Edgar County Board

01 Jun Hopper to provide answers under oath –

Posted at 08:26h in Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

1 Like

PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In an effort to mitigate the financial liability to Edgar County taxpayers and provide for an equitable solution to the remaining issue of compensation, the attorney for the Edgar County Sheriff has provided Roger Hopper with an opportunity to justify any claims...

Read More

29 May Harrassment? NO! – Fiduciary Duty? YES! –

Posted at 16:24h in Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

0 Likes

PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Wow, it looks like some people knew this was coming. We wrote a short piece on this subject about Edgar County Board Member Mike Heltsley basically trying to give as much taxpayer money to Burgin and Hopper as he could, just to...

Read More

29 May Edgar Co. Board Study Session 5-27-2014 (Video) –

Posted at 06:58h in 911 Board, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

0 Likes

PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During the study session held by the Edgar County Board on May 27, 2014, the board talked about several items - the first being public comment. During public comment I suggested that if there were future instances of an open meeting not starting...

Read More

26 May Roger Hopper Resigned from Sheriff"s Department –

Posted at 09:14h in Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 11 Comments

0 Likes

PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - After receiving numerous reports on this, we have confirmed through the Edgar County Sheriff's Department that Roger Hopper was sworn in as an Edgar County Deputy on Friday, May 23, 2014, and returned on Sunday, May 25, 2014, to turn in all...

Read More

22 May Illinois Supreme Court: State's Attorneys are subject to Freedom Of Information Act –

Posted at 14:02h in Attorney General, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, For the Good of Illinois, Lisa Madigan by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

0 Likes

IL. SUPREME COURT (ECWd) - In an opinion filed on May 22, 2014, the Illinois Supreme Court decided the case of Nelson v. Kendall County. This determination came as we expected it would: That State's Attorneys are "public bodies" and are subject to the Freedom Of...

Read More

13 May Mike Heltsley says: "Stick It To Him" [Edgar County Taxpayers]…

Posted at 20:55h in Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

0 Likes

EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Monday, May 12, 2014. In yet another alleged illegal executive session of the Edgar County Board, the board discussed the "compensation" that will be given to the reinstated deputies. Somewhere during that conversation, Heltsley stated that he wanted to "stick it to...

Read More

12 May Mike Heltsley Wasting Public Funds and Personnel –

Posted at 14:36h in Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

0 Likes

EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - We showed up early to the Edgar County Board Study Session this morning by about 20 minutes. After we were already seated, board member Mike Heltsey came into the room, looked at us, and turned around and left the building. Apparently he left...

Read More

11 May Edgar County Scores 5.5 out of 100!…

Posted at 09:26h in Edgar County Board, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

0 Likes

EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - To all those that think things are getting better when it comes to our county operations and management, I would say they are, however, we must be honest about what better means. If we compare the county to itself, yes, it's getting better...

Read More

09 May Paris Beacon Reporting and Omissions…

Posted at 08:51h in Edgar County Board, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

0 Likes

Quote from the Paris Beacon: "County Clerk August Griffin said three bids were received with two bid proposals submitted in a sealed envelope as requested." As Requested?  All they had to do was READ THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL and they would find out that there was...

Read More

06 May Edgar County Sheriff Press Release

Posted at 22:30h in Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

0 Likes

ECWd's - Edgar County Sheriff Sheriff Motley has issued a press release regarding the matter of Roger Hopper and Dee Burgin.  You may review the document below or download it by clicking the download link below.     [gview file="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Rebuttal-News-Release-1a.pdf" save="1"]...

Read More