WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Open Meetings Act - a simple, easy to read document which codifies the public's right to speak at meetings, and to address their public officials during the public comment portion of open public meetings. (5 ILCS 120/2.06) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.06) ...
ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The July 26th, 2017 violent physical assault on University of Utah Burn Center Nurse Alex Wubbels by out-of-control Salt Lake City Police Detective Jeff Payne proves the power of the Freedom of Information Act and its importance in holding public officials...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - During this evening's Wheeling Village Trustee meeting, Mayor Horcher issued a Proclamation in support of the Constitution of the United States of America and celebration of Constitution Week. Yes! He advised "all citizens to reflect on all of their privileges and rights of...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - The Daily Herald reported that the Maine Township Supervisor hired a political ally for a new $30,000 part-time position without conducting a job search. Now on the surface, the average reader would see just another article pointing out political patronage, a common...
(Orland Park Public Library Director Mary Weimar's credit card spending is questioned.) ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS -- (ECWd) - A strong argument can be made that the Orland Park Public Library Board (OPPLB) of Trustees has run afoul of the Illinois Local Government Travel Expense Control Act (50...
TINLEY PARK, ILLINOIS -- (ECWd) - In a mysterious development in the matter of Tinley Park Mayor Jacob "Jake" Vandenberg's shameful behavior last month after the July 26th Paul McCartney concert, Freedom of Information Act requests made to the Village for video footage of the Mayor...
ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS (ECWd) -- The Orland Park Public Library apparently manipulated its email server somehow to block a recent Freedom of Information Act request from this author, made on August 4th, 2017 for documents related to what appears to be possible violations of the Illinois...
ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS -(ECWd) - For several weeks now, the Orland Park Public Library has been refusing to produce a receipt showing what was ordered and how many people ate (or drank) at a Chicago Chinatown restaurant named Lao Sze Chuan. The Library's story is that...
[caption id="attachment_38086" align="alignnone" width="224"] Plaque allegedly presented to Paul McCartney by Tinley Park Mayor Jacob Vandenberg on July 26th, 2017 before his concert at Hollywood amphitheater.[/caption] TINLEY PARK, IL (ECWd) - As an update to an earlier report on Tinley Park Mayor Jacob Vandenberg's alcohol-fuelled public spectacle...
[caption id="attachment_38047" align="alignnone" width="338"] (Tinley Park Mayor Jacob "Jake" Vandenberg, in Hawaiian print shirt on the far right. One of the Village's attorneys, Patrick Connelly of the firm Peterson Johnson Murray, is pictured just to the left of the unidentified man in blue in the...
