ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS According to credit card authorization forms produced pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Orland Park Public Library (OPPL) Director Mary Weimar recently used public library funds to buy "treats" for Village of Orland Park public workers who plowed snow in...
Illinois (ECWd) - Governor Rauner: "I'm not in charge!" According to Michael Madigan's spokesman Steve Brown, quoting from the Chicago Tribune, Brown said he didn’t know “what to make” of the governor’s comments. “If he’s not in charge, we’d better figure out who is,” Brown said. We believe...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Of course their rules are wrong, however, Carlinville is continuing with their amazing efforts to shut down any and all questions related to their actions as public officials and the public body of the city. They have a documented past of failing...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - More denials of public records requests, keeping more secrets - simply routine business in the City of Carlinville, and unfortunately for Carlinville taxpayers, they choose to hide public records instead of complying with the Freedom of Information Act. During Carlinville's February 19, 2018...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - This is an update to the Ronald W. Wells felony charges in Clark County, Illinois. We previously reported on his arrest, and his first appearance in Clark County Circuit Court. We finally received the official Information Sheets, Warrants and Subpoena form the courthouse, and...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - A lawsuit has been filed in Macoupin County Circuit Court challenging the authority of the City of Carlinville and Village of Dorchester to form a private water company with Jersey County Rural Water Company for the purpose of developing a private regional...
Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - The Kankakee County Executive Committee will hold a meeting today at 9:00 a.m. to discuss, in part, the appointment of Rende O. Langlois as a Commissioner to the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority. He had held this post previously and resigned last year after...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Last week we attended the Charleston Community School District #1 School Board meeting. The purpose of our attendance was to share some very troubling patterns we have found across the country as it relates to school administrations as well as to get clarifications...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued a determination letter stating that it was "unable to conclude" and their office had "insufficient evidence" to determine that Jasper County School Board held an improper closed session meeting-after-the-meeting on December 18, 2017. This stems...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - After running one article on Ford County and their Supervisor of Assessment failures, the Supervisor resigned and today we find that the Ford County Board of Review did just as we suggested, with one minor exception. Our suggestion in this article: "With these many...
