DuPage C0. (ECWd) - This morning the Chicago Tribune published an article that should have given the voters of District 502 a breath of hope. A criminal investigation has begun and grand jury subpoenas have been issued to the College of DuPage.  (Chicago Tribune article) Less than...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - All indications are the COD Board of Trustees have been asleep at the wheel. You would have to be to get to the numbers shown below for the Herricane Graphics no bid money train. Is this Pay to Play? Herricane Graphics contracts : 2012 Contract...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The College of DuPage entered into a no-bid contract with US Bank in 2012, the same year the DuPage Credit Union contract terminated for Branch Banking services on campus. The president of US Bank just happens to be a COD Foundation Board member. ...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Please pass the shovel, the hole is not deep enough! In pure amazement, COD has now issued not only a comment to the Chicago Tribune, but a written statement according to the Daily Herald regarding the contract used for the hiring of...
DuPage C0. (ECWd) - We obtained a 17 page document today that lays out some very serious allegations of possible fraud as it relates to continuing education credits and enrollment numbers at COD. If the information is validated the ramifications are tremendous. Not only to the...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Friday the Chicago Tribune published an on-line article pertaining to the College of DuPage (COD) and Herricane Graphics, a subject I have been covering in great depths since December of 2014. I greatly appreciate their continued exposure. (Chicago Tribune Article) (Click here...
Springfield - (ECWd) - It appears a senior sitting judge has been appointed to the SIU Board of Trustees. This is a violation of SIU Charter ethics rules as well as the Canons he is bound by as a Judge, in our opinion. Judge Gilbert is taking...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - I greatly appreciate the Daily Herald’s response to our article on Political Endorsements Fail the Public posted here as well as the comments sent in on our tip line. I will address their comment in order to provide a perspective of who...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - January 2012 - Tom Glaser, Sr. Vice President of Administrative Affairs, indicated the audit was conducted by Crowe Horwath, and copies had been distributed to Board members at the beginning of the Board meeting. He discussed details of the audit, noting the...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We have been around the block a few times and are always amazed to see how little effort is put into truly vetting candidates before endorsements are given. A past disaster in our own district was the disgraced Roger Eddy. Less than...
