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...
Oak Lawn, IL. (ECWd) - We sat down with Rob Cruz, the illegally ousted school board member, to discuss the issues related to the school board's unlawful removal of him and declaration of a vacant seat on the school board. One thing is for sure, there is...
POPLAR GROVE, IL. (ECWd) - After his mayoral election loss last year, Owen Costanza (former Village President of Poplar Grove), RMS Insurance Services, and Flanders Insurance Agency filed a lawsuit naming the current Village President of Poplar Grove, Donald Sattler, and three others including a reporter,...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - A formal complaint was fielded by the United States Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General in December of 2021. The complaint alleges the following: Mr. Tim Franke is a former employee of the Sangamon County Airport Authority Franke is a current...
Michigan (ECWd) - A January 15, 2022, letter from the Regents of the University of Michigan to its President, Dr. Mark Schlissel, and informed him of his termination as the President of the University of Michigan. They also terminated his September 23, 2021, Employment Agreement. He was...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - On January 4, 2022, Springfield Mayor James Langfelder sent a letter to the Sangamon County Airport Authority after reading about the authority's authorization of a lawsuit against the city related to airport fuel sales tax. In the letter he mentions that they both...
Crawford Co., IL. (ECWd) - We were notified yesterday of two Crawford County Airport Authority Commissioner resignations. One commissioner, Robert Quick, still remains unqualified to serve on that airport authority board, and we suspect he will resign shortly, although he doesn't see any conflict (yet). Greg Nye submitted...
CAPRON, IL. (ECWd) - During the January 11, 2022, village board meeting, the President of the village of Capron announced the Christmas party alcohol purchases were reimbursed to the village and apologized for the purchases. Other members mentioned it was a community event (but "the community" was...
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...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Michael J. Zalewski filed HB4424, which has as its sole purpose, to permit more gas taxes on the residents of Illinois. Synopsis As Introduced: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that all municipalities (currently, only municipalities in a county with a...
