Algonquin Township Board – A lesson in futility
UPDATE – Clarification in bold (3rd & 4th paragraph) McHenry Co. (ECWd) – The Township Board had a lengthy discussion during the Road & Bridge Budget hearing last month that resulted in the slashing of the legal budget line item by $100,000.00. Do they have that power? We contend they do not because of one […]
Algonquin Township – The other side of the legal bills not being shared -$97,203.11
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – We exposed the Algonquin Township Clerk’s improper contracting with a person to do her job in this article and further in this one. We challenged the attorney to disprove our position that such a contract was in violation of the law. We must assume his research ended up with the same results […]
Commissioner Myers resigned from the Vermilion County Regional Airport Authority
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – Within days of our article explaining that 4 of the 5 Vermilion County Regional Airport Authority Commissioners were disqualified from serving in that capacity, Commissioner Jonathan Myers made the correct and honorable decision to resign from the Board of Commissioners. Now if the other 3 unqualified commissioners would do the same, […]
Lakewood Village President tries to remove 2 Village Trustees –
LAKEWOOD, IL. (ECWd) – It appears, from two recent letters written by Lakewood, IL. Village President Paul Serwatka, that he is usurping the powers, rights, and responsibilities of a couple of village trustees by attempting to remove them from office. Hopefully, the village’s attorney will inform the village president that he cannot do this. Their […]
Algonquin Township Road District – AG Opinion, Federal Appellate Court ruling, and Illinois case law tell an interesting story….
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – We have exposed numerous examples of unearned sick time and vacation time being given to family members of Bob Miller, and gifts to parting employees. We believe such action violated our laws and our State Constitution for several reasons. Many have tried to argue that a person magically gets their full vacation […]
Video: 2018 Edgar County Shrine Parade (complete)
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – The Edgar County Shrine Club held its annual parade today in Paris, Illinois. The weather was fantastic for this year’s parade. Enjoy the video below: . Our work is funded entirely thru donations and we ask that you consider donating at the below link.
Algonquin Township Clerk Resigns as FOIA officer and confirms we were right!
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – As we said in this article, we agreed with the State’s Attorney report citing this Township has plainly set forth spending and decision-making that do more than merely create an appearance of incompetence, guile, and impropriety. The Algonquin Township Clerk makes that case with her email telling people she has resigned as […]
Algonquin Township- Attorney Kelly drops Road District representation…the rest of the story!
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – The local media reported today that the Township Attorney James Kelly terminated services with the Algonquin Township Road District. The reporting points to a legal drama coming to a boiling point during the budget hearing where the board cut $100,000.00 from the Road District legal line item. As you will see, […]
Algonquin Township Clerk – Legal bill disputes her verbal claim on record destruction
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – May 2018 Road & Bridge Budget Hearing – “I didn’t destroy any records, nor do I have any intent to destroy records.” So if there is no intent to destroy records can anyone explain why there are legal bills for researching the destruction of records two months before she makes this […]
IDOT and FAA ignore state law – give go-ahead on Edgar County Airport Grant –
PARIS, IL. (ECWd – News they don’t want you to know) – After almost 4 years of review, the Edgar County Airport Apron Expansion / Fuel Farm project has been given somewhat of a “green light” by the FAA and IDOT. This project was first stopped due to proven fraud in the grant application submitted […]