Pecatonica, IL. (ECWd) – As I predicted during the January 2020 Pecatonica Township meeting, all charges against Rogene Hamilton, who was arrested for attending the township public meeting, were dismissed...
Winnebago Co., IL. (ECWd) – From the Left: Attorney John M. Nelson, Trustee Boomer, Trustee Zimmerman Last month we reported on Pecatonica Township’s banning of Rogene Hamilton from township property...
Pecatonica Township (ECWd) – At the November meeting of the Pecatonica Township Board of Trustees, one of the issues I presented the Board was the illegal use of public property...
Pecatonica Township (ECWd) – We understand that the Pecatonica Township Attorney John Nelson, and/or Supervisor Musso, tried to claim that the letter from the Attorney General basically endorsed their banning...
Pecatonica Township (ECWd) – This is an examination of a township’s powers, or lack thereof, to enact a Resolution banning certain people from attending meetings and banning people from township...
Pecatonica Township (ECWd) – This article will place Pecatonica Township’s Public Comment Policy on a timeline to better understand steps taken to limit free speech at public meetings, and to...
Pecatonica Township (ECWd) – The three that hate free speech… Pecatonica Township Supervisor Joseph Musso presented a Resolution to increase the ban on Rogene Hamilton attending township board meeting “since...
Pecatonica Township (ECWd) – During the November 19, 2019, Pecatonica Township Board of Trustees meeting, the Township Supervisor, Joseph Musso, voted to pay himself a $1000.00 check for “10 years...
PECATONICA TWP (ECWd) – This is one of four documented violations (so far) of the Open Meetings Act by Pecatonica Township within the past 2 years. Maybe they need additional...
Winnebago Co. (ECWd) – In an Illinois Attorney General Opinion dated August 3, 2017, Pecatonica Township was found to have violated the Open meetings Act by improperly limiting public comment...