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)...
Carbondale, IL. (ECWd) - State employees should already know that electioneering using state resources, such as their state email accounts, violates state ethics laws. State officers and employees take mandatory classes on the subject, but some still try to flaunt the system, thinking they won't get caught. We...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - Who's on first? Such a simple question can only be answered with full disclosure, which appears to be a problem for Shelby County Highway Engineer Alan Spesard. Alan Spesard - County Highway Engineer since 1999 Alan Spesard - City of Shelbyville salaried City Engineer Alan...
