Northern Illinois University (NIU) - (ECWd) - In what should have been his time for rebuttal statements, the College of DuPage Foundation attorney spent a considerable amount of time verbally attacking the Chicago Tribune and the downstate "Muckrakers of the farm fields," the Edgar County Watchdogs,...
DuPage Col. (ECWd) - The Federal Courts acted on motions in the Robert Breuder civil case against the College of Dupage today and issued a Motion Order found here. The College of DuPage Motion to Dismiss counts I, II, and IV was denied, however, the Individual...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Almost two years to the day of being charged, former College of DuPage Radio Engineer John Valenta will finally stand before the criminal courts to answer felony criminal charges of theft. The trial is set for February 28th, 2017 and will...
Illinois (ECWd)- Multiple Prayer for Leave to Appeal (PLA) briefs were filed yesterday with the Illinois Supreme Court stemming from the scandals exposed at the College of DuPage. The PLAs come after the Circuit Court denied motions to dismiss these cases under the Citizen Participation...
Illinois (ECWd) - On January 10, 2017, the last (and lame-duck) day of the session, the 99th Illinois General Assembly passed SB 3319. This bill arose from a failure of DuPage County Election Commission to follow Illinois Election Code Law. See our first article reciting the...
LISLE, IL. (ECWd) - One of the issues concerning Mayor Broda and the Village of Lisle is a Binding Opinion from the Illinois Attorney General that the village had violated the Open Meetings Act during a closed session in its June 6, 2016, meeting. This Binding Opinion...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The College of DuPage Electoral Board requested a Board Examiner to review signatures on petitions objected to, that were submitted by candidate Husna T. Ghani. The examiners' findings appear to be very clear and convincing. "That in the opinion of the Examiner forty-nine (49) of...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In a rather interesting attempt to cast blame for noncompliance of specific election records, Rafath Waheed blamed COD citing, "obfuscation of the electoral process" on the part of COD as it relates to her not filing a statement of candidacy. You...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - During the petition objection hearing last Tuesday at the College of DuPage, the Electoral Board offered one of the candidates and opposing counsel the opportunity to prepare a legal brief that would point to case law on the matter before the...
LISLE, IL. (ECWd) - Only in Illinois can you be a 3-time DUI offender - sentenced to 4 months in jail, and then get work release and be permitted to sit on the Lisle Electoral Board to determine if someone can keep their name on the...
