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02 Feb Former President Donald Trump files answer to Article of Impeachment – Will the Constitution matter?

Posted at 13:48h in Supreme Court, Uncategorized, United States, US, US Department of Justice, USDOJ by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 8 Comments

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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...

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29 Jan Watchdogs in 2020 – Some of our highlights:

Posted at 10:52h in Uncategorized by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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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...

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18 Jan Bid Rigging Scheme Leads To $587,773.00 Restitution Payment to College of DuPage

Posted at 16:08h in College of DuPage, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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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...

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30 Dec DuPage Township – Second Agency Confirms Pending Law Enforcement Proceeding of Former Supervisor Bill Mayer

Posted at 12:50h in Bill Mayer, DuPage Township, feature, Uncategorized, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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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...

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11 Dec US Supreme Court DENIES Texas’ Lawsuit against four states –

Posted at 19:05h in Supreme Court, Uncategorized, United States, US, US Department of Justice, USDOJ by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 14 Comments

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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...

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09 Dec President Trump joins Texas and 19 other states in lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin

Posted at 17:19h in Supreme Court, Uncategorized, United States, US, US Department of Justice, USDOJ by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 20 Comments

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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...

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13 Nov Shelby County Board Member Garry Patterson still does not get it.

Posted at 10:52h in feature, Shelby County, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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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...

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23 Oct Shelby County State’s Attorney Deposition Confirms Misconduct and Conflicts with her Affidavit

Posted at 17:23h in feature, Shelby County, Shelbyville, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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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...

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19 Oct Governor Pritzker Loses Motion to Vacate Darren Bailey Case – Clay County Order Stands

Posted at 17:19h in feature, Governor, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 30 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois Governor Pritzker has lost his motion to vacate the Clay County order in the Darren Baily case.  As we suspected would happen, the judge ruled that the Clay County Circuit Court did have jurisdiction to issue their order. This being the case, the...

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16 Oct Shelby County Board Meeting – Video

Posted at 13:12h in Alan Spesard, Don Koonce, feature, Shelby County, Shelbyville, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Shelby Co (ECWd) - Below is the video of the Shelby County Board meeting with the exception of the last 30 minutes or so of the meeting.  Due to scheduling, we had to leave early so we apologize for not being able to capture the entire...

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