Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - During the July 15, 2019, City Council Meeting, the Carlinville City Council voted to approve and enter into a global settlement with ECWd, Kraft, Bogue, and Thomas, on their lawsuits brought under the Freedom of Information Act. Josh Burday @ Loevy & Loevy...
Illinois (ECWd) - As if the State of Illinois does not have enough problems, it appears our Attorney General Kwame Raoul wanted to make sure our Illinois Law Enforcement is reminded of a law signed by former Governor Rauner known as the Illinois Trust Act and...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Charles Lutzow, Principal at CAL Financial Group Inc. and Algonquin Township Supervisor was sued for an alleged breach of Fiduciary Duty and Constructive Fraud in relation to his placing Algonquin Road District funds into accounts that do not name the Road District. We...
Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - Carlinville Alderman Cindy Campbell resigned tonight at the Carlinville City Council meeting. Read the resignation here and below. Cambell was also appointed by the city to Illinois Alluvial Water Company, the formation of and participation by Carlinville is still a disputed court case in...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) During the June 20, 2019 hearing in Lake County regarding legal fees for Local 150 against the Algonquin Township Road District, the two attorneys for Local 150 took opposing positions on who should be responsible for the requested legal fees pertaining to Highway...
Wesley Township (ECWd) - The Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC") issued a determination letter stating that during its July 26, 2018 Township Trustee meeting, Wesley Township violated Section 2(e) of the Open Meetings Act when it voted to appoint "Candidate A" as Township Clerk without...
Algonquin Township (ECWd) - Yesterday in McHenry County Circuit Court, our Motion to Reconsider a previous Order denying (and then Staying production) a Motion to Quash a subpoena from Algonquin township for our DropBox files, including names of anyone who ever had access to them was...
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC") issued a determination letter stating that Algonquin Township violated the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") when they denied my March 21, 2019, FOIA request for certain records of the township. James Kelly, Algonquin Township Attorney,...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - We finally received our FOIA responses from the Illinois State Police in reference to the collision with an Edgar County Sheriff Deputy and DUI charge against Stacey Adams on April 17, 2019. We would also like to note that these are merely police...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - During this morning's Edgar County Board study session, Eric Shaughnessy, former contracted ambulance provider for the Edgar County Special Services Area, provided documentation pertaining to funds he claims is still owed to his company for services rendered and not paid under his...
