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...
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. ...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - While the taxpayers of Mattoon take their property assessment case against Coles County to the Federal Courts, a question that comes to mind is what other matters are being overlooked as it relates to the performance of your local government elected officials. As...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - For years we have been amazed at the lack of action by State's Attorneys when it comes to taking on public corruption or malfeasance by public officials. All indications are the tide has changed in LaSalle County. Karen Donnelly won the voter's support...
Illinois (ECWd) - In what appears to be a desperate attempt to spin the truth, the attorneys for Frank Mautino, our current Illinois Auditor General, have taken the position that the "Complainant has no basis to argue that the Board failed to address the allegations in...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - "Coles County under color of state law has violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause in its unlawful, intentional and arbitrary, discriminatory assessments against Plaintiffs for 2016 tax year." After six months of citizens pleading with the County Board to do the right...
Illinois (ECWd) - The US District Court Central District of Illinois, Urbana Division has posted a recent ruling in the former Congressman Schock criminal Case. Schock, through his attorneys, attempted through discovery to obtain additional information. Schock argues "that the CI’s intrusion upon Defendant’s office violated the...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - An eight-count Federal Class Action Complaint against Defendants LaSalle County, former LaSalle County State’s Attorney, Brian Towne, and John Doe State’s Attorney Felony Enforcement (“SAFE”) Unit Officers has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) – In what may be a real game changer for the ousted former President of College of Dupage, Robert Breuder, the Federal Courts have granted the request by COD to appeal. "IT IS ORDERED that the petition for permission to appeal pursuant to 28...
Illinois (ECWd) - The State Board of Elections took the position during the Frank Mautino hearing on his campaign spending that there was no finding of a violation of the election code, only a finding that he did not do what the board told him to...
