Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board illegally hired a private attorney back in 2014 and continued paying for those services for years. When the County Treasurer could not get an answer to the legality of paying for those legal bills she refused to pay...
Shelby Co, IL. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held their regular board meeting Thursday night of last week which is the first time in years their meetings were held in the evening rather than the early morning when most people can not attend due to...
Windsor, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Windsor held an Electoral Board Hearing today and heard the objections to three candidates, with a fourth candidate withdrawing his petitions. A decision should come next week in the follow-up meeting. Some things of interest said in this hearing: We are...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - At our first Shelby County Board meeting in January of this year, I provided our input regarding the issue of legal advice from the State's Attorney, as found in the video at this link. Basically, we understand many people want, and in some...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - It seems more often than not, public officials are better off keeping their mouths shut, as is the case with Windsor Mayor Thomas Tull. We published our first article on Tull last week, found here. Shortly after that publication, I received a phone...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - After numerous tips about the Mayor of Windsor, IL. trying to intimidate people with the use of a police badge and threat of arrest over the past couple of years, we finally have evidence that should trouble the people of Windsor, assuming...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We have written about Dillon's Rule more times than we can count, and for reasons we can't explain some people just don't get it and continue to try to do things not permitted by law. Dillon Rule - “A municipal corporation possesses and...
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) - The Special Meeting of the Shelby County Board opened with controversy yesterday. On the Agenda for consideration and vote was a motion to remove the elected County Treasurer from office. After considerable discussion and public comments, the sponsor of the motion removed the motion...
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) - Lame-duck sessions of the Shelby County Board might get interesting - the Chairman was ousted in the primary election (garnering only around 25% of the vote) and is apparently seeking revenge during his last month, and Board Member LeVonne Chaney was ousted...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County State's Attorney Gina Vonderheide was deposed in the lawsuit brought against the County to stop payments to a private attorney hired illegally by the Board. During the deposition, a shocking disclosure by Vonderheide points to a clear breach of her...
