Author: Kirk Allen & John Kraft

10 Nov Algonquin Township Road District seeks Preliminary Injuction, Mandamus, Declaratory Judgment and other Relief against Algonquin Township

Posted at 09:18h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Summary of the Case: "Defendants illegally reduced the Algonquin Township Road District budget for fiscal year 2018 - 2019 by one-hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), thereby preventing Plaintiff Andrew Gasser, the Highway Commissioner, from performing his statutory duties and meeting the contractual obligations of the Road District...

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07 Nov Wesley Township – Supervisor and certain board members need to resign!

Posted at 18:37h in feature, Wesley Township, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - The Attorney General PAC Office has issued yet another opinion that the Wesley Township Board has violated the Open Meetings Act for multiple reasons. It is clear from reading the determination letter that every board member that was a party to the meeting...

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05 Nov DuPage Township – What the Lawyer…didn’t say! – Part III

Posted at 11:15h in DuPage Township, feature, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - Considering public officials keep defaulting to the attorney, we shared exactly what the DuPage Township attorney said and outlined why blindly listening to them can be a problem.   We urge you to read Part I and Part II to better understand the...

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31 Oct Wesley Township violated FOIA according to Attorney General PAC Office

Posted at 09:43h in feature, Wesley Township, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Will Co. (ECWd) - According to the Attorney General Public Access Counselor (PAC) office, the Wesley Township Clerk has failed to conduct a proper search for records requested and disagreed with the Township's position that reviewing and identifying records is the creation of new records. "Accordingly, the...

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30 Oct Country Club Hills Fire Department – $11,213,000.00 Sexual harassment judgement!

Posted at 10:06h in feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Cook Co. (ECWd) - We said it in January in our first article on Country Club Hills Fire department, a ruling against them is coming in what we saw as the most disgusting and unprofessional behavior we have ever seen in a public body. This case is worthy of every...

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29 Oct Coles County Sheriff candidate Voudrie violated agreement with FBI

Posted at 15:17h in Coles County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - We have all seen what happens to “some” people who lie to the FBI during an investigation and most know it's not good. What should happen to a Sheriff candidate that signs an agreement with the FBI then violate it? What should...

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26 Oct DuPage Township – “The Lawyer said……” – Part II

Posted at 14:00h in DuPage Township, feature, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - Questions we get from public officials statewide are, what rights do they have to public records, and do they have to file a Freedom of Information Act request to get those records? During the DuPage Township board meeting this week the Attorney, John...

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26 Oct Governor Rauner ordered to turn over FOIA “Guidelines”

Posted at 10:02h in feature, Governor, Illinois by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - The ongoing battle to force the Governor to release a known and established guideline he implemented regarding Freedom of Information Act requests to State Agencies has finally been ruled on. Governor Rauner has been ordered by the courts to turn over their "Guidelines" relating to...

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25 Oct DuPage Township – The lawyer said……..

Posted at 14:43h in DuPage Township, feature, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Will Co. (ECWd) - There is one societal downfall we have identified which has resulted in the dumbing down of our citizens.  It's the repeated words, "you're not an attorney", as if being one somehow gives you special powers to understand the English language.  That statement has amazingly...

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23 Oct DuPage Township – Why are public officials hiding information?

Posted at 11:57h in DuPage Township, feature, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Will Co. (ECWd) - Once again it appears we get to play the "hide the records and information" game in Will County and DuPage Township. A simple Freedom of Information Act request was presented to the Will County State's Attorney's office for communications it had with the...

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