EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) - As citizens, we don't just have the right to expect local governments spend our tax dollars legally and transparently--we have the responsibility to hold them accountable when they don't. But how can you keep your local government honest? Join Americans for Prosperity Foundation...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In yet another example of poor legal input, the Township Board appointed a replacement Supervisor to serve the remainder of Steve Shoaff's term, which is a whopping 14 days, and it went downhill from there. In order for a person to enter upon...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - During the Wheeling Village Council meeting on May 1, 2017, a resident questioned the suspicious timing of a gift of public property to a developer, and the timing of the paying off of former Mayor Argiris' home just days prior to it's foreclosure/Sheriff's sale. Deborah...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The May 1, 2017 regular meeting of the Shelbyville Township board was met with multiple resignations from office. We covered the attorney/FOIA officer resignation in this article. Under new business, the current Township Supervisor, Steve Shoaff, tendered not one, but two resignations. He resigned...
Shelbyville Co. (ECWd) - At its township meeting on May 1, 2017, the Shelbyville Township attorney resigned from her appointed position as township FOIA Officer and also informed the board she would not seek to continue being the township attorney (effectively resigning from that position as well)....
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - A quick update on the City of Carlinville's continued noncompliance with the Freedom Of Information Act. Received: The city answered the complaint in the FOIA suit I have received, most, but not all, public records related to the January 16, 2017 FOIA request I...
COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - Coles County "Commercial Assessor" is actually a Contractor - not an Employee, and has never been properly contracted with, nor properly appointed. We now have positive proof that the Commercial Assessor, Robert Becker, used by the Supervisor of Assessments in Mattoon Township...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Carlinville Park District has joined the ranks of three other park districts in Illinois to live up to Illinois Park District Code's standard of "shall act as such without compensation" as defined in Section 4-1 of the Park District Code. [caption id="attachment_36154" align="alignleft"...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Mayor Deanna Demuzio's leadership is a complete failure. She gets an "F" in transparency and an "F" in leadership. The Carlinville FOIA Officer, Carla Brockmeier, gets an "F" in compliance with the law. Demuzio, as Mayor of the city, directs the city attorneys and has apparently...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Update 4-28-2017: Carlinville filed an answer to the Complaint with the Macoupin Circuit Clerk's Office today, April 28, 2017. According to the Macoupin County Circuit Clerk's information in the Judici database, the City of Carlinville has failed to answer the Summons served on...
