Logan County, Ill. (ECWd) - We surveyed the various counties purporting to lease county-owned farm ground, which were named in a newspaper article written about the Shelby County Farm. Each county listed in that article received a Freedom of Information Act request from us asking for...
Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) - This is part 2 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education. Read the first article (here). This article will discuss the following allegation: “From its inception, we believe the PDA and its contract...
Will and Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) - This is the first of a series of articles where we will discuss the Will and Grundy-Kendall County Regional Offices of Education, contracts, employees, IMRF, and alleged conflicts of interest. BACKGROUND It came to our attention at least as early as...
Shelby County, Ill. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Farm continues to be a talking point for numerous citizens during county board meetings. Some cite the new law pertaining to leasing county farm ground and imply it means what they claim. We have to laugh because when...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) -  Past selective outrage on a cowardly Shelby County social media page once again is exposed for what it is, a political hit site that ignores the law and fails to research matters beyond its limited agenda. During a recent county board meeting the...
Poplar Grove, Ill. (ECWd) - Owen Costanza's loser appeal to the Appellate Court was unanimously determined to be a loser by the court. HELD: "The trial court’s judgment is affirmed because plaintiffs failed to establish the court erred in granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment." The statements contained...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During the public comment portion of the October 2023, regular meeting of the county board there were numerous commenters who unfortunately expressed things that were simply not true or misrepresented. We urge people to not take our word for it but rather...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - Like her previous attempts at business (which included bounced checks, failure to pay rent, and contract canceled by community college) and politics, (which includes the confiscation of police license plates she illegally used) this one appears to be failing at everything she...
Boone County, Ill. (ECWd) - Boone County Clerk and Recorder, Julie Bliss, now faces a 26-Count felony indictment handed down from a Boone County Grand Jury yesterday, October 12, 2023. WREX published an article detailing the Bill of Indictment (read the indictment here). Generally, there were 13 Counts...
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) - We held a local government watchdog training session last Saturday at the Dolton Park District's field house with around 20 attendees. Lots of good discussion, questions, and answers. The handout with hotlinks is (here) for anyone interested - most of the workbook came straight...
