Cook Co. (ECWd) - Anyone in business understands the importance of controlling the cost of doing business. It sets the baseline for pretty much every financial decision they make. Not the case in local government, as it's not their money, so they appear to have little...
Kankakee Co. (ECWd) - Once again it comes back to attorneys. You may recall we exposed the recent illegal hiring of an attorney by the highway commissioner in this article. That was rather humorous as after the exposure the attorney took the position he didn't know...
Kankakee Co. (ECWd) - We have been informed that Limestone Township has called a special meeting for tonight for the purpose of accepting the resignation of the Supervisor, which we covered in this article. Although we appreciate the posting of the meeting as required in the Open...
Logan Co. (ECWd) - Property Tax Limitation Law (PTELL), a law adopted in Logan County in November of 1996. As described by the Illinois Department of Revenue: "Increases in property tax extensions are limited to the lesser of 5% or the increase in the national Consumer Price...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Thanks go to Diane Benjamin, BLNNEWS.COM, for her relentless pursuit of public records! Diane's pursuit of these records included her first ever lawsuit, filed in hand-written form, after the City of Bloomington and its disgraced Mayor Tari Renner unlawfully withheld public records under...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Dennis Rettke, Limestone Township Supervisor has resigned from office. This comes at a troubling time for Limestone Township, after several months of township residents attending meetings and lodging complaints against the Limestone Township Highway Commissioner and the Board for allowing him to conduct...
KANSAS, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Kansas, Illinois Police Department has hired a new part-time police officer. His name is Ed Motley and he comes with a little experience: 2 years in the United States Army - deployed to Vietnam 25 year of corrections experience culminating...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Enjoy! It was a hot one this year...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - A common chant we heard from local citizens protesting against Brian Towne during his no-hearing-hearing on his 17 felony indictments was: "Lyin Brian," as it appears he has a problem telling the truth. Not surprising to hear the local chant, considering our...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks is one who likes to send letters to people for intimidation, to include making false allegations of crimes committed with threats of prosecution. May we suggest putting a mirror in front of Jack Franks? The reason this...
