Will Co. (ECWd) - The Chicago Tribune ran a very interesting story today regarding Lawrence Wyllie. It turns out that over 5 months ago, Lawrence Wyllie returned $16,000.00 to the School District in the form of a personal check for funds he directed to himself as...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Local Coles County residents Rob Perry and Rex Dukeman have filed their COMPLAINT FOR WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO against Coles County. There request for permission to file this case was started clear back in June of this year. We covered that filing in this...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Robert Hanlon, attorney for the Algonquin Township Road District filed a Response to a Motion to Dismiss filed by Thomas Gooch III who represents Robert Miller, the former Road Commissioner. We covered the Motion to Dismiss in this article. We have said all along...
McHenry Co. (ECWd)- The Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has ruled in the request for review against Algonquin Township. Cal Skinner with McHenry County Blog filed the request and as predicted, the ruling is against the Township. We wrote about the laughable position taken by the Supervisor,...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Looking at a recent denial of public records by the Algonquin Township Supervisor Charles Lutzow, it appears either he has no clue how to read the law or has once again recieved some questionable legal advice. Call Skinner with McHenry County Blog requested the...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - With ongoing criminal investigations, lawsuits that involve unfulfilled requests for records, and reports of record destruction by Township officials, we have to admit we never thought we would find what we found today. We first exposed the record destruction issue in Algonquin Township in...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Wesley Township must now answer to the courts for refusing to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for public records. From the Township Clerk Sarah Norton first claiming they would respond in a few weeks when she gets back from vacation, to...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Thomas Gooch III filed a "DEFENDANT'S COMBINED MOTION TO DISMISS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO 735 ILCS 5/2-619.1". It is a most interesting read, and clearly, Gooch has failed to do the deep dive into public records as those very records and exhibits prove many parts of...
Ford Co. (ECWd) - We recently exposed the failures of the Ford County Regional Planning Commission in this article. That public body has three primary tasks by statute. “Said Commission shall be a fact-finding body and shall make such investigations and gather such statistics as it shall deem necessary...
Effingham Co. (ECWd) - We sued the County of Effingham for failure to provide key financial records related to the payment of a private attorney to handle the County Ambulance contract. We covered that flawed hiring process in this article. Flawed because the court directed the appointment...
