Illinois (ECWd) - We received a confirmation letter on our ethics complaint pertaining to Governor Rauner's alleged co-mingling of political activities with state resources. The letter sent by the Illinois Office of Executive Inspector General was the standard cryptic format that tells the public little. "The Office...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - We have to wonder why this Mattoon School District vehicle was parked for an extended period of time, out in the countryside, for no apparent reason. Anybody? A local reader used govplates.com to identify the vehicle and now calls out Mattoon Community Unit...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - In what should be the last article dealing with Carlinville's March 19, 2018, embarrassment of a city council meeting, what this portion will show is another attempt to invent laws that do not exist. First, their attorney, Mr. Dan O'Brien again wrongly claims...
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA Actress Olivia DeHavilland -- a woman as famous for her decades-long bitter feud with her own sister Joan Fontaine as much as for her award-winning roles in films such as Gone with the Wind --Â has lost the cockamamie SLAPP-style lawsuit that she filed last...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - As referenced in this article, Govplates.com is your one-stop shop to identify government-owned vehicles you see in places that they probably should not be. Today's submission reflects an ARTESIA TOWNSHIP trucked in the parking lot of a couple local taverns in Kankakee County. The...
Ford Co. (ECWd) - Last year we formed American Watchdogs Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit for the purpose of training others nationwide on our model of how to hold local government accountable. Our first major project with that effort was the launching of a searchable database of...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - In the following video of Carlinville's March 19, 2018 meeting, you can clearly see Carlinville's attorney, Mr. Dan O'Brien, is having problems with people who want to participate in public comment, tries to shut it down in a preemptive rambling about litigation...
OK, I captured this video from Houston's ABC 7 News Live Feed as it was happening, and have a question for our law enforcement friends who may read this article: Why would they block the suspect car in, not remove him from the vehicle, then obviously...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Alderman Cindy Campbell finally showed her true contempt for citizens in the aftermath of Carlinville's failed trampling of civil rights during its March 19, 2018, meeting. Campbell is typical of what we see across this state, who thinks everyone except her is completely...
NEWTON, IL., (ECWd) - Violations of the Open Meetings Act are criminal, are Class C Misdemeanors (5 ILCS 120/4), and need to be punished as the crimes they are. In the context of this article, we firmly believe that these are willful violations of the OMA,...
