Springfield, IL (ECWd) - Today Representative Dwight Kay along with 14 other State Representatives filed House Joint Resolution 0158 that calls for the removal of Auditor General Frank Mautino for cause. "RESOLVED, That, by the vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house of...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) - Frank Mautino, our Illinois State Auditor General, requested a stay in the case filed against him with the Illinois State Board of Elections. We first shared that story in this article. To date, he has refused to answer any questions regarding...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Paris District 95 School Board, voted last night to place the question of a 1% sales tax referendum on the ballot this November. They joined what has been reported as Shiloh and Chrisman School Districts' willingness to make you pay. Knowing the taxpayers...
As if FBI criminal investigations, SEC Bond fraud investigations, multiple resignations, and a potential class action lawsuit are not enough to expose the malfeasance of some of the current board members and Administrators, one need only look at the laundry list of violations by Aunt...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - OK. So we have finally seen a tactic never before used against citizens and their right to attend meetings where they can see and hear the deliberations occurring during public meetings. Although this tactic is not by itself a violation of law,...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - What can the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor do when a public body refuses to comply with requests for information related to a Request for Review? According the an AG PAC attorney, nothing: "Unfortunately, our office lacks any authority to force a public body...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) - Yes, the Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino, "shall" be fined not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary not to exceed one year or both fine and imprisonment for knowingly filing a Statement of Economic...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Below are photos from our Watchdog Training event held in DuPage County on June 18, 2016. There were only a couple of empty seats :) The next one will be in Springfield, IL. in August. Additionally, one of the attendees has filed his first Freedom of...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - Continuing with the letter concerning compensation of DuPage County elected officials (Part 1 here), on Page 6 starts the discussion of Health Insurance participation (complete letter here): [documentcloud url="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2940529-DuPage-SA-Opinion-Compensation/annotations/307304.html"] We agree that the Counties Code "authorizes" county elected officials to participate in insurance programs,...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Previously we focused on violations of state rules and the questionable “ethically inspired leadership” by Northern Illinois University’s President Doug Baker and his administration. But perhaps we jumped the gun in placing all the blame on Baker for these violations. Was Baker only...
