Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - ***Updated with copy of Complaint. Wesley Township has, in recent weeks, made comments pertaining to a current Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit they are fighting. These comments relate to the persons who filed the suit, and one of their alleged actions prior...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - The Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that the Will County Officers Electoral Board violated the Open Meetings Act during its June 9, 2020, meeting by voting on items not on the Agenda for action. The item voted on, but not on...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - Will County Circuit Judge Anderson issued an Order on Fee Petitions ordering that John Norton pay the attorney fees for the Defendants in his frivolous lawsuit which was ultimately dismissed under the CPA, Citizens Participation Act. John Norton was Ordered to pay: To...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Wilmington, Illinois is holding $44,209.78 in water bill payments not yet received, some more than 120 days past due. This puts a tremendous cramp on the water department finances for a municipality of approximately 5,700 people in Will County. We have...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Local gadfly John Norton was in Will County Circuit Court again today attempting once again to have the Stalking - No Contact Order against him to be removed. He failed. According to the Will County Court Docket on today's Hearing: AB - Defendants Various Motions Plaintiff...
Will Co. (ECWd) - We have confirmed the criminal investigation of Bill Mayer, former DuPage Township Supervisor, was being handled by the Bolingbrook Police Department, however, it was turned over to the FBI in late June of this year. "I am no longer working the Township case....
Bolingbrook, IL. (ECWd) - It has come to our attention that an employee of a Florida Corporation based out of Orlando has been filing requests for public records with DuPage Township, mainly related to Trustee Alyssia Benford's communications. We asked JHT's President and COO, Carla Holoman, to...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Wesley Township, Wesley Township Road District, and Leonard McCubbin sent a Settlement Demand to Cindy Brzana, et al, asking for them to voluntarily settle the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the township - as long as Brzana agrees to pay the...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Wesley Township filed a Counter Claim in the FOIA lawsuit. The counterclaim alleges Fraud, Civil Conspiracy, Abuse of FOIA, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, and seeks a jury trial. Leonard McCubbin, an appointed trustee of the Township, is seeking $50,000.00 in damages, punitive...
DuPage Township, IL. (ECWd) - During a recent DuPage Township Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee Benford read a letter during public comment. Trustee Maripat Oliver objected and even wrote a complaint to the Attorney General about Benford's reading of a letter during public comment. Her specific allegation...
