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...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The Better Government Association has asked us to assist in the promotion of their upcoming citizen watchdog training to be held at the DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church on April 24th, 2017. Full details can be found at this link. We encourage everyone to get...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - In order to follow the mess created by Coles County officials as it relates to the assessment of commercial property, we urge you to review all the articles written to date found here, here, here, and here. The State's Attorney and County...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - LaSalle County case 17CF15 has been filed against Pietro Mautino who is the son of Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino.  According to local reporting, court records show the alleged illegal possession of drugs took place in September of 2013. That...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd - In coordination with a LaSalle Co. Watchdog) - As of April 4th, last Tuesday, the City of LaSalle informed members of their police department that their K-9 Division was going to be terminated immediately. In an article posted online by the Newstribune it cites...
McLean Co. (ECWd) - What we know: Allin Township has not provided all the ordinances requested, and the attorney has failed to respond to my specific request for Ordinance 13-8 and applicable approval minutes. By all indications, members of the Allin Township Fire Protection District Board of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - One can only wonder why this Township can't seem to get things right as once again, they have failed to either read the law or follow it. What time can a Special Meeting be held in a Township? "Special township meetings may not begin...
Illinois (ECWd) - We broke the first story on the Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino as it related to questionable campaign spending at a single gas station and payments to Spring Valley Bank in this story back in January of 2016. A year after that story, the...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - It's hard enough to fight against our ever rising taxes in Illinois but where does a person turn to when their own tax dollars are actually being used in support of seeking your vote for even more taxes? Was that not clear? ...
