SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Freedom of Information Act declares that it is the public policy of this State that all people have a right to access public records and that it is a fundamental duty of government to operate openly and to provide public...
ATWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - We visited Atwood, Illinois during their January 16, 2018 public meeting and spoke about elected officials and their right of access to records of the public body. Atwood, Illinois is a small village of a little over 1200 residents, and is located both...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - How many times have you watched people dig their own hole to a point they actually make the case against themselves? That appears to be the case with Bob Miller, former Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner and former President of Township Officials of...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - Below you will find the Jasper County School District's response to the Illinois Attorney General's inquiry into my allegations of an improper closed session of the board on December 18, 2017. It was quite an entertaining read, and I responded in writing using...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - Atlanta Public Library District - Many have wondered why the Board of Trustees of a Library District would allow such shenanigan's to happen in Atlanta, Illinois over the course of the past several years. From alleged false grant applications, clear and continued conflicts...
[caption id="attachment_42424" align="alignnone" width="255"] Village Manager Joe LaMargo, dancing at a previous year's Village of Orland Park public employee "holiday party."[/caption] ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS (ECWd) -Â The Village of Orland Park is something of a modern-day Peyton Place for watchdogs and observers of bad behavior by public...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The public has a right to know how their money is spent, and with proper supporting documentation. In the case of the former Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Bob Miller, a questionable document was presented by Miller to justify a claim that he...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - WorldSweeper.com has taken an interest in the Algonquin Road District "Sweeper Gate", which is interesting to us considering the local media has basically ignored the matter. "If you haven't picked it up on your own, this would seem to be the moral of this...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville, Illinois, filed a grant application for federal funding of a project from the Illinois Department of Agriculture back in 2016. Its purpose was to provide a 75/25% grant ($30k fed / $10k Carlinville) for (emphasis mine) "A Preliminary Engineering...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - A simple Freedom of Information Act request has now lead to yet another denial of records, however, the video evidence is going to be problematic for more than just Karen Lukasik. FOIA Request 11/29/2017: "A copy of any records that the current Algonquin Township...
