Appellate Court Decision – Kraft v. Arcola Twp –
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – The decisions in Kraft v. Arcola Township, in which four cases were appealed out of Douglas County Circuit Court, were decided on March 17, 2016. The short answer is that the circuit court decisions were upheld and it was not a precedent-setting case. You can read the decision below. To me, this […]
Kraft v. Arcola Township Oral Arguments Audio –
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Oral Arguments were heard this morning at 10:00 a.m. on four cases appealed out of Douglas County Circuit Court. All four cases dealt with the Freedom of Information Act, and Kraft’s assertion that Arcola Township violated the act. Listen to the arguments below: http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/AppellateCourt/Audio/2016/4th/030916_4-15-0028.mp3 . Please consider a donation to the Edgar […]
Appellate Court Oral Arguments rescheduled for John Kraft v. Arcola Twp. –
ARCOLA TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) – Edited to correct date… The Appellate Court Fourth Judicial District has rescheduled John Kraft v. Arcola Township on its calendar for Oral Argument on March 9, 2016, at 10:oo a.m. in Springfield, IL. These are the cases coming out of Douglas County Circuit Court and appealed by John Kraft. They are […]
Appellate Court Oral Arguments set for John Kraft v. Arcola Twp. –
Arcola, IL. (ECWd) – UPDATE: December 3, 2015 @ 1835 Hearings and arguments were postponed due to an emergency within the Appellate District Court. Will update when rescheduled… ———————— The Appellate Court Fourth Judicial District has set John Kraft v. Arcola Township on its calendar for Oral Argument on December 2, 2015, at 9:oo a.m. […]
Arcola Township’s $11,273.85 in legal bills –
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) – This was forwarded to me from Bloomington, Illinois and is Arcola Township’s response to copies of all legal invoices for 2013 and 2014. Here is what I found: Total amount invoiced was $11,273.85 The overwhelming majority was for fighting against Freedom of Information Act requests. Residents of Arcola Township should call […]
Arcola Township Supervisor lies to Sen. Chapin Rose and Rep. Adam Brown –
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) – That’s right, Mr. John G. (Corky) Clark sent a letter to Illinois State Senator Chapin Rose and Illinois State Representative Adam Brown in which he proceeded to fabricate, misstate, exaggerate, or what we would simply call: LIE. He starts out complaining about the “great hardship” dealing with us while failing to […]
Arcola Twp FOIA cases and Appellate Appeals –
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) – Last week Mr. Mark Petty, attorney for the Township of Arcola, submitted a statement to the Arcola newspaper regarding FOIA cases and their appeal. He claims that the appeal was dismissed, which is technically correct, however, he failed to mention that it was only one of the four cases and was […]
Arcola Township Attorney Mark Petty caught lying to Judge Lincoln in Douglas County Court –
Arcola, IL. (ECWd) – Once again, the Arcola Township attorney has lied to the Court during a Hearing. This time it was to Judge Lincoln prior to his retirement. On May 6, 2014, during one of the FOIA suit hearings on Kraft v Arcola Township, case no: 2014-MR-53, Petty was trying to explain why the […]
Attorney Mark Petty lied to Judge Broch in Douglas County Court –
Douglas, Co. IL. (ECWd) – During the December 16, 2014 hearings on FOIA cases against Arcola Township, I was making the argument that Mr. Petty was not authorized by law to respond to a FOIA requester since he was not an “employee or officer” of the Township of Arcola. One requirement in the Freedom of […]
Notice of Appeal Filed in Arcola Township FOIA Suits –
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) – A Notice of Appeal to the Appellate Court has been filed in the four FOIA suits that were decided in Douglas County on December 16, 2014 (that article here). On January 14, 2015, our attorney file a Notice of Appeal (circuit court docket here) requesting “that all orders be reversed that […]