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02 Oct Edgar County Motions to Dismiss RIDES’ Second Amended Complaint –

Posted at 14:42h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, RIDES-MTD by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - In the continuing legal battle between RIDES Mass Transit District and the Edgar County Board over the remaining funds after dissolution of the East Central Illinois Mass Transit District ("ECIMTD"), a Second Amended Complaint has been filed by RIDES Mass Transit...

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02 Oct Maine Township – Part III – Were questions really answered?

Posted at 14:28h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Cook Co. (ECWd) - Often, we find that legal opinions only address the questions raised by a person, which on the surface, should be the way it works.  However, in the case of a public body, the public body should have input on those questions and...

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01 Oct Maine Township – Part III – Failed legal posturing could lead to removal from office

Posted at 15:36h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Cook Co. (ECWd) - What comes first, the chicken or the egg.  In the case of legal opinions, it appears Maine Township Attorney Dowd preferred to simply bill for his services by endorsing the opinion of another attorney, who we presume never raised chickens. The primary issue...

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01 Oct Tinley Park Trustee Mike “The Excavator” Glotz and Village Clerk Kristin Thirion Distance Selves from Mayor

Posted at 10:44h in Cook County, feature, Tinley Park by KDuJan 2 Comments

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TINLEY PARK, ILLINOIS - (ECWd) - An interesting development has occurred in the Village of Tinley Park with Trustee Mike "The Excavator" Glotz and Village Clerk Kristin Thirion publicly distancing themselves from Mayor Jacob "Jake" Vandenberg and his political party, Concerned Citizens for Tinley Park. Glotz and...

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30 Sep Klein Thorpe Jenkins Law Firm Has Long List of Clients Who Violate Open Meetings Act

Posted at 16:37h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library, Tinley Park, Wheeling by KDuJan 2 Comments

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WHEELING, ILLINOIS - (ECWd) - At a recent Village of Wheeling public meeting, attorney James V. Ferolo from Klein Thorpe Jenkins represented the Village. Keen observers of Open Meetings Act violations committed in recent years have pieced together a concerning pattern where Klein Thorpe Jenkins, as a...

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30 Sep Edgar County Airport car/plane show today –

Posted at 13:47h in Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Airport held a fly-in / drive-in today. Below are some pictures of the event (click on pics to enlarge): [gallery ids="39577,39580,39581,39582,39584,39585,39586,39587,39588,39589,39590,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,39596,39597,39598,39599,39600,39601,39602,39603,39604,39605,39606,39607,39608,39609,39610"] . ...

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30 Sep Maine Township Part II – Attorney’s written opinion akin to toilet paper

Posted at 13:19h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Cook Co. (ECWd) - Legal opinions are a joy to debate, especially when you're not an attorney.  With that in mind, we encourage good attorneys to chime in on this multi-part analysis of Maine Township's Attorney Daniel Dowd and his opinion that a Food Pantry is...

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29 Sep COD -John Valenta Sentencing update-

Posted at 22:33h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - It appears there were extenuating circumstances tied to Valenta's action that were not publicly disclosed until today's hearing.  It turns out this convicted criminal played not only COD, but CBS and others. Paul McGovern of CBS radio testified that Valenta worked for CBS...

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29 Sep Effingham County Insurance Committee caught fibbing to AG about secret meeting –

Posted at 19:51h in Effingham County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EFFINGHAM CO., IL. (ECWd) - We previously wrote about an alleged illegal meeting of the Effingham County Insurance Committee, which has three members. Jeff Simpson and Karen Luchtefeld were attending this meeting which was held behind closed doors with no agenda posted. We called them on...

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29 Sep COD – John Valenta sentenced to Eight Years- Restitution of almost $400,000.00

Posted at 18:39h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The convicted College of Dupage thief John Valenta has been sentenced to 8 years in prison and hit with a restitution of upwards of $400,000.00. We are working on obtaining all the investigative files to report more detail on his criminal enterprise.  As...

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