Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - The Naperville Park District sent an official response to this article referencing compensation to commissioners, past commissioners, and their families. Read it and my response to each paragraph below: "The Park District reviewed and revised its Board Policy with the assistance of legal...
DeWitt Co., IL. (ECWd) - Terry Hoffman, DeWitt County Board Member, has filed a federal civil rights suit against DeWitt County Sheriff Jered Shofner, Deputies Monaghan, Hardwick, and Wilford, and DeWitt County Director of Emergency Services Teresa Bennett-Hall. Hoffman had previously spent $24,021.50 defending himself of the...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - January - 2015 we filed a Freedom of Information law suit against COD. (Click here for first article on the FOIA suit) Only after being sued, COD produced invoices from the convicted felon John Valenta's company, Broadcast Technologies but well after they released...
DeWitt Co. (ECWd) - Terry Hoffman had never been involved in political government till about 2010. "Watch Clinton Landfill" got him involved, as did a legal tax protest regarding over levied taxing funds (which about 600 are involved with and the Clinton power plant). He became...
DuPage Co. - (ECWd) - (Blue colored text are document links you can click to view) Dave Carlin- Former COD Trustee 2007-2013, Emeritus COD Foundation Board Member / Robert Breuder - COD President, COD Foundation Ex-Officio, US Bank Advisory Board / Marsha Cruzan - COD Foundation Board...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - After all the months of denying, defending, lying, accusing others of "picking on her", and attempts to cling to an elected position that she had no right or authority to possess, Bev Church finally changed her voting address to reflect the truth...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Board meeting held on March 11, 2015, I read a prepared statement related to the "false and misleading" statements that Jerry Griffin placed on his job application for the airport manager job (previous article here). Kirk Allen and Robert...
NAPERVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - At some point, public bodies must be held accountable for their actions. Take the Naperville Park District as an example. The Park District Code specifically states that commissioners shall serve without compensation. Does that statement really need further defining or interpretation? According to their...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - My family has a long list of teaching credentials that I believe offer me an interesting perspective, and I felt it worthy of sharing. I regularly provide classroom instruction to Firefighters all over the country, and although that setting is quite different...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Last week Mr. Mark Petty, attorney for the Township of Arcola, submitted a statement to the Arcola newspaper regarding FOIA cases and their appeal. He claims that the appeal was dismissed, which is technically correct, however, he failed to mention that it was...
