CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - One of our readers submitted this photo, which shows a vehicle belonging the Chicago Board of Education parked at the "Cordial Inn" in Brookfield, IL - a bar. The vehicle was there until after 1:30 a.m. last Saturday night (Sun morning) and later. The...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - Break the law, Change the law. Back in October of 2017, we wrote this article regarding Maine Township and the legal opinion the Supervisor hired out to support her improper actions as it relates to Township General Assistance funding of the Township Food...
Wheeling, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Wheeling recently agreed to pay $34,000 in attorney fees to settle a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Kraft for their denial of public records requested in mid-2017. This case involved key-swipe-card data (building entry) and specific security camera...
Hoffman Estates, IL. (ECWd) - Upon reviewing the Policy Manual of the Hoffman Estates Park District, it came to our attention that the park district may be in violation of the Park District Code, Section 4.1. If you read the Section concerning the powers and duties...
[caption id="attachment_54506" align="alignleft" width="145"] Photo by ECWd[/caption] Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - We were honored to present a one-hour session on "Who Let The (Watch)Dogs Out" at the 2019 Illinois Municipal League Conference last month. Kirk Allen and John kraft of the Edgar County Watchdogs, and Keri-Lyn Krafthefer, Equity...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - Maine Township denied they had certain General Assistance records in a Freedom of Information request and the denial lead to an FOIA lawsuit filed back in December of 2018, (article here). A copy of the complaint can be downloaded at this link. While the...
HANOVER TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - While reviewing Hanover Township's expense reports, we noticed that the township had recently started using General Assistance funds to pay for its food pantry, instead of the Town Fund where it should be coming from. Previous years do not show this, as it...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - In a Press Conference today at the Union League Club, where it was announced by the attorney for the "Nigerian Brothers" that Alabinjo Osundairo and Abimbola Osundairo were filing a federal lawsuit naming Jussie Smollett's attorneys, Mark Geragos, TIna Glandian, and the...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - On March 3, 2019, Wheeling Village Trustee Joe Vito decided to tell the other candidates running for village trustee how to run their campaigns in respect to campaign signage, where it could be placed, and what he would do with their signs. Vito...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - Maine Township has given tax relief to its taxpayers to the tune of $1.2 Million dollars. "Illinois law caps Township reserve funds at 2.5 times their annual expenditures. Maine Township's total reserves is well over $11,000,000. One of the funds, the GA Fund,...
