Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - In yet another interesting twist to the campaign expenditures by Frank Mautino, a recent letter sent to the State Board of Elections by his campaign treasurer may be of interest considering the people of this State are supposed to be able to...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - It has been over three weeks since we broke the story regarding Frank Mautino's questionable campaign expenditures and it now appears things are moving in the direction we suspected would happen. David Cook of Streator, Illinois has filed an official D4 complaint regarding...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - There comes a point and time when we simply have to bring things back down to the basics and educate the population as to what is true and what is not. The propaganda machine in politics is used by both sides of...
Illinois (ECWd) – It has now been over three weeks since our first communication with Auditor General Frank Mautino's office regarding his questionable spending of campaign funds. (First article here) The longer he is silent, the more it is looking as though he truly has...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Tonight at the Lakeland College Board meeting there is an Agreement and Release document for Vice President Raymond Rieck, who signed a resignation notice February 1st, 2016, as well as the Agreement and Release document on that same day. What is interesting with...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - As many are aware, former College of DuPage (COD) President Breuder was terminated last year. His iron fisted rule was a key contributor in delays and denials of public records from day one of our investigation. Those efforts appear to have...
DeKalb Co. (ECWd) - We introduced Ron Walters in our story ‘Northern Illinois University – Ron Walters’ travel/hotel expenses’. To recap, President Baker engaged Mr. Walters and had him added to NIU’s payroll as an “affiliate” employee. The simple designation of “affiliate employee” was enough...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Over the last year we have laid out numerous reasons Dr. Breuder's contract was invalid, from secret extensions to numerous other Open Meetings Act violations as part of their "approval" process. Our position on the matter mirrors some of the same arguments...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Today I received my Freedom of Information request from District 210 for a copy of the resignation letter submitted by Kevin Molloy. Not sure why it took them so long to get it to me since the local media got copies...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Former College of DuPage President Robert Breuder used the taxpayer to build a 5 star French Restaraunt known as the Waterleaf. For over a year the malfeasance by Breuder, his Senior Administration, and members of the old board, have trickled out and...
