CARLINVILLE (ECWd) - During discussions of the "water company" which is currently a co-defendant, along with the City of Carlinville and Village of Dorchester, in a lawsuit challenging the authority and structure of the entity currently known as the Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Company - which...
CARLINVILLE (ECWd) - The city attorney, Dan O'Brien, discussed the AG's Public Access Counselor's opinion that the city of Carlinville violated the Open Meetings Act on January 2, 2018 when it adopted an Ordinance in violation of the OMA by not properly listing it on the...
CARLINVILLE - (ECWd) - During the March 19, 2018, Carlinville City Council meeting, Mayor Deanne Demuzio placed an item on the agenda, which has as its sole purpose, the stripping of local voters of their right to determine whether to grant a municipality of less than...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Carlinville keeps its citizens in the dark, hides public records, lies about it. Yes, Carlinville taxpayers, you are paying dearly for your city's refusal to provide simple records that the law says they must provide. Instead, they are spending thousands of your hard-earned...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On March 7, 2018, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued a determination that the Carlinville City Council violated Section 2.02(c) of the Open Meetings Act during its January 2, 2018 meeting when it voted to suspend its rules and to...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Of course their rules are wrong, however, Carlinville is continuing with their amazing efforts to shut down any and all questions related to their actions as public officials and the public body of the city. They have a documented past of failing...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - More denials of public records requests, keeping more secrets - simply routine business in the City of Carlinville, and unfortunately for Carlinville taxpayers, they choose to hide public records instead of complying with the Freedom of Information Act. During Carlinville's February 19, 2018...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - A lawsuit has been filed in Macoupin County Circuit Court challenging the authority of the City of Carlinville and Village of Dorchester to form a private water company with Jersey County Rural Water Company for the purpose of developing a private regional...
Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - Statements to the Attorney General, when reviewing open records and open meetings complaints, should be sworn to under oath. The City of Carlinville replied to my complaint of alleged FOIA violations for their refusal to provide public records related to their appointed representative's...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville, Illinois, filed a grant application for federal funding of a project from the Illinois Department of Agriculture back in 2016. Its purpose was to provide a 75/25% grant ($30k fed / $10k Carlinville) for (emphasis mine) "A Preliminary Engineering...
