TUSCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - It has come to our attention that Michael Smith, current Superintendent of Tuscola School District, and Candidate for the Office of Superintendent of Regional Office of Education #11 has been busy using his school district email for electioneering purposes. Not only has he...
TUSCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_42662" align="alignleft" width="411"] Our rendering of the Q & A[/caption] Yes, those are his words, not ours. Dr. Bobbi Mattingly is the current, and soon retiring, Regional Schools Superintendent of ROE #11. Michael Smith is the School Superintendent in Tuscola and is campaigning...
ATWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Atwood Board held a Special Meeting on January 24, 2018. The resignation of Trustee Venis was read and accepted by the board as a valid resignation. The resignation of Trustee Cornwell, scheduled to be read, was not considered by the board...
ATWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - We have been notified of a Special Meeting scheduled for this afternoon, January 24, 2018 @ 5:30 p.m., of the Village of Atwood Board of Trustees to accept the resignations of Trustees Venis and Cornwell for reasons not disclosed on the agenda. Also...
ATWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - We visited Atwood, Illinois during their January 16, 2018 public meeting and spoke about elected officials and their right of access to records of the public body. Atwood, Illinois is a small village of a little over 1200 residents, and is located both...
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - In a post on Dennis Malak's official campaign facebook page, he took to telling lies...
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...
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...
102nd District - (ECWd) Once again we must look to official records to inform the voters of inconsistencies and misleading information made by those running for office. In this case, Jim Acklin, former St. Joe-Ogden School superintendent. A recent video released by Liberty Principles PAC...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During a recent "Meet the Candidates" night in Paris, Illinois, Candidates for the 102nd State Representative District were asked if they would support or oppose a fee to access public records thru the Freedom Of Information Act. Brad Halbrook, Jim Acklin, and Randy...
