Shelby Co. (ECWd) - When an attorney claims a violation of the law took place and then later insists she did not say what video proves she said, she should resign. Deborah Riley, the City of Windsor attorney made a clear statement that there was a violation...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We have been waiting for over a year for the Attorney General's Office to make a charging decision on the illegal gun sales and alleged payroll fraud in the Sheriff's Office under former Sheriff Don Koonce. A recent denial of our freedom of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd)- We were first tipped off about an alleged payroll fraud in the courthouse in 2018, as best I can recall. Our first FOIA request was for video inside the courthouse that would have proven if a person was or was not actually working...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) Shelby County has become the poster child for all other county governments in Illinois to learn from, as in what not to do. The failure of understanding the most basic laws of county government continues to expose how ignorant many of the elected...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County board members Gary Patterson and Jeff Slifer are once again at the forefront of what appears to be malfeasance on a grand scale. As members of the Sheriff's Committee, they both signed off on a claim from a private law...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) During the Shelby County farm committee meeting, a question was asked of the Assistant State's Attorney Jay Scott. The question was pertaining to legislative intent as it relates to interpreting laws on the books. Mark Bennett asked, "..intent, doesn't it have to be written...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) Shelby County Board member Gary Patterson has established a clear pattern of providing false or misleading information when it comes to his comments during county board and county committee meetings. We covered a few of those in this article. During last night's county...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Board Member Gary Patterson has once again placed himself under the microscope by making certain claims during meetings which some of us knew were not true. During the December 2021 County Board meeting, a board member presented several AG opinions and...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the December 9, 2021, Shelby County Board meeting, I mentioned (see the 19:20 mark in the video) during public comment that insurance must be put out for bid (when it exceeds the minimum bidding threshold). As far back as January 9,...
Shelby County - (ECWd) - Once again, the Shelby County State's Attorney Nichole Kronke provides an off-the-cuff statement of her duties, conflicting with what the law actually states. County Board member Dereck Pearcy requested an opinion regarding the outsourcing of payroll from the treasurer's office in an...
