Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - Otis Steward, Special Investigator for the Madison County State's Attorney, was spotted entering the driver's side of a Madison County vehicle with what the source of the photo said was a case of Budweiser that he had just purchased after parking...
MADISON CO., IL. (ECWd) - Madison County Board member Michael Parkinson claimed IT Director, Rob Dorman, "purchased tobacco and rolling papers" using a county credit card during a Chicago area conference earlier this year. https://youtu.be/xXrygAwX8Ds We looked into his claim and found there was absolutely no purchase of...
MADISON CO., IL. (ECWd) - During the August 2018 Madison County board meeting, Kirk Allen attempted to address the board during public comment. Several board members objected citing their (illegal) public comment policy of requiring a person to sign up more than 48 hours (53 hrs to...
GRANITE CITY, IL. (ECWd) - Towards the end of last night's Madison County Board meeting, Board Member and Granite City Police Officer Michael Parkinson spoke about what he thought we should be looking into instead of the Fosterburg Water District. He failed to ask us to look...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Today, Governor Rauner signed HB4253: "Water District - Trustee Removal" "An appointing authority may remove a public water district trustee it appointed for misconduct, official misconduct, or neglect of office." This should really be coined the "Fosterburg Water District Amendment" or the "FWD Bill" because it...
COLLINSVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Last year, the Madison County State's Attorney Thomas Gibbons and a special task force conducted a raid on certain Madison County Offices. In a case brought by the subjects of a raid of their county offices, Douglas Hulme, Rob Dorman, Stephen Adler, and...
COLLINSVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Time reveals all...
COLLINSVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Collinsville Alderwoman Cheryl Brombolich entered into a settlement, in the amount of $200,000, in the lawsuit she filed against the City of Collinsville prior to her becoming an Alderwoman. It is well settled that a sitting member of the board of a local...
MADISON CO., IL. (ECWd) - A member of a public body cannot sue that public body, and then turn around and settle the lawsuit without creating a prohibited interest in a contract (settlements are contracts). Michael Parkinson is a Granite City Police Officer and a member of...
COLLINSVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Liz Dalton filed her petitions to be on the ballot for a seat Madison County Board, for the primary election which will be held next week, March 20, 2018. Mr. Harold Lee Watham Jr., filed a petition objection against her nomination papers for...
