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? ...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - In just about every public body we get asked to look into, we know within the first few Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests if there is a problem. Coles county is not new to us as it relates to illegal acts...
Illinois (ECWd) - Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL) Tax laws in Illinois are probably the most complicated of all 50 states. The one forgotten factor, however, is the voters have a say. As it relates to PTELL, it came about because the voters voted in...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - The now voided employment contract with their 911 Coordinator brings us to the need to expose the lack of oversite by the ETSB (the board) as it relates to certain obligations that were in the contract, yet never fulfilled, as well as...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Over the years we hear complaints that our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests are nothing but fishing missions and do nothing but cost the public bodies money to respond. What most of those naysayers fail to understand, is each and every...
