Lone Seminole County School Board Member Gets It – Failures Exposed In Superintendent Selection Process

29 Jun Lone Seminole County School Board Member Gets It – Failures Exposed In Superintendent Selection Process

Posted at 14:40h in Florida, Government Accountability Institute, Serita Beamon, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 18 Comments

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Seminole Co., Florida  (ECWd) - Schools are supposed to be in place for educational purposes.  What did the students learn from the recent events involving the hiring of a new School Superintendent? We pose this question because of one board member's comments. "I have reached the conclusion...

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24 Jun Rudy Giuliani’s Law License Suspended By New York Court –

Posted at 19:49h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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New York (ECWd) - Today, in a 33 page opinion, the First Appellate Court in the State of New York suspended the law license of Rudolph Giuliani: "suspended from the practice of law in the State of New York pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(2) and 22...

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21 Jun State Representative Carol Ammons – Unredacted Criminal Investigation Reports and Video of Alleged Shoplifting Released –

Posted at 14:29h in feature, IL State Reps, Illinois, Urbana by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 17 Comments

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Champaign Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Police and the City of Urbana, after being sued under the Freedom of Information Act for improper redactions, have provided unredacted records pertaining to the allegation of criminal shoplifting by State Representative Carol Ammons. Initially, both agencies redacted Ammons's...

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21 Jun Township Ordered to pay $140k in Legal Fees For Violating Open Meetings Act –

Posted at 10:15h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Michigan (ECWd) - Greenleaf Township, population 740, was ordered to pay $140,000 in legal fees and a $500 verdict for violating the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Michigan, like Illinois, has fee shifting provisions in its Open Meetings and Open Records laws. We must state the obvious; that compliance...

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21 Jun Patch: Tornado Hits: 5 Hospitalized, 22K Without Power, Homes Damaged

Posted at 09:48h in DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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DuPage County, IL. (ECWd) - Tornado hits the suburbs of Chicago, leaving 22,000 without power and 5 hospitalized. Meanwhile, Edgar County is still without warning sirens; they gave them all away several years ago, at a time when most counties were scrambling to replace or fix theirs. Something...

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19 Jun Bloomington School District 87 Violates Open Meetings Act

Posted at 15:13h in Bloomington, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Bloomington School District 87 has been violating the Open Meetings Act by demanding people reveal their home addresses in order to participate in public comment. See examples of this unlawful demand by D87 (HERE, HERE, and HERE) - even demanding the addresses of...

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18 Jun Gov Pritzker Excludes Veterans And Military From COVID Lottery

Posted at 17:05h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 23 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker's "All In For The Win" $10 million lottery drawing for people who have received their COVID shots DO NOT apply to Veterans, Military, or anyone who may have received their shots from a federal facility. Also excluded are family members of those...

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17 Jun BEWARE: Unregistered Company Soliciting Tens of Thousands From Local Governments In Illinois

Posted at 13:23h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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IL. (ECWd) - It has come to our attention that a company, which, according to the Secretary of State's Department of Business Services, is not registered to do business in the state of Illinois, has been soliciting local governments for donations or grants for the purported...

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14 Jun Shelby County Sheriff Koonce Resigns Effective June 25, 2021

Posted at 15:36h in Don Koonce, feature, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Shelby, Co.  (ECWd) - Shelby County Sheriff Don Koonce has submitted his resignation letter to the Shelby County Board Chairman with an effective date of June 25, 2021. "Please allow this letter to serve as my official notification that I will be retiring and resigning my Office...

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14 Jun Company Asked Shelby County For $50,000 Donation For “Training” –

Posted at 15:34h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Shelby County, IL. (ECWd) - Editor’s note 4-22-2023:  We updated this article with new photos. A previously unknown company, created in January 2021 in the State of Florida, has sent a "proposal" to Shelby County asking them to provide a $50,000.00 grant to establish training for board...

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