Illinois (ECWd) - The State Board of Elections took the position during the Frank Mautino hearing on his campaign spending that there was no finding of a violation of the election code, only a finding that he did not do what the board told him to...
Illinois (ECWd) - In light of the fact, the State Board of Elections failed to ever rule on the original complaint filed against the campaign of Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino, a motion to reconsider has been filed by David Cooke. Motion to Reconsider: "despite being labeled...
Illinois (ECWd) - All the State Board of Election had to do was determine if Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino reported his State Representative campaign expenditures incorrectly. The task was simple. During the hearing on the complaint filed by David Cook against Frank Mautino's campaign, the best...
Illinois (ECWd) - The State Board of Elections hearing judge in the Frank Mautino case has issued his findings and recommendations. How is it possible for the Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino to keep his office when we now have a finding from the hearing judge in...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino was cherry picked to hold a 10-year government position that has the oversite investigative power to include subpoena power in the State of Illinois like none other, next to the Attorney General. He is not an auditor...
Illinois (ECWd) The D2 filing for Frank Mautino's campaign reflected a lot of loan payments for loans that did not exist according to the paperwork. In reviewing the Joe & Harry payments some of those loan checks jumped out at me. Loan Payments, which we have covered...
Who is Harry? Whoever he is, much like Joe, he received campaign cash on a regular basis, year after year from Frank Mautino's campaign account. Mautino, our current Auditor General, as in our top watchdog for financial accountability in the state, would cash a check at...
Illinois (ECWd) - Who is Joe? Whoever he is, he received campaign cash on a regular basis, year after year from Frank Mautino's campaign account. Mautino, our current Auditor General, as in our top watchdog for financial accountability in the state, would cash a check at Spring...
Northern Illinois University - (ECWd) - Is it better for a state agency to misrepresent its practices to the Office of the Auditor General or to the Public Access Bureau of the Attorney General’s office? That is the dilemma in which Northern Illinois University (NIU) finds...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - The State Board of Elections held a hearing to iron out Frank Mautino's campaign committee's apparent refusal/inability to amend their past filings as previously directed by the Board. We first broke this story in January of 2016 in this article. This hearing was...
