PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Board meeting held on March 11, 2015, I read a prepared statement related to the "false and misleading" statements that Jerry Griffin placed on his job application for the airport manager job (previous article here). Kirk Allen and Robert...
EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - In what has turned out to be a continuing struggle for Truth and accountability at the Edgar County Airport, we have recently uncovered more evidence that the current airport manager, Jerry Griffin, deceived the public and the county on his job...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Airport Advisory Board held a meeting on February 9, 2015 at the airport. During the public comment session, at about the 2:20 mark in the audio, Mr. Rob Bogue talks to the airport advisory board about their response to his...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held a study session at the Highway Department on February 9, 2015. Video of the meeting is below. Public comment starts around 30 seconds in the video where Rob Bogue talks to the board about his findings from the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Below is video from the Edgar County Board Meeting held on February 11, 2015. Public comment starts around the 2:20 mark with Kirk Allen speaking about the ISO rating and lack of Illinois Department of Public Health Department licensing for the county's ETSB...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Airport's recent response to a Freedom of Information Act request proved to be consistent with what we have been suspecting for years - that the perceived issue of "insurance" was never really an issue, and is still not an...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - As I was cleaning out old boxes and filing papers today, I came across some notes from a "TIPS" meeting I attended last October in Springfield. One of the items mentioned by the IDOT - Div of Aeronautics was that there was funding...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held a Study Session at the Highway Department on Dec. 22, 2014. Among the topics discussed were: - talked about receiving undated information for the airport grant from the engineer? and that the county board would have to approve any...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - If you were to attend a county board meeting one day, then read the local paper the next, you might be shocked depending on which paper you read. In this case you would be shocked by both papers! One for the content...
Letter to the Editor……………………… When a pilot is not a pilot… Yesterday, I followed a vehicle down Paris’s main street and noticed the license plate on the rear of the vehicle. What caught my attention was the absence of the colorful sticker issued by the Secretary of...
