...has the authority to contract with private individuals to expend public funds for the purpose of performing the duties which were imposed upon such officer (case law includes: Fergus v....
...2012 to redact the information without undo expense,” “If they want to resubmit the FOIA, now there is new technology that does exist to redact the information.” Now they claim...
...in the email as reasons not to bid the contract out. This is yet another example of a State’s Attorney failing at their post by providing legal advice that is...
...there has been no legitimate effort to rectify this problem. In fact, the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (CERWD) Auditor recently (and wrongly) noted that the District could do whatever they...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – The Better Government Association (BGA) wrote an article spotlighting the Freedom Of Information Act and the Attorney General’s role in assuring compliance with the act. One...
...any of the people listed in the attached document, please ask them to pay their water bills. Document provided by the CERWD under the Freedom Of Information Act. [gview file=”https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/write-off-accounts-1.pdf”]...
...as such without compensation” and the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act defines “compensation.” Lisle Park District is not alone in this unauthorized gifting of services and property to their Commissioners, we...
...public meeting without properly notifying the public what they were voting on or what action they were taking – as required by the Open Meetings Act, Section 2(e). This was...
...the work that was done, but they gave the check to the police chief to be used as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into the illegal use of public...
Illinois – (ECWd) – Once again we see that Illinois leads the way in corruption as yet another elected official has been indicted. In this case, it is former Republican...