Sangamon County

22 Jan Supreme Court cites Allen v. Clark Co. Park District in Opinion on Springfield School District 186 v. Atty. Gen. –

Posted at 12:02h in Attorney General, Clark County, feature, Sangamon County, School Boards by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - On January 20, 2017, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its Opinion in Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 v. The Attorney General of the State of Illinois upholding the Appellate Court's decision to uphold the Circuit Court's decision to...

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19 Jan South Sangamon Water Commission: No Hunting On Commission Property –

Posted at 10:08h in feature, Sangamon County, South Sangamon Water Commission by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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ROCHESTER, IL. (ECWd) - We attended the South Sangamon Water Commission's meeting on January 17, 2017, to raise an issue we had previously written about; the granting of an easement to Joseph Greene, of Greene and Bradford, Inc., for hunting and recreational use of SSWC real...

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29 Dec Village of Chatham Mayoral candidate Matt Mau provides false information during Village meeting

Posted at 11:58h in Chatham, feature, Sangamon County, Village of Chatham by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

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Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Matt Mau is currently a Village of Chatham Trustee and currently asking the voters for their support for his run for Mayor. In light of all the problems we have exposed with the Village of Chatham, we felt it necessary to address the...

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29 Dec Village of Chatham Clerk Pat Schad – hypocrisy defined

Posted at 11:28h in Chatham, feature, Sangamon County, Village of Chatham by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - In yet another example of why Village of Chatham Clerk Pat Schad must resign, we need only look at his mission statement and responsibilities listed on the Village website "MISSION STATEMENT Promote open and responsive government through proper recording of village business and...

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28 Dec Village of Chatham – Resignation of Village Clerk requested for election law violations

Posted at 19:31h in Chatham, feature, Sangamon County, Village of Chatham by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - I first exposed the violations of election law by authorities of the Village of Chatham in this article.  During the regular meeting on Tuesday the 27th, I asked for the village clerk's resignation during public comment where I addressed the violations...

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28 Dec Chatham Mayor Tom Gray Censured for Obscene Gesture at Ethics Hearing-

Posted at 19:15h in Chatham, feature, Sangamon County, Village of Chatham by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Chatham held a regular meeting last night and voted to censure their Mayor, Tom Gray, for his obscene gesture of flipping the bird to a citizen during an ethics commission hearing of an ethics complaint against him. It was a...

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26 Dec Village of Chatham – Clerk Violates Law and Oath of Office – Should Resign Immediately –

Posted at 13:29h in Chatham, feature, Sangamon County, Village of Chatham by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Chatham, IL. (ECWd) - If we can't trust our electoral process and those in charge of it then we are doomed as a civil society.  Laws are in place to protect our rights and when those in charge violate those laws we move further and further...

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20 Dec Bird Flipping Mayor to face possible censure from Village Board (video) –

Posted at 21:29h in Chatham, feature, Sangamon County, Village of Chatham by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - The Village of Chatham Ethics Commission held their second meeting today regarding bird finger-flipping Mayor Gray.  The commission found no evidence to support any ethics violations listed in the first complaint by Jewel Brant, however, her amended complaint hit it out...

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13 Dec Chatham, IL Mayor flips-off citizen during Ethics Hearing –

Posted at 20:11h in Chatham, feature, Sangamon County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - The Mayor of Chatham, Illinois, Thomas Gray - who is also an attorney (officer of the Courts), immediate past president of the Illinois Municipal League, and (recently retired) General Counsel to the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, thought to act his unprofessional self and flip-off a...

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02 Nov South Sangamon Water Commission Gives Contracted Engineer Lifetime Recreational Use Of Public Property –

Posted at 22:56h in Chatham, feature, Sangamon County, South Sangamon Water Commission by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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SANGAMON COUNTY, IL. (ECWd) - In true self-serving fashion, one of the contracted Engineers for the South Sangamon Water Commission has reaped a benefit no other person in this state can touch - he managed to get the SSWC to give him an easement for recreational, hunting,...

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