Piatt Co. (ECWd) - November 9th, 2018 I sent this Freedom of Information Act request to the Village of Hammond. Based on what we reported in this article regarding the Village of Hammond, it is apparent some of these elected officials are failing their community by not...
Piatt Co. (ECWd) - We routinely find local government bodies being given bad legal advice from their attorney, but in the Village of Hammond, a new twist. Legal advice is given but ignored. The Village wants a new maintenance building, and it's going to cost more than $25,000.00,...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The former finger flipping Highway Commissioner for Wesley Township, John Norton, who thought he could get away with calling people a pedophile has now landed his whole family in a legal battle that he is sure to lose. I say sure to lose because he...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - "Algonquin Township Objection to the settlement agreement and entry of the proposed agreed order is overruled and denied." At the direction of Algonquin Township attorney James Kelly, an objection was filed to the settlement agreement the Road District entered into on a Freedom...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - A BOIL ORDER has been issued by the CERWD for the following areas. The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District has issued an emergency repair for the following location in Edgar County: All of Embarrass Township, all of Kansas Township, and all of Buck Township including...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Algonquin Township Attorney James Kelly has provided some interesting information to the Road District's Attorney Rob Hanlon regarding our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Township. Interesting because it appears to contain false information. "It is my understanding that the Supervisor and Highway...
Illinois (ECWd) - Governor Rauner took office on January 12, 2015. Ten days later, he instituted directives that some would consider police state tactics for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and the requestors. When these directives leaked to the public, his office tried to hide...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The Plainfield Township Administrator Andi Fench submitted her resignation letter along with another letter that appears to be an admission of guilt. As we outlined in this article, we understood the free storage of private property by Ms. French had gone on for...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Within hours of our first publication pertaining to the Plainfield Township Administrator Andi French's improper use of public property in this article, she submits her resignation letter. The resignation was immediate with no reason provided. Considering her termination was on the agenda for...
Will Co. (ECWd) - It is not often we get to write about situations as those taking place in Plainfield Township as it pertains to officials taking proactive steps to investigate and act upon our identification of wrongdoing. This is the first of what will be a...
