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18 Oct InvEnergy Insults Intelligence of Livingston County Board in Wind Farm Appeal –

Posted at 19:31h in feature, Invenergy, Livingston County, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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Livingston Co., IL. (ECWd) - Invenergy has appealed the Livingston County Board's denial of their Special Use Permit. In the appeal, Invenergy denies any negative impacts on real estate,  claim they operate within the noise limits, and claim the Board didn't read the documents given to them. The...

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18 Oct Daily Herald – Another media failure column?

Posted at 10:56h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Once again it's time to dissect the words of a recent column in the Daily Herald that appears to be yet another attempt to cast negativity on the reforms taking place at COD.  In addition, it clearly exposes how this man's...

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17 Oct IDOT can't pay its utility bills – gets shut-off notice from Marshall –

Posted at 14:09h in Clark County, feature, Governor, IDOT, IL State Reps, Illinois Comptroller, Illinois Senate by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the last Marshall City Council meeting, Mayor Sanders stated that Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources had sent the city a letter stating they cannot pay their utility bills until a budget is passed. IDNR is...

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17 Oct College of DuPage – “A Dad of Two former COD Students”

Posted at 12:17h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We routinely get communications from the public both in our comment section of the articles and from e-mails sent to us.  Today I received one that I knew needed to be published as it is from a local community father with...

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17 Oct Clark Co. Park District Board stops Community Parks Grants ? –

Posted at 11:27h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - First, I would like to thank the Marshall Advocate and Gary Strohm for reporting on this very important issue, and the fact that we were correct in our research. The sad part is that is appears his misguided reporting was attempting...

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17 Oct College of DuPage – Dianne McGuire – Hello?

Posted at 09:37h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In June of this year I took issue with Trustee McGuire's comments regarding the violated investment policy. During the June 11, 2015 College of DuPage meeting, she stated, while defending clear violations of their own policy, there has not been a violation...

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16 Oct College of DuPage – Herricane Graphics-CLEAR VIOLATION

Posted at 20:16h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - One only needs to look at the HLC report (bottom of page 23&top of 24) released today, to see that a PAY TO PLAY relationship took place with Foundation Board Member Carla Burkhart, Herricane Graphics, and COD. "There is also the question...

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16 Oct College of DuPage – Higher Learning Commission Report – SLEA takes the hit!

Posted at 18:55h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We received a copy of the HLC documents today and wanted to get them posted for all to digest as soon as possible. A quick review points to a lot of issue that are going to need to be reported on but in...

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16 Oct College of DuPage – Watchdogs hit it out of the park!

Posted at 17:46h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - With close to two years invested in exposing the actions of soon to be "former" COD president Robert Breuder, we are taking great pride in the Board Packet that outlines the reasons this person is to be terminated, especially in light...

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16 Oct College of DuPage – Trustees to vote on Dr. Breuder termination

Posted at 15:08h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The COD Board of Trustees have called a special meeting for Tuesday night - 6pm, October 20th, 2015, in which one of the agenda items is "RESOLUTION TO TERMINATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT" This board took action September 17th to void...

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