DuPage Township (ECWd) - We have reviewed a copy of the DuPage Township meeting agenda for the special meeting scheduled for January 29, 2019. Among the items on the Agenda are: Accept the resignation of Supervisor William Mayer Appointment of New Township Supervisor Ken Burgess While the first...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Anna May Miller began working at the Township Road District for her husband in August of 1998 according to records obtained from the Road District. August of 2013 is the fifteen-year mark putting her at an entitlement of four weeks vacation each...
Algonquin Township (ECWd) - When Algonquin Township Trustee Melissa Victor was contemplating taking an open position for another public body, she asked the Township Attorney for advice on any conflict of interest with serving on both boards (simultaneous tenure). On June 26, 2017, Algonquin Township Attorney James...
Algonquin Township, IL (ECWd) - When the rights of the people to petition their government for redress are met with fierce opposition by the very institutions whose livelihood is dependent upon that right, we find ourselves in the unenviable position of taking up the pen and...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Over fifty Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to Algonquin Township & Road District from the local paper and not a single request for records pertaining to Bob Miller, the former Road District Highway Commissioner. That is based on records provided through an...
ALGONQUIN TWP (ECWd) - Is Trustee Victor intimidating Gasser using threats of police action and the withholding of official action? According to the executive session minutes of a recent special meeting, the Township presented the Road District with a settlement offer in which the township and road...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Paper trails are like bread crumbs and while the birds may have eaten most of them during this cold snap,(or was it a rag that wiped the computer hard drives?), James Kelly has left one crumb the size of a loaf of...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - As the three-ring circus continues in Algonquin Township, a recent gotcha attempt appears to have backfired for the person raising the issues, but has resulted in positive steps for compliance with the law. Each month for quite some time the Algonquin Township Trustees, particularly...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - It appears from the records, the former Algonquin Township Road District Highway Commissioner Bob Miller was a busy man just prior to departing office. Records reflect there was a flurry of township road district cell phone transfers and phone purchases. It appears at...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Over the past 2 years, we have written about numerous townships and exposed more self-dealing than I thought was possible, and it appears, Plainfield Township is not much different than many of the others as it relates to having problems, but much...
