SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Pay attention Carlinville: Last Friday, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor determined that the McHenry County Blog was "news media" as that term is defined in the Freedom of Information Act. McHenry County decided that FOIA requester Cal Skinner, McHenry County Blog, was a recurrent...
Illinois (ECWd) - We broke the first story on the Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino as it related to questionable campaign spending at a single gas station and payments to Spring Valley Bank in this story back in January of 2016. A year after that story, the...
Illinois - (ECWd) We first exposed the questionable campaign expenditures of Illinois State Auditor General Frank Mautino in January of this year, almost one year ago. A detailed exposure of his spending was disclosed in this article. Yesterday the Chicago Tribune ran this article which...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - A vast majority of our time is spent researching public information to find deficiencies and violations of law. Once found we expose them and demand accountability to the law and correcting of deficiencies. In 2014, former Auditor General Holland's office published the...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) - "This week Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino refused to comply with the State Board of Elections’ deadline to amend campaign reports and clarify questionable campaign expenditures. His failure to provide this information after receiving multiple time extensions to gather the details is further evidence...
JACKSONVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Update: CD Davidsmeyer has refunded the donation back to the Hospital. [caption id="attachment_31672" align="alignleft" width="103"] CD Davidsmeyer[/caption] Illinois State Representative CD Davidsmeyer (R - Jacksonville) recently commented on other Representatives calling for the ouster of Auditor General Frank Mautino. Within those comments was a...
Reps Dwight Kay, Ives, Wheeler, and Morrison held a Press Conference to explain their filing of Joint House Resolution, HJR158, calling on Auditor General Frank Mautino's removal from office. "The People of the State of Illinois have a tacit right to be able to trust and full faith...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) - This morning, several legislators held a press conference in Chicago calling for the removal of the Illinois Auditor General. They filed a House Joint Resolution to initiate the process. “Auditor General Mautino is not able to perform his duties with the trust...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) - Today Representative Dwight Kay along with 14 other State Representatives filed House Joint Resolution 0158 that calls for the removal of Auditor General Frank Mautino for cause. "RESOLVED, That, by the vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) - Frank Mautino, our Illinois State Auditor General, requested a stay in the case filed against him with the Illinois State Board of Elections. We first shared that story in this article. To date, he has refused to answer any questions regarding...
