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...
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...
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...
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...
