Shelby - (ECWd) - During the December 7, 2020, Shelby County Board reorganizational meeting, the State's Attorney advised it was ok for a board member to attend the meeting by phone. That action resulted in a tie vote for County Chairman. We covered that meeting in...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney, Nichole Kroncke, has asked the Illinois Attorney General for their legal opinion on several matters dealing with public property and tax obligations for both the city and the County. Letter 1, Letter 2. While we greatly appreciate the...
UNITED STATES - (ECWd) - Former President Donald Trump has filed his Answer to the Article of Impeachment. Considering the Constitutional is crystal clear on who can be impeached, we wonder if our Constitution matters any longer in this country. Regardless of your position on the former...
Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - ECWd – 2020 Time for our annual report on some of our activities throughout 2020, so here goes: We finished up 2019 with a long-awaited report from the Attorney General, which determined that the College of DuPage had violated the Freedom of...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The Board of Trustees of The College of DuPage approved a $587,773.00 restitution payment from Vortex Commercial Flooring Inc. during the December 2020 board meeting. "Vortex Commercial Flooring Inc., a Chicago-area commercial flooring contractor, has been charged for its role in a long-running...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Yesterday we published this article confirming the ongoing criminal investigation of the former DuPage Township Supervisor Bill Mayer. In that article we noted that the Village of Bolingbrook had not complied with our FOIA request. This morning the City of Bolingbrook responded. Within...
United States (ECWd) - "The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its...
United States (ECWd) - Update: 12-11-2020: SCOTUS denied the petition, stating lack of standing (read their Order here). President Trump has filed a motion to intervene in the Texas v. PA, GA, MI, WI lawsuit regarding the election process in those 4 Defendant states. Texas was the first...
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...
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...
