Orland Park Public Library

23 Nov ORLAND PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT PAYS $12,000 FOR FOIA VIOLATIONS –

Posted at 09:33h in Alsip, Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 15 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - In October 2015, the Orland Park Police Department was forced to pay a $12,000 settlement to Megan Fox and Kevin DuJan for violations of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act that occurred in July and August 2014. This police department is...

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10 Nov Attorney General rules against Orland Park Police Dept on electronic records –

Posted at 20:14h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 18 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Fifteen months after submitting a Request for Review to the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC") for access to public records that were required to be provided within FIVE DAYS, the PAC determined that the Orland Park Police Department ("OPPD")...

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23 Sep Bridget Bittman handed another defeat in SLAPP lawsuit –

Posted at 14:50h in Alsip, Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 7 Comments

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Orland Park and Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Federal Judge John J. Tharp Jr. filed an Order on September 23, 2015 granting Kleinman's Motion to Dismiss due to jurisdictional issues. "Defendant Dan Kleinman’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction [39] is granted without prejudice." "...

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23 Sep Woodstock Library's Lora Totton Schwarz bullies others, infringing on free speech –

Posted at 09:46h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Woodstock, IL. (ECWd) - Lora Totton Schwarz, head of Technical Services and General Reference Librarian of the Woodstock Public Library has been conspiring with other library workers to violate her "mission" of safeguarding intellectual freedom - but, of course, we all know that only goes for...

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21 Sep Orland Park Public Library didn't learn from their $55k FOIA loss –

Posted at 15:31h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 14 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - The Orland Park Public Library is continuing to withhold public records from Freedom Of Information Act requester, even after a $55,000 settlement against them in previous FOIA lawsuits. This time, a request was made for emails sent by OPPL employee Jason Rock,...

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13 Sep Orland Park Library Trustees return some of the gold they took for personal use –

Posted at 10:50h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 10 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Orland Park Library Board returns some (but not all) of gold it took from taxpayers A few Orland Park Public Library trustees have now returned some (but not all) of the gold that they had accepted as rewards for being on this...

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03 Sep Attorney General’s Office inquiring into Orland Park Library Board (again) –

Posted at 12:24h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General’s Office has launched an inquiry into more law-breaking by the problem-child Orland Park Public Library Board of Trustees. This time, the Public Access Counselor "PAC" is investigating an allegation that they had closed and locked the doors...

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02 Sep Orland Park Public Library and Megan Fox: A Challenger's Point of View

Posted at 20:51h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee - UWM (ECWd) - This case study (bottom of page) is from UWM, who is studying the OPPL challenge as a case study. They have a lot of our articles on the OPPL challenge in their archives for academic research. * We came across this...

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28 Aug Update: OPPL – Bittman's SLAPP against Fox: "We do not live in Bittman's world" –

Posted at 11:23h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - On August 27, 2015, attorneys for Fox/DuJan filed their response in opposition to Bittman's motion to dismiss countersuit. It is a good read, so grab a cup of coffee and enjoy. What was filed today was their response to Bittman's motion to...

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09 Aug FOIA lessons learned in dealing with the Orland Park Public Library –

Posted at 12:34h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Just read a posting on "Fans of Megan Fox" facebook page and can verify the claims held within it in their dealings with the Orland Park Public Library ("OPPL"). It was an interesting read and is typical of what we see...

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