KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_34548" align="alignleft" width="150"] Click to enlarge[/caption] After our article exposing the fact that the Kankakee Valley Park District (KVPD) had not approved any of their meeting minutes since April of 2016 - more than 9 months ago, Park Commissioner J.J. Hollis took...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - The Kankakee Valley Park District, on the losing edge of a financial cliff, has apparently made the decision it doesn't want the public to know what happens at "their" meetings. With the district in financial ruin, having laid off nearly every employee, you would...
PRINCETON, IL. (ECWd) - The Princeton Park District's gifting of memberships and fee waivers to their Commissioners in violation of the Park District Code, which specifically states they shall act without compensation, is broken down into each area listed on the district's Winter Calendar as posted...
United States (ECWd) - Executive Orders, Plenary Power Doctrine, 100-mile border zone, all factors that may turn into a Constitutional Crisis in tomorrow's U.S. Supreme Court case known as JESUS C. HERNÁNDEZ, ET AL. v. JESUS MESA, JR. That case is about Constitutional Power, as in...
United States (ECWd) - Legal Newsline has picked up on our reporting, which was one of the first to report on the sua sponte request for a vote by the Chief Judge of the Court of as well as exposing what appeared to be glaring...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - We first reported on Country Club Hills Fire Department January 23, 2017, regarding possible pornography on fire department computers and the fact the public body was sanctioned for violating court orders. Now the story only gets worse. According to transcripts and pleadings...
CLARK CO., (ECWd) - The Clark County Park District Board of Commissioners voted to approve a settlement in the lawsuit brought against them for alleged violations of the Open Meetings Act. This suit was filed on February 18, 2015, by Edgar County Watchdogs co-founders Kirk Allen and John...
PRINCETON, IL. (ECWd) - The Princeton Park District, in the recent past, had finally determined, after considerable public questioning, to make families of Park Commissioners pay for their own memberships - they had been receiving free memberships (in violation of state law), read the notices sent to...
Illinois (ECWd) - All indications are pointing to a serious degradation of the rule of law in Illinois. Illinois State statutes are found in nine separate categories, which you can find here. The first category is Government, which has fifteen subcategories. Clicking on subcategories gets you...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - Sources at the Clark County Park District have informed us that Charity Murphy, who resigned last week, has refused to return park district property. She is in possession of documents, a laptop, cell phone, internet hotspot, and keys among other items...
