WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General has determined that the Village of Wheeling violated the Open Meetings Act during its September 5, 2017 public meeting. According to the written determination, Wheeling violated the OMA by enforcing restrictions on public comment that were not part of...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Considering it is a Tuesday and the time card reviewed today has a great big red flag for the April 4th, 2017 date, which is a Tuesday, we present to you, "Time Card Tuesday". The continued review of time cards for Anna May Miller...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Recent exposure of Anna May Miller's political work from public computers and the fuzzy math time cards has raised more questions than we can keep up with. Miller was also a County Board member while being employed by her husband at the Algonquin Township...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois Senator Melinda Bush, (D) 31st District, apparently thinks more government secrets are better. Bush filed Senate Bill 0196 on January 30, 2019. This Bill would permit a public body to hire "independent contractors" in secret, outside the prying eyes of the public. It would...
DuPage Township (ECWd) - Q: When Township Supervisor resigns, who signs checks? A:Â Nobody. (is the short answer) Q: Then how do the township bills and payroll get paid? A: They don't get paid until the vacancy is filled. Such is the dilemma in DuPage Township after their now-former Supervisor...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Records recovered from a hard drive of the Road District reflect Anna May Miller, a former employee of the Road District and wife of the former Highway Commissioner Bob Miller, created documents tied directly to political work, to include campaigning.  Although the document...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Legal bills in the Township of Algonquin and its Road District have been a point of interest to residents and the local paper. In fact, today a comment was made by the local media that triggered us getting this article up today. "I...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Basic Math - 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 1+3=4, etc. According to the policy manual, the following apply to pay: if a person is "required" to work on a Holiday, they get paid overtime, (time and a half) for that work.  And you guessed it, Bob...
Will Co. (ECWd) - It appears the recently appointed Township Clerk, Kulsum Ali, does not understand her duties as Clerk and ignored proper requests for a meeting by two trustees while honoring a later request by two others. Trustee Alyssia Benford informed Clerk Ali that Trustees Benford...
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) - During the DuPage Township meeting last night, an agenda item for appointment of Trustee Burgess was a point of contention with the four trustees. Not for appointing him, but for appointing him without him first resigning as state law requires. First, let's review...
