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12 Dec LaSalle PD – Story not “falling” apart, it has crumbled –

Posted at 14:18h in feature, LaSalle County, LaSalle County States Attorney, LaSallle Police Department by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - I said the story was falling apart in this article. Chief of LaSalle Police Department, according to Illinois State Police criminal investigation reports, states the following: "Chief Uranich stated those other officers aren't productive".  (See page 3 of 16) In an effort...

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11 Dec DuPage County Election Commission- Why some public officials need removed from office

Posted at 18:47h in DuPage County, DuPage County Election Commission, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 10 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - With over half of the DuPage County Board also being attorneys, to include the County Chairman, how is it that laws don't matter in DuPage County? Through friends and crony connections, multiple DuPage County officials have attempted to get the Edgar County...

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07 Dec Bloomington Election Commission Delays Petition Objection Hearing Again –

Posted at 14:40h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Bloomington Election Commission and its Municipal Officers Electoral Board has rescheduled the hearing previously scheduled for Thursday (where they failed once again to properly post the agenda) for Friday December 9th at 2:30 p.m., or 1430 hours. There are other petition objection hearings...

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07 Dec Lisle School District 202 Tries Restricting Use Of Meeting Videos –

Posted at 14:06h in DuPage County, feature, Lisle CUSD 202 by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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LISLE, IL. (ECWd) - Lisle Community Unit School District 202 has attempted to claim copyright on its School Board meeting videos (click here). Those videos are a public record and cannot be copyrighted (court case here) (article in the Municipal Minute here) or otherwise have any restrictions...

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07 Dec Municipal Minute Wrote About Our Appellate Court Victory –

Posted at 14:00h in Clark County, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Here is a link to their Municipal Minute article (click here). . Court Interprets "Public Recital" Requirement of OMA Prior to Final Action . We don't get a lot of guidance from Illinois courts on compliance with the Open Meetings Act (OMA) (most of our guidance...

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07 Dec Bloomington Election Commission – A Third Open Meetings Violation –

Posted at 08:54h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - We have already pointed out two recent examples of the Bloomington Election Commission violating the Open Meetings Act, and have also found another one - from 2014. The Commission admitted in a letter to the Attorney General's office that it had violated the Open Meetings...

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07 Dec Clark County Park District – Leases Lots For Less Than Campsite Rental –

Posted at 08:48h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark County Park District held a special meeting last night, the same night as Township Caucuses, most likely in hopes nobody would notice they were about to lease out residential lots for less than the cost of an annual campsite. An amazingly...

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06 Dec Bloomington Electoral Board – Not Their First Time Violating Open Meetings –

Posted at 22:02h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - In a day when adherence to the law is a revolutionary act, this one drives that message home. An objection was made to the nomination petitions for Bloomington's Mayor, Tari Renner - and he accused those wanting the law followed of being "fringe...

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06 Dec Fraud in their face – Certain Village of Chatham Board Members, Mayor Do Nothing

Posted at 19:18h in feature, South Sangamon Water Commission, Village of Chatham by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Sangamon, Co. (ECWd) - After several years of attending Chatham board meetings, I have truly never seen anything like this.  The citizens have worked tirelessly to find that the municipal bonds that were sold from South Sangamon Water Commission (SSWC) did not reflect the true amount...

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05 Dec Jeff Voigt Elected Chairman of Edgar County Board for another term –

Posted at 20:13h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held its organizational meeting this morning and elected Jeff Voigt as chairman for another two years. Mr. Luddington and Mr. Chittick are the two newly elected county board members who were sworn in prior to this meeting. Karl Farnham Jr....

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