...of power and dirty politics, all at the hands of Brian Towne when he was the State’s Attorney. Gave away county owned funds without authority. We reported we believe this...
...year the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the Appellate Court’s decision declaring Towne’s State’s Attorney Drug Enforcement (“SAFE”) unit as operating without legal authority. Read our previous articles on Towne (here)....
...this statute with this vote. However, they did not follow the Open Meetings Act, nor did they follow the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Without listing an item to be...
...Other current FOIA lawsuits against the City of Carlinville: HERE & HERE A file-stamped copy of this suit will be uploaded as soon as we can get a copy. ....
...to defend the charges, and to interfere with their rental income. The Illinois Citizen Participation Act, or the “Anti-SLAPP Act” was enacted to curb so-called Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation,...
...told without any attempt at verification. The MCED then talks about FOIA being used as a “weapon to badger and overwhelm a FOIA officer” – I fail to see how...
...Federal Judge determination which completely failed in understanding the Illinois Open Meetings Act and declared that action can be taken in closed session. That was at the College of DuPage...
...Assistance? That answer is no. General Assistance as defined in the Public Aid act is Financial assistance. There is no power given by the statute to take General Assistance funds...
...such as accounts payable, accounts receivables, student services, and human resources. In their contractual agreement, NIU has agreed to only use the software for their use and nothing else. According...
...to the Special Notice, the meeting was to go directly into executive session pursuant to Section 2(C)(5) of the Open Meetings Act for this discussion. The notice was dated August...