Calumet Park (ECWd) - Election petitions were turn in for candidates for the Calumet Park School District 132 and four of them had petition objections filed against them: Karen Ivy (current board member - default-no show), Kimberly Watson (current board member - withdrew), Corliss Smith (withdrew),...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - HB2369, which amends the Illinois Military Veterans Assistance Act has passed both Houses with Senate Amendment 1. This Bill is far-reaching and corrects many mistakes made or unforeseen in last fall's amendment, and fixes most of the issues we have been addressing for...
Champaign County (ECWd) - Edited to correct spelling mistakes. An article published today in the News Gazzette has now exposed some of the behind-the-scenes things going on in Mahomet Township. Several months ago we attended our first Mahomet Township board meeting for the purpose of raising some concerns...
Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the November 2022 meeting of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Madison County's "Executive Committee" the VAC Superintendent tendered votes on Motions as if he were actually a board member (see video below). This type of thing can never happen in a...
Illinois (ECWd) - Once again we find the Illinois Senate has pulled a bait and switch on legislation in the closing hours of their term. House Bill 5471 was introduced as an Insurance Code and Public Adjusters bill back in January of 2022. Senate President Don Harmon...
Washington, D.C. (ECWd) - UPDATE: Amendment to Rules Below are copies of the draft US House Rules and Summary. These will be voted on tonight. [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/118-Rules-of-the-House-of-Representatives-SxS-V2.pdf"] [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BILLS-118hresPIH-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-V3.pdf"] [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BILLS-118HResPIH-Fed-Gov-comv2.pdf"]...
Illinois (ECWd) - We covered the legislative bait and switch going on regarding wind and solar matters in this article just yesterday. Specifically, this new legislation, if approved by the house and signed by the Governor would strip local control from county governments when it comes...
Harrisburg, IL. (ECWd) - The Court's Docket shows the charges against the Harrisburg Township Assessor April Clayton were dismissed on January 5, 2023. "The People failed to introduce any evidence of the existence of any contract involving Defendant. Probable cause not found. Case dismissed." Clayton was charged under...
South Holland, IL. (ECWd) - Elected School Board Member Ms. Rayya A. Ghani, Dolton School District 149, retained an attorney who sent the following Cease and Desist letter to the Del Galdo Law Group's Edward Wong and Katie Ngo. Del Galdo represents the school board. We had...
Illinois (ECWd) - As outlined in this article, A majority group of Illinois Legislators have proven once again the methods of madness in Washington D.C. are the path for the People in the Land of Lincoln. Just like the gun ban bill, the legislature used a shell...
