Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Shelby County State’s Attorney Gina Vonderheide turned in her withdrawal of candidacy from the fall General Election for Shelby County State’s Attorney. According to the date stamp, she […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – As we have outlined in several articles here, here, here, and here, the Shelby County board violated the law when they appointed a “Special” Assistant State’s Attorney back […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – It appears Shelby County is slow on the uptake of information provided to them. As outlined in a recent article (here), the County Government is not permitted to […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Shelby County Board Meeting scheduled for February 13th at 9 am is going to be held at the Shelbyville Visitor Center, 1989 State Highway 16, Shelbyville, Illinois. […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We outlined a legal bill in our last article that represents there were discussions about an employee and pro ration of paid compensation time and resignation in lieu […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We covered the hiring of a private attorney in Shelby County in this article and to date have not recieved a single response to our questions to the […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Over the last several weeks we have been requesting key records as it relates to payroll and how such payroll records are kept. The results are shocking. According […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Sheriff’s Committee of Shelby County met this morning for a routine committee meeting at the Sheriff’s Office. The Chairman of that committee, Kay Kearney did the right […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) Our recent article on Shelby County dealt with the improper hiring of legal counsel by the County board and can be read at this link. We routinely find local […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – During our first visit to the Shelby County Board meeting, we expressed our opinion to the board about their hiring of a private attorney. An action we consider […]
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We attended the Shelby County Board meeting this week after several requests from concerned citizens and several elected officials. In our brief inquiry into a few things, it […]
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 […]
