DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In light of all the scandals at the College of DuPage over the last 18 months, we believe it is fair to ask if Dr. Collins, current acting interim President, is delusional. December 14th Dr. Collins sends out this communication to employees at...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Effective immediately, the College of DuPage Board of Trustees Chairman, Kathy Hamilton, has resigned citing personal reasons. The list of actions taken since becoming Chairman of the board is one that anyone pushing for government reform would be proud of. (Click here for...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - It's not very often we see public bodies, let alone a state agency, take steps to correct illegal acts, but it appears someone in the Paris District 5 office "gets it" as corrective steps clearly have been taken. It turns out the Illinois...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - The citizens of Plainfield, Illinois are getting hosed by their Fire Department, and not by a fire hose. Their hard earned dollars collected through local taxes are now being used to buy Christmas presents. When asked what the gift was, they...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - College of DuPage (COD) Trustee McGuire sent the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) a letter in November as part of her own version of micromanaging the Administration's response to the HLC. Initially I believed that letter did nothing but seal a negative outcome...
United States (ECWd) - Once again, Adam Andrzejewski, Chairman of American Transparency has exposed another whopper of a story at the National level regarding wasteful spending with your tax dollars. TOP 10 TAKEAWAYS – THE DEPARTMENT OF SELF-PROMOTION The federal government spent $4.34 billion on public relations...
Oklahoma - (ECWd) - When crimes are committed people should be held accountable. For years we have pushed for such accountability in regards to Open Meetings Act violations in this state. In Clark County, Illinois, John Kraft initiated a citizen's arrest of the entire park board...
Kane Co. (ECWd) - During a recent U46 Finance meeting one of the board members asked the accounting firm if the Bond Debt numbers in the financials included interest. The answer was NO, as is the answer with all public bodies because of reporting requirements. ...
Clark Co. (ECWd) - Lisa N. Thomas, a Clark County resident filed a pro se thirteen-count Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law suit against the Clark County Park District. After numerous FOIA requests for public records not being complied with in accordance with the Act, the...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In a recent article found here, I exposed the misrepresentations of the Freedom of Information Officer in the fact she was not honest in in responding, as clearly there was never a claim the records could not be located, but rather...
