KANKAKEE CO., IL. (ECWd) - During the Kankakee County Executive Committee meeting this morning, there was discussion of using public taxpayer funds to provide funeral flowers or memoriam to a charity to employees and officers of the county who experience a death in their family. Yes,...
KANKAKEE CO., IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: The Kankakee County State's Attorney provided the following statement: "We are in the process of amending those claims to appropriate them from the general fund, from which I would agree they should be paid. Those funds will thereby be restored...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During the July 17, 2018, Vermilion County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners meeting, the commissioners were laughing at IDOT's slow-walking of their clear, willful, and intentional violations of state law, which are felonies if convicted. On April 30, 2018, IDOT's General Counsel was...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - During the June 2018 Clark-Edgar Water District Board of Trustees meeting, I informed the board that their receipt of an increase in pay during their term of office was a violation of Article VII, Section 9 of the Illinois Constitution and a...
DuPage Township, IL. (ECWd) - DuPage Township has taken it upon themselves to donate at least $459,812 since April of 2013. These are your tax dollars being given away to apparently whomever asks for it. Here t is broken down by fiscal year: 2013-2014 - $96,615.00 2014-2015 -...
Will Co. (ECWd) - A recent FOIA request by a local citizen resulted in a very disturbing response and what appears to be a pattern of behavior from Township Supervisor Quigley. The request was pretty basic and for a record that everyone attending the Annual Meeting knew existed. ...
EDGAR CO., (ECWd) - UPDATE from the ECSD: At 1238 hrs a citizen found two subjects in the area around the Pleasant Hill Church. When law enforcement arrived the male subject took off running and a female subject was apprehended. The male was chased on foot and...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - A recent Freedom of Information Act request I submitted to the Algonquin Township Road District has now triggered court action directed at James Kelly, the Township attorney. Kelly apparently has refused to provide Road District Records to Andrew Gasser, the current Algonquin Township...
EDGAR Co., IL. (ECWd) - In the video below, Rob Bogue and I are discussing various airports in Illinois, to include issues with the Vermilion County Regional Airport Authority's Commissioners, and the issues with the Edgar County Airport. https://youtu.be/A65lJrDTjdQ . Our work is funded entirely thru donations and we ...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Where is the local reporting? The Plaintiff, James Sweeney, Union 150, and AFL-CIO filed this Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Counterclaim on June 26th, 2018. Contained in that brief is an allegation that got our attention in light of a recent...
