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22 Dec Algonquin Township meeting – Email content tells an interesting story

Posted at 15:27h in Algonquin Township, feature, James Kelly, McHenry County, Racheal Lawrence by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - During today's Algonquin Township Special Meeting, Trustee Lawrence makes reference to an email sent to the trustees the night before fromRoad District Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser.  She claims what was sent was a revised levy and then says it's actually the same levy. Reading...

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22 Dec Algonquin Township Trustee Lawrence spreads lie about court filing

Posted at 11:05h in Algonquin Township, feature, James Kelly, McHenry County, Rachael Lawrence by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Nothing like waking up on a Saturday before Christmas to the phone ringing instead of the jingle-bells of the Christmas Holidays.  I recieved calls from people wanting to know why we filed an "Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction" against Algonquin Township. We Didn't! However, when...

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22 Dec Edgar Co. Sheriff Jeff Wood failed to properly report campaign donations –

Posted at 09:35h in Edgar County, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature, Featured by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The "Jeff Wood for Sheriff" campaign apparently submitted at least one false or incomplete D-2 Report to the Illinois State Board of Elections, this one in October of 2018. Wood reported zero campaign donations for the duration of this 2018 campaign cycle, while...

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21 Dec Algonquin Township legal bills to climb – by design?

Posted at 12:26h in Algonquin Township, feature, James Kelly, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The Algonquin Township Board is now facing more legal action against them, and all indicators point to Township attorney James Kelly as the root cause. We predicted court action would be the result of the Township Board's failure to certify the Road...

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19 Dec Algonquin Township – Clueless Clowns & silent attorney scuttle all funding for Road District next year.

Posted at 20:33h in Algonquin Township, feature, James Kelly, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - During the last Algonquin Township meeting, Trustee Shea, while acting in the capacity of chairman for the meeting, made a claim about the Road District tax levy that was noteworthy. I laughed when I watched the video and had numerous discussion's with people...

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17 Dec DuPage Township – Trustee Maripat Oliver -$15,000 Maximum………?

Posted at 10:33h in DuPage Township, feature, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - Knowing their obligations and knowing the laws they are supposed to be following is the first step for any elected official.  That is why my first public comment to public bodies tends to be a simple question, have you read your powers...

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16 Dec DuPage Township – Does Supervisor Mayer’s public response match public records he filed?

Posted at 13:57h in DuPage Township, feature, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - Bill Mayer, the Township Supervisor for DuPage Township is embroiled in what appears to be a conflict of interest related to a phone service company called Call One. During one of the first DuPage Township meetings that I attended I asked Mr. Mayer...

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15 Dec Coles County – Motion to Dismiss filed in Quo Warranto filled with misleading information

Posted at 13:58h in Charleston, Coles County, Coles County States Attorney, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County taxpayers filed a Quo Warranto action against Coles County and their contracted assessor as reported in this article. The suit was brought because the County contracted a person to do the job of the Supervisor of Assessments. We will provide what Mr. Bower states...

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13 Dec Edgar Co. Simultaneous Filing Lottery Scheduled

Posted at 20:21h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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August Griffin, Edgar County Clerk and Recorder, has published notice of the Lottery for Simultaneous Filing for the offices of Paris District 95 School Board. This lottery determines the order in which candidate's names are placed on the ballot.  When more than one candidate for the...

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13 Dec FOIA rules under Governor Quinn released

Posted at 13:00h in feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Illinois (ECWd) -  A recent Freedom of Information Act request to the Governor's office resulted in some interesting FOIA policies used during Governor Quinn's term.   According to a whistle blower, we have yet to receive certain records related to our request however to date no one has...

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