Will Co. (ECWd) - When public bodies provide a cryptic response to a Freedom of Information Act request that has nothing to do with the actual request, we have found there is always a reason and more often than not it's not good. I requested the following. "A...
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) - By now, it is well-known that there was a settlement in an Open Meetings Act case disputing the firing of DuPage Township employee Linda Youngs. The plaintiff's attorney for that case was Bolingbrook Attorney Joe Giamanco. The Open Meetings Act lawsuit named Trustee...
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) - During the October 9, 2018, DuPage Township Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee Burgess, and later followed by Supervisor Mayer, stated that they had photographs of me standing with a political candidate, holding a donation check. Burgess said he had a picture of me...
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) - There were so many inaccurate statements, grandstanding, and flat-out lies during the October 9, 2018, DuPage Township Board of Trustees meeting it is difficult to concentrate on any one aspect. Timeline as the statements occurred can found in the below video. This meeting starts...
BOLINGBROOK. IL. (ECWd) - During last week's DuPage Township Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee Burgess decided to level unsubstantiated and clearly false accusations against certain children, a non-profit organization, and a candidate for elective office. Apparently, he saw a candidate that he did not like walking...
Will Co. (ECWd) - A forensic audit recently performed for DuPage Township in Will County has many scratching their heads. One of the main purposes of a forensic audit is to determine if transactions are compliant with the law, and to identify fraud and/or abuse of taxpayer...
DuPage Township, IL. (ECWd) - While reviewing DuPage Township's payables for August 2018, we noticed a few items that didn't look right. Membership in the Romeoville Chamber of Commerce (page 5) Membership in the Bolingbrook Rotary Club (page 6) Driving Testing, Illinois Secretary of State (page...
DuPage Township, IL. (ECWd) - DuPage Township has taken it upon themselves to donate at least $459,812 since April of 2013. These are your tax dollars being given away to apparently whomever asks for it. Here t is broken down by fiscal year: 2013-2014 - $96,615.00 2014-2015 -...
DuPage Township, IL. (ECWd) - We have been fielding tips on DuPage Township's illegal expenditures out of their General Assistance fund for "Home Relief" some of which are below: Dec 2017: Sponsor of Black History Month - $1,000.00 Dec 2017: Bolingbrook Cricket League - $3,000.00 Dec...
