IROQUOIS CO. (ECWd) - Today's meeting of the Iroquois County Board (**Finance Committee**) consisted of three separate executive session topics culminating in a motion to recommend that the FIPHD Board remove Mr. Doug Corbett from Administrator of the FIPHD in the most efficient means possible. Update 6/7/2013: I...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Nine citizens in Edgar County have filed a lawsuit against the County Board for their attempt at shielding Chris Patrick from his Conflict of Interest. That lawsuit may well be a trigger that makes IDOT think twice about allowing past actions to...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform was permitted to enter an amicus curiae brief in support of the Illinois Attorney General and her decision to not allow public funds for former Edgar County State's Attorney Michael McFatridge' defense in civil suits. Those that have...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - On May 22, 2013, Chandra Smith, former bookkeeper at the  Edgar County Health Department, plead guilty of amended Class 1 Felony Theft Charges. We previously reported in these articles about the situation when she was officially charged in mid-Oct of 2011. From Judici: Deft enters a plea of guilty...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Sentencing day finally arrived for Anita Rhodes, who plead guilty on October 4 , 2012 to Aggravated Driving Under The Influence Of Alcohol - a Class 2 Felony, which resulted in the deaths of 2 individuals in an incident that happened on the...
 Your Call to Action- Did the Quinn Administration circumvent procurement law on $196 million of Medicaid contracting? by administrator | Tuesday May 28, 2013 1:06 pm YOUR CALL TO ACTION Did the Quinn administration circumvent procurement law on $196 million of Medicaid contracting? Is the administration now engaged...
DEWITT CO. (ECWd) - We were asked by several people in Dewitt County to look into a few matters after they witnessed what we were able to accomplish in Iroquois County. The key to those accomplishments lie not on what we did, as much as what...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - This is an update from this article published on Sep 21, 2012. I spoke with the attorney from the Illinois Attorney General's office this week about the FOIA request for review I submitted after Crestwood School denied my request for security camera video from...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The Illinois Supreme Court, on May 23, 2013, filed the opinion on former Edgar County State's Attorney Michael McFatridge v Lisa Madigan. This case involved McFatridge, and whether the taxpayers were responsible for his litigation expenses after being sued in the course...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Hypocrisy at the highest level, but that shouldn't surprise anyone in this county when we're dealing with people that don't know what being honest or doing the right thing means. I think most are fully aware of the underhanded actions by several of...
