Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Highway Department Highway Engineer Alan Spesard has been using county resources for private gain. See Part I of this series. After numerous tips of self-dealing, to include use of county resources during his county employment hours, streamed in, the response to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held their regular monthly meeting yesterday and the public had enough of the lawlessness pushed by County Chairman Bruce Cannon. To many people's surprise, the Board adopted a $1 Million dollar in deficit budget. Near the end of the...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - Who's on first? Such a simple question can only be answered with full disclosure, which appears to be a problem for Shelby County Highway Engineer Alan Spesard. Alan Spesard - County Highway Engineer since 1999 Alan Spesard - City of Shelbyville salaried City Engineer Alan...
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) - During a recent budget committee meeting, Shelby County Board Member Barbara Bennett made it clear, the people should be questioned, not them questioning her and the other board members. While there are plenty of issues discussed in the 1 hour and 50-minute budget...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County State's Attorney Gina Vonderheide had requested a legal opinion from the Illinois Attorney General on three questions regarding the County Board's illegal hiring of a private attorney, (article here). We do not believe such an opinion needs to be provided...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We covered the 4th Judicial Circuit Court Chief Judge's ruling in a previous article where she directed the Shelby County State's Attorney to file an affidavit pertaining to any conflict she has related to the lawsuit brought by the illegally hired attorney...
Shelby County - (ECWd) - On June 14, 2020, the Chief Judge of the Circuit, Judge Kimberly G. Koester issued her order in the matter of the Treasurer seeking legal counsel. "STATUTORILY, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY IS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OFFICE HOLDERS OF EACH COUNTY AND THEREFORE...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - This morning's Shelby County Board Meeting will be live stream here (see below). Meeting should start at 9:00 a.m. https://youtu.be/aQ7s7q6V7wg...
Shelby, Co. IL (ECWd) - As part of our continued exposure to the illegal discussions the County Board participated in a closed session, this one is a head-scratcher. County Chairman Bruce Cannon makes a false allegation: "I have not had a chance to talk with anyone with...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - As the Shelby County Board tries to figure out their next move in their effort to pay a private attorney hired in violation of the law, improperly closed session discussions included an interesting admission from County Board Chairman Bruce Cannon. "I haven't...
