Coles Co. (ECWd) - As promised, Part V of the five-part series. See Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV to follow the chain of events that show why the local reporting is so insufficient. August 3, 2018, Article - "Also, the Illinois Department of Revenue has...
Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - The BY-Laws of the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency, or actually the "Municipal Joint Sewage Treatment Agency" set the compensation of its Directors. the By-Laws are found on KRMA's website (here) and I note that there are no amendments to the by-laws on...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Today, Governor Rauner signed HB4253: "Water District - Trustee Removal" "An appointing authority may remove a public water district trustee it appointed for misconduct, official misconduct, or neglect of office." This should really be coined the "Fosterburg Water District Amendment" or the "FWD Bill" because it...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - A local resident of District 200 has taken appropriate steps to hold the School Board accountable to the law. Jan Shaw, the founder of "DuPage Watchdog", a local government accountability organization, filed a verified complaint for Declaratory Judgement, Mandamus, and Injunctive Relief against the...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - It is clear we are in a time where emotions are driving the narrative on many issues and in some cases to a point of destroying peoples lives before any due process is afforded to those people. As it relates to sexual...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - As promised, Part IV of the five-part series. See Part I , Part II, and Part III to follow the chain of events that show why the local reporting is so insufficient. August 3, 2018 Article -"Bower said he made a legal recommendation on the...
Coles Co (ECWd) - As promised, Part III of the five-part series. See Part I and Part II to follow the chain of events that show why the local reporting is so insufficient. August 3, 2018 Article -Â "The Coles County Board, with Biddle's support, hired local appraiser...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - As promised, Part II of what looks like will be a five-part series. See Part I at this link. August 3, 2018 Article - "CHARLESTON — Coles County's commercial and industrial property reassessment is now past its halfway stage, with property owners in two...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Over the last 18 months, we have been covering in great detail the illegal actions by Coles County officials. Those actions include bid-rigging, improper contracting, pay for no work, Open Meetings Act violations, Freedom of Information Act violations, illegal contracting and more. ...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - In her effort to keep Carlinville residents in the dark when it comes to the alleged water company being forced down their throats, Alderman Cindy Campbell wrote an email last October voicing her concern about open meetings and the water company. Campbell: "I'd...
