Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Craig Law, a current Sangamon County Sheriff Deputy and Candidate for Mayor in the Village of Chatham is running for Mayor on a platform of "Professionalism", based on what appears to be his twenty-one years in law enforcement. "Professionalism: Twenty-one years in...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - From all appearances, the City of Carlinville thinks they don't have to comply with the Freedom of Information Act. First, they wrongly tried to extort $200 from me to answer a FOIA request by wrongly claiming my request for public records was for...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd -) It appears the job of fact checking is once again left to independent citizens who have had their fill of misleading information published in the media. This is a case where either the Mayor was not truthful with the reporter or...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - Press Release Contact Information: Media Coordinator: 630-407-8160 Thursday, March 16, 2017 Lisle Woman Accused of Forging Petitions for Seat on COD Board of Trustees      DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Rafath Waheed, 61 (d.o.b. 7/21/1955) of 6193 Hickory Drive, Lisle,...
COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - In the process of fielding complaints on massive hikes in assessed value of commercial real estate in Mattoon Township, I figured the first step would be to find out how the assessments were accomplished and what they used for their values. I...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Randy Peterson, the current President of the Board of the Paris Area Chamber of Commerce was arrested on March 5, 2017, in Clinton, Indiana on the charge of Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. According to a Clinton, Indiana newspaper clip we were sent, he was pulled...
Orland Park, Illinois (ECWd) - An odd incident report was written on February 9th by Orland Park Public Library employee Howard Griffin, documenting a recent episode involving an adult male allegedly watching and leaving a note for three high school girls; the note allegedly asked the girls...
Illinois (ECWd) - January of this year we exposed the failures of the ILETSB as it relates to the performance of their mandated duties of approving the Directors of our state's Police Academies. We also reported in January in this article the following: Friday the 13th, 2017,...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - The Clark County park District recently settled the Open Meetings Act lawsuit after their complete defeat at the Appellate Court earlier this year. The suit was filed after the park board decided it would vote on two items without informing the public...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - From all appearances, the City of Carlinville, and by extension its Mayor Deanna Demuzio, has decided to spend money on an attorney instead of properly replying to a Freedom Of Information Act request. This has cost the taxpayers of Carlinville at least two-and-a-half...
