McHenry Co. (ECWd) - While the Algonquin Township Board has injected themselves into the Road Districts Budget, is it fair to ask why they blew their own budget? The 2017-2018 legal budget, before any amendment, totaled $25,000.00 for the Township, $18,000.00 for the Assessor, and $2,500.00 for...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The local press appeared to take great pride in the Algonquin Road Districts budget slashing by the Township Board. The Township trustees took it upon themselves to not allow Gasser, the current Road Commissioner, to have the legal funds needed for his...
LYONS, IL. (ECWd) - Village President of Lyons, Illinois, Christopher Getty, apparently helped his father, former Lyons Mayor and convicted felon / ex-convict Kenneth Getty, throw his 77th birthday party on Sunday, June 3, 2018. In photographs submitted to us by a concerned citizen, it apparently shows...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - As we said in our last article, there will be a long list of articles to come out of the 52-page report on Bob Miller's behavior in public office. In the closing remarks, State's Attorney Kenneally provided a statement that we agree with...
CHARLESTON, IL. (ECWd) - During today's scheduled Hearing, Barry Wolfe, the former AAU Girls Basketball Coach from Martinsville, Il. appeared in custody and filed several Motions, one of them to Change Venue (move the trial to different court), a Motion to Suppress Statements, and a Motion...
SPRING VALLEY, IL. (ECWd) - More information has been made available in the arrest of Frank Mautino's wife, Lena Alfano, for battery on the night of May 19, 2018. She was charged with Class C Misdemeanor of battery, bodily harm. Case number 2018CM132 in Bureau County. Apparently, there...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The former Algonquin Township Road District Commissioner plead the fifth amendment against self-incrimination in the criminal investigation into his actions during his term of public office according to the McHenry County State's Attorney Patrick Kenneally. "Further complicating this task is the Fifth Amendment right against...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - I think we are beginning to understand why the current Algonquin Township Board wants no part of a forensic audit of the Road District finances. Doing so would expose so much more than we are able to get our hands on, and we...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - In a stunning move during their May 2018 meeting, the majority of the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District Board of Trustees voted to increase their compensation by 50% - effective in June of 2018 (next month). The lone-wolf voting "no" was Lisa Thomas, from...
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...
