McHenry Co. (ECWd) - "Richard Bakken of Standard Equipment; He is believed to have knowledge of a scheme and artifice to Rig Bids in connection with a Street Sweeper sold to Algonquin Township Road District. The actions of rigging the bidding process to in essence avoid...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - An amended complaint was filed in McHenry County back on June 15, 2017, which appears to lay out a substantial case for records retention. One can only wonder why preserving records is a problem. According to the complaint, it appears a lot...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Former Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Bob Miller appears not to understand what "sealed" means. A receipt from Shaw Media reflects the bid notice for a new street sweeper and it specifically spells out that the bids will be sealed and open in public. How do...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Just about the time you thought you had seen it all, up jumps...
McHenry Co (ECWd) - Who was in charge of former Road Commissioner Bob Miller's Township Credit card? That is going to be the several thousand dollar question, as you can see from this article, a lot of spending took place on that card that doesn't point to...
Updated: McHenry County (ECWd) - We shared actual documents that point to illegal spending on the Credit Card assigned to former Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Bob Miller in this article. Considering this same person was also the former President of the Township Officials of Illinois, we wrote...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - With close to two years of criminal investigations, multiple terminations and basically a complete overhaul of the Board of Trustees and Administration from the Breuder era, the Higher Learning Commission has lifted the probation they placed on COD in December of 2015. "The...
Algonquin (ECWd) - Once again we must emphasize the importance of Article VIII Section 1 (a), (b), and (c) of our State Constitution and Dillon's Rule. For those who don't realize it, violation of that section of our State Constitution can be and has been prosecuted...
Algonquin (ECWd) - Leadership. It starts at the top and few are worthy of ever being called leaders, as holding the position does not make you a leader. Leaders follow the law; they are honest, motivators, problem solvers. They are protectors of their community and its...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The village of Tower Hill's former Treasurer, Nancy Finley, has been charged with a Class X Felony for alleged theft of over $100,000.00. Will this be another micro-example of Dixon Illinois where over $50,000,000 million was stolen, all while everyone claimed clean audits? The...
