McHenry Co. (ECWd) - I have tried to figure this one out and just can't come up with any other explanation other than redistribution of wealth, as in Algonquin Township Road District tax dollar resources being given away to Cuba Township. We have been told there were...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - One thing for sure has become abundantly clear, Bob Miller and his family pretty much did as they wished while working for the Algonquin Township Road District. As promised in our last article on Anna May Miller's time card confusion, we now focus...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - Jasper County Community Unit School District #1 board member Jerry Earnest filed an amended complaint in Federal Court on May 25, 2018. Count 1 consists of a "Claim for Deprivation of a Liberty Interest" in that the district prohibited his access to the...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - During our last article, we mentioned that we knew there were time cards but that the Township has refused to produce them and only provided an electronic payroll record. Presto, a sampling of time cards has been produced and one, in particular, has...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The Algonquin Township Road District vacation policy was basically a use it or lose it program. There was no language in the policy that permitted vacation or sick days to be converted to pay. To show you how out of control things were...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The featured photo for this article is one of many we captured from the online vacation pictures of the Miller's family trip to Florida for a cruise. Pictures have what is called metadata, detailed information embedded in each picture taken. The main page of their...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - We reported on this FOIA case when the Illinois Supreme Court granted our petition to file an Amicus Curiae Brief in support of plaintiff (read it here). Plaintiff Perry and the Institute for Justice filed a Freedom of Information Act request for public...
SPRING VALLEY, IL. (ECWd) - Lena M. Alfano, 54, wife of the current Illinois Auditor General and former State Representative Frank Mautino, was arrested last Saturday night according to mywebtimes.com. Spring Valley police were called to Jack's Tap at about 11:50 p.m. on a battery complaint. Alfano was...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - During our deep dive into Anna May Miller's pay information, there are numerous issues that appear to point to the justification for further review by law enforcement and possible legal action by taxpayers. A pay period for the Road District employee is bi-weekly. ...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Bob Miller, the former Algonquin Township Road District Commissioner implemented a personnel policy in 2012. Contained in that policy is a laundry list of matters to write about but for this article, we will stick to the issue of the use of Vacation time...
