JACKSONVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued a determination that the City of Jacksonville violated the Open Meetings Act when it took final action during its March 22, 2021 meeting by approving a race at the Jacksonville Speedway without it...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor had issued a determination stating that Wesley Township violated the Open Meetings Act in relation to public comment during its June 12, 2018 township meeting. During this meeting, the township supervisor interrupted a speaker and...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board confirmed this morning during their study session that they will not be reducing the wind farm set-back limits from the current 3,250 feet from primary structures. The meeting was attended by people from all parts of Edgar county and...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - More wild, unsubstantiated, and false claims were voiced in court again by John Norton. It is clear, from his comments, that Norton is completely unaware of the legal requirement to pay a witness fee for any person subpoenaed for testimony. Apparently, he is...
Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - We previously wrote about Madison County Board Member Mike Walters' alleged financial conflict of interest with his "consulting" contract with Madison County Transit (MCT) (here). Now we have learned that Walters was also appointed to the East-West Gateway Council (EWGC) of Governments. The...
GILMAN, IL. (ECWd) - Since sometime after 2016, Gilman Mayor Rick Theesfeld has not been paying the appropriate real estate taxes on the home he had built - which means the tax assessor has not been doing his job as required under the Illinois Property Tax...
Illinois (ECWd) - We continue to monitor the Shelby County farm ground lease issue and comments being made during the county board meetings. Comments from the State's Attorney deserves to be put in full context to how our laws are to be applied, commonly called statutory...
Lemont, IL. (ECWd) - Lemont School District "Removes The Toilets" From Farm Ground - OK, it was a reference to Governor JB Pritzker's house where he removed his toilets to obtain real estate tax breaks, but this one is similar in that the school district uses...
Illinois (ECWd) - More often than not we find attorneys who represent public bodies tend to advocate for the desires of the public body, sometimes ignoring lack of authority for those desires. One of the common ways they do this is to present opinions which may...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Treasurer Erica Firnhaber has filed a Declaratory and Injunctive Relief lawsuit naming Shelby County Sheriff Koonce and State's Attorney Nichole Kroncke as Defendants. "During the course of the last year and previously the Sheriff of Shelby County has entered into...
