ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - This is an update to this article (click here) and you will be able to read the Letter on file in this case that denied the motion for involuntary dismissal. Plaintiff - Kraft v. Defendant Arcola Township This is a summary of my opinion...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Arcola Township is now facing its 4th lawsuit for alleged violations of the Illinois Freedom Of Information Act. UPDATE: Summons was served on June 3, 2014. Douglas County case number: 2014-MR-20. That's right - the FOURTH lawsuit in the past 8 months. William Coombe, the Arcola...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - On May 29, 2014, the Court filed a letter ruling on Arcola Township's Motion to Dismiss. The Judge removed the cause from advisement, examined all pleadings, files and records, and reviewed argument of counsel. He Denied Arcola Township's Motion to Dismiss and gave them...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: 5-23-2014 Summons was served. Arcola Township, under the leadership of William Coombe and others, is facing a THIRD Freedom Of Information Act civil suit in Douglas County. Suit number 2014-MR-17 (HERE). In this suit, I allege the township denied a FOIA request sent...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: 5-22-2014 Summons served. Arcola Township, under the leadership of William Coombe and others, is facing another Freedom Of Information Act civil suit in Douglas County. Suit number 2014-MR-16 (HERE). In this suit, I allege the township denied a FOIA request sent to them...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - In yet another disgusting display of public mockery of the Freedom Of Information Act and of the Public Access Counselor’s Office, the Township of Arcola has determined they don't need to respond to Freedom Of Information Act ("FOIA") requests from the public. The...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - The Arcola Township Clerk, Mr. William Coombe, has decided to take it upon himself to violate the Illinois Freedom Of Information Act "FOIA" on behalf of the people of the Township of Arcola. You should all be proud of him - he...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that further inquiry is warranted in the Request for Review I submitted when they did not respond to a Freedom Of Information Act request that I made on April 25, 2014. This information...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - In a letter dated May 7, 2014 and addressed to William, Bill, Coombes, Arcola Township Clerk, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that further inquiry is warranted in the Request for Review I submitted when they did not respond...
DOUGLAS CO. (ECWd) - Since it is public record to anyone who wants a copy, I figured I would upload the Complaint, Arcola Township's Motion for involuntary dismissal, and my response to their motion to dismiss. The case number is 13-MR-53 in Douglas County. This should give you...
