Shelbyville Co. (ECWd) - At its township meeting on May 1, 2017, the Shelbyville Township attorney resigned from her appointed position as township FOIA Officer and also informed the board she would not seek to continue being the township attorney (effectively resigning from that position as well)....
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino was cherry picked to hold a 10-year government position that has the oversite investigative power to include subpoena power in the State of Illinois like none other, next to the Attorney General. He is not an auditor...
 Illinois (ECWd) The D2 filing for Frank Mautino's campaign reflected a lot of loan payments for loans that did not exist according to the paperwork. In reviewing the Joe & Harry payments some of those loan checks jumped out at me. Loan Payments, which we have covered...
Who is Harry? Whoever he is, much like Joe, he received campaign cash on a regular basis, year after year from Frank Mautino's campaign account. Mautino, our current Auditor General, as in our top watchdog for financial accountability in the state, would cash a check at...
Illinois (ECWd) - Who is Joe? Whoever he is, he received campaign cash on a regular basis, year after year from Frank Mautino's campaign account. Mautino, our current Auditor General, as in our top watchdog for financial accountability in the state, would cash a check at Spring...
Illinois - (ECWd) We have confirmed that Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino's campaign treasurer has, in fact, testified before a Criminal Grand Jury. Q. Okay. Have you ever received any other subpoenas for documents or depositions in which the Committee for Frank J. Mautino was...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - Iroquois County State's Attorney Jim Devine appears to have once again stepped off into areas he apparently knows little about and gave legal advice that puts his client, the County Board, into a position of violating the law. Before we dive into...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - The request was simple, the response is compelling. A copy of the state statute utilized for the purpose of charging other units of governments for 911 dispatch service. The fact of the matter is no such statute spells out that either a County,...
Coles Co. (ECWd)- Get caught violating the law and more often than not, public officials will do the following. Ignore you Deny they did anything wrong Make excuses Cover up their actions Lie Coles county requested bids from two people for assessments in the county. We...
Effingham Co. (ECWd) - In light of the ambulance contract the county recently entered into, and the public outcry over concerns on how that process was handled, we filed a Freedom of Information Act request. My request was sent March 30th, 2017, and we have had...
