ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - One of the more novel and interesting issues brought before the Office of the Public Access Counselor (PAC) related to the ongoing lawlessness of the Orland Park Public Library Board of Trustees (the OPPL-BoT) is the fact that since December of...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - The law firm of Klein, Thorpe, and Jenkens has apparently assisted the Orland Park Public Library in their quest at committing civil rights violations by legislating the first amendment rights from an individual that only wants to address the board of...
ORLAND PARK (ECWd) - In the ongoing matter of the Orland Park Public Library Child Porn Scandal, one of the most contentious issues is the Board of Trustees' refusal to listen to a man named Dan Kleinman, who happens to be one of the nation's leading...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - We live in Illinois, so we're accustomed to all sorts of schemes, stunts, and shenanigans. If you've been following the saga of the Orland Park Public Library Child Porn Scandal then you've seen eight months' of high drama and unbelievable intrigue...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - This is so bizarre, it was hard to come up with a name for the article: Bridget Bitmann, Orland Park Library, Calls 911 and Lies To Police - Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins Law Firm colludes with Orland Park Police Chief and the Orland...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #2. Approving restrictions to Public Comment that are unreasonable and not allowed under the OMA. Dennis G. Walsh was the attorney present on February 12th, 2014 when the OPPL-BoT voted during the illegal meeting to pass new restrictions on public comment that...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #4. Insisting that items that were void ab initio are not actually void ab initio. For those not familiar with this phrase, "void ab initio" simply means "void from the beginning" or "treated as invalid from the outset" or more simply "did/does...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #6. Advising a public body that they can hold a special meeting to pass controversial measures and not have to allow Public Comment. Frankly, this was the stupidest thing that the OPPL-BoT has done to date, and Dennis G. Walsh's fingerprints are...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #8. Conducting Board Meetings in place of Board President Nancy Wendt Healy. The Open Meetings Act, or more specifically the Robert's Rules of Order, does not allow an attorney or any other contractor employed by a public body to sit on the...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #10: "Allowing" the OPPL-BoT to lie to the media about the law. This happens all the time, with the main lie being told by the OPPL-BoT that this library needs to keep child porn available, because if it didn't then it could...
