WAND’s Doug Wolfe talks about GovPlates.com License Plate Database –

26 Sep WAND’s Doug Wolfe talks about GovPlates.com License Plate Database –

Posted at 22:34h in Cook County, Edgar County, feature, GovPlates.com, Illinois, Wheeling by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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DECATUR, IL. (ECWd) - Doug Wolfe, I-TEAM, Investigative Reporter for WAND talked about GovPlates.com website, a special project of American Watchdogs, where people can track the registered owner of government licensed vehicles. Just type in the "U" or "M" license plate number and find out which public body...

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26 Sep Stanford Village Attorney falsified Original Easement –

Posted at 21:53h in feature, McLean County, Stanford by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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STANFORD, IL. (ECWd) - A week or so ago we published an article (click here) showing how the McGrath Law Office, Village Attorney for Sanford, Illinois had filed false paperwork purporting to be nothing more than a Scrivener’s Error, but that changed the effective use of...

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26 Sep Atlanta Public Library Trustees- You Should All Be fired!

Posted at 21:52h in Atlanta Public Library District, feature, Logan County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Logan Co. (ECWd) - Every attorney worth their salt, as well as those familiar with public libraries, have been amazed to hear how the Atlanta Public Library District also operates a Museum that runs a restaurant.  Amazed because they could not point to any statute that...

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26 Sep Maine Township- You know there is a problem when……..

Posted at 21:00h in Cook County, feature, Main Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Cook Co. (ECWd) - Anyone in business understands the importance of controlling the cost of doing business. It sets the baseline for pretty much every financial decision they make.  Not the case in local government, as it's not their money, so they appear to have little...

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26 Sep Limestone Township – Misapplication of Law – Good attorneys should apply as there may be an opening

Posted at 15:20h in feature, Kankakee County, Limestone Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Kankakee Co. (ECWd) - Once again it comes back to attorneys.  You may recall we exposed the recent illegal hiring of an attorney by the highway commissioner in this article.  That was rather humorous as after the exposure the attorney took the position he didn't know...

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25 Sep Limestone Township – Please rethink your meeting plans!

Posted at 13:46h in feature, Kankakee County, Limestone Township by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Kankakee Co. (ECWd) - We have been informed that Limestone Township has called a special meeting for tonight for the purpose of accepting the resignation of the Supervisor, which we covered in this article. Although we appreciate the posting of the meeting as required in the Open...

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25 Sep Atlanta Library Trustees – “Lucy, someone got some splainin to do!”

Posted at 13:16h in Atlanta Public Library District, feature, Logan County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Logan Co. (ECWd) - Property Tax Limitation Law (PTELL), a law adopted in Logan County in November of 1996. As described by the Illinois Department of Revenue: "Increases in property tax extensions are limited to the lesser of 5% or the increase in the national Consumer Price...

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25 Sep Hand-written FOIA Lawsuit Leads to 111-Count Indictment Against 5 Former Arena Employees –

Posted at 12:36h in Bloomington, feature, McLean County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Thanks go to Diane Benjamin, BLNNEWS.COM, for her relentless pursuit of public records! Diane's pursuit of these records included her first ever lawsuit, filed in hand-written form, after the City of Bloomington and its disgraced Mayor Tari Renner unlawfully withheld public records under...

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25 Sep Limestone Township Supervisor Resigned –

Posted at 10:43h in feature, Kankakee County, Limestone Township by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Dennis Rettke, Limestone Township Supervisor has resigned from office. This comes at a troubling time for Limestone Township, after several months of township residents attending meetings and lodging complaints against the Limestone Township Highway Commissioner and the Board for allowing him to conduct...

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24 Sep Kansas Police Department Hired Part Time Officer

Posted at 17:49h in Edgar County, feature, Kansas Village Board by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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KANSAS, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Kansas, Illinois Police Department has hired a new part-time police officer. His name is Ed Motley and he comes with a little experience: 2 years in the United States Army - deployed to Vietnam 25 year of corrections experience culminating...

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