911 Board

20 Jul Crimes Outweigh Justice in Edgar County

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The former Charleston, IL  City Planner, Jeff Finley, was charged last month with embezzling over $22,000 from Code Enforcement Officials between 2004 and 2008.  The indictment outlines he wrote checks to himself as electronic payments to his personal credit cards to inlclude Macy's.  I imagine the indictment for the Mass Transit...

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13 Jul County Board Ignores Misappropriations!

Posted at 11:17h in 911 Board, Edgar County Assessor, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, General by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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As usual, the county board sits silent and does nothing to hold people accountable for misappropriations of county funds even with stacks of evidence. More amazing is the auditors report and 2 page letter of suggestions the board should implement to prevent further misappropriations, fraud, and theft of...

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23 Jun 911 – Confirmed FOIA Violation – 2011 PAC 17699 .

Posted at 18:12h in 911 Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EDGAR CO. - After 9 months of the Edgar County ETSB (911) wasting taxpayer money, on the advice of their former attorney (S. Craig Smith), trying to get out of providing Public Documents pursuant to a Freedom Of Information Act request, the Illinois Attorney General has issued an opinion directing...

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19 Jun Money Generation – A Family Affair!

Posted at 22:08h in 911 Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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You may recall we did several stories on Revenue generation after the County Board chairman asked us to assist in finding revenue for the county.  Although we have identified numerous areas for them to establish revenue it appears the only options they are interested in...

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12 Jun Still Chairman of 911?

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EDGAR CO. - Deputy Dee Burgin remains as the 911 Chairman in spite of losing the Federal Civil Rights case against him.  And of course, if he can continue working in the county after a Civil Rights Violation, why not keep paying Nanette Crippes with ETSB funds in contradiction...

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06 May Luxury Car Entitlement (911)

Posted at 21:09h in 911 Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EDGAR CO - Let’s talk about bad decisions by the ETS Board this time. It appears we have, at least in the ETS (911), an entitlement mentality when it comes to our money. Little things like luxury automobiles, payment for meetings not attended, ever increasing...

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15 Apr Sworn Deputy Ignores the law

Posted at 13:46h in 911 Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Although the meat of this story pertains to our Edgar County ETSB (911 Board), we can't overlook the fact that a sworn officer of the law is the Chairman of that board.  For over a year we have pointed out numerous illegal expenditures by that board,...

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12 Apr Video: Edgar County ETSB (911) Meeting

Posted at 12:26h in 911 Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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The Edgar County ETS (911) Board held a regular meeting on Monday, April 9, 2012. Video of the entire meeting is below. Below that is the Open Meetings Act Request for Review I filed with the Illinois Attorney General referencing a possible Conflict of Interest...

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29 Feb 911 – Another Confirmed OMA Violation: 2011 PAC 17959

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This is the resolution of the complaint filed, after the Attorney General's office completed their investigation on the illegal secret ballot at the 911 meeting in Dec 2011. What makes this so outragious is that the Chairman, Dee Burgin, had the assistance of Craig Smith, their lawyer...

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29 Feb 911 – Confirmed OMA Violations: 2011 PAC 17065 & 17128

Posted at 06:18h in 911 Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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The results of two Illinois Attorney General INVESTIGATIONS (wow - there's that word again that we have been accused of defaming people with). This is but two of the many complaints files with the Illinois Attorney General within the past 8 months. Some for Open Meetings Act violations and...

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