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05 Dec St. Clair County State’s Attorney Reads Public Official Indictments Today –

Posted at 19:03h in Cahokia, Commonfields of Cahokia Waer District, feature, St Clair County, US Department of Justice by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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St. Clair County, IL. (ECWd) - We noticed this coming out of Channel 4, KMOV, St. Louis - and one name in particular is very familiar to us. A long list of public officials and employees were indicted today in St. Clair County, Illinois. Read the KMOV article...

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05 Dec Tri-State Fire – The 2013 mystery returns –

Posted at 18:12h in DuPage County, feature, Tri-State Fire Protection District by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - By all indications, a criminal has been working for years at Tri-State Fire Protection District and it appears no one seems to be concerned. We reported on Micheal Orrico's arrest in this article in relation to his failure to disclose certain information on...

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02 Dec Edgar County Publishes Draft Airport Zoning Ordinance –

Posted at 22:09h in Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this week the Edgar County Board published a draft Airport Zoning Ordinance - which has yet to be recommended by the Airport Zoning Commission - who had promised at the previous hearing to have another public hearing to receive input on this...

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30 Nov Edgar County Board: Taxes Don’t Come From Taxpayers-

Posted at 22:02h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - Great News! From today's County Board meeting: Edgar County Board has confirmed that taxes paid via the Hotel/Motel Tax don't come from taxpayers and are not taxpayer funds. Yes, they actually said that. Yes, they are wrong. However, taxpayer funds from the Hotel/Motel Fund were properly...

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29 Nov Whiteside County Airport – Allegations of Open Meetings Violations and Illegal Legal Representation –

Posted at 22:21h in feature, Whiteside County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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WHITESIDE COUNTY, IL. (ECWd) - Once again, we have a County Board condoning a County Airport's misuse of public funds, while the County State's Attorney claims the county airport can hire their own attorney. Why? Because that's how they've always done it. Reviewing minutes of the September 13,...

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28 Nov Illinois State Police – Only truth will lead to trust – time to step up

Posted at 10:06h in feature, Illinois State Police by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

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Illinois - (ECWd) - At a time in our society when trust in our government officials is being questioned daily, our Illinois State Police (ISP), have thrown another curve ball that clearly points to a problem and only helps to erode trust in that agency....

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23 Nov Iroquois County 911 Gives No-Bid Software Contract –

Posted at 21:06h in feature, Iroquois County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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WATSEKA, IL. (ECWd) - According to an email form the Iroquois County State's Attorney, he concurred with the purchase of Emergency Telephone System Computer Aided Dispatching software without putting it out for bidding as state law requires. His email claims that: EmergeTech is already compatible with their existing...

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20 Nov Clark-Edgar Rural Water District Holds Deposits 27 Years – Provides No Water –

Posted at 15:20h in CERWD, Clark County, Clark Edgar Water District, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - We have written about this unethical and unlawful situation in Clark and Edgar Counties before but thought it time to remind all those still interested that there has been no legitimate effort to rectify this problem. In fact, the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District...

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20 Nov BGA: Illinois FOIA Appeals Linger With No End In Sight

Posted at 14:31h in Attorney General, Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature, Illinois State Police by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Better Government Association (BGA) wrote an article spotlighting the Freedom Of Information Act and the Attorney General's role in assuring compliance with the act. One issue they highlight is our difficulty in obtaining information from the Illinois State Police in reference to the...

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20 Nov Clark-Edgar Rural Water District Writes Off Over $40,000 In Bad Debt –

Posted at 14:06h in CERWD, Clark County, Clark Edgar Water District, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - That's right. The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (CERWD) has "written off" more than $40,000.00 in uncollected debt for water service. That's $40,000 that could have been used to connect others, pay wages, or to pay down its massive debt. If you know any of...

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