Will Co. (ECWd) - Joliet Township Officials ignored the exposure of their malfeasance for years which included ghost contracts, no bid contracts, and out right abuse of power that included physical violence by the former Clerk against Supervisor Dan Vera. While the Will County States' Attorney...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Joliet Township is once again facing another lawsuit stemming from their refusal to follow the law. A complaint for Writ of Mandamus and Mandatory Injunctive Relief has been filed in the Will County Circuit Court. "However, Joliet Township’s Clerk refuses to place the...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - Last week we sued Joliet Township for failing to provide requested public records, and for their attempt at charging us unauthorized fees. Both are violations of the Illinois Freedom Of Information Act. Joliet Township received a request for public records on June 9,...
Joliet Township (ECWd) - The Joliet Township Board held its township meeting today by telephone conference as outlined in their meeting notice. The notice makes no reference to how the public is able to participate. We requested the information for people to attend the meeting electronically and...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Joliet Township Supervisor Dan Vera has a laundry list of questionable activities during his reign as Supervisor of Joliet Township, ranging from ghost contracting, ignoring bidding laws for services, to trying to take over an entire separate public body and then transfer...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Once again we find Joliet Township Supervisor Danial Vera, with blind support from the Trustees, spending thousands of tax dollars in what appears to be a direct violation of the law. In this particular case, it appeared our request for records generated...
Joliet Township (ECWd) - As you listen to this recording of the Joliet Township Board of Trustees Executive (Closed) Session of the June 11, 2019 meeting, remember these things: Road District employees are not Township employees and cannot be discussed in the Township Board closed session ...
JOLIET TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - We don't know what was going through his head when he made the following comments, but it appears he doesn't think women can work as good as men can work. When talking about moving cat cages at the Joliet Township Animal Control, Vera...
Joliet Twp. (ECWd) - A few weeks ago we published an article detailing how Joliet Township passed an improper Compensation Setting Ordinance for the Township Clerk back in 2016. Read it here. In that article, we laid out the timeline and statutory references to the fixing of...
Will Co. (ECWd) - I think it is pretty safe to say the general population has had enough from government corruption and insider dealings, such as creating jobs for their friends and family. In most cases that local sausage-making takes place behind closed doors and the...
