...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...
...worker and city backhoe were, in fact, working on the Mayor’s private property, Mayor Kienast hung up the phone without any response. From all appearances, and the words and actions...
...do that. However, this Ordinance was not a contract as defined under Section 5. Requirement of using Section 5 as authority include the mandated provision that any contract “shall set...