McHenry Co. (ECWd) - This week under the Big Top Circus tent known as Algonquin Township, the Gooch & Miller show is now front and center. Last week Thomas Gooch, who is representing Bob Miller, the former Township Road District Highway Commissioner who has invoked his 5th...
Will Co. (ECWd) - In another episode from the twilight zone of Wesley Township, we find yet another Township Official who thinks people have no right to question their actions. Wesley Township Clerk Sarah Norton contacted the Willmington Police yesterday citing a citizen was harassing her. Based on...
GRANITE CITY, IL. (ECWd) - Towards the end of last night's Madison County Board meeting, Board Member and Granite City Police Officer Michael Parkinson spoke about what he thought we should be looking into instead of the Fosterburg Water District. He failed to ask us to look...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - During the public comment portion of the August 14, 2018 Wesley Township Board of Trustees meeting, I ask Trustee Kathleen Kennedy who she thought she was to pass a letter around to park patrons accusing a resident of being a park...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - There must be something in the water in the Wesley Township Building. First, Township Trustee Kathleen Kennedy gets sued for telling people a resident FOIA requester is a pedophile when she is not (read about it here). Now, the former Wesley Township Road...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Kathleen Kennedy, a self-proclaimed "Park Ranger" and Trustee for the Wesley Township is being sued in her personal capacity for alleged defamatory statements against a local citizen who has been questioning the malfeasance of the operations of the Township for over a...
(ECWd) - Free Press, as the nation’s founders intended, is spelled out in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;...
KANKAKEE Co., IL. (ECWd) - During today's August 15, 2018 County Board Meeting, the Board considered its "flower fund" and purchase policy. Board Chairman presented an opinion from the Kankakee County State's Attorney whose advice was that there was "no public purpose" for these types of purchases. We...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - In the controversy surrounding Wesley Township improperly charging for people to use Rivals Lookout Park, and even in some instances closing to park for private parties, it is important to pay attention to the actual question asked. Our previous position stands: That...
DuPage Township, IL. (ECWd) - While reviewing DuPage Township's payables for August 2018, we noticed a few items that didn't look right. Membership in the Romeoville Chamber of Commerce (page 5) Membership in the Bolingbrook Rotary Club (page 6) Driving Testing, Illinois Secretary of State (page...
