DuPage Township – Trustee Oliver once again misleads the public with false information

10 Jan DuPage Township – Trustee Oliver once again misleads the public with false information

Posted at 16:18h in Bill Mayer, Bolingbrook, DuPage Township, feature, Maripat Oliver, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - We reported on an Affidavit which was provided to us in this article.  We urge everyone to read the article because comments made by Trustee Maripat Oliver during last night's meeting refer to it, however, she does so in a fashion that...

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10 Jan Dale Colter, former Fireman, arrested, charged with Felony Theft from Fire Department –

Posted at 15:56h in Edgar County, feature, Vermilion Fire Dept by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Vermilion, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Sheriff's Department served a warrant on former Vermilion (Paris Fire Protection District) Fireman Dale Colter, who was arrested at 8:40 a.m. on January 6, 2020, and charged with Felony Theft of between $10k and $100k. According to Court records, it...

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09 Jan Watseka Police Chief suspended in lieu of administrative charges – Must attend sexual harassment awareness training

Posted at 18:36h in feature, Iroquois County, Police Chief Jeremy Douglas by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

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Iroquois Co.  (ECWd) - An allegation of sexual discrimination and retaliation was lodged against Watseka Police Chief Jeremy Douglas and filed with the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the EEOC in May of 2019. The allegation timeline covers over three years (January 2015 - September 2018),...

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07 Jan Kankakee appointed Comptroller to KRMA Board, Municipal Code prohibits the appointment –

Posted at 16:20h in City of Kankakee, feature, Kankakee County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier last year, the City of Kankakee appointed its City Comptroller to the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency Board - the appointment comes with a $600 per month paycheck. We have previously written about the inappropriate appointments to the KRMA (read about them here). The...

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06 Jan Joliet Twp Supervisor Dan Vera’s thoughts on women workers –

Posted at 09:09h in Dan Vera, feature, Joliet Township, Will County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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JOLIET TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - We don't know what was going through his head when he made the following comments, but it appears he doesn't think women can work as good as men can work. When talking about moving cat cages at the Joliet Township Animal Control, Vera...

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05 Jan Algonquin Township Road District – Miller unable to truthfully admit or deny creating any record of bargaining with Local 150

Posted at 14:42h in Algonquin Township, Bob Miller, feature, James Kelly, John Styf, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) The Algonquin Township Road District former Highway Commissioner Bob Miller signed a Collective Bargaining  Agreement with Local 150 Union just twenty days before leaving office.  That agreement points to its taking effect on May 1, 2017, just two weeks prior to Miller's departure...

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03 Jan Shane West, Mattoon School Resource Officer arrested for DUI –

Posted at 14:09h in Coles County, feature, Mattoon by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Mattoon, IL. (ECWd) - On December 20, 2019 at approximately 11:48 p.m., at Old State Road and 610 East, in Coles County, Mattoon Police Officer / School Resource Officer Michael Shane West, 47, was arrested by the Coles County Sheriff's Department for the allegations of Driving...

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03 Jan Joliet Twp Supervisor Vera’s own words verify violating the Compensation Law –

Posted at 11:45h in Dan Vera, feature, Joliet Township, Will County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Joliet Twp. (ECWd) - A few weeks ago we published an article detailing how Joliet Township passed an improper Compensation Setting Ordinance for the Township Clerk back in 2016. Read it here. In that article, we laid out the timeline and statutory references to the fixing of...

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01 Jan McHenry County Circuit Judge Candidate Mary McClellan files Amended Verified 224 petition

Posted at 11:45h in feature, John Styf, Mary E. McClellan, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Mary McClellan, candidate for McHenry County Circuit Judge has filed an Amended Verified 224 petition in her efforts to unmask what she believes are the names of people who defamed her.  We wrote about certain matters in this article but the important...

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31 Dec AG: DuPage County violated FOIA (and so did the College of DuPage) –

Posted at 21:03h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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DuPage County (ECWd) - This afternoon, the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor released a determination stating that DuPage County violated the Freedom of Information Act when it refused to provide W2s for certain elected officials of the county. Those W2s were originally requested in May of 2016,...

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