SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – HB 3141, sponsored by Representatives Brad Halbrook and Darren Bailey received a unanimous vote in the Illinois House last week. Sen. Chapin Rose has sponsored it in the […]
SHELBYVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – Shelby Township, the underlying reason for HB1896, just completed printing checks, stuffing envelopes, and mailing out those rebate checks to its approximately 2800 property parcel owners. The total […]
CLARKSBURG, (Shelby County) IL. (ECWd) – History up in flames. After months of sometimes heated debate about the future of Illinois’ last known two-room wooden schoolhouse, the building is gone. Some residents […]
ILLINOIS (ECWd) – The Illinois Appellate Court, 5th Appellate District, issued an Order which effectively revoked the Illinois Commerce Commission’s issuance of a nonpublic utility company’s certificate of public conveyance and necessity […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The village of Tower Hill’s former Treasurer, Nancy Finley, has been charged with a Class X Felony for alleged theft of over $100,000.00. Will this be another micro-example […]
SHELBYVILLE TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) – The Shelbyville Township board of trustees held its regular meeting on Monday evening, June 5, 2017. During the meeting they went into executive session to discuss an […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – In yet another example of poor legal input, the Township Board appointed a replacement Supervisor to serve the remainder of Steve Shoaff’s term, which is a whopping 14 […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The May 1, 2017 regular meeting of the Shelbyville Township board was met with multiple resignations from office. We covered the attorney/FOIA officer resignation in this article. Under new business, […]
Shelbyville Co. (ECWd) – At its township meeting on May 1, 2017, the Shelbyville Township attorney resigned from her appointed position as township FOIA Officer and also informed the board she would not […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – One can only wonder why this Township can’t seem to get things right as once again, they have failed to either read the law or follow it. What […]
SHELBYVILLE, IL. -(ECWd) – We rarely see a situation like this, aside from Lerna, IL., where an elected official decides to work for the public body that he is elected to govern. […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – While reviewing the financial reporting to the Illinois State Comptroller for Shelbyville Township, some serious discrepancies have been identified. I briefly referenced those discrepancies during the last meeting […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Below is the video from the March Shelbyville Township meeting. A few items of interest are the length of the meeting in relation to what the taxpayers pay […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – As described in the video, we could not put up a video of a Shelbyville Township meeting without first exposing the misrepresentations that took place at the meeting. […]
piquedShelby Co. (ECWd) – It’s silly season once again and it should be no surprise we once again are looking at Shelbyville Township as it relates to the current Township Officials and […]
UDPATED Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We were tipped off this week about a Cease & Desist letter sent to the Shelbyville Township Supervisor and the Township attorney. I did confirm with the […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Myth – A clean audit proves nothing was done wrong as it relates to the management and use of public funds. Fact – Only a forensic audit will […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – When we write about illegal actions by public officials, in this case, the Shelbyville Township, it’s important to understand what we are saying. Illegal simply means a violation […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- Donations – Public Funds for Private Purpose? We ask that the Township Officials of Shelbyville Township cease any further improper donations and comply with the law moving forward. We […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – After a lengthy investigation and review of public records, we found numerous concerns, of which some are consistent with findings in other townships. We have been assured on […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We ran this story a couple days ago regarding the Holland Township Electoral Board meeting. I was contacted this morning by Mr. Forcum and advised the Chairman of […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Holland Township Electoral Board convened February 8th, 2017, for the purpose of hearing a petition objection filed by the Township Supervisor, Matt Forcum, against Larry Syfert, who is […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – During a recent correspondence with the Director of Township Officials of Illinois regarding certain legalities pertaining to Township spending, a statement was provided that everyone should come to […]
SHELBYVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – The newly appointed electoral board in Shelbyville Township met this afternoon to deliberate on the objections filed against a candidate running for Township Highway Superintendent (Road Commissioner). After […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Shelbyville Township Electoral Board, at its 3rd called meeting, read into the record the Objection filed by Robin Robertson. Upon hearing what was read we knew someone […]
Fourth Circuit Court (ECWd) – “Judge Michael McHaney, Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit, hereby make the following appointments pursuant to 10 ILCS 5/10-9……” The key in that quote is his “claim” […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Petition Objections filed, Electoral Board established, now the education begins. To grasp this entire Electoral Board process, we highly encourage you to read Part 1 and Part II […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – In Part 1 of this series, we shared the first trigger that begins the creation of an Electoral Board. With objections now on record, the Board must convene […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Over the past week, we have brought you coverage of the positive actions of the Shelby Township Electoral Board as it relates to taking the right steps to […]
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) – The Shelbyville Township Electoral Board met this morning to hear objections filed by Robin Robertson, current Shelbyville Township Road Commissioner. Prior to the actual hearing of those objections, […]
