Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For years we have focused on a simple narrative in our local government accountability work: follow the law. While simple to most, in many places we go, we have people jump to a false narrative that we have some ulterior agenda. It...
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- Shelby County Board member Teresa Boehm is the subject of the Quo Warranto filing by the Shelby County State's Attorney as outlined in this article. Thomas O. Finks, the attorney representing Boehm, filed a motion to dismiss the case on August 8th at 9:18...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Herrick, IL firefighter Michael Garcia was arrested and charged with a class 3 felony August 14, 2023. "That commencing on or about January 1, 2023, and continuing to or about October 14, 2023, in Shelby County, Illinois, the defendant, MICHAEL GARCIA, committed...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Over the last 7 years, we have seen more malfeasance in Shelby County than we thought possible in local units of government. The tips we received on these matters include tips related to Townships, Municipalities, and County government. They have come to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For the past thirteen years, we have spoken about the proverbial "onion" which is what we refer to local government being. When an issue arises and people start actually looking into the matter it never fails there are multiple layers of problems,...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - The Coles County Board held their regular monthly meeting last night and as expected, Chairman Darrel Cox once again refused to allow a citizen to place an item on the agenda pertaining to matters that are germane to county business even though...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Anthony Fremarek, the former Plainfield Township Supervisor has pleaded guilty to defrauding a company in which he was one of the 5 partners as well as the CFO and Manager which we covered in this article last November, 2022. Fremarek was sentenced in...
Illinois (ECWd) - In part 1 of this series, we covered matters related to the office of the State's Attorney regarding his clients and who he is to represent. We encourage everyone to read that article so that they can test the truth on the subject...
Illinois (ECWd)- After years of research and learning the laws as they are applied to our local governments, we know there are answers to pretty much every challenge we come across in local government. A common problem we have seen in county government is when you...
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- Shelby County is once again setting the example as to how county government is supposed to operate, yet even when the most basic of laws are enforced, the voice of opposition spews more misinformation on social media before getting the facts right. It...
