Shelby Co. (ECWd) - "The County Engineer shall devote his full time and attention and the best efforts to the work of the Shelby County Highway Department and shall not actively conduct other business unrelated to the Shelby County Highway Department during normal business days and hours." Is...
Washington, D.C. (ECWd) - Today, the United States Department of Justice has charged Kevin Clinesmith, a former full-time employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigations as an Assistant General Counsel with violations of 18 USC 1001(a)(3) - False Statements. From the Charging Document (below): COUNT 1: On or about...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board Chairman attempted to take action for things not on the agenda during this week's meeting. Only a handful of board members challenged his action with a majority supporting it. The question we wondered is why would so many...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - After successfully having the frivolous lawsuit Dismissed with prejudice under the Citizen Participation Act ("CPA"), Robert Hanlon, Attorney for the Defendants (Cindy Brzana and others), filed a Motion for Attorney fees, which are mandated when a Defendant prevails in a CPA...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - UPDATE with document date correction Shelby County Highway Department Highway Engineer Alan Spesard has been using county resources for private gain. See Part I of this series. After numerous tips of self-dealing, to include use of county resources during his county employment hours,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held their regular monthly meeting yesterday and the public had enough of the lawlessness pushed by County Chairman Bruce Cannon. To many people's surprise, the Board adopted a $1 Million dollar in deficit budget. Near the end of the...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Robert S. Kemper (Steve Kemper), Paris City Councilman, was arrested today on the following allegations: Two Counts of Criminal Sexual Assault - Class 1 Felonies One Count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse - Class 2 Felony He is currently being held in...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - At today's JCAR meeting, the committee approved IDPH / Governor Pritzker's "emergency rule" penalizing, fining, and providing criminal penalties to small businesses over the mask requirement. A Motion for JCAR to Object and Suspend the Emergency Rule was made - it did not...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois Governor Pritzker appears to be running away from a potential Contempt of Court charge by running to the Illinois Supreme Court with a Motion to Stay the Clay County motion pending outcome of a Motion for Supervisory Order. The Supreme Court granted his...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Watch the JCAR, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, meeting today at 11:30 a.m. where one of the Agenda items will be the governor's "guidance" on penalties and fines against small businesses in relation to the alleged mask requirement. Item #43 on the Agenda (here)...
