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22 Apr Convicted of Felony, Indicted by Grand Jury for Felony Vote Buying, Elected Mayor of Alorton, IL.

Posted at 08:03h in City of Alorton, Commonfields of Cahokia Waer District, feature, St Clair County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Alorton, IL. (ECWd) - Jo Ann Reed, the vile creature who was caught on camera screaming obscenities, the likes you might hear from a drunken street hooker, at a citizen in the parking lot of Commonfields of Cahokia Water District; charged and convicted in 2014 of a...

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21 Apr NIU slammed by State Auditor for FOIA and Records Retention Noncompliance –

Posted at 20:06h in Auditor General, DeKalb County, feature, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Northern Illinois University - (ECWd) - Is it better for a state agency to misrepresent its practices to the Office of the Auditor General or to the Public Access Bureau of the Attorney General’s office?  That is the dilemma in which Northern Illinois University (NIU) finds...

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21 Apr Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino’s campaign treasurer testified in criminal Grand Jury

Posted at 18:52h in feature, Illinois Auditor General by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Illinois - (ECWd) We have confirmed that Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino's campaign treasurer has, in fact, testified before a Criminal Grand Jury. Q. Okay. Have you ever received any other subpoenas for documents or depositions in which the Committee for Frank J. Mautino was...

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21 Apr SBE Hearing on Mautino Campaign Expenditure Complaint – Mautino invokes the 5th

Posted at 16:30h in Auditor General, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - The State Board of Elections held a hearing to iron out Frank Mautino's campaign committee's apparent refusal/inability to amend their past filings as previously directed by the Board.  We first broke this story in January of 2016 in this article.  This hearing was...

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19 Apr AG: Edgar County ETSB Violated FOIA, Twice –

Posted at 22:23h in 911 Board, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - FOIA Officer stipend for Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board: $1500 Number of FOIA complaints resolved in her favor: Practically NONE ETSB, please demand your money back, it isn't working. The ETSB Coordinator failed to justify withholding public records again...

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19 Apr When does a Park Commissioner cease being a Commissioner?

Posted at 18:08h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) – This article is to clarify when we believe an elected park district commissioner takes office – or more importantly, ceases to be a commissioner. From the Illinois Park District Code: Commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified...

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19 Apr Iroquois County State’s Attorney – Get your head in the game –

Posted at 15:34h in feature, Iroquois County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 15 Comments

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Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - Iroquois County State's Attorney Jim Devine appears to have once again stepped off into areas he apparently knows little about and gave legal advice that puts his client, the County Board, into a position of violating the law. Before we dive into...

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19 Apr Community College Trustees and Conflicts of Interest –

Posted at 09:54h in Champaign County, College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature, Parkland College by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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ECWd - This year has been one of those unique election cycles where the election results created real questions on what exactly constitutes a conflict of interest when serving as an elected Community College Trustee. First, is a student (full or part-time irrelevant) that ran for, and...

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18 Apr Iroquois County ETSB billing illegal and they know it- yet it continues!

Posted at 18:29h in feature, Iroquois County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - The request was simple, the response is compelling. A copy of the state statute utilized for the purpose of charging other units of governments for 911 dispatch service. The fact of the matter is no such statute spells out that either a County,...

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17 Apr AG Determines McHenry County Blog is “news media” under FOIA –

Posted at 17:27h in Auditor General, City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Pay attention Carlinville: Last Friday, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor determined that the McHenry County Blog was "news media" as that term is defined in the Freedom of Information Act. McHenry County decided that FOIA requester Cal Skinner, McHenry County Blog, was a recurrent...

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