MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Culminating a several week back-and-forth "debate" the City of Marshall voted to give a private cemetery another $10,000 this year in its appropriation Ordinance. It is our understanding that this Donation also included city personnel and city equipment to mow and weed eat...
Clark County, Illinois (ECWd) - "The Antithesis of an Ethics Commission" In yet another example of inept leadership at the Clark County Park District - this one can place at least part, if not all, of the blame on its attorney, Lorna Geiler. Wait, on second thought, she...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - A few weeks ago we reported (here) on the Clark County Park District directing its attorney, Lorna Geiler, to use brown-shirt tactics to investigate a FOIA requester because they did not like what she wrote about the public records she received,...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - The Director of the Clark County Park District, who, according to district policy must reside within the boundaries of the district, recently filed her Statement of Economic Interest for 2016. Charity Murphy, once again, was not truthful on the SEI when it came...
Clark-Edgar Rural Water District - (ECWd) - During their April 2016 meeting, the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (CERWD) voted to increase the water rates it charge customers. CERWD already had one of the highest rates charged for water in the entire State of Illinois - now the rates...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - The Clark County Park District held a Special Meeting on May 5, 2016 for the purpose of appointing commissioners to two vacant seats. Steve Turpin and Don Pine are the newly appointed Commissioners - we wish them good luck. Steve Turpin is the...
Clark County, IL. (ECWd) - One of the items Terry Stepp complained about during the Clark County Park District's April meeting - just prior to attacking a FOIA requester with their version of Sturmabteilung (Brownshirts), for daring to write things they didn't like - were wild, exaggerated...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - As we have stated previously on the issue (here) with the Clark County Park District and the "free painting" claimed by the park district's director, Charity Murphy - who still doesn't, as far as we know, live within the district boundaries...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - Timeline of “The Painting Scandal” Or, "How to destroy public trust by hiding facts from the public" - because essentially, that was the scandal in this situation, not that painting and work were donated, but that the public was lied to...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - In a recent article we pointed out how Clark County Park District Commissioners directed their attorney, Lorna Geiler of Meyer- Capel out of Champaign, IL., to investigate and pursue all available legal actions against a Freedom of Information Act requester because they...
