SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – With all the media reports of alleged improper campaign spending by Frank Mautino, I decided to look at the Sponsors of joint resolution appointing him as...
...meeting they scheduled, and there were never any meetings scheduled with the purpose of interfering with ones they scheduled. They simply chose to boycott and violate the public trust. One...
...for campaign vehicles. (First article here) It has been 2 weeks since my first communications with his office, and to date, silence. Is this a case where silence speaks volumes?...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – We left off with the “Proud to be a Good Ole Boy” and “Your County Board is not stealing from you” articles. Now we will discuss...
...Code. What is a Conditional Resignation? The Illinois Municipal Code provides for “conditional resignations” in Section 3.1.10-50 (2): (2) Conditional Resignation. A resignation that does not become effective unless a...
...not noted. All with seat upgrades. Rodrigues’ expenditures included several airfares between her home to NIU, which should be considered “commuting” as an employee and not reimbursable. The issue with...
...problem, as with all Good Ole Boy systems, is they believe “the way they’ve always done it” is the way it should always be done. What we have pointed out...
...the basics of attorney-client privilege. In addition, for a person who just filed a lawsuit against the college’s law firms for supposedly not sharing information with them, it appears we...
...an employee of Thompson-Thrift. This will be part 1 of a series of short dispatches to ensure we hit all the points needing explanation. We’ll start with the title of...
...not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately...