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IL Sen Melinda Bush wants more government secrecy –

By jmkraft on February 3, 2019 • ( 4 Comments )

SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Illinois Senator Melinda Bush, (D) 31st District, apparently thinks more government secrets are better. Bush filed Senate Bill 0196 on January 30, 2019. This Bill would permit a […]

Illinois – Silence over ethics and principles

By Kirk Allen on January 25, 2018 • ( 9 Comments )

Illinois (ECWd) – In Illinois we continue to find bad actors in our local government and elected and/or appointed boards that go out of their way to cover it up, justify it, defend […]

PRESS RELEASE: Tom Cullerton disgusted with bloated handout to failed NIU executive

By jmkraft on December 7, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, December 07, 2017   FOR MORE INFORMATION: Reena Tandon: (309) 533-1210 rtandon@senatedem.ilga.gov  Tom Cullerton disgusted with bloated handout to failed NIU executive VILLA PARK- State Senator Tom Cullerton […]

Tom Cullerton urges NIU to reject new Baker deal

By jmkraft on December 6, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

Tom Cullerton urges NIU reject new Baker deal PRESS RELEASE: VILLA PARK- State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) is urging Northern Illinois University to reject President Doug Baker’s Presidential Transition Agreement. A judge […]

Gov Rauner signs Bill capping Township funds accumulation –

By jmkraft on September 8, 2017 • ( 5 Comments )

SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner signed HB1896 into law. This Bill placed a cap on accumulation of Township funds, other than the Capitol Fund, to 2.5 times the average […]

Tom Cullerton outraged at NIU pay off

By jmkraft on June 16, 2017 • ( 14 Comments )

VILLA PARK- State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) is outraged at the latest golden parachute payout at Northern Illinois University. News released today outlines NIU’s plan to pay President Doug Baker $600,000 […]

Gov. Rauner signs Bill amending the Open Meetings Act –

By jmkraft on August 5, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Governor Rauner signed HB 5683, which amends the Open Meetings Act to allow anyone to file a lawsuit for violations of the Open Meetings Act within 60 days […]

Gov. Rauner signs Local Government Travel Expense Control Act –

By jmkraft on July 22, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Today, Governor Rauner signed the Local Government Travel Expense Control Act (read it here) which is meant to scale back on the lavish expenses incurred by public officials […]

Sen. Sam McCann not ready to return ill-gotten gains –

By jmkraft on July 20, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

JACKSONVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – Illinois State Senator Sam McCann is having trouble deciding whether to give illegal campaign donations back to the public body who sent them, or maybe to simply keep […]

Open Meetings Bill signed into law –

By jmkraft on July 2, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – On June 30, 2016, Gov. Rauner signed HB4630 which made a change to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Jeanne Ives was the Chief Sponsor in the House, along […]

Public Disconnect – Public funds used for personal purchases

By Kirk Allen on November 12, 2015 • ( 8 Comments )

Kane Co. (ECWd) – It is clear that illegal spending has been going on for so long, with so many of our public bodies, we now have people insisting those actions are […]

Rauner backs Halbrook for 102nd House Race –

By jmkraft on October 25, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Tom Kacich: Rauner backs candidate in state House race Sun, 10/25/2015 – 7:00am | Tom Kacich Gov. Bruce Rauner has jumped into the 102nd House District Republican primary, endorsing former state Rep. […]

ICCTA Failure exposed – Isolated incident?

By Kirk Allen on October 22, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

DuPage Co. (ECWd) – As we covered in this article, the Past President of the Illinois Community College Trustee Association(ICCTA) chimed in on the College of DuPage boondoggle in his column published […]

IDOT can’t pay its utility bills – gets shut-off notice from Marshall –

By jmkraft on October 17, 2015 • ( 3 Comments )

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 […]

US Justice Dept. looking at Wind Power Bribery and Corruption…

By jmkraft on October 1, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

ECWd – A few months ago, we reported on what we called bribing public officials, with promises of financial “donations” should they sign agreements that basically forced them and future board members […]

IL. Rep Acevedo using state resources against Donald Trump –

By jmkraft on September 15, 2015 • ( 11 Comments )

Springfield, IL. (ECWd) – Illinois State Representative Edward J. Acevedo (D) appears to be electioneering with state funds against Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump.  I am alleging that through the introduction of […]

HB3593 “Breuder Bill” Passes House and Senate (College of DuPage)

By jmkraft on July 9, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Springfield, IL. (ECWd) – The “Breuder Bill”, HB3593, which limits severance pay at Illinois Community Colleges to no more than 12 months pay has passed the House with a 73-34 vote on […]

Disturbing Trends with Park Districts –

By jmkraft on June 13, 2015 • ( 4 Comments )

Illinois (ECWd) – The more Districts we look at, the more problems we find. For some reason, Park Districts, along with other local governments, seem to have been given the wrong definition […]

Inside AG Madigan’s Public Access Counselor Office

By jmkraft on June 10, 2015 • ( 10 Comments )

Springfield, IL. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor’s Office (PAC) is responsible for answering inquiries on various subjects, to include the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), and the Open […]

Illinois Families Need School Choice –

By jmkraft on May 31, 2015 • ( 11 Comments )

ECWd – In an age where people can make choices in almost every aspect of their lives, their hands are still tied when it comes to the education choices for their children. […]

I am not alone!

By Kirk Allen on May 30, 2015 • ( 7 Comments )

Illinois – (ECWd) – I woke up this morning to an e-mail from an attorney that has been following our work for some time.  He forwarded an attachment that was titled  – […]

When will we learn?

By Kirk Allen on May 30, 2015 • ( 12 Comments )

 (ECWd) – Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno and now Dennis Hastert.  All examples that our society is failing at a pace never imaginable. For Hastert, he went from coach to the number 2 […]

Quote of the day – Do you agree?

By Kirk Allen on May 29, 2015 • ( 13 Comments )

Illinois – (ECWd) – “Increasingly in the United States, the degree to which a law is enforced – or whether a person is indicted – depends on the political considerations.  And when […]

Scathing Senate Report – Illegal acts confirmed…

By Kirk Allen on May 22, 2015 • ( 7 Comments )

Springfield, IL. (ECWd) – For over a year we have been working on exposing the out of control spending at the College of DuPage.  During that same time-frame the push back was […]

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