OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - During the October meeting of the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (CERWD) the Engineer Firm Representative, Bob Colvin of Francis Associates in Paris, talked about the awarding of another contract to B & T Drainage. During that conversation, Bob stated that he had talked to...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - For someone who hangs his hat on literal and legal definitions of words and phrases, it is quite odd that Mr. Bill Donahue, from the Vermilion County State's Attorney's office, would stoop to saying that a citizen was being childish for questioning...
DANVILLE, IL (ECWd) - During the October 8, 2013 Vermilion County Board Meeting, the Assistant State's Attorney, Mr. Donahue, refered the board to two memos he distributed to them. One being a memo on audio and video recording, the other on his definition of "professional services"...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Office finally confirms that the Edgar County Board violated Section 2.02(a) of the Open Meetings Act on November 7, 2012, when they held a public meeting without posting its agenda at least 48 hours in advance of the...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - After months of research and investigations into no-bid contracts, intergovernmental agreements with Michigan, and H1-B Visas, we have learned that the Illinois legislature is considering House Bill 3683 (Sandack) to close the loophole that allowed Illinois CMS to skirt the bidding process through an...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Arcola Township has continuously sent simple Freedom Of Information Act Request to their attorney, needlessly spending hard earned tax money and like some other public bodies, will attempt to say FOIA requests are costing them too much, which is BS. Mr. Hackler, this...
Just another of the many articles written in the past couple of months that mentions ECWd and the work they have assisted with when it related to the use of H1-B Visa workers for Illinois Contracts. Computerworld - Some state governments are willing to hire offshore...
DANVILLE, IL (ECWd) - During the August 13, 2013 Vermilion County Board meeting, the board voted to award a NO-BID, $637,500.00 contract to Bruce Harris & Associates, INC, from Batavia, Illinois. Their website, at the time of this publication was strangely absent of any mention of any...
CHICAGO - In the News, from the National Review: Bollywood performers, a Boston boat cruise with an open bar, gifts of cigars and wine read more...
