Illinois (ECWd) - We broke the story on Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino's illegal campaign expenditures back in January of 2016 with this article. Almost 6 years later, even after the Illinois Supreme Court confirmed Mautino's campaign violated the state election law, the State Board of...
Illinois (ECWd) - The Illinois Supreme Court has issued their order in the DAVID W. COOKE, Appellee, v. THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al. (Committee for Frank J. Mautino, Appellant). Board decision affirmed in part and reversed in part, Cause remanded with directions. A copy of...
Illinois (ECWd) - January 21, 2016, we broke the story on the illegal campaign expenditures of Frank Mautino, former State Representative and currently our State's Auditor General. (article here) That article triggered a Federal US Attorney investigation which Mautino's spokesperson claimed he was cooperating with. Next came...
SPRING VALLEY, IL. (ECWd) - Lena M. Alfano, 54, wife of the current Illinois Auditor General and former State Representative Frank Mautino, was arrested last Saturday night according to mywebtimes.com. Spring Valley police were called to Jack's Tap at about 11:50 p.m. on a battery complaint. Alfano was...
SPRINGFIELD, IL (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE from the LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER Media contact: Diana Rickert 773-809-4403 BREAKING NEWS: Appellate Court orders Illinois auditor general back to Elections Board for hearing on alleged illegal campaign payments SPRINGFIELD (May 22, 2018) – Today a state appellate court ruled that the Illinois Board...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - We attended this Cooke v. State Board of Elections Hearing on April 4, 2018, in which attorneys for Cooke argued an appeal from the Illinois State Board of Elections' decision on his complaint against now-Auditor General Frank Mautino, his campaign, and some...
Illinois Co. (ECWd) - It would appear the Assistant US Attorney took the reporting about Auditor General Frank Mautino's campaign spending serious in light of the dates on the subpoenas. We broke the main story on his campaign spending in this article, January 21st of 2016. A...
Illinois Co. (ECWd) - Yes, I am just as upset about the income tax hike as everyone else in this state, but I wonder, why so much anger and concern over the legalized theft of your money while silence over other matters, to include massive malfeasance...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - A motion to reconsider a previous decision of the Illinois State Board of Elections to fine the Mautino campaign and close the complaint was filed. The board met this morning, and with a 4-4 vote the motion did not pass. This vote was on...
Illinois (ECWd) - In what appears to be a desperate attempt to spin the truth, the attorneys for Frank Mautino, our current Illinois Auditor General, have taken the position that the "Complainant has no basis to argue that the Board failed to address the allegations in...
