DECATUR, IL. (ECWd) - Several months ago I requested dash-cam video of an accident in which the Decatur Police Department was involved in a high-speed chase after a homicide on October 31, 2017. They denied my request for the footage citing at least 4 seperate exemptions in...
Dekalb, IL., Northern Illinois University (NIU) - (ECWd) - Today brings the end to a lawsuit filed against the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees for an Open Meetings Act violation when they voted earlier last year on former NIU President Baker's golden parachute, or Presidential...
BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS -- In a shocking and sad development, Bellwood Public Library Director Jacqueline Spratt announced her resignation (effective April 6th). Spratt has been a tenacious advocate for fiscal responsibility and government accountability during her 4-year tenure as Bellwood's director. (She has worked at the Bellwood Public...
Logan Co. (ECWd) - We attended the Mount Pulaski City council meeting Tuesday night and addressed what appear to be clear violations of law by the Mayor, James Cole. What was most surprising to us, not to imply the Mayor signing a contract with his union without...
Illinois (ECWd) - We received a confirmation letter on our ethics complaint pertaining to Governor Rauner's alleged co-mingling of political activities with state resources. The letter sent by the Illinois Office of Executive Inspector General was the standard cryptic format that tells the public little. "The Office...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - We have to wonder why this Mattoon School District vehicle was parked for an extended period of time, out in the countryside, for no apparent reason. Anybody? A local reader used govplates.com to identify the vehicle and now calls out Mattoon Community Unit...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - In what should be the last article dealing with Carlinville's March 19, 2018, embarrassment of a city council meeting, what this portion will show is another attempt to invent laws that do not exist. First, their attorney, Mr. Dan O'Brien again wrongly claims...
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA Actress Olivia DeHavilland -- a woman as famous for her decades-long bitter feud with her own sister Joan Fontaine as much as for her award-winning roles in films such as Gone with the Wind --Â has lost the cockamamie SLAPP-style lawsuit that she filed last...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - As referenced in this article, Govplates.com is your one-stop shop to identify government-owned vehicles you see in places that they probably should not be. Today's submission reflects an ARTESIA TOWNSHIP trucked in the parking lot of a couple local taverns in Kankakee County. The...
Ford Co. (ECWd) - Last year we formed American Watchdogs Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit for the purpose of training others nationwide on our model of how to hold local government accountable. Our first major project with that effort was the launching of a searchable database of...
