Edgar Co. (ECWd) - Yesterday ECSSA Inc. filed a lawsuit against Edgar County seeking in excess of $50,000.00. Reviewing the spreadsheet provided as an exhibit in the filing it appears in excess of $300K is owed. We raised the question "Did Edgar County stiff the former...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - This is an update from last week's article on the arrest and charging of Courtni Hays, former employee of the Edgar County Health Department. Hays was book in and out of the Edgar County Sheriff's Department on August 16, 2019. The only issue we...
WILL CO. (ECWd) - In a surprise email from the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor's office, it was clear Wesley Township had attempted to get the August 20, 2019, opinion stating they violated the Open Meetings Act ("OMA") overturned. They did this by attempting to establish...
CALIFORNIA - Indictment pdf at the bottom...
Hartford, CT (ECWd) - Last week, we were invited to speak at a town-hall style event in the Legislative Office Building at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, CT. This event was entitled: "Why Transparency in Government Matters to Protect Taxpayer Investment and Children" Upon arrival, we...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The first video below is of the public comment portion of the August 13, 2019, Wesley Township Board of Trustees meeting. Below that is the Board's vote to permit camping, and include electricity and water for a trial period of 30 days. Interesting is...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Adam Lopez, former Springfield School District Board Member and former Country Financial representative was indicted by Grand Jury on August 14, 2019 on two felony counts, a Class 3 and a Class 4. News Channel 20 indicates the allegations are that he stole...
WILMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - According to the meeting agenda of a Special Meeting of the Wesley Township Board of Trustees, one of the items is to "Declare the vacancy of Township Official Positions and discussion of replacements" (read agenda here) - note the use of plurals...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Former Edgar County Health Department employee Courtni Hays was arrested under an August 16, 2019, warrant and charged with a Class 2 Felony for allegedly committing theft of between $10,000 and $100,000 from the Edgar County Health Department. Hays posted $500 Bond on...
Illinois (ECWd) - On January 21, 2016, we broke the story regarding Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino's legislative campaign spending in this article. Shortly after we broke the story, David Cook filed a formal State Board of Elections complaint against Frank Mautino's campaign which was based...
