SPRING VALLEY, IL. (ECWd) - Lena M. Alfano, 54, wife of the current Illinois Auditor General and former State Representative Frank Mautino, was arrested last Saturday night according to mywebtimes.com. Spring Valley police were called to Jack's Tap at about 11:50 p.m. on a battery complaint. Alfano was...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - During our deep dive into Anna May Miller's pay information, there are numerous issues that appear to point to the justification for further review by law enforcement and possible legal action by taxpayers. A pay period for the Road District employee is bi-weekly. ...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Bob Miller, the former Algonquin Township Road District Commissioner implemented a personnel policy in 2012. Contained in that policy is a laundry list of matters to write about but for this article, we will stick to the issue of the use of Vacation time...
SPRINGFIELD, IL (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE from the LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER Media contact: Diana Rickert 773-809-4403 BREAKING NEWS: Appellate Court orders Illinois auditor general back to Elections Board for hearing on alleged illegal campaign payments SPRINGFIELD (May 22, 2018) – Today a state appellate court ruled that the Illinois Board...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - How can tax money be spent by public officials? It starts with our State Constitution. Public Funds, Property, and Credit can only be used for public purpose. Obligations for payment or making payments from public funds are only as authorized by law or...
NAPERVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Several weeks ago we notified DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin of a possible disqualification of one of the DuPage Airport Authority ("DAA") Commissioners. During a state-wide research project on Airport Authorities, we noticed that DAA Commissioner Juan Chavez was also appointed to...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Taxpayers of Algonquin, the party was on your dime and paid for with May 2017 bills for the Road District. I wonder what Road District public business this was tied to just two weeks before leaving office? Sometimes words are not needed. . Our work is...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - Once again the Attorney General Public Access Counselor has determined that Maine Township violated the Open Meetings Act with their illegal vote and record destruction that we first exposed in this article. We understand the attorney for the Township at the time has...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - As most of our readers know, we are not attorneys. With that in mind, we encourage people who have a basic grasp of the English language to understand you do not have to be an attorney to understand what is written in...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) - In a letter dated October 6, 2017, and addressed to the Logan County State's Attorney's Office, the attorney, Phillip Lenzini, who wrote a quick email to Bill Thomas several months earlier, decided to make an attempt at justifying Thomas' actions as being...
