Author: Kirk Allen & John Kraft

22 Feb Chicago kids receive legislative carve out – it’s not good!

Posted at 09:47h in feature, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois State Representative, Representative Patrick Joyce by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Springfield (ECWd) - I came across proposed legislation regarding lemonade stands and initially said to myself, it's about time a bill was introduced that makes sense. I jumped the gun!  I fell for the same trap we talked about in the residential garden bill article.  All kinds...

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21 Feb Good Government in Action – Northwestern Illinois Mayors meeting

Posted at 17:58h in feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Illinois (ECWd) - Good Government in action was what we were able to be a part of last night during a meeting of approximately 40 Mayors and numerous Clerks in Oregon, Illinois in Northwest Illinois. Keri-Lyn Krafthefer, partner with Ancel Glink, and ECWd's John Kraft and Kirk...

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21 Feb State Representative Harper wants to give State and local government the power to regulate your garden

Posted at 16:16h in feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 18 Comments

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Springfield (ECWd) - Representative Sonya M. Harper (Chicago), has introduced legislation that would allow State and local governments to regulate your garden.  Yes, that sentence is correct!  An Illinois lawmaker wants the State and Local Government to have the power to regulate your own garden.  HB...

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19 Feb Shelby County State’s Attorney Gina Vonderheide withdrawals her candidacy from General Election

Posted at 20:03h in feature, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County State's Attorney Gina Vonderheide turned in her withdrawal of candidacy from the fall General Election for Shelby County State's Attorney.  According to the date stamp, she filed her withdrawal from the race on February 6th, 2020.  She did not make...

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19 Feb Proposed Illinois laws – Prepare yourself!

Posted at 13:50h in feature, Illinois General Assembly by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Springfield (ECWd) - If people ever wonder why Illinois is in the mess that it's in, look no further than the list of proposed legislation from 11/30/2018 to February 18, 2020.  While I have many thoughts on a lot of the bills being proposed, I will...

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19 Feb Bill introduced: No shotgunning pets with your wacky weed

Posted at 12:04h in feature, Illinois General Assembly, Representative Anthony DeLuca by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 11 Comments

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Springfield (ECWd) - The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act passed last year in Illinois as a bill that began as a pawn-broker stolen property bill, but was later gutted to make recreational marijuana a new law of our land with a party-line vote. While a small percentage...

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18 Feb “Break the law – change the law” in full overdrive in Illinois –

Posted at 10:58h in feature, Illinois, Illinois State Representative, Representative Mike Halpin by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

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Springfield (ECWd) - We just posted, Whats Next? In less than 20 minutes, I recieved yet another update on a law that is clearly designed to make illegal acts legal, and at a huge cost to the taxpayers. For years we have been exposing the fact the State's...

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18 Feb What’s next?

Posted at 09:29h in feature, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois State Representative, Illinois State Senate by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Springfield (ECWd) - For those who have not kept up with the new legislation being introduced, you can review just a sampling of them by clicking on them below. However, the most recent straw ban legislation is worthy of a brief analysis. The straw ban wants to ban...

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17 Feb Bill introduced to mandate electric car charging stations for new and renovated homes, businesses –

Posted at 17:58h in feature, Illinois, Illinois General Assembly, State Representative Robyn Gabel by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

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Springfield (ECWd) - Not satisfied with increased gas taxes, prohibitions on pumping your own gas, or $500 fines for using a gas leaf blower, or even having to have $1,000,000.00 in liability insurance just to apply for a FOID card and a carryout bag tax, we...

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17 Feb Joliet Township – Are Seniors being hoodwinked?

Posted at 11:49h in Dan Vera, feature, Joliet Township, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - Joliet Township Supervisor Dan Vera has a laundry list of questionable activities during his reign as Supervisor of Joliet Township, ranging from ghost contracting, ignoring bidding laws for services, to trying to take over an entire separate public body and then transfer...

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