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07 Apr Regime Change Finally Comes to Orland Park and Tinley Park After Years of Scandal

Posted at 12:05h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library, Tinley Park by KDuJan 2 Comments

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Orland Park, Illinois On April 4th 2017, fed-up voters in both Orland Park and Tinley Park toppled longstanding political regimes that have been embroiled in one scandal or another for the last several years. This regime change was a direct result of citizens using the Freedom of...

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05 Apr Parks Commissioner Joe Ewing gets vulgar, texts “Shove that congrats in your _ _ s” –

Posted at 19:59h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Wow, Clark County, this is what you voted for. Own it. We knew reality would eventually set in when he realized he no longer had control over anything at the long-embattled Clark County Park District, but he couldn't even take a congratulations from...

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04 Apr Carlinville City Council Directs Attorney To Turn Over FOIA’d Documents –

Posted at 14:20h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During last night's Carlinville City Council meeting, the Council, by unanimous vote, directed the Attorney to turn over public records in response to FOIA requests submitted by John Kraft and waive any fees associated with copies of the documents he requested. One council member expressed...

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04 Apr Iroquois County – Using your tax dollars to promote safety tax-Violation of Law?

Posted at 12:34h in feature, Iroquois County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - It's hard enough to fight against our ever rising taxes in Illinois but where does a person turn to when their own tax dollars are actually being used in support of seeking your vote for even more taxes? Was that not clear?  ...

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03 Apr Coles County – Will violations of law be self-corrected or is another lawsuit on the horizon?

Posted at 14:13h in Charleston, Coles County, Coles County Sheriff, feature, Mattoon by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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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...

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03 Apr Blackburn College Newspaper Publishes Mayor, and Blackburn College Board Member, Demuzio’s False Statements, Attacks Watchdogs –

Posted at 09:35h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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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...

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01 Apr Free: Citizen Watchdog Training – Edwardsville, IL. – April 8, 2017

Posted at 14:04h in Collinsville, feature, Madison County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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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...

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01 Apr PTELL- The political boogeyman during elections

Posted at 12:49h in feature, Illinois by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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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...

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31 Mar Downers Grove Township Clerk Pension Debate – Part 2

Posted at 15:19h in Downers Grove, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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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...

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31 Mar Iroquois County – Emergency Telephone System Board- What did they miss?

Posted at 12:17h in feature, Iroquois County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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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...

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