Coles Co. (ECWd) - In just about every public body we get asked to look into, we know within the first few Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests if there is a problem. Coles county is not new to us as it relates to illegal acts...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - This article is a response to the hatchet job published by The 'Burnian, the newspaper of Blackburn College. Nowhere in the article does it disclose that Mayor Deanna Demuzio is also a Board Member of Blackburn College, and it never mentions Kraft had asked for...
Someone must hold elected officials accountable for their actions. Why not you? Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Illinois is hosting a Citizen Watchdog Training to teach YOU how to hold elected officials accountable. Over the past several years, the efforts of two veterans from rural Edgar County have caused the...
Illinois (ECWd) - Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL) Tax laws in Illinois are probably the most complicated of all 50 states. The one forgotten factor, however, is the voters have a say. As it relates to PTELL, it came about because the voters voted in...
DOWNERS GROVE, IL. (ECWd) - Part one is located at this link (here) and mainly discusses the September 2016 Downers Grove Township meeting where there appeared to be an attempt to approve compensation for the clerk backdated to 2013. Laura Hois had an attorney draft a letter to...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - The now voided employment contract with their 911 Coordinator brings us to the need to expose the lack of oversite by the ETSB (the board) as it relates to certain obligations that were in the contract, yet never fulfilled, as well as...
ROBINSON, IL. (ECWd) - After the defeat of the sales tax referendum several years ago, the Robinson Schools decided it was much more important to keep their kindergarten kickball (and HS Football) coach instead of keeping 6th grade sports - Was this a form of punishment to...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Over the years we hear complaints that our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests are nothing but fishing missions and do nothing but cost the public bodies money to respond. What most of those naysayers fail to understand, is each and every...
Coles Co. (ECWd) In Illinois, we have laws passed by our legislature with the purpose of them being followed. The laws pertaining to Township assessments are very clear, however, it is even clearer that certain public officials in Coles County are not following those laws and...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County has filed an answer, in the form of a Motion to Dismiss, to the amended complaint filed against them by RIDES Mass Transit District ("RIDES-MTD"). This suit deals with the funds remaining after dissolution of the East Central Mass Transit District...
