Kane Co. (ECWd) - When out of control public officials of a public body do things behind closed doors it's no surprise the steps they will take to cover-up or hide their improper and possibly illegal actions. We first exposed such a gross abuse of power...
UPDATED Kane Co. (ECWd) - Un-elected official: 105 ILCS 5/10-14 - The Secretary of Board of education, commonly known as the Clerk of a school board, shall be elected by the board of education and may be a member thereof. District U-46 does things with what...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - May 9th, 2016, the Edgar County Watchdogs, filed suit against the Illinois Arts Council Agency for allegedly violating the Freedom Of Information Act. This state agency is under the leadership of Shirley Madigan, who is listed as their Chair on the...
“You don’t know how hard my job is, I didn’t ask for this job!” said Interum President Joe Collins...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Dr. Ann E. Rondeau signed her three-year contract the day after the College of DuPage Board of Trustees voted on her selection as the new leader of COD. The vote for her selection was actually 5-0 however the local media failed...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Tonight the College of DuPage Trustees voted 5-0 (Birt's abstention carries with the majority), student trustee voting yes, to hire Dr. Ann Rondeau, a retired Vice Admiral with a distinguished career serving in the United States Navy. “Dr. Rondeau holds a...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - On, December 30th, 2015 we shared the filing of a criminal complaint against College of DuPage (COD) Trustees McGuire, Birt and Wozniak alleging criminal Official Misconduct and Intimidation as defined in the criminal code. That article can be read at this link. ...
Will Co. (ECWd) - In February of this year, we exposed what appeared to be politics as usual with an appointment to the District 210 board vacancy. What was unique about the exposure in this article was that that an e-mail prior to the appointment...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - College of DuPage (COD) Trustee Diane McGuire appears to have had a Road to Damascus conversion to a watchdog. I say appears as we are not yet convinced her conversion is truly a change of heart and mind. We suspect, based on...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - It is no surprise to our readers that the College of DuPage (COD) is seeking a new President who will bring back the badly needed leadership and trust to one of the finest, if not the finest, Community College in the country.  ...
