Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR), has determined the Shelby County farm ground parcels are not tax-exempt. Their determination was based on the assertion the property is not in exempt use. According to IDOR, the county can protest the determination and request a...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A recent vote to release closed session minutes of the County Board disclosed a lot of information that refutes the narrative being pushed by members of the Dive Team and a few of their supporters. While the closed session minutes shed new...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County has been facing a lawsuit for the county board's hiring of a private appraiser to perform commercial property tax assessments in the county. There is no provision in the law for a county board to hire such a person which...
The Shelby County Dive Team quit several months ago and in each meeting after that event, more information percolates to the surface during the county board meetings. While the video pretty much sums up most of those recent issues, a recent release of closed session...
Shelby County, Ill. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Farm continues to be a talking point for numerous citizens during county board meetings. Some cite the new law pertaining to leasing county farm ground and imply it means what they claim. We have to laugh because when...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Past selective outrage on a cowardly Shelby County social media page once again is exposed for what it is, a political hit site that ignores the law and fails to research matters beyond its limited agenda. During a recent county board meeting the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During the public comment portion of the October 2023, regular meeting of the county board there were numerous commenters who unfortunately expressed things that were simply not true or misrepresented. We urge people to not take our word for it but rather...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - So there is no confusion from anyone reading this, we are not lawyers, judges, or constitutional experts. However, in the words of a local self-proclaimed "expert": "I know a credible source, one that is presenting information in an honest, sincere, and credible way,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - January of 2020 was the first time we came to a Shelby County Board meeting. The purpose was to hopefully educate the new board on several matters that needed to be fixed and educate them on the importance of reading the laws...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During the last election, we saw the common political propaganda popping up across social media in contested races. One in particular however got our attention, the treasurer race. We sat silent as we do not get involved in election matters. While we do...
