Edgar Co. (ECWd) - Once again we must point out the total failures of the Editorial Board of the Prairie Press, a local paper hanging on a thread with their one day a week publication publishing misinformation to the community. They have now taken on an anti-gun...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - Edgar County Deputy Dee Burgin has once again lost in an attempt to stay the civil rights case against him in Federal Court. Redwood Law firm, the same firm that proved he violated a woman's civil rights in 2012, has once again...
Springfield (ECWd) - Scandals are nothing new in Illinois, and all too often we find that even when exposed at the highest level of our Government, the problems still don’t get fixed. Illinois has been trying to modernize its 30-year old Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) system...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - Often, we find that legal opinions only address the questions raised by a person, which on the surface, should be the way it works. However, in the case of a public body, the public body should have input on those questions and...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - What comes first, the chicken or the egg. In the case of legal opinions, it appears Maine Township Attorney Dowd preferred to simply bill for his services by endorsing the opinion of another attorney, who we presume never raised chickens. The primary issue...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - Legal opinions are a joy to debate, especially when you're not an attorney. With that in mind, we encourage good attorneys to chime in on this multi-part analysis of Maine Township's Attorney Daniel Dowd and his opinion that a Food Pantry is...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - It appears there were extenuating circumstances tied to Valenta's action that were not publicly disclosed until today's hearing. It turns out this convicted criminal played not only COD, but CBS and others. Paul McGovern of CBS radio testified that Valenta worked for CBS...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The convicted College of Dupage thief John Valenta has been sentenced to 8 years in prison and hit with a restitution of upwards of $400,000.00. We are working on obtaining all the investigative files to report more detail on his criminal enterprise. As...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - Says Who and With What Proof? "Also, in my opinion, the statute is one that is ameliorative in nature and should be broadly construed so that it meets the objectives of the legislature." - So says Maine Township Attorney Daniel Dowd. Which is it...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - The fact that Maine Township Supervisor Laura Morask may have convinced herself that she is correct does not alter the underlying dishonesty because of her belief, even if sincere, is entirely unreasonable in our opinion. Does that language sound familiar Ms. Morask? From...
