McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Is there anyone that does not understand that one public body cannot pass resolutions and policies for another public body? It would do the Algonquin Township Board well to find new legal counsel and begin following their own laws and stop trying to...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Township law provides specific authority for a "Township" to be a member of an Association. (60 ILCS 1/85-15) Township Officials of Illinois. The township board may provide for joining the township in an association of townships or a not-for-profit corporation with membership consisting of, townships...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - Bottom line? The Secretary of State declined to make the Library repay the Live and Learn Grant, but it did acknowledge everything we wrote about the grant application and the process surrounding its receipt. Additionally, the Atlanta Public Library District taxpayers saved...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - When a newspaper prints a title of "Legal Brief Thief?", on the front page with a picture of an attorney and his client, the implication is that someone stole a legal brief. Although never disclosed in the article, there was no theft of any...
COLES Co., IL. (ECWd) - Two Coles County residents, Rex Dukeman and Robb Perry, filed a Petition for Leave to File Quo Warranto Complaint. This revolves around the authority, or alleged lack thereof, of the County of Coles and its Supervisor of Assessments Office and their "contracting"...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The real joy in our work is that we don't have a dog in the race and have been able to focus on the whole truth and the law. As many have read lately, the local media has been beating the drum...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Legal bills, Legal Bills, the sky is falling!  It's Gassers' fault, it's Hanlon's fault, oh my, oh my. The local media has done a bang-up job of presenting just enough information to create hysteria amongst the villagers while steering clear of anything that might...
COLLINSVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Last year, the Madison County State's Attorney Thomas Gibbons and a special task force conducted a raid on certain Madison County Offices. In a case brought by the subjects of a raid of their county offices, Douglas Hulme, Rob Dorman, Stephen Adler, and...
LAKEWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - We had previously written about Paul Serwatka, Village of Lakewood's President, "removing" two trustees from their positions as Village Trustees. During the Lakewood Village meeting tonight, the village clerk refused to call the complete roll-call of trustees, and a trustee asked the attorney...
UPDATE - Clarification in bold (3rd & 4th paragraph)Â McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The Township Board had a lengthy discussion during the Road & Bridge Budget hearing last month that resulted in the slashing of the legal budget line item by $100,000.00. Do they have that power? We contend...
