Author: Kirk Allen & John Kraft

02 Jul Did Criminal Investigations Lead To Yet Another Shelby County Resignation?

Posted at 16:12h in Alan Spesard, Don Koonce, feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Both the now-former Shelby County Sheriff and current Shelby County Highway Engineer are subjects involved in criminal investigations for their activities in their official capacity. The Sheriff resigned effective June 25, 2021.  A charging decision is in the hands of the Attorney General...

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02 Jul Shelby County In The News . . . Again

Posted at 13:57h in Alan Spesard, Don Koonce, feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For well over a year Shelby County has been making headlines due to numerous corrupt practices.  Many had hoped the election of a new State's Attorney Nicole Kroncke would help resolve the alleged criminal acts by public officials, but to date, it...

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29 Jun Lone Seminole County School Board Member Gets It – Failures Exposed In Superintendent Selection Process

Posted at 14:40h in Florida, Government Accountability Institute, Serita Beamon, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 18 Comments

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Seminole Co., Florida  (ECWd) - Schools are supposed to be in place for educational purposes.  What did the students learn from the recent events involving the hiring of a new School Superintendent? We pose this question because of one board member's comments. "I have reached the conclusion...

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21 Jun State Representative Carol Ammons – Unredacted Criminal Investigation Reports and Video of Alleged Shoplifting Released –

Posted at 14:29h in feature, IL State Reps, Illinois, Urbana by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 17 Comments

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Champaign Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Police and the City of Urbana, after being sued under the Freedom of Information Act for improper redactions, have provided unredacted records pertaining to the allegation of criminal shoplifting by State Representative Carol Ammons. Initially, both agencies redacted Ammons's...

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14 Jun Shelby County Sheriff Koonce Resigns Effective June 25, 2021

Posted at 15:36h in Don Koonce, feature, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Shelby, Co.  (ECWd) - Shelby County Sheriff Don Koonce has submitted his resignation letter to the Shelby County Board Chairman with an effective date of June 25, 2021. "Please allow this letter to serve as my official notification that I will be retiring and resigning my Office...

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12 Jun Shelby County – Farm Lease Facts

Posted at 11:29h in feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 19 Comments

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Shelby Co.  (ECWd) - The recent Shelby County Board agenda included, once again, the leasing of county farm ground.  Considering this matter has been voted on multiple times and failed, I assumed a defibrillator was going to be brought to the meeting to shock the dead...

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09 Jun Illinois Energy Bill Over 900 pages – Contacting Officials Is Critical

Posted at 13:44h in Governor, Illinois, Illinois State Representative by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - The Illinois Legislature will be back in session next week and we understand a massive Energy Bill is being put together that will impact the citizens in Illinois in ways never imagined just a few years ago.  We have been told the current...

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07 Jun Edgar County Board To Maintain 3,250′ Setback for Wind Generators

Posted at 14:31h in Douglas County, Edgar County, feature, Wind Turbine by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board confirmed this morning during their study session that they will not be reducing the wind farm set-back limits from the current 3,250 feet from primary structures. The meeting was attended by people from all parts of Edgar county and...

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31 May Statutory Construction – 101 – What lawyers taught us

Posted at 15:49h in feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Illinois  (ECWd) - We continue to monitor the Shelby County farm ground lease issue and comments being made during the county board meetings.  Comments from the State's Attorney deserves to be put in full context to how our laws are to be applied, commonly called statutory...

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29 May Dillon’s Rule; Red flags in legal opinions; Zero accountability for ignoring the law

Posted at 14:19h in feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - More often than not we find attorneys who represent public bodies tend to advocate for the desires of the public body, sometimes ignoring lack of authority for those desires. One of the common ways they do this is to present opinions which may...

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