Lake County, IL. (ECWd) - When reviewing a response to a FOIA request, we found incidences where former Avon Township Supervisor and current Lake County Board Member, Terry Wilke, described people by using terms related to disabilities and otherwise lying about them. Is this particular email, he...
Avon Township, IL. (ECWd) - From all appearances, Avon Township Supervisor Terry Wilke and his "slate" of candidates for the April 2021 election have opened up a website to push their campaign. Terry Wilke, Joshua Cohen (click here and here for interesting stories on sexual harassment allegations...
Avon Township, IL. (ECWd) - Avon Township Supervisor Terry Wilke claims he is a "victim" of ECWd and the truth we write about him. He also called a fellow Lake County Board Member a "rightwing kook." His claim was in response to an email FOIA and personal...
Avon Township, Lake County, IL. (ECWd) - This is an article on Avon Township Supervisor Terry Wilke's perceived need to immediately sell township property without legal authority and without using the prescribed statutory methods. We held a 40 minute discussion about the alleged Annual Meeting of the...
Avon, IL. (ECWd) - Avon Township Supervisor Terry Wilke used township funds, credit, and property for his own personal financial gain by purchasing a vehicle using township funds (and the purchase declined by the board), installing an electric vehicle charging station with public funds, using public...
Avon Township, IL. (ECWd) - Avon Township Supervisor, Terry Wilke, continued operating "Avon Cares" - a non profit food pantry when its registration had expired with the Illinois Secretary of State. He continued receiving public funds of the township and donations during the time-frame in which the...
Lake County, IL. (ECWd) - On January 13, 2020, Avon Township Electors held a special meeting of the electors for the purpose of passing a Resolution to assert their control over certain real estate purchased by the Avon Township Supervisor without proper authorization from the electors....
GURNEE, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Park District Code mandates, in Section 4-1, that Commissioners shall serve without compensation: "[…] The members of such governing boards shall act as such without compensation, and each member of the board shall be a legal voter of and reside within...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - The Pleasant View Luther Home is once again in the line of fire, this time for a death of an elderly person. A year ago today NBC 5 covered an abuse case by this same facility and reports that they were fined...
(Katie McLain (left) and Amanda Civitello (right), presenting at the ALA conference in Chicago, June 2017) Waukegan, Illinois (ECWd) - During the American Library Association's (ALA) latest conference (held in Chicago in June 2017), two Waukegan Public Library employees delivered a standing-room-only presentation on sexual harassment...
