Author: Kirk Allen & John Kraft

04 Oct IMPACT failures stacking up – Will the Governor fix or ignore?

Posted at 14:25h in CNSI, Cognizant, feature, Governor, Illinois Health & Family Services by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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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...

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02 Oct Maine Township – Part III – Were questions really answered?

Posted at 14:28h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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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...

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01 Oct Maine Township – Part III – Failed legal posturing could lead to removal from office

Posted at 15:36h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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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...

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30 Sep Maine Township Part II – Attorney’s written opinion akin to toilet paper

Posted at 13:19h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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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...

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29 Sep COD -John Valenta Sentencing update-

Posted at 22:33h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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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...

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29 Sep COD – John Valenta sentenced to Eight Years- Restitution of almost $400,000.00

Posted at 18:39h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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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...

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28 Sep Maine Township – Case law problematic for hired attorney’s opinion as well as Supervisor’s disregard for the law

Posted at 15:46h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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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...

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28 Sep Maine Township- Fire the attorneys, demand resignation from Supervisor

Posted at 12:02h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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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...

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27 Sep Stop the Presses! Maine Township update! We might have been wrong!

Posted at 12:36h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Cook Co. (ECWd) - In our constant effort to provide fact-based information in support of our articles, it appears we made a mistake and wanted to ensure the citizens of Maine Township have all the appropriate information. The last time we got it wrong and had to...

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26 Sep Atlanta Public Library Trustees- You Should All Be fired!

Posted at 21:52h in Atlanta Public Library District, feature, Logan County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Logan Co. (ECWd) - Every attorney worth their salt, as well as those familiar with public libraries, have been amazed to hear how the Atlanta Public Library District also operates a Museum that runs a restaurant.  Amazed because they could not point to any statute that...

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