CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - According to NBC-5 News Investigation, Carlinville High School is on a list found on an "Image Board" soliciting nude photos. There was a total of 67 High Schools across Illinois on the list. Their article, located here (CLICK HERE) concluded a two-month investigation...
MACOUPIN CO., IL. (ECWd) - Update: We want to make it clear this allegation is from the 2014 election cycle and previous tax referendum, not the most recent one. When people start talking, let them talk. Then you know what to look for. Shortly after we started writing...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville has been sent a "2nd Request" for a response to a Request For Review of an alleged FOIA denial. The AG's PAC Office sent this when the City of Carlinville failed to answer the first request within the...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville's Freedom Of Information Act Officer and City Clerk, Carla Brockmeier, has failed to comply with the FOIA again, seemingly making it a matter of routine in Carlinville. A request for public records was sent to her on April 27,...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On top of refusing to provide credit card statements, other public records, and lying about mailing CDs in response to FOIA requests, the Carlinville City Council has published forged meeting minutes on at least two occasions. The April 3, 2017, meeting minutes are...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - At Carlinville's City Council meeting on April 3, 2017, the council directed their attorney to provide all the requested records for all FOIA requests submitted as of that date (April 3, 2017). During their April 17, 2017 meeting, the City Attorney Richard Bertinetti, City...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Carlinville FOIA Officer apparently thinks FOIA does not apply to them. The Illinois Attorney General has sent another letter of inquiry requiring an answer from the City of Carlinville on why they have refused to answer a Freedom of Information Act request from...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Breaking News: The City of Carlinville answered a FOIA request within the 5-day requirement! The Freedom Of Information Act request did not come from me, but it did come from someone who writes for blnnews.com. What she requested was the payroll of all city...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - A long-time reader of ECWd sent us the attached letter from the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor requesting the City of Carlinville provide further information on why it refused to answer two Freedom of Information Act requests sent to them by Mr. Robert Bogue. Please...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - A quick update on the City of Carlinville's continued noncompliance with the Freedom Of Information Act. Received: The city answered the complaint in the FOIA suit I have received, most, but not all, public records related to the January 16, 2017 FOIA request I...
