IL Sen Tom Cullerton’s federal Indictment includes false Statement of Economic Interest filings –
ILLINOIS – (ECWD) – By now, most already know Illinois State Senator Tom Cullerton has been Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on 41 counts. You can read the full Indictment below. What we find interesting, and something we routinely focus on with elected officials is the inclusion in the Indictment of false Statements of […]
Algonquin Township – Record destruction unsupported by video
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – “I have the thumb drive copied of Mr. Lutzow and Provenzano in the Kabota for you.”, says Algonquin Township Clerk in an email September 6, 2018, to criminal investigators. That statement is in regards to allegations that the current Algonquin Township Supervisor Chuck Lutzow and former employee Ryan Provenzano were captured […]
Edgar County Airport receives more MiC concrete for project –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Construction at the Edgar County Airport continues today with more concrete being delivered by Mid-Illinois Concrete out of Mattoon, Illinois. MiC won the bid, Feutz Contractors is the General Contractor. Next concrete work will be where the fuel tanks will be placed. Photos and short video are below: .
Former Director of East St. Louis Library Sentenced for Embezzling
East St. Louis, IL. (ECWd) – Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Former Director of East St. Louis Library Sentenced The former director of the East St. Louis public library has been sentenced for embezzling thousands of dollars from the library for years. Marlon […]
Algonquin Township – Amended Counter Claim and Third Party Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – The Algonquin Township Clerk, through her attorney, has filed her Amended Counter Claim. While it will be most interesting to see the response to this filing, there are some rather glaring conflicts and issues that raise even more questions. For example, the Missing RD-T Cabinet files………..that she confirms are not missing […]
Algonquin Township – Truth- Lukasik or Lawrence?
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – This information is going to be part of a multi-part series and certain key information will not be disclosed at this time but will be in the future articles. All of the statements presented in quotes are directly from public records that will be disclosed in their entirety at a future […]
Algonquin Township video exposed -“We can go though this and get rid of whatever”, says Clerk’s Husband
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – We have legally obtained video that raises more concerns with the Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik and now her husband. This video is of the Clerk, her husband, and her son in a basement room at the Township opening boxes and preparing records to be taken. It appears that parts of […]
Kankakee allegedly violated OMA and FOIA on same subject –
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) – The City of Kankakee held a meeting on July 15, 2019, in which one of the items up for a vote, and listed on the agenda, was “Approval of Settlement regarding Fonder v. Martinez.” Alleged OMA Violation After Executive (Closed) Session of the City Council, it returned to open session and […]
West Point Fire Department – FOIA triggers OMA compliance
Hancock Co. (ECWd) – West Point Fire Fire Department is in a small rural community In Hancock County with a population of 178 people according to the last census. We received several requests for assistance after a bid opening resulted in the Board of Trustees refusing to accept the only bid received for a Fire […]
Algonquin Township – Lukasik granted leave to file amended counter claim
McHenry Co. (ECWd)- Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik recently admitted she had no facts to support Andrew Gasser destroyed records. She then, through her attorney David McArdle, outlined certain demands that if not met would result in the filing of an amended counterclaim. We covered that fiasco in this article. July 23, 2019, McArdle provided […]