Orland Park Public Library

08 Jul Waukegan Public Library Employees Confront Sexual Harassment of Librarians

Posted at 10:04h in Bellwood Public Library, feature, Lake County, Orland Park Public Library, Rolling Meadows Public Library, Waukegan Public Library by KDuJan 1 Comment

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(Katie McLain (left) and Amanda Civitello (right), presenting at the ALA conference in Chicago, June 2017) Waukegan, Illinois (ECWd) - During the American Library Association's (ALA) latest conference (held in Chicago in June 2017), two Waukegan Public Library employees delivered a standing-room-only presentation on sexual harassment...

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15 Apr Orland Park Public Library Intends to Waste $6,700 on Conferences for Staffers

Posted at 10:38h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library by KDuJan 5 Comments

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Orland Park, Illinois (ECWd) - On Monday, April 17th, 2017, the Orland Park Public Library Board is poised to approve spending in the amount of $6,700 to send staffers and Board President Nancy Wendt Healy on another round of needless conference traveling. It begs the questions:...

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12 Apr Rosemont and Rolling Meadows Public Library Waste Public Money Having Lawyers Answer FOIA Request

Posted at 21:21h in City of Carlinville, Cook County, feature, Macoupin County, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library, Rolling Meadows Public Library, Rosemont by KDuJan 5 Comments

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Rosemont, Illinois and Rolling Meadows, Illinois (ECWd) - This seems to be the standard for a public body - pay an attorney to answer simple Freedom of Information Act requests, and then complain later about how much the FOIA requests are costing the public. The real issue...

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10 Apr Orland Park Public Library Caught Spending Public Funds on Gourmet Jelly Donuts Again

Posted at 21:43h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by KDuJan 27 Comments

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  Orland Park, Illinois - (ECWd) - Director Mary Weimar at the Orland Park Public Library is at it again: once more buying an obscene amount of expensive gourmet jelly donuts from the Orland Park Bakery with funds that taxpayers naively believe the library ought to...

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07 Apr Regime Change Finally Comes to Orland Park and Tinley Park After Years of Scandal

Posted at 12:05h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library, Tinley Park by KDuJan 2 Comments

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Orland Park, Illinois On April 4th 2017, fed-up voters in both Orland Park and Tinley Park toppled longstanding political regimes that have been embroiled in one scandal or another for the last several years. This regime change was a direct result of citizens using the Freedom of...

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14 Mar Orland Park Public Library Calls Police on Black Man Watching Young Girls

Posted at 16:10h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library by KDuJan 1 Comment

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Orland Park, Illinois (ECWd) - An odd incident report was written on February 9th by Orland Park Public Library employee Howard Griffin, documenting a recent episode involving an adult male allegedly watching and leaving a note for three high school girls; the note allegedly asked the girls...

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09 Jan Orland Park Public Library Board Still Hates the Public –

Posted at 19:51h in feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Orland Park, Illinois (ECWd) - The Orland Park Public Library Board is at it again, hating the public as much as ever. We've been reporting on the bad behavior of one trustee in particular, Diane Jennings, for over 3 years now and it's not surprising...

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11 Sep Book Banned by Orland Park Public Library Is Accepted By Orland Park History Museum –

Posted at 13:32h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - The Orland Park History Museum, which opened this past April in the former red-brick Village Hall building in Orland Park, has accepted into its archive collection a book that was banned by the Orland Park Public Library (OPPL), despite book-banning being...

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03 Aug Orland Park Public Library Bans Book About Orland Park Public Library –

Posted at 13:46h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 14 Comments

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ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Viewpoint discrimination and censorship are on full display at the Orland Park Public Library (OPPL), as staff ban a new book that was written about recent scandals and wrongdoing at the Orland Park Public Library. The OPPL has steadfastly refused to...

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22 Jul Gov. Rauner signs Local Government Travel Expense Control Act –

Posted at 20:33h in City of Benton, College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature, Franklin County, Governor, IL State Reps, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Senate, Orland Park Public Library, U-46 School District by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Today, Governor Rauner signed the Local Government Travel Expense Control Act (read it here) which is meant to scale back on the lavish expenses incurred by public officials under the guise of "official business". The LGTECA requires school districts, community college districts, and...

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