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22 May Algonquin Township Road District – Time Card Tuesday #16 – a day late.

Posted at 22:02h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, Anna May Miller, Bob Miller, feature, Featured, General, James Kelly, John Styf, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - This series is wrapped up with this article which includes all the remaining payroll periods in 2015 not covered in previous articles. A total of 45-time cards are included in this final series, and just as we saw in practically every other...

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22 May Illinois “Fix The FOID Act” legislation – Guns surrendered upon felony indictment, not conviction!

Posted at 12:55h in feature, Illinois by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - While nothing has been done to multiple County Sheriff's involved in selling seized guns illegally, and deputies illegally buying those guns, it appears the Illinois General Assembly is moving forward with more important legislation.  (Numerous articles on the Sheriff's gun sales can be...

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21 May Coles County Probation Officer repeatedly yells “F**king N*gger” and “there are sundown rules for black people” –

Posted at 17:41h in Coles County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 8 Comments

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CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - Coles County Probation Officer Megan R. Weaver was questioned during a Domestic Violence related Disorderly Conduct police investigation on Friday night, April 26, 2019 at approximately 11:30 p.m. (Police report here) As of today, May 21, 2019, Weaver is still employed with the...

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20 May Onarga Public Library destroyed public records without authority –

Posted at 09:47h in feature, Iroquois County, Onarga Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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ONARGA, IL. (ECWd) - The Onarga Community Library District, apparently on advise of their attorney, George P. Cuonzo, has been destroying public records in violation of the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") and Local Records Act ("LRA"). Last month, I requested copies of certain public meeting recordings...

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17 May Township Supervisor vacancy bill passes out of both houses – next stop, the Governor

Posted at 20:19h in feature, Illinois by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) State Representative Brad Halbrook was the Chief Sponsor of HB 3141, which was legislation to fix the problems encountered when the office of Township Supervisor becomes vacant. The primary problem created with a vacancy of that office was the fact no one could get...

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16 May Onarga Library Board Chairman says its not their fault they never post agendas

Posted at 19:35h in feature, Iroquois County, Onarga Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 11 Comments

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ONARGA, IL. (ECWd) - John Bank, who has been President of the Onarga Community Library District Board of Trustees for the past 17 years, sent a response to an email I CC'd the library on, where I filed a request for review with the Attorney General's...

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15 May Onarga Public Library holds illegal meeting –

Posted at 08:34h in feature, Iroquois County, Onarga Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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ONARGA, IL. (ECWd) - Last night, the Onarga Community Library District held its regular monthly meeting in violation of the Open Meetings Act. The Open Meetings Act specifically requires public bodies to post meeting notices and agendas at least 48 hours prior to a meeting. Those notices...

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14 May Coles County Board and improper health insurance benefits – Part 3 –

Posted at 13:25h in Coles County, Coles County States Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) – The Coles County State's Attorney responded for a second time in reference to some Coles County Board members receiving unauthorized health insurance. ( Part 1 and Part 2 ) This response was a little more detailed, but in the end, failed to acknowledge...

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14 May Algonquin Township Road District – Time Card Tuesday #15

Posted at 13:01h in Algonquin Township, Anna May Miller, Bob Miller, Chuck Lutzow, feature, James Kelly, John Styf, Karen Lukasik, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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If you are new to our Time Card Tuesday series we urge you to catch up by first reading the first 14 parts of this series (here).  As pointed out in every article, it is abundantly clear, whoever was managing payroll has some explaining to...

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13 May Coles County Board and improper health insurance benefits – Part 2 –

Posted at 21:40h in Coles County, Coles County States Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) – The Coles County State's Attorney responded to my continued public comments in reference to some Coles County Board members receiving unauthorized health insurance. Part 1 of this series is here. In his January 30, 2019 memorandum (here), Coles County State's Attorney, Jesse Danley,...

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