Mclean Co., IL. (ECWd) - Senator David Koehler has introduced SB2447, which will increase property taxes to the majority of Mclean County property owners and is designed to provide the Bloomington Normal Airport Authority with a greatly expanded tax base. Decades ago, when the cities of Bloomington...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Sonya Harper filed HB3891, which will make you a criminal if you do not turn over your (unserialized) ammo. She wants all of your ammo registered with the Illinois State Police and a tax, I mean a "fee," on each...
Thornton Township (ECWd) - Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard has once again caused the township trustees to take action on something they should never had taken action on, and the Trustees who voted in favor of this unauthorized compensation should vote to reconsider it at the...
Clermont, FL. (ECWd) - Pursuant to the conditions set forth in the settlement of the federal lawsuit (Edgar County Watchdogs v. Bonnie Kurowski) we filed sounding of libel and defamation by implication was Bonnie Kurowski's agreement to the turn-over of certain websites and Facebook pages tied...
Wapella Township (ECWd) - Today, the Illinois Attorney General announced 23 Felony charges were filed against the Former Wapella Township Road Commissioner. The charges range from theft to official misconduct, to 17 counts of forgery. We first wrote about Eldon Cusey in July of 2022, where we...
Silvis, IL. (ECWd) - On February 7, 2023, the City of Silvis City Council held what we believe to be a closed session meeting in violation of the Open Meetings Act ("OMA"), in which we filed a Request for Review with the Attorney General's Public Access...
DeKalb Co., IL. (ECWd) - Submitted from a reader in the DeKalb County area: Local wind turbine located near Shabbona Rd and McGirr Rd appears to have began self-decommissioning this month. Nearby neighbor’s report that that they heard a loud noise the evening of [Feb] 9th and saw...
Ford Co., IL. (ECWd) - Around 24 hours after we reported on the "self-decommissioning" wind turbine in Ford County, it was turning on in what we believe was an effort to have it fall over on its own to avoid dismantling costs. Photos below are from the...
Illinois (ECWd) - During the first Temporary Restraining Order hearings against the Illinois Governor's alleged "assault weapons" ban, the attorneys representing the Governor and Attorney General made a statement that jumped out at me, as did a portion of their filed response on the matter. "So the...
Illinois (ECWd) - A denial to a TRO was issued yesterday regarding the Naperville, IL gun ban ordinance adopted by the city in August of 2022. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION "After several mass shootings nationwide, the City of Naperville enacted...
