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. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board once again, by their actions, indicates to the public they have no idea what the law or adopted resolutions say when it comes to county payroll. It's also clear from the State's Attorney's comments on the subject that...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For the last two years, the Shelby County Treasurer has been exposing numerous issues of malfeasance as it relates to payroll issues in the County, only to be ignored. After overwhelming public outcry for almost a year, the board approved a forensic...
Shelby Co. IL. (ECWd) - During last week's Shelby County Board meeting, the State's Attorney issued a warning to people in the county. "I think people in this county better be careful about publicly accusing others of misrepresenting and being dishonest when you don't have facts or...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board has on their agenda an item for discussion and determination of salary for Sean McQueen, the current interim Sheriff filling the vacancy temporarily. The State's Attorney believes he is entitled to be paid the actual compensation assigned to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County appears to be fast-tracking it's way to being the poster child for problems in local government. As it stands, a lot of money is at risk due to clear failures by the county board. For years we have begged officials to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - August 5, 2021, the Shelby County Insurance Committee met to discuss Health Insurance, Family Health Insurance plan options, and recommendation to be presented to the county board regarding a former employee. Where to start is a tuff one. The short version is the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For years we have encouraged public officials to enforce the rule of law. So what does the average citizen do when the actions of their public officials lead to violations of law and expense to the taxpayers state-wide? Shelby County State's Attorney Nichole...
