ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - Some people never learn. We will place the entire Atlanta Public Library District Board of Trustees in this category for now. The Board of Trustees of the Atlanta Library District has on its agenda for December 14th, a Lease Agreement to lease parts...
LINCOLN, IL. (ECWd) - The Logan County Board met on Nov 16th and decided it would consider a Motion to eliminate its Logan County Economic Development Partnership program. The Motion will be to eliminate, not suspend, the $55,000 for that fund. It will be considered at the...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - During its November 16, 2017 Special Board Meeting, the Atlanta Library District voted to hire a new Attorney. The past Library District attorney resigned. Steven Mahrt, with Ancel-Glink in Bloomington is the new attorney for the Library District. Let's hope this new attorney reads...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) - The Atlanta Public Library District canceled its regular meeting after it was noted that the Agenda had not been posted at the building at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, a sign they can't even follow the simple rules. We suspect,...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) - ECWd has discovered that Randy Brooks, the Chairman of the Atlanta Public Library's Board of Library Trustees (and City of Atlanta employee) has filed false statements of economic interest ("SEI"). In his 2017 and 2016 SEIs, Randy Brooks marked "Not Applicable" to question...
ATLANTA, IL. - (ECWd) - Remember those "Atlanta Public Library District's Bill Thomas' "Union Hall" Scam on Secretary of State" articles we wrote? We do! (read Part 1 and Part 2). In Part 1, we wrote about how this grant application was flawed, only a paper shuffle,...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - We have previously posted an article on the Attorney General's determination that the Atlanta Public Library District did not violate the Open Meetings Act on August 10, 2017, by not providing enough information to the public on what they were about to...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - On review of past Atlanta Public Library District meeting minutes, it is evident the board was electioneering "using public funds, property or credit" in order to get the necessary votes to pass a tax referendum. How does the public feel about their...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - Unsurprisingly, we find more misdeeds committed by the Atlanta Public Library District. This one involves real estate taxes and the paperwork required to be submitted on an annual basis to the Logan County Supervisor of Assessments ("SoA"). Each year, local governments must submit a...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - After the Atlanta Library District's August 10, 2017 public meeting, I filed a Request for Review with the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor alleging the board violated the open meetings act by not publicly reciting the issue they were about to...
