New Illinois Tax: Paid parking lots must be licensed and pay tax –

29 Nov New Illinois Tax: Paid parking lots must be licensed and pay tax –

Posted at 20:47h in feature, IL State Reps, Illinois, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Senate by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Charge people to park on your property? You must register with the State of Illinois by January 1, 2020, and you must pay an excise tax. Failure to do so is a Class A Misdemeanor. The tax is 6% or 9% depending on...

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29 Nov Pecatonica Township Road Commissioner stops illegal use of public property

Posted at 13:38h in feature, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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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 of the Township Road District. Prior to the meeting, I drove by the Road District building and...

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29 Nov McHenry County Deputy recorded intimidating grieving Mother for question posted to Facebook

Posted at 08:54h in feature, McHenry County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 9 Comments

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McHenry County, IL. (ECWd) - We were sent this file which appears to be a McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy intimidating a grieving mother for a Facebook post and text message she sent regarding the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. The Mother was still grieving the loss...

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28 Nov Joliet Township – Clerk Beth Ann May banned from Road District over alleged violence incident – Part XIV

Posted at 21:20h in Dan Vera, feature, Joliet Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - Joliet Township Clerk Beth Ann May has been instructed to stay away from the Road District and to avoid all contact with Road District Staff due to a workplace violence incident. The Township employee handbook defines violence as follows: “Violence" includes physically harming another,...

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26 Nov AG did not endorse Pecatonica Township’s banning from meetings –

Posted at 19:04h in feature, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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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 of a critic from three consecutive meetings. They are wrong. What was "endorsed" was only the process of...

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26 Nov Joliet Township – Was the Township and Supervisor Vera engaged in ghost contracting? Part XIII

Posted at 17:57h in Dan Vera, feature, Joliet Township, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - We recieved a credible tip regarding two past Joliet Township board members, Robert Wisniewski and Jeffery Wallace.  We were told a plan was discussed to convince them to not run again by appointing Wisniewski to be the Road District Attorney and Wallace...

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26 Nov Pecatonica Township banishment from meetings violates state law –

Posted at 10:29h in feature, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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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 property. First and foremost, Dillon's Rule applies to Townships as it does to all other non home...

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25 Nov Pecatonica Township’s history in limiting free speech at meetings –

Posted at 20:45h in feature, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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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 lay out the factual case that banishment from meetings is not, and never has been, a...

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24 Nov Chicago Board of Education vehicle spotted at bar –

Posted at 18:58h in City of Chicago, Cook County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - One of our readers submitted this photo, which shows a vehicle belonging the Chicago Board of Education parked at the "Cordial Inn" in Brookfield, IL - a bar. The vehicle was there until after 1:30 a.m. last Saturday night (Sun morning) and later. The...

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24 Nov Pecatonica Township bans critic from meetings for 6 months and 10 days –

Posted at 18:21h in feature, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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Pecatonica Township (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_55362" align="alignleft" width="217"] The three that hate free speech...

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