filing in this...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Robert Hanlon, attorney for the Algonquin Township Road District filed a Response to a Motion to Dismiss filed by Thomas Gooch III who represents Robert Miller, the former Road Commissioner. We covered the Motion to Dismiss in this article. We have said all along...
McHenry Co. (ECWd)- The Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has ruled in the request for review against Algonquin Township. Cal Skinner with McHenry County Blog filed the request and as predicted, the ruling is against the Township. We wrote about the laughable position taken by the Supervisor,...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Looking at a recent denial of public records by the Algonquin Township Supervisor Charles Lutzow, it appears either he has no clue how to read the law or has once again recieved some questionable legal advice. Call Skinner with McHenry County Blog requested the...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - With ongoing criminal investigations, lawsuits that involve unfulfilled requests for records, and reports of record destruction by Township officials, we have to admit we never thought we would find what we found today. We first exposed the record destruction issue in Algonquin Township in...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Wesley Township must now answer to the courts for refusing to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for public records. From the Township Clerk Sarah Norton first claiming they would respond in a few weeks when she gets back from vacation, to...
