ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) – An Illinois Attorney General Opinion issued today, May 19, 2014, verifies that the Orland Park Public Library (OPPL), on the advice and with the assistance...
...determined they don’t need to respond to Freedom Of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests from the public. The Illinois Attorney General has failed to act on the previous denials, so why...
...all money by a public body is subject to the Freedom of Information Act, as well as the grant documents themselves, I think we are now starting to see why...
...par. 4-1) Sec. 4-1. ... The members of such governing boards shall act as such without compensation,... (Source: Laws 1951, p. 113.) “Without Compensation” Those two words mean something or...
...meeting. 2:09 – I explain that violations of the Open Meetings Act are a criminal act, a class C misdemeanor. Mrs. Yargas, the board’s attorney, argues and I later read...
...took it upon himself to determine that asking for copies of something was really asking a “question” – and he even emphasized that word in the denial with an exclamation...
...and its Commissioners for their alleged violation of the Open Meetings Act in which they refused to allow public comment at the public meeting. The Illinois Open Meetings Act is...
...to ask why the board was not seeking a criminal investigation into the submission of an invoice by Francis & Associates, an invoice which was for goods in which not...
...he wanted to stick it to the Sheriff and give the reinstated deputies as much money as he could possibly give them. Was it another move to make the Sheriff’s...