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19 Feb Country Club Hills Fire Department – “Thousands of Web searches for pornography” – Hard drives wiped.

Posted at 21:32h in Cook County, Country Club Hills, Country Club Hills Fire Department, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

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Cook Co. (ECWd) -  We first reported on Country Club Hills Fire Department January 23, 2017, regarding possible pornography on fire department computers and the fact the public body was sanctioned for violating court orders. Now the story only gets worse.  According to transcripts and pleadings...

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19 Feb Clark Co. Park District pays $7,500 to settle Open Meetings Act lawsuit –

Posted at 16:35h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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CLARK CO., (ECWd) - The Clark County Park District Board of Commissioners voted to approve a settlement in the lawsuit brought against them for alleged violations of the Open Meetings Act. This suit was filed on February 18, 2015, by Edgar County Watchdogs co-founders Kirk Allen and John...

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19 Feb Princeton Park District gifting memberships to Commissioners –

Posted at 07:45h in Bureau County, feature, Princeton Park District by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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PRINCETON, IL. (ECWd) - The Princeton Park District, in the recent past, had finally determined, after considerable public questioning, to make families of Park Commissioners pay for their own memberships - they had been receiving free memberships (in violation of state law), read the notices sent to...

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18 Feb Laws are moving targets in Illinois –

Posted at 11:28h in Attorney General, feature, Governor, IL State Reps by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 14 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - All indications are pointing to a serious degradation of the rule of law in Illinois. Illinois State statutes are found in nine separate categories, which you can find here.  The first category is Government, which has fifteen subcategories.  Clicking on subcategories gets you...

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17 Feb CCPD Ex Director Still Takes From the Public

Posted at 21:09h in Clark County, feature by LisaThomas 3 Comments

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CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - Sources at the Clark County Park District have informed us that Charity Murphy, who resigned last week, has refused to return park district property. She is in possession of documents, a laptop, cell phone, internet hotspot, and keys among other items...

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15 Feb ILETSB – FOIA forces compliance – Sheriffs receive letters –

Posted at 17:45h in feature, Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standars Board by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Illinois (ECWd) - The Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board is responsible for a laundry list of matters as it relates to our Law Enforcement Officers in the state of Illinois.  One would think, of all agencies in the state, this one would have their...

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14 Feb Kankakee Airport Commissioner, Attorney Resignations

Posted at 09:01h in feature, IDOT, Kankakee County, Kankakee Valley Airport Authority by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - The Kankakee Valley Airport Authority held its first meeting since receiving this letter from IDOT in reference to a potential commissioner disqualification of office. During public comment, I restated past events with the roofing contract, talked about another commissioner's alleged conflict in contracts, and asked...

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13 Feb Holland Township Electoral Board – Petition objection withdrawn

Posted at 11:00h in feature, Holland Township, Shelby County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We ran this story a couple days ago regarding the Holland Township Electoral Board meeting. I was contacted this morning by Mr. Forcum and advised the Chairman of the Electoral Board that he has withdrawn his objection. "I have just notified the Chairman...

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12 Feb Holland Township Electoral Board Hearing

Posted at 16:40h in feature, Holland Township, Shelby County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Holland Township Electoral Board convened February 8th, 2017, for the purpose of hearing a petition objection filed by the Township Supervisor, Matt Forcum, against Larry Syfert, who is running for Highway Commissioner. We reached out to Mr. Forcum and Mr. Syfert and...

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11 Feb The 9th Circuit – more to the story

Posted at 12:38h in 9th Circuit Court, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

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US Government (ECWd) - After finding glaring omissions in the recent opinion from the 9th Circuit, coupled with the fact the Chief Judge is taking steps to possibly have the full court review the matter, we dug a little deeper to see if we could...

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