Macoupin County

01 Nov AG: Carlinville Violated Open Meetings Law at Jersey Rural Water Meeting –

Posted at 18:09h in City of Carlinville, feature, Fosterburg Waer District, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On September 25, 2017, a majority of a quorum of the Carlinville City Council met at the Jersey County Rural Water Company office as part of the now-questionable "Regional Water Concept" meeting. Also in attendance were the Jersey County Rural Water Company...

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24 Oct Carlinville’s 4th FOIA Suit – Copy of Complaint –

Posted at 21:43h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - File-stamped copy of the 4th FOIA lawsuit filed against Carlinville is below for your reading pleasure. The Complaint alleges the City of Carlinville failed to respond to a FOIA request. Feel free to hit the Donate button at the bottom of the page. [documentcloud url="http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4116766-Thomas-v-Carlinville-File-Stamped-Complaint.html"...

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24 Oct Carlinville lacks legislative authority for Regional Water Non-profit –

Posted at 21:06h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - In their quest to continue with a regional water concept, the City of Carlinville appointed an Alderman to an alleged regional water board to look at options. The option they have apparently decided to take is not an option they have the...

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22 Oct Carlinville fighting their 4th Freedom of Information Act lawsuit –

Posted at 22:22h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville is fighting its 4th lawsuit where it is alleged that they violated the Illinois Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") by denying public records from people who requested copies of them. This particular suit was received at the Macoupin County...

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15 Oct Fosterburg Water District gives decision making authority to unelected, unappointed, unaccountable resident –

Posted at 17:47h in City of Carlinville, feature, Fosterburg Waer District, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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FOSTERBURG, IL. (ECWd) - In our continuing coverage of the complete mess about to be constructed by the City of Carlinville, Fosterburg Water District, and a private corporation, Jersey County Rural Water Company, we have found some interesting new concepts in play in the Fosterburg Water...

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05 Oct Carlinville Alderman Cindy Campbell Lied to City Council –

Posted at 15:00h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - She lied - Macoupin County Enquirer-Democrat printed it. During the October 2, 2017 Carlinville City Council meeting, Alderman Cindy Campbell told the city council that I threatened to sue the village if she voted on anything at the Proposed Water Organizational meeting (see her...

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04 Oct Project: City of Carlinville’s False Reporting to Illinois EPA

Posted at 19:34h in Attorney General, City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - We wanted to let our readers in Carlinville know what we are currently working on. There have been allegations, which we have been able to substantiate, that the City of Carlinville has been filing false water testing results to the Illinois Environmental Protection...

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22 Sep Village of Sawyerville sued under Freedom of Information Act –

Posted at 07:37h in feature, Macoupin County, Sawyerville by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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SAWYERVILLE, MACOUPIN CO., IL. (ECWd) - On September 21, 2017, a Complaint was filed in Macoupin County Circuit Court naming the Village of Sawyerville as Defendant in a public records lawsuit. It is case number 2017-MR-117. This arises out of a Freedom of Information Act request for...

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12 Sep Do Carlinville, Sawyerville, and Royal Lakes have the same Attorney?

Posted at 22:04h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County, Royal Lakes, Sawyerville by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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MACOUPIN CO., IL. (ECWd) - Just a quick question for y'all: Is the same attorney representing Carlinville, Sawyerville, and Royal Lakes? Is Mayor DeMuzio giving classes to the Macoupin County Mayoral Association on how to keep public records from the public? It appears so, with all of them refusing...

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06 Sep FOIA Complaint: Bogue v. City of Carlinville –

Posted at 12:06h in City of Carlinville, feature, Macoupin County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Below is a copy of the file-stamped Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed against the City of Carlinville by Robert Bogue. We wrote about this lawsuit a few days ago (here). We urge Carlinville residents to remember all the city had to do...

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