Coles County – Federal Lawsuit seeks injuction pertaining to property tax assessments

07 Aug Coles County – Federal Lawsuit seeks injuction pertaining to property tax assessments

Posted at 10:23h in Charleston, Coles County, Coles County States Attorney, feature, Mattoon by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - The taxpayers suing Coles County in Federal Court have filed an amended complaint that further details the alleged Fourteenth Amendment violations of the US Consitution to include seeking an injunction. "Under these circumstances, to mitigate the harm to Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs seek an injunction...

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07 Aug Illinois Arts Council pays grandmother to teach granddaughter –

Posted at 09:14h in feature, Governor, Illinois Arts Council Agency by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about how the Illinois Arts Council Agency and Shirley Madigan were violating the Freedom of Information Act, which they have a history of violating - a couple of years ago we had to sue them...

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05 Aug Effingham County – More disregard for the rule of law- Meeting behind closed doors

Posted at 10:27h in Effingham County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Effingham Co. (ECWd) - We were informed last week that an Effingham County Insurance meeting was going to be held on August 4th, 2017, at 9 am.  The first problem, the notice did not come from the County who is supposed to let us know when...

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05 Aug Did Orland Park Public Library Commit Misconduct By Not Producing Restaurant Receipt?

Posted at 10:21h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library by KDuJan 13 Comments

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Orland Park, Illinois (ECWd) -  In an update to an ongoing story, the Orland Park Public Library continues to refuse to produce a receipt for $96.50 that was spent at the Chicago restaurant Lao Sze Chuan on 6/23/17; the OPPL was asked to produce this receipt...

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04 Aug Temporary Restraining Order granted against NIU –

Posted at 11:25h in DeKalb County, feature, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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DeKalb Co., - Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - Today's hearing was held on a Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order against Northern Illinois University, to prohibit them from effectuating any of the Golden Parachute agreements with the former University President, Robert Baker. DeKalb County Circuit Court Judge...

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03 Aug All the Queen’s Horses: The Rita Crundwell Story…

Posted at 21:18h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 10 Comments

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"How could one woman steal over $53,000,000 without anyone noticing?" The largest municipal fraud case in the history of the United States, and not surprisingly it happened in Illinois, a breeding ground for corruption. Dixon, Illinois, is a small community of a little over 15,000 people in...

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03 Aug Cook County & Cook County Sheriff hit with civil penalty on FOIA violation

Posted at 11:06h in Cook County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Cook Co. (ECWd) - In a clear message to public bodies, Cook County Judge Hon. Franklin U. Valderrama has sided with the public's right to records in a recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case. In doing so, the 16-page opinion and order expose the...

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02 Aug Neoga School District – AG Confirms Open Meetings Act violation.

Posted at 13:35h in feature, Neoga School District #3 by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Cumberland Co. (ECWd) - In January of 2016, we attended the Neoga School District Board meeting to expose the fact the Board had violated the Open Meetings Act by failing to properly post the agenda for the meeting.  The article which includes my public comment at...

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02 Aug Bloomington’s Mayor Renner and Co. circling the wagons and making up excuses –

Posted at 07:32h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - After outing Bloomington's use of public credit to purchase an airline ticket for Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner's girlfriend to go on vacation in Japan, he came out defiantly swinging, and his supporters started circling the wagons to unsuccessfully defend this purchase. First, he...

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31 Jul Bloomington’s Mayor Renner threatens suit over exposure of Truth, demands apology –

Posted at 08:01h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 10 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - After posting an article exposing the fact that the City of Bloomington, Illinois had purchased an airplane ticket for Margot Erhlich, Mayor Tari Renner's girlfriend, to presumably accompany him on his "business trip" to Japan this week, Renner decided to leave a...

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