Will Co. (ECWd) - The Attorney General PAC Office has issued yet another opinion that the Wesley Township Board has violated the Open Meetings Act for multiple reasons. It is clear from reading the determination letter that every board member that was a party to the meeting...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Springfield School Board Member and former Country Financial representative, Adam Lopez, has been arrested by the Sangamon County Sheriff's Department. His bond was set at $1.5 million. According to information on the Circuit Clerk's webpage, Lopez is being charged with 5 felony counts involving...
RANTOUL, IL. (ECWd) - Village of Rantoul, Illinois voters approved a referendum to divide the village into six Districts, with one trustee elected per district. Election results indicate 1723 or 54.30% "YES" votes and 1450 OR 45.70% "NO" votes on the citizen-led referendum to divide the village...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Considering public officials keep defaulting to the attorney, we shared exactly what the DuPage Township attorney said and outlined why blindly listening to them can be a problem.  We urge you to read Part I and Part II to better understand the...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - In a recent Danville Area Community College ("DACC") Board meeting, Board Members were basically instructed by DACC president Steve Nacco not to listen to concerns raised by citizens in attendance. Steve Nacco provided these instructions of censorship…prior to inviting the public to...
Will Co. (ECWd) - According to the Attorney General Public Access Counselor (PAC) office, the Wesley Township Clerk has failed to conduct a proper search for records requested and disagreed with the Township's position that reviewing and identifying records is the creation of new records. "Accordingly, the...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - We said it in January in our first article on Country Club Hills Fire department, a ruling against them is coming in what we saw as the most disgusting and unprofessional behavior we have ever seen in a public body. This case is worthy of every...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - We have all seen what happens to “some” people who lie to the FBI during an investigation and most know it's not good. What should happen to a Sheriff candidate that signs an agreement with the FBI then violate it? What should...
Edit: The public body responsible for this purchase is the DuPage County Election Commission. This press release is from Jean Kaczmarek. Date: Oct. 28, 2018 Press Release: For Release: IMMEDIATE DUPAGE COUNTY SECRETLY ACQUIRED ANTIQUATED, CAST-OFF VOTING MACHINES  OF THE DISSOLVED AURORA ELECTION COMMISSION ELECTION WATCHDOG JEAN KACZMAREK DISCOVERS 107 ADDITIONAL MACHINES FROM AURORA;  TWO USED AURORA...
Paxton, IL. (ECWd) - The Ford County Zoning Board continued its Hearing on changes to the Wind Ordinance. Video is below, special attention should be paid at the 31:33 mark in the first video, where the Chairman attempts to shut down an attorney during testimony. Each party...
