City of Carlinville

04 Dec Fosterburg notified Carlinville Nov. 17th about their decision to ditch Alluvial Regional Water Company –

Posted at 14:44h in City of Carlinville, feature, Fosterburg Waer District, Macoupin County, Madison County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Our last article suggested that the new regional water company was not forthcoming about the status of Fosterburg Water District's membership (in Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Company). I also commented the appearance was that things were happening behind the scenes, but Fosterburg Water...

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01 Dec Carlinville should demand replacement of David Foreman, Attorney for new regional water “Company” –

Posted at 11:30h in City of Carlinville, feature, Fosterburg Waer District, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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JERSEYVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - "Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Company" - LOL Pretty catchy title - however, the fact remains, neither Carlinville nor Dorchester have statutory authority to do what they are doing and their attorney, Mr. David Foreman, gave bad "legal advice." OK, so we have a "Regional...

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18 Nov FOIA Lawsuit costs Community College and Foundation $500,000.00 –

Posted at 09:05h in City of Carlinville, College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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College of DuPage (ECWd) - That's right - Half a million dollars. In a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit pitting the Chicago Tribune against the College of DuPage and the College of DuPage Foundation, the Chicago Tribune registered a decisive victory in the Appellate Court earlier...

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16 Nov Fosterburg Water District pulls out of Regional Water Company

Posted at 14:32h in City of Carlinville, feature, Fosterburg Waer District, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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FOSTERBURG, IL. (ECWd) - Fosterburg Public Water District ("FWD") held its regular meeting at the Foster Township building this month due to the expected large crowd of attendees. The board approved hiring an attorney to respond to the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor's review of a complaint...

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06 Nov Carlinville: Attorneys at AG’s Office Work For Minimum Wage –

Posted at 21:24h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - At least that's what Attorney Rick Bertinetti said during Carlinville's City Council Meeting tonight. When discussing the recent Opinion issued by the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor's Office, Carlinville's Attorney, Rick Bertinetti, stated "...

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01 Nov AG: Carlinville Violated Open Meetings Law at Jersey Rural Water Meeting –

Posted at 18:09h in City of Carlinville, feature, Fosterburg Waer District, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On September 25, 2017, a majority of a quorum of the Carlinville City Council met at the Jersey County Rural Water Company office as part of the now-questionable "Regional Water Concept" meeting. Also in attendance were the Jersey County Rural Water Company...

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24 Oct Carlinville’s 4th FOIA Suit – Copy of Complaint –

Posted at 21:43h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - File-stamped copy of the 4th FOIA lawsuit filed against Carlinville is below for your reading pleasure. The Complaint alleges the City of Carlinville failed to respond to a FOIA request. Feel free to hit the Donate button at the bottom of the page. [documentcloud url="http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4116766-Thomas-v-Carlinville-File-Stamped-Complaint.html"...

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24 Oct Carlinville lacks legislative authority for Regional Water Non-profit –

Posted at 21:06h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - In their quest to continue with a regional water concept, the City of Carlinville appointed an Alderman to an alleged regional water board to look at options. The option they have apparently decided to take is not an option they have the...

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22 Oct Carlinville fighting their 4th Freedom of Information Act lawsuit –

Posted at 22:22h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville is fighting its 4th lawsuit where it is alleged that they violated the Illinois Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") by denying public records from people who requested copies of them. This particular suit was received at the Macoupin County...

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15 Oct Fosterburg Water District gives decision making authority to unelected, unappointed, unaccountable resident –

Posted at 17:47h in City of Carlinville, feature, Fosterburg Waer District, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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FOSTERBURG, IL. (ECWd) - In our continuing coverage of the complete mess about to be constructed by the City of Carlinville, Fosterburg Water District, and a private corporation, Jersey County Rural Water Company, we have found some interesting new concepts in play in the Fosterburg Water...

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