City of Carlinville

12 Apr Rosemont and Rolling Meadows Public Library Waste Public Money Having Lawyers Answer FOIA Request

Posted at 21:21h in City of Carlinville, Cook County, feature, Macoupin County, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library, Rolling Meadows Public Library, Rosemont by KDuJan 5 Comments

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Rosemont, Illinois and Rolling Meadows, Illinois (ECWd) - This seems to be the standard for a public body - pay an attorney to answer simple Freedom of Information Act requests, and then complain later about how much the FOIA requests are costing the public. The real issue...

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04 Apr Carlinville City Council Directs Attorney To Turn Over FOIA’d Documents –

Posted at 14:20h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During last night's Carlinville City Council meeting, the Council, by unanimous vote, directed the Attorney to turn over public records in response to FOIA requests submitted by John Kraft and waive any fees associated with copies of the documents he requested. One council member expressed...

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03 Apr Blackburn College Newspaper Publishes Mayor, and Blackburn College Board Member, Demuzio’s False Statements, Attacks Watchdogs –

Posted at 09:35h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - This article is a response to the hatchet job published by The 'Burnian, the newspaper of Blackburn College. Nowhere in the article does it disclose that Mayor Deanna Demuzio is also a Board Member of Blackburn College, and it never mentions Kraft had asked for...

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29 Mar AG asks Carlinville why they failed to answer a March 20th FOIA request –

Posted at 13:51h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has sent a letter the Carlinville City Clerk, Mrs. Carla Brockmeier, asking that the city respond to the March 20, 2017, Freedom Of Information Act request for public records. Carlinville has developed a history of not...

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29 Mar AG asks Carlinville why they failed to answer a March 18th FOIA request –

Posted at 13:48h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has sent a letter the Carlinville City Clerk, Mrs. Carla Brockmeier, asking that the city respond to the March 18, 2017, Freedom Of Information Act request for public records. Carlinville has developed a history of not...

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28 Mar Is Mayor Deanna Demuzio using public funds and property for campaign purposes?

Posted at 12:00h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - With all of the purposeful hiding of public records lately, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to consider whether or not Carlinville's Mayor Deanna Demuzio is using her position as Mayor, with the ability to direct the city attorney, to...

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28 Mar Carlinville’s Mayor Demuzio continues to hide public records – Two more complaints sent to Attorney General –

Posted at 10:02h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Mayor Demuzio and the City of Carlinville must enjoy spending hard-earned taxpayer dollars keeping public records from the public. I estimate the first denied FOIA request has already cost Carlinville taxpayers more than $1,000.00 - and that was prior to the city...

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24 Mar Carlinville Treasurer, Jodi Reichmann posts false information in comment –

Posted at 12:01h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Jodi Reichmann, Treasurer of Carlinville, IL. posted a comment (presumably during work hours since we show it recieved at 10:30 am) on a previous article, Carlinville's Mayor Deanna Demuzio hiding credit card statements from the public. The comment was full of false statements, which...

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21 Mar Carlinville’s Mayor Deanna Demuzio hiding credit card statements from the public –

Posted at 10:37h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 7 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Just when I thought nothing could top last nights meeting which was  one of the most unprofessional meetings I had ever attended, and all at the hands of Mayor Deanna Demuzio, and both the city attorney and the attorney for the electoral...

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18 Mar Suit filed against Carlinville for withholding public records –

Posted at 22:02h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Yesterday I filed a four-count lawsuit against the City of Carlinville for its refusal to produce public records requested on January 16, 2017. Pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act ("FOIA"), they were supposed to respond within five working days after receiving...

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