Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the Special Meeting last night, the Clark County Park District had three "security" employees present. Normally this would not have been an issue, however, since this is the first meeting after employee Mike Church decided to berate meeting attendees, is...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, Charity Murphy, the Clark County Park District's FOIA Officer decided to redact certain lines from the Park-owned cell phone bill, and to not supply all of the responsive pages of the bills...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update: 5-29-2015 - added the audio recording to the bottom of the article. It is about 1 hour and 41 minutes long. Just two days after having to cancel a committee meeting because there were no appointed committee members, the Clark County...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - On May 26, 2015, the Clark County Park District tried to hold a finance committee meeting. The problem was that there were no appointed finance committee members. One of the first items on the agenda was public comment, and I spoke first...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - After the short meeting tonight that was determined to be a meeting of a non-existent finance committee, the Park District's "Security Guard" decided to intimidate those that were in attendance by staring them down as they walked past him. He was in...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - In one of the more disturbing claims coming out of the Clark County Park District Executive Director's office, Charity Murphy has now claimed that even though I asked for electronic records, and even though the park district has the capability to...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - After we reported that the Clark County Park District's Executive Director, Charity Murphy, had not taken any FOIA training, she decided to take the mandated training. Failure to take the training is a policy violation of the Park District and State...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - It's one thing to run around the campground ensuring the campers are abiding by campground rules and policies - and it's another thing to do that while violating those policies yourself...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - On May 7, 2015, the State Fire Marshall's Division of Petroleum and Safety conducted an on-site inspection of the Clark County Park District's fuel dispensing station at Mill Creek Park. You can look-up the inspection at the State Fire Marshall website...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - Another FOIA document production from a few weeks ago has revealed that Park Commissioner Terry Stepp not only paid his annual campsite rental 52 days late this year, he was not charged any late fees as the Park District policy requires. Park...
