Author: Kirk Allen & John Kraft

29 Jun Former LaSalle County State’s Attorney Brian Towne’s SAFE unit deemed illegal by the Illinois Supreme Court

Posted at 16:27h in feature, Illinois Supreme Court, LaSalle County, LaSalle County States Attorney by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - Smoked!  Yes, Brian Towne, former State's Attorney for LaSalle County has been handed his back-side by the Illinois Supreme Court and the taxpayers will surely be the ones to pay for his corrupt practices during his tenure in office. The highest court...

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27 Jun Open Meetings lawsuit filed against NIU – Injunction sought to stop golden parachute of Pres. Baker –

Posted at 17:23h in DeKalb County, feature, NIU by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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DeKalb Co. (ECWd) - The recent action by the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University raised the hackles of many lawmakers when they voted to provide a golden parachute for malfeasance identified by the Office of Executive Inspector General. We believed their actions were in violation...

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27 Jun Effingham County Ambulance Contract – Violation of Law?

Posted at 10:39h in Effingham County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Effingham Co. (ECWd) - We are taking the position that the Effingham County Board usurped their authority when they entered into a 5-year contract with Abbott Ambulance and that this contract is void ab-initio.  We take this position based on lengthy research which included key Illinois case...

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26 Jun Coles County property tax informational meeting.

Posted at 13:35h in Coles County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - The Concerned Tax Payers of Coles County are hosting an informational meeting this Wednsday night, June 28th at 7pm.  Meeting to be held at the Burgess Auditorium, 1701 Wabash Ave, Mattoon, IL. We urge all taxpayers and citizens of Coles County to attend. ...

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26 Jun Effingham Mayor Jeff Bloemker under IDOC investigation

Posted at 10:49h in City of Effingham, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Effingham Co. (ECWd) - Towards the beginning of 2017, Effingham Mayor Jeff Bloemker was hired by the state of Illinois to be the CEO of the Illinois Correctional Industries.  In January, we were tipped off that Mayor Bloemker was doing city business on state time to...

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17 Jun Stark County State’s Attorney letter PROVES board knew meeting was Special Meeting

Posted at 12:34h in feature, Stark County Board by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Stark County (ECWd) - As if the board member's own signatures requesting a special meeting was not enough to inform them their meeting June 15th, 2017, was, in fact, a special meeting, look no further! Their own legal counsel, State's Attorney James Owens, sent them all the...

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17 Jun Stark County – Manipulation of facts may fool the uninformed, but not us

Posted at 11:28h in feature, Stark County Board by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Stark Co. (ECWd) - Near the end of the illegal Stark County Board meeting Thursday night, we find once again the value of video and follow up.  Below is a short clip we pulled from the main video which can be viewed at this link and...

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16 Jun (video) Stark County Sheriff upholds rule of law – Shuts down County Board Meeting

Posted at 15:02h in feature, Stark County Board by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 10 Comments

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Stark Co., IL. (ECWd) - In yet another example of elected officials inability to follow the law, even after exposed to it, the Stark County Sheriff Steven Sloan, enforced the rule of law by shutting down the County Board meeting after the County Chairman chose to ignore...

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15 Jun Is Congress paving way for Illinois to file Bankruptcy?

Posted at 13:53h in feature, Illinois, Illinois Comptroller, Illinois General Assembly by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 18 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - We want to first make it very clear, we have yet to get anyone to go on the record pertaining to the information we are going to share, thus, we cannot validate the information.  That being the case, we are simply informing our...

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15 Jun Effingham County – Violated FOIA – No Ambulance Vetting Ever Occurred –

Posted at 11:42h in Effingham County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Effingham CO. (ECWd) - When the public submits a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records, it needs to be clear to everyone that the law is what outlines what is or is not obtainable and under what time frame it is to be provided. ...

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