Naperville, IL. (ECWd) – Last May I requested W2 Forms to compare what DuPage County told the IRS its elected officials were receiving in compensation, to what they were actually...
...recent request for public records was nothing more than harassment. [documentcloud url=”https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2938941-20160701122501743/annotations/305761.html”] There is no stipulation to claim a request as harassment in order to not provide public records, but...
Terre Haute, IN. (ECWd) – It appears to us that Vigo County and its agencies are having a problem complying with Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act (“APRA”) – similar...
...Attorney Brian Towne has pushed for SB212 to pass and by all indications, our legislatures were asleep at the wheel and failed to ask key questions. Considering Towne has ties...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – On June 30, 2016, Gov. Rauner signed HB4630 which made a change to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Jeanne Ives was the Chief Sponsor in the...
...is Mautino’s own actions that have created his Fifth Amendment dilemma, as without his apparent criminal actions there would be no investigations. His attorney presents it as the egg comes...
...has been focused on fiscal issues, with an emphasis on compliance and transparency” Well, considering he has pled the 5th Amendment against self-incrimination as it relates to his campaign spending...
...the records. Lisa Thomas served a Freedom Of Information Act Request for public records on the CCPD on May 26, 2016 seeking public records. The response was due, according to...
...her from her position as Alderman because she did not, and never did, live in the City of Marshall and could never hold that elected position without lying about where...
...Assuming it was cancelled, the violation already took place. If the cancellation was based on a failure to post an agenda/notice, then such a cancellation is the acknowledgement of the...