McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Is there anyone that does not understand that one public body cannot pass resolutions and policies for another public body? It would do the Algonquin Township Board well to find new legal counsel and begin following their own laws and stop trying to...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Township law provides specific authority for a "Township" to be a member of an Association. (60 ILCS 1/85-15) Township Officials of Illinois. The township board may provide for joining the township in an association of townships or a not-for-profit corporation with membership consisting of, townships...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - When a newspaper prints a title of "Legal Brief Thief?", on the front page with a picture of an attorney and his client, the implication is that someone stole a legal brief. Although never disclosed in the article, there was no theft of any...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The real joy in our work is that we don't have a dog in the race and have been able to focus on the whole truth and the law. As many have read lately, the local media has been beating the drum...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Legal bills, Legal Bills, the sky is falling! It's Gassers' fault, it's Hanlon's fault, oh my, oh my. The local media has done a bang-up job of presenting just enough information to create hysteria amongst the villagers while steering clear of anything that might...
LAKEWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - We had previously written about Paul Serwatka, Village of Lakewood's President, "removing" two trustees from their positions as Village Trustees. During the Lakewood Village meeting tonight, the village clerk refused to call the complete roll-call of trustees, and a trustee asked the attorney...
UPDATE - Clarification in bold (3rd & 4th paragraph) McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The Township Board had a lengthy discussion during the Road & Bridge Budget hearing last month that resulted in the slashing of the legal budget line item by $100,000.00. Do they have that power? We contend...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - We exposed the Algonquin Township Clerk's improper contracting with a person to do her job in this article and further in this one. We challenged the attorney to disprove our position that such a contract was in violation of the law. We must assume...
LAKEWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - It appears, from two recent letters written by Lakewood, IL. Village President Paul Serwatka, that he is usurping the powers, rights, and responsibilities of a couple of village trustees by attempting to remove them from office. Hopefully, the village's attorney will inform...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - We have exposed numerous examples of unearned sick time and vacation time being given to family members of Bob Miller, and gifts to parting employees. We believe such action violated our laws and our State Constitution for several reasons. Many have tried to...
