CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Yesterday I filed a four-count lawsuit against the City of Carlinville for its refusal to produce public records requested on January 16, 2017. Pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act ("FOIA"), they were supposed to respond within five working days after receiving...
(ECWd) - Just as we wrote in early February in "Game changer in the 9th Circuit? - National Media silent" and "The 9th Circuit - more to the story" we believed the decision was faulty and were surprised that a request for sua sponte request for...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - During the February 27, 2017 Marshall City Council Meeting, the majority of the council voted to misappropriate another $5000 of your hard-earned tax dollars and give it to a private cemetery. We heard comments like: "our residents are buried there" - "there are veterans...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - On March 17, 2017, the College of DuPage filed a 9-page Motion to Certify For Interlocutory Appeal the denial of the College's Motion to Dismiss on the basis that Dr. Breuder's contract was void ab initio. The core issues identified for appeal...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Craig Law, a current Sangamon County Sheriff Deputy and Candidate for Mayor in the Village of Chatham is running for Mayor on a platform of "Professionalism", based on what appears to be his twenty-one years in law enforcement. "Professionalism: Twenty-one years in...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - From all appearances, the City of Carlinville thinks they don't have to comply with the Freedom of Information Act. First, they wrongly tried to extort $200 from me to answer a FOIA request by wrongly claiming my request for public records was for...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd -) It appears the job of fact checking is once again left to independent citizens who have had their fill of misleading information published in the media. This is a case where either the Mayor was not truthful with the reporter or...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - Press Release Contact Information: Media Coordinator: 630-407-8160 Thursday, March 16, 2017 Lisle Woman Accused of Forging Petitions for Seat on COD Board of Trustees      DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Rafath Waheed, 61 (d.o.b. 7/21/1955) of 6193 Hickory Drive, Lisle,...
COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - In the process of fielding complaints on massive hikes in assessed value of commercial real estate in Mattoon Township, I figured the first step would be to find out how the assessments were accomplished and what they used for their values. I...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Randy Peterson, the current President of the Board of the Paris Area Chamber of Commerce was arrested on March 5, 2017, in Clinton, Indiana on the charge of Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. According to a Clinton, Indiana newspaper clip we were sent, he was pulled...
