PIATT Co. (ECWd) – We have written several articles detailing how the Piatt County Board’s compensation ordinance violates state law and is invalid. We also wrote about one Piatt County...
...the Park District Code, receipt of compensation by commissioners, are also violations of the Constitution and considered Official Misconduct. “Shall act as such without compensation” means exactly what it says...
Piatt Co. (ECWd) – We have recently written about Piatt County’s illegal and invalid compensation setting ordinance for county board members and the board chairman (here, here, and here). After...
...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” We should note that it does...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – With a flurry of reporting on terminations that took place on day one of Andrew Gasser’s taking office as the Algonquin Township Road District Highway Commissioner,...
...$60 “per diem” – even though their illegal compensation ordinance states “per meeting” (which is not permitted under state law): Chairman Spencer: 63 meetings @ $60 per meeting, totaling $3,780.00...
...in direct conflict with the established compensation set by the State of Illinois? From December 1, 2012, through May of 2015 she was overpaid approximately $14,985.93. (Click here for payroll...
...March. Because she was an elected official McClellan was not eligible for unemployment compensation. She now is associated with Patton & Ryan LLC, a Chicago firm. Her effort to become...
...due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Our Illinois State Constitution, Article 1 Section 2 also protects us from being deprived...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – We want to begin with some history dating as far back as 1961 relating to Compensation for County Board members. The purpose of the history lesson...