Rosemont and Rolling Meadows Public Library Waste Public Money Having Lawyers Answer FOIA Request

12 Apr Rosemont and Rolling Meadows Public Library Waste Public Money Having Lawyers Answer FOIA Request

Posted at 21:21h in City of Carlinville, Cook County, feature, Macoupin County, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library, Rolling Meadows Public Library, Rosemont by KDuJan 5 Comments

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Rosemont, Illinois and Rolling Meadows, Illinois (ECWd) - This seems to be the standard for a public body - pay an attorney to answer simple Freedom of Information Act requests, and then complain later about how much the FOIA requests are costing the public. The real issue...

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12 Apr Effingham County violates FOIA – State’s Attorney now involved

Posted at 17:09h in Effingham County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 11 Comments

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Effingham Co. (ECWd) - In light of the ambulance contract the county recently entered into, and the public outcry over concerns on how that process was handled, we filed a Freedom of Information Act request. My request was sent March 30th, 2017, and we have had...

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12 Apr Better Government Association offering free FOIA training

Posted at 15:17h in DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The Better Government Association has asked us to assist in the promotion of their upcoming citizen watchdog training to be held at the DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church on April 24th, 2017. Full details can be found at this link. We encourage everyone to get...

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12 Apr College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn sign agreement –

Posted at 08:41h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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College of DuPage (ECWd) - The College of DuPage, Village of Glen Ellyn, and the DuPage County Board all agreed that Glen Ellyn would once again take responsibility for building, liquor, and zoning inspections of the COD campus. According to the agreement, it states that "after June 30,...

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11 Apr Coles County – Assessment roll back path provided by Department of Revenue- County ignoring it?

Posted at 16:56h in Charleston, Coles County, feature, Mattoon by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - In order to follow the mess created by Coles County officials as it relates to the assessment of commercial property, we urge you to review all the articles written to date found here, here, here, and here. The State's Attorney and County...

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10 Apr Orland Park Public Library Caught Spending Public Funds on Gourmet Jelly Donuts Again

Posted at 21:43h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park Public Library by KDuJan 27 Comments

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  Orland Park, Illinois - (ECWd) - Director Mary Weimar at the Orland Park Public Library is at it again: once more buying an obscene amount of expensive gourmet jelly donuts from the Orland Park Bakery with funds that taxpayers naively believe the library ought to...

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10 Apr U.S. District Attorney announces Southern Illinois Public Corruption Task Force –

Posted at 19:49h in Clark County, Effingham County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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(Pay attention Clark County...

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10 Apr Did Former LaSalle County State’s Attorney Brian Towne provide cover for drug arrest of son of IL Auditor General?

Posted at 11:26h in feature, LaSalle County, LaSalle County States Attorney by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - LaSalle County case 17CF15 has been filed against Pietro Mautino who is the son of Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino.   According to local reporting, court records show the alleged illegal possession of drugs took place in September of 2013.  That...

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10 Apr City of LaSalle – Retaliatory action against whistle blower police?

Posted at 10:28h in feature, LaSalle County, LaSalle Police Department, LaSallle Police Department by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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LaSalle Co. (ECWd - In coordination with a LaSalle Co. Watchdog) - As of April 4th, last Tuesday, the City of LaSalle informed members of their police department that their K-9 Division was going to be terminated immediately.  In an article posted online by the Newstribune it cites...

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10 Apr OEIG may have wrapped up investigation of NIU’s procurement practices –

Posted at 08:25h in DeKalb County, feature, NIU, OEIG by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, DEKALB, IL. (ECWd) - The Office of the Executive Inspector General ("OEIG") investigation of Northern Illinois University ("NIU") and its President, Douglas Baker, may have been wrapped up after more than 18 months - but the college is still paying legal fees, month after month, with no apparent...

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