CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that the Village of Chatham has violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act. On May 9and June 13, 2017, the Village of Chatham held two separate regular meetings without posting proper meeting notices. In particular, the...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - With 2017 nearing an end, we find the City of Carlinville still embroiled in self-induced battles brought on by their failures to follow the law. Sometimes even going out of their way to thwart the meaning of the law to do whatever...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville's council members received a Notice of Criminal Trespass during their last city council meeting. It came from the Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Company, a private company in which the city is part owner (at least for now). So Carlinville...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - It's a sad day when the Illinois Attorney General has to get involved in the City of Kankakee's failure to approve and post meeting minutes. Something so simple, yet so hard for the city to do. They can build and publish a completely...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - After reviewing another Police Officer's narrative of the events from December 18, 2017, it is clear, according to the report, that Jasper County School Board Member Holly Farley gave false information to the Police Officer. Officer James Riddle, said he spoke to Farley...
EDGAR CO., IL (ECWd) - The Truth in Taxation Hearing schedule for today on the proposed property tax increase for the newly formed Elbridge-Symmes Multi-Township Assessment District has been canceled. There were several problems, including passing the cut-off date for submitting the tax levy to the County...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - "We have an emergency" "Two men that are very violent" "Disrupting and yelling and screaming at everyone on the board" All of those statements made by Board Member Melissa Stanley are false. Then she tried to deny saying anything about violence to the Police Officer when...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - This is a quick review of only part of what we wrote about in 2017, there is not enough time to talk about everything, and a good bit of it is still being uncovered and dealt with. We would like to specifically thank...
Cook Co. (ECWd)- In yet another shocking example of either ignorance or stupidity of our laws, look no further than Maine Township Supervisor Laura Morask, an attorney at law no less. During the November 28th, 2017, meeting, an agenda item for the destruction of an audio record...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - This school board censured and punished a fellow board member in violation of state law, federal civil rights (of the member and of the voters), and board policy. "Censure" is not found in the school code. Illinois is a Dillon's Rule state, which...
