CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - She lied - Macoupin County Enquirer-Democrat printed it. During the October 2, 2017 Carlinville City Council meeting, Alderman Cindy Campbell told the city council that I threatened to sue the village if she voted on anything at the Proposed Water Organizational meeting (see her...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - We wanted to let our readers in Carlinville know what we are currently working on. There have been allegations, which we have been able to substantiate, that the City of Carlinville has been filing false water testing results to the Illinois Environmental Protection...
MACOUPIN CO., IL. (ECWd) - Just a quick question for y'all: Is the same attorney representing Carlinville, Sawyerville, and Royal Lakes? Is Mayor DeMuzio giving classes to the Macoupin County Mayoral Association on how to keep public records from the public? It appears so, with all of them refusing...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Below is a copy of the file-stamped Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed against the City of Carlinville by Robert Bogue. We wrote about this lawsuit a few days ago (here). We urge Carlinville residents to remember all the city had to do...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - This "Carlinville getting sued for FOIA violations" headline is becoming so routine, we are thinking of coming up with some kind of a numbering system just for them. On August 11, 2017, Mr. Robert Bogue of Paris, Illinois filed suit under the Freedom...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - It is beyond us why any purported newspaper would ever defend a public body who made it a pattern and practice to improperly deny requests for public records, vote in public session to provide said requested records, never provide them after a...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - (Updated 8-31-2017 @ 2243 hrs) [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="215"] Carlinville Park District Board[/caption] Towards the end of the August 30, 2017 meeting of the Carlinville Park District Board of Commissioners, Board President and Commissioner Larry Smith read a resignation letter and immediately resigned...
JERSEYVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Someone found a unique way to show the public they want and appreciate public involvement and input. They arranged the board table in such a way as to force the public to look at their back-sides during the meeting. There is no reason these...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - According to the Macoupin County Enquirer Democrat and Mayor Deanna Demuzio, I am "targeting" Carlinville "again"...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - A second lawsuit was filed yesterday, July 11, 2017, alleging more Freedom of Information Act violations against the City of Carlinville and its Freedom of Information Act Officer, Carla Brockmeier. ECWd's John Kraft is the Plaintiff. This case is listed in Judici's online database of court...
