LERNA, IL. (ECWd) - In a brief Special Meeting of the Village of Lerna Board of Trustees, held at 2:00 p.m. today, the trustees appointed a new village president. After roll call, the (new) unconditional resignation of Don Pearcy was read aloud, and each of the trustees...
LERNA, IL. (ECWd) - Don Pearcy, the unofficial now-former Village of Lerna President (maybe), tendered his "conditional resignation in a Special Meeting today, January 31, 2016. The problem is that the term of his "conditional" resignation resulted in the village trustees violating the Illinois Municipal Code due...
LERNA, IL. (ECWd) - The village of Lerna, Illinois held its regular meeting on January 5, 2016. During the meeting there was considerable discussion of water drainage, a decision was made to pay the water loan off, among other items, and a lengthy discussion on an appointment...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - Tonight's meeting of the Village of Lerna Board of Trustees received the resignations of Village Clerk, John Protz, and also Village Trustee Janette Beals. We previously wrote about the apparent conflict with the Village Clerk also working by the hour in the Clerk's...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - Some of you may have read our recent articles on the Village of Lerna (here). We are still sorting out some of the details, but we do know when public officials refuse to stop their lawbreaking, there is more to the story. I had...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - The excuses we hear every where we go are almost all the same, but I am starting to think there is a secret book of excuses out there some people are reading. Several months ago during a Lerna village meeting I informed the...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - This is the third month we have attended the Village of Lerna monthly meeting of Trustees. The first month I explained the conflict of interest between the Village President and his job as full-time Village Maintenance Supervisor. I also mentioned the conflict between...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - Edited with the video at bottom of article...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: We received a phone call from the person in the photo who claims to have not meant it as a threat, but more as a safety thing while we were down around E. St. Louis. He sounded sincere, so I consider...
Lerna, IL. (ECWd) - Does the eavesdropping law apply to open public meetings in Illinois? The short answer is "NO". This accusation comes up frequently when we attend meetings where we haven't attended before. During the September 1, 2015 meeting in Lerna, one resident stated that I did not...
