McHenry Co. (ECWd) - "We have always done it this way," "Our attorney said it was OK," "That's how other counties do it." Those are the most common answers we get when we confront public bodies who are doing things outside their legal authority. It turns out...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Below is a copy of the file-stamped Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed against the City of Carlinville by Robert Bogue. We wrote about this lawsuit a few days ago (here). We urge Carlinville residents to remember all the city had to do...
LaSalle County, IL. (ECWd) - A Special Prosecutor from the Illinois Office of the State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor's Office was indicted on 17 felony counts yesterday in LaSalle County, Illinois - which arose out of his duties as State's Attorney. Download docket sheet (here), or view...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - During this evening's Wheeling Village Trustee meeting, Mayor Horcher issued a Proclamation in support of the Constitution of the United States of America and celebration of Constitution Week. Yes! He advised "all citizens to reflect on all of their privileges and rights of...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - While Brain Towne is crying his indictment is an abuse of power and dirty politics, let us refresh his memory and our reader's memory about abuse of power and dirty politics, all at the hands of Brian Towne when he was the...
OTTAWA, IL. (ECWd) - According to articles in MYWEBTIMES and the NEWS-TRIBUNE, former LaSalle County State's Attorney Brian Towne was indicted late this afternoon by a LaSalle County Grand Jury. Reports indicate the indictment consists of 17 Counts of Official Misconduct and Misapplication of Public Funds. Thirteen of...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="194"] William "Bill" Thomas[/caption] This article is to explain the steps we believe were used by Trustee William Thomas and the other Atlanta Public Library District Board of Trustees to, in our opinion, pilfer and scam the State of Illinois...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - This "Carlinville getting sued for FOIA violations" headline is becoming so routine, we are thinking of coming up with some kind of a numbering system just for them. On August 11, 2017, Mr. Robert Bogue of Paris, Illinois filed suit under the Freedom...
COLLINSVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - In a Motion to Dismiss an Ordinance Violation, three Defendants claim the City of Collinsville has wrongly accused them of certain Ordinance Violations related to real estate they own. The combined Motion to Dismiss alleges that: there were no dates alleging the zoning...
Illinois (ECWd) - The sky is falling, the sky is falling! We need a budget because the sky is falling. We need a tax increase because the sky is falling. Really! Ok, not really, although that is basically what we have been told for the past two...
